Laugh Along with "The Monkees": 30 Hilarious Photos from the Iconic TV Sitcom's Run, 1966-1968

30 Funny Photos From TV Sitcom “The Monkees” Which Ran From 1966-1968

The Monkees were hired to play a Beatles-like band, but the interesting thing is that they kept their actual names, and did in many ways function as a real band. Despite not writing most of their music, they were musicians in their own right. Most of the music was written by Brill Building songwriters but they did write some of their own tracks and Peter Tork rearranged some of the songs written by others. They’ve been written off as a manufactured band but they were superior to the many far more manufactured bands that followed. However, they had differing musical interests so not long after the show's cancellation they went different ways.