New Monkees

The only thing about this project that worked was the buzz machine about the cattle call auditions, etc. There was not one aspect of this show or the cast that functioned. The non-actors were fish out of water with no rapport and like total strangers to each other, the writing was bad, the direction was bad, etc. I can only imagine what it was like on the set - knowing that nothing worked. And check out the audition reel. Not one of these guys had any wit or talent - truly boring people.

The problem is that, despite his negatives, there was no Don Kirshner behind this show - no one to make the right decisions about anything. Kirshner knew how to prefab a fake band, how to find and cast funny people, how to groom them, and how to find truly excellent songs.

The New Monkees was horrible. Hair band made up of nothing but hair.