# Monkees **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562 "2000-06-16T08:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/1 "2000-06-16T08:46:43Z")
Do you have a favorite? I’m partial to Michael Nesmith due largely to his work _after_ the series, but when it comes down to it, I’d have to say my favorite Monkee is Peter Tork. How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![argyle87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@argyle87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/argyle87)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/2 "2000-06-16T08:56:45Z")
Especially in the episode when the aliens turned his feet around backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/3 "2000-06-16T12:44:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Do you have a favorite? > > I’m partial to Michael Nesmith due largely to his work _after_ the series, but when it comes down to it, I’d have to say my favorite Monkee is Peter Tork. > > How 'bout you? > \*\* Nesmith, definitly. Davy Jones was just too…twee. Total pretty boy. And too many of his songs were whiney. Peter Tork was too much of a “George Harrison Wannabe”. Plus he kept wearing those dorky Nehru(sp) shirts and love-beads. Mickey Dolenz wasn’t nearly as funny, witty or clever as he thought he was. But Nesmith…Nesmith _defined_ coolness. His laid-back attitude, Texas drawl and, leave us not forget his spiffy little cap. Nesmith was the Cecil Adams of the Monkees. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/4 "2000-06-16T17:02:32Z")
Neil Diamond. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/5 "2000-06-16T17:10:04Z")
LOL, Neil Diamond, LOL He’s mine too 😛 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/6 "2000-06-16T19:48:04Z")
I loved Mickey my entire life until I got all of the episodes on tape. Now, as an adult, I appreciate Mike’s TOTAL coolness much more. BTW, I am a Monkees freak!!! I welcome any conversation regarding the show or the music! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/7 "2000-06-17T04:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Peter Tork > Especially in the episode when the aliens turned his feet around backwards. That was Micky. I’m a Monkeemaniac, too. Sigh. Mike’s my fave. _Goin’ Down_ is my favorite song. …_floatin’ down the river with a saturated liver…_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/8 "2000-06-17T04:41:23Z")
Charles Manson, the Pete Best of the Monkees. ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/9 "2000-06-17T14:15:22Z")
No doubt - Nesmith. ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/10 "2000-06-19T09:16:07Z")
I’ve always considered Martin Short the fifth Monkee. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/11 "2000-06-19T14:59:25Z")
I like them all, but I’ve always had a bit more liking for Perter Tork. His character was always the one who got picked on or left behind. When I was a kid, I could idenitfy with him. Hey, did anybody ever pretend to be the Monkees when they were kids? My friends and I did and we had a blast! ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/12 "2000-06-19T16:16:00Z")
This thread has Peta Tzunami’s name all over it. I liked Mike Nesmith the best. I thought Davy was a total twink (yuck), Mickey was just ugly, and Peter was alright. The music is fun to listen to and the TV show was pretty good. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/13 "2000-06-19T18:12:22Z")
Sqrl, if you send my wife a link to this thread, I will never let you and dcnewsman read from my baby book again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/14 "2000-06-19T18:26:51Z")
I once dated a guy who was a dead ringer for Peter Tork. Turned out to be kind of a jerk, though . . . ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/15 "2000-06-19T18:32:26Z")
Ah pl! good to see you back online! When I was little, I liked Peter Tork, only cause well, there wasn’t much to choose from among the others! But I had bad taste when little, and never liked the popular favorites anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lemartel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lemartel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemartel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/16 "2000-06-19T19:12:18Z")
Peter Tork, he had a kind of goofiness and a vulnerability that I enjoyed. My list would be: 1.Peter 2.Mickey-zany and a good singer 3.Davey -kind of a pretty boy 4.Micheal- seemed to take himself too seriously ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/17 "2000-06-19T20:29:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Sqrl, if you send my wife a link to this thread, I will never let you and dcnewsman read from my baby book again. 😛 > \*\* Peter Tork is my favorite Monkee…and his brother, [Nick, is a sweetheart, too](http://www.geocities.com/la_peta/lakeside.html). 😉 (And not a terrible musician/songwriter in his own right.) I’ve had the privilege on several occasions now to see and meet the guys ('xcept Mike–ruins everything by quitting tours after 8 days!)…[especially Peter](http://www.geocities.com/la_peta/flhbpics/ptldjls.jpg) (yes, that’s yours truly–in the middle; the other guy is a WONDERFUL musician named [James Lee Stanley](http://www.jamesleestanley.com) who occasionally does duet tours with Peter]. Peter’s got a blues band he (started) plays with now too that’s really good called [Shoe Suede Blues.](http://www.shoesuedeblues.com) (They’ll be playing the east coast (MD, PA, NJ) in July!) I’d say more, but then I’d really have to [hijack] the thread…if there’s one topic I can speak (write) at length on, it’s the Monkees. ---
**Author:** ![SmoothOperator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SmoothOperator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmoothOperator)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/18 "2000-06-19T21:53:30Z")
I have to vote for Davy Jones, followed by Peter Tork. Mike didn’t seem like he would ever want/need a girlfriend and seemed unapproachable. What would a preteen know anyway? But I guess I’ve always been an accent ho, 'cause I love men with accents. :swoon: ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/19 "2000-06-20T03:28:23Z")
I know I’m bucking the trend, but hey, so what. I drooled over Davy Jones…those eyes, that voice… I have to say that Mike Nesmith was a close second, then Peter Tork, and Mickey was just okay. My friends and I used to walk down the street doing the Monkee Walk…ahhh…the memories… ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562/20 "2000-06-20T04:17:11Z")
When 10 years old, i owned AND wore a monkees sweatshirt! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkees/22562.md?page=2)