The Kind of Guy I Could Love 

What made you decide to become a musician?  (MD: Why did you decide to learn guitar?)

Did you ever want to become something else when you grew up, besides a musician/actor?

What is your favorite memory from your career?  Your least favorite?

What was your most embarrassing moment in your professional life?

How would you describe your relationship with the rest of the group?

Do you feel like you were a success, whether on your own or as a group?

If the show had been filmed with girls instead of guys, do you think it would’ve been as successful?  Would the music have been as successful?

Which is your favorite character from the show?

Which Monkee was your best friend in the group?

Do you think the show would’ve been successful if it had aired in a different decade?  Would it be successful today?

What if a new group of young people tried to start a new Monkees series, with their own CD’s and everything?  Would you watch or listen?  Would they be as popular as you were?

Do you think you’ll still be remembered in another fifty years?

What one thing about you surprises people the most?

Do you think The Monkees helped or hurt your career?  What do you think you would’ve done if you hadn’t been a Monkee?

What would you have wanted to do if you’d had a third season?

Were there any plotlines you wish you would’ve done in the show?

What songs do you wish you could’ve done your own version of?

Is there a famous singer that you wish you could’ve performed with?

If you could meet your character, would the two of you get along?

Who/what were your greatest acting influences?  Music influences?

How much of your own personality did you put into your character?

What was your first impression of each of your fellow Monkees?  How did that impression change over time?

Was there anyone you knew back then that you think could’ve made a good Monkee?

What were some of your favorite improvisations that you did on the show?

What if somebody had wanted to put together a singing group like yours, but without the TV show?  Would you have tried out?  Do you think it would’ve been successful?

Aside from your favorite episode, what were your favorite moments in the show?

You did a lot of episodes about ghosts and haunted houses.  Do you believe in the supernatural?

If you’ve seen Daydream Believers, do you think you were portrayed accurately?

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Micky, Mike, and Peter all did versions of this song, but I think Mike sang it the best.

Sunshine Factory is a Monkees fan site with photos, articles, quotes, lyrics, sounds, scripts, and games.

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It’s important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them- they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

I sometimes wish he would’ve gone by “Blessing."  Michael Blessing… sounds like a name for an angel, doesn’t it?