The Monkees weren’t’ always the most critically respected group. Subsequently, The Monkees’ Peter Tork said the band couldn’t have just been “any Four guys.” He was right.
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The producers [of the TV show] were Beatles fans themselves. They weren’t just old, cigar-chomping TV producers going, “Kids will love this.” They didn’t want professional kids, really. Well, Davy was professional, but he had a lot of spark and Micky was a funny guy from the start, so they knew they were getting something interesting. But I refute any claims that any four guys could’ve done what we did. There was a magic to that collection. We couldn’t have chosen each other. It wouldn’t have flown. But under the circumstances, they got the right guys.
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