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The Monkees are an American band originally active between 1966 and 1971. The group was conceived in 1965 specifically for the situation comedy series of the same name, based on The Beatles films. The show, which told the misadventures of a struggling pop group, aired from 1966 to 1968.
A comic book series, The Monkees, ran in the United States for 17 issues from 1967 to 1969.[1]
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Notable Fanworks
Fanfiction
- "The Price" by Renae Ransdorf - "'Hey Hey we're the Monkees...' 'This is stupid. Mike.' 'When did that ever stop us, Mickey?'" (crossover with Blake's 7), Standard by Several Issue #1 (1987)
- "Mike's 5: The Origin Story" -- "This Way Out" by Renae Ransdorf - "She swore never to do a sequel to her crossover between the Monkees and Blake's 7, but this is a prequel." (graphic story; B7 enacted by The Monkees) Standard by Several Issue #3 (1990)
- "The Monkees'" U.N.C.L.E by Sheryl Adsit ("Neil Diamond has a new song for the pop group, but why are the men from UNCLE tailing them?") (Monkees/The Man from U.N.C.L.E) Rerun Issue #6 (1988)
- "The Kung Fuie Luie Affair" by Jennifer Adams-Kelley (crossover with The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) The Kuryakin File Issue #13 (1992)
- "Multiple Monkee Personalities" by Lenora McCoy - "Sam leaps into Micky Dolenz of the Monkees during filming of the episode "Don't Look A Gift Horse in the Mouth" to prevent an accident while a technician at the project gets to know her favorite Monkee. NOTES: There are a few in-jokes from the Monkees mailing list in here that shouldn't affect the reading of the story if you don't know about them (I think), but feel free to email me if you're confused.") (crossover with Quantum Leap) Ql-archive (03-Feb-1998)
- Crossover Chaos by Elwynn James and Jessica McKinney (2011-2024). The first incarnation started with a crossover between animated television series Fanboy and Chum Chum and Sidekick and evolved from there to include many other series. The second incarnation, also known as SPIN, is a fan-sequel of The Monkees film HEAD (1968) and includes the band as well as various animated characters.
Meta
- Convention Panel, MediaWest*Con 2012 - Davy Jones/The Monkees: The series and music still hold up today, and the Beatles were spot-on in comparing the Monkees to the Marx Brothers.
- Convention Workshop, CONfabulation 2018 - A Brief History of Boy Bands. What was the first boy band? Who invented boy bands? Are boy bands still a thing? This and more at a panel sure to be equal parts education and squee!
Conventions
- Monkees Con (1979-1981)
Archives/Communities/Zines
Zines
- Monkee Business Fanzine (1977-1982)
Archives
- The Monkees (Band) tag on the Ao3
- The Monkees (TV) tag on the Ao3
- The Monkees on FF.net (TV category)
- Monkees on ff.net (Music category in 2002)
Defunct
- The Video Co-op Library - included video tapes of the television series for loan to new fans.
- You Want Fries With That? - multifandom archive
- Chocolate Frog - personal multifandom archive
- Monkeefans for Christ - fansite and archive
Resources
- The Monkees on the IMDb
- Wikipedia:List of The Monkees episodes
- Wikipedia:Monkeemobile
- Wikipedia:The Monkees
References
- ^ The series was published by Dell Comics.