People Say They Monkee Around !

Rumors About The

• The Monkees didn't play their own instruments.
• The Monkees didn't even appear in the show !!
• Stephen Stills tried out for The Monkees.
• Charles Manson tried out for The Monkees.
• George Harrison tried out for The Monkees.
• Peter Tork tried out for The Beatles.
• Davy Jones tried out for The Spice Girls.
• Micky Dolenz paid the camera man to give him the most close-ups.
• Davy Jones paid the camera man more than Micky to give him the most close-ups.
• The Theme From The Monkees was inspired by "Catch Us If You Can" by The Dave Clark Five.
• "Catch Us If You Can" by The Dave Clark Five was inspired by a pretty rowdy game of tag they had one day.

• Peter Tork was actually Peter Fonda up until the early 60's.
• Peter Tork dated Mama Cass.
• Peter Tork dated Leah Cass.
• Peter Tork dated Janis Joplin
• Peter Tork dated Randy (that's me !Hey, it could happen !)
• Peter Tork is truly a ladies man.
• Peter Tork really does own a copy of "How To Be A Feminine Female", but he lent it to Davy who never returned it.
• Peter Tork looks the best in speedos !!
• Peter Tork designed most of Elvis' clothes.
• Peter Tork was Peter The Great in a past life.

• Bette Nesmith didn't understand what Liquid Paper really was until she served it to Mike for lunch one day...
• Mike Nesmith was alias Don Kirshner until he got mad, fired himself, and became just Mike Nesmith again.
• Mike Nesmith's real last name is Nester.
• That wasn't even Mike Nesmith's real hat.
• Mike Nesmith created MTV.
• Mike Nesmith created QVC.
• Mike Nesmith wasn't really born in Houston...he just thinks he is.He wasn't even born in the state of Kentucky ! He was born somwhere in Texas...
• Mike Nesmith sometimes liked to eat bacon.
• Mike Nesmith's dad was the proud inventor of Twip.
• When Mike Nesmith returned from one of his Mexico vacations, he missed the food so much he invented Taco Bell...he even duplicated Mexican water...wait that explains a lot!

• Micky Dolenz couldn't play the drums until Peter taught him how.
• In the Monkees At The Circus episode, Micky Dolenz knows he is singing the Circus Boy theme, so does Mike, they just pretend they don't know it.
• One day Micky Dolenz got stoned for about a year and dated Madonna
• Micky Dolenz's last name isn't Braddock.
• Micky Dolenz wrote all The Monkees songs, even the ones that Mike wrote.
• Micky Dolenz only pretends to be Peter Noone's friend..
• Micky Dolenz is allergic to elephants, that's why his hair turned blonde when he was in Circus Boy.
• Micky Dolenz isn't the same person as Micky Rooney
• Micky Rooney was named after Micky Dolenz.
• Micky Mouse was named after Micky Rooney
• Tony Basil's 80's hit "Micky" was written for (guess who !) Micky Dolenz.
• Micky Dolenz was the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo
• Micky Dolenz was the voice of Davy Jones on Scooby Doo.
• Micky Dolenz tried out for The Fonz on Happy Days.
• Micky Dolenz tried out for Sandy in Grease.
• The Broadway play "Hair" was named after Micky Dolenz.

• Davy Jones isn't exactly "politically correct".
• The song Manchester England from "Hair" was actually not written about Davy Jones.
• Davy Jones wasn't really short..he actually lost his shins in the war, making him, as you'd guess, a wee bit shorter.
• Sometimes Davy Jones likes to use Micky's home perm kit.
• Davy Jones was Bimbo the elephant on Circus Boy.
• Davy Jones is actually friends with Peter Noone !(Don't you know the song Henry The VIII ? Well, Davy was the widow next door..)
• Davy Jones didn't write any of Johnny Mathis' songs.
• Gary Puckett and The Union Gap wrote the song Young Girl about Davy Jones.
• Davy Jones was "that little old man" in A Hard Day's Night.
• Davy Jones can really ride a horse !
• Davy Jones likes spam.
• Davy Jones was supposed to be the 8th dwarf Runty, but Walt fired him at the last moment(don't worry ! It was a mutual breakup..er agreement..)