What Was So Special About ‘The Monkees’?
Long beforeSpinal TaporBig Time Rushtook the screen-to-stage approach to launching their musical talents, The Monkees did it first.
Whilethere was nothing aboutThe Monkeesseries that screamed “Western,“that’s probably why these selected episodes worked.
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But aside from spoofing specific shows like these,The Monkeesaimed at times to take on the entire genre.
“Well, that’s show business,” they all say directly at the camera.
Some artists and groups have waited long enough to be celebrated in a biopic.
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TV Westerns continued throughout the 1960s, but,in some ways,The Monkeessignaled the end.
Nevertheless, they still outlivedThe Monkees, which was canceled shortly after its second season in 1968.
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