Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture
Rosanne Welch, "Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture"
English | ISBN: 078647923X | 2016 | 180 pages | AZW3 | 883 KB
English | ISBN: 078647923X | 2016 | 180 pages | AZW3 | 883 KB
A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys–Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy.
Capitalizing on the show's success, the actual band formed by the actors, at their peak, sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined, and set the stage for other musical TV characters from The Partridge Family to Hannah Montana. In the late 1980s, the Monkees began a series of reunion tours that continued into their 50th anniversary.
This book tells the story of The Monkees and how the show changed television, introducing a new generation to the fourth-wall-breaking slapstick created by Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers.
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