Doesn't hold up well

Little touchy over a silly television show aren't we ? I bet you're one of those people who tells people to shut up if they don't have anything nice to say about Hillary Clinton, aren't you ?

James, see the OT thread about Trump.
It already has 210 posts!

This was my absolute favorite show as a kid.

As an adult, watching a few episodes again, I'm literally stunned at how stupid it was. Absolutely the most infantile thing I've ever seen.

Very strange.

I loved this when i was a kid in the 80's, but i saw a few episodes recently, and i was like "Oh man, the writers must have been SO high." My younger (but still adult) brother who has never seen it sat down and watched part of one with me and he was like "What were they on?"

I remember enjoying "Alias Mickey Dolenz" as a kid, good camerawork and doppelganger acting, great songs...

As an adult, it's hideous to sit through. But the show was made for kids.

At least for most of season 1, I wonder if "Monkee vs Machine" will come across as juvenile.

But Season 2 has a number of episodes that clearly are not made for just 10 year olds. Oh, some lines and antics still reach that demographic, but more adult jokes, self aware scenes, and other moments do appeal to older audiences and hold up a lot better. "Fairy Tale" holds up amazingly well, and one can tell how much Michael Nesmith is enjoying his dual role. And one of the best songs ever written and performed by the group in the 60s, "Daily Nightly". Dolenz, a very early adopter of the first Moog synthesizer, added the electronic whirl noises. The alternate versions sans Moog noises can be found and it's still good, but the Moog turns an already great song into something even better. He was the right vocalist to use as well, I don't think anyone else could sing it and keep the ethereal feel to it.

I saw them in 1986 on mtv when they came back in popularity, They still crack me up have the 2 dvd sets just got the blu ray set. I like all of the ridiculous sixties shows and this one is my top favorite. And the music is great also. And for holding up I think it is a time capsule to an era where I was not born yet.

I'm with you, I like a few Beatles songs but I LOVE The Monkees!

You like "their" music more than you do the Beatles. That's the poin't, it wasn't the Monkee's music, it was Carol King's music, it was Neil Diamonds music, etc. It so sad the way people continue and try to legitimize these manufactured clowns. To even mention their name in the same breath as the Beatles is ludicrous. The Monkees are on par with the Partridge Family, or the Brady Bunch, when they did music, or even Milli Vanilli