Monkee Facts

the monkees were some crazy guys, and they have some crazy facts to go along with them =)

*Now wait just a wax minute there, shotgun!*

*You can't consider yourself a true Monkee fan, without knowing these facts!*


Group trivia...

~While taking a break from filming the Monkees Paw eppy, Davy was not in the best of moods. Everyone tried to stay out of his way, but Peter didn't move fast enough. He was in Davy's line of fire and Davy head butted him! Some other people on the pulled them apart, and held them away from ech other. After a few minutes, they both acted all cool and made up (keep in mind that they're amazing actors < g >). The people thought everything was groovy, right? So they let go of their arms and.... Peter lashed out and struck Davy a good one by the eyebrow. Davy went to the hospital and had to get 7 stitches. Peter payed the ($30?) bill. While Davy was gone from the set, they filmed the romp and that would be why there isn't much Davy in that romp =)

~Michael was hit in the head with a can of hair spray suring a concert and needed stitches above his eye. Peter also got hit in the face with something during a concert. Wanna know what it was? A banana.

~In the sixties, a teen mag conducted a poll for most popular monkee. These were the resluts: Davy 63% of votes Micky 22% Peter 8%, Michael 7%.


Mike trivia...

~Mike wore a woolhat to keep his hair out of his face when he rode his motor bike. The writers liked it, and so, decided to use it in the show. After a while of being refered to as "wool hat" Mike hated that had, but had to wear it all through the first season because of the writers.

~When the guys were on vacation, the monkee people released their second album "more of the monkees". The guys had no imput in this album, it was simply some pre-recorded songs placed on an album that the guys had no idea was being made. When Mike got back, he was furious (as well he should be!) and punched his fist through the wall and said "that could have been your face!"

~Michael's mother invented Liquid Paper. She was a typist and was constantly using white paint to cover mistakes. She decided to market it as "liquid paper". She sold the rights to the Gillette Co., before she died.

~The Monkees actually wrote most of the scenes in "Head", yet recieved no writing credit. When Mike heard about this, he went Nez (As he's accustomed to doing- but with every right) and locked all the film tape in his car. He eventually gave the keys up, but he nearly wouldn't let them finish "Head"!

~Mike's second wife- Katharine- once locked all of his tapes and stuff inside of his car! I have no idea why...i guess she was mad...and i little outta her birds, maybe...

~ Mike actually asked Phyllis to marry him before they even went on a date! She said no, so he waited and asked again, and she said yes!

~Michael wrote the horn and cello section to "Shades Of Grey"

~the walls of Mike's trailor was covered in cigarette packs and other flashy materials.

~Michael's dog Frak once bit Sunny and Cher! Davy was afraid of it =)

~In high school, Mike asked a girl to go to some dance with him. She said yes...then hid in the rest room all night! (poor Mike!) He brought her flowers the next day, and said he hoped things worked out better next time. (awww! how sweet!)


Davy Trivia...

**there have been a few corrections to the Davy trivia. Corrected items will be starred. thanks, Cate !**

~Davy's mother died when he was 14, and his father died when he was 23

~A girl once mailed herself to Davy

~Davy eats eggs, potatoes, black tea, and rye toast for breakfast (i'm not obsessed < g > )

~Davy was (and maybe still is..) able to wake himself up any time he wanted, without an alarm clock. What he would do was, the night before, decide when he wanted to wake up the next morning; he would then slam his head down on the pillow that many times before going to sleep. Like, if he wanted to wake up at 6:30am, he'd bang his head 6 times on the pillow, then for the 30, he'd set his head gently on the pillow =)

~ * Davy was in the Broadway play "Oliver" before becoming a Monkee and played The Artful Dodger.

~ * David was in "Oliver" again in '88 and played Fagin.

~He played Michael in the Broadway play of "Peter Pan" when he was 15.

~Davy was in the Broadway play "Grease!"

~David played Jesus in the broadway production of "Godspell!"

~ * Davy was a trainee jockey before becoming a Monkee and he still does amature races. On his daughter's horse Dingpast, he won a few years ago- in I believe 1996; at Lingfield, England, in an amateurs handicap..

~Davy sang "Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse" in the Bluegrass Special.

~Davy designs his own suits

~ * Davy's dad, Thomas Harry Jones, was NOT a general in the british armed forces. (as i had previous thought- sorry guys)He was part of the "Home Guard".


Peter Trivia...

~Peter used to play folk songs and washed dishes in Grenwich Village before becoming a Monkee

~He was in a band called the Buffalo Fish

~Peter's brothor, Nicholas, wrote "Alvin", a Monkees song, and a song "Pirates" on Peter's Stranger Things Have Happened CD.

~Peter's favorite food is Sushi

~Peter influenced Davy to be a vegetarian

~When he was 22, he was married to a 16 year old girl. This was before the monkees

~Steven Stills, Peter's childhood friend, told Peter to try out for the Monkees after Steven didn't make the cut (supposedly because he had bad teeth).


Micky Trivia...

Micky facts updated- 3/14. New facts are starred.

~ * Micky played the Moog synthesized keyboard on "Daily Nightly". That was the first time the instrument had been used on a maistream pop album!

~ * Micky's favorite food is Chili.. Hormel Chili to be precise.

~ * Micky's song "Randy Scouse Git" went #1 in England, where it had to be called "Alternate Title" because in British slang it means..something not nice... i'll let you know when i remember what it means exactly..

~Micky drove a VW Bus!!

~He was in the series "Circus Boy"

~Davy's nickname for Micky was skillet face because he didn't have a profile =)

~Micky tried out for the part of Fonzie on Happy Days

~Micky does the voice for the main character on the TV show The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs

~Micky and Davy appeared together in the play "The Point".

~Micky was almost drafted to fight in the Vietnam war, but he (and Davy) starved themselves and weren't drafted in the end, due to malnutrition.

A special thanks to my dear friend Katie, who helped me out with a lot of these facts!

And also, a special thanks to Shawna who also helped me with several of these astounding facts! visit her Christian Monkee Page .

~if you can think of any other trivia things i should add, or see anything wrong w/ any of these, please email me ! =)



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