The Monkees are an
American rock and pop band originally active between 1965 and 1971, with
subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed.
They were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob Rafelson and
Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968.
The musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky
Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and British stage and television actor
and singer Davy Jones.
During the filming of the second season, the band became tired
of scripts which they deemed monotonous and stale. They had already succeeded
in eliminating the laugh track (a then-standard on American sitcoms), with the
bulk of Season 2 episodes airing minus the canned chuckles.
However, stereotyping was a good part of The Monkees' humour; berets for artists, fake moustaches and striped shirts for Frenchmen and the like...
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