I'm in complete agreement. It was like the Monkees had accidentally wandered on to some bizarre set populated by embarrassingly over-the-top actors in the middle of some disjointed play written by an acid casualty with a musical score from some middle-aged, washed-up composer who never listened to any music recorded after 1949. It was ill-conceived, clumsily patched together and totally unwatchable when there wasn't a Monkee around. The Jerry Lee Lewis spot made no sense whatsoever. And just like mosriteluv said, the very best part was when just the four of them started playing 'Listen to the Band', and they had to ruin THAT part when all the fake hippies and other random people staggered in and completely killed what could have otherwise been one of the group's finest moments. And mosriteluv just depressed me when mentioning that it was their last performance as a group.
NBC gave the show NO support whatsoever, and as a final insult, it was programmed opposite a World Series game! "They deserved better." They sure did, mosriteluv
NBC gave the show NO support whatsoever, and as a final insult, it was programmed opposite a World Series game! "They deserved better." They sure did, mosriteluv