Susan Sarandon has commented that attending the movie is like sitting in a room full of Tourette’s sufferers.
I remember that Peter Cetera will not talk about his time in Chicago… which until they turned out those crappy ballads was a pretty damn good AOR band…
And of course remember Holly Johnson walked out on an episode of Bands Reunited when the rest of Frankie goes to Hollywood wanted to go forward with it…
I’m a believer.
Helen Keller refused to talk about The Miracle Worker and in fact would just stare into space if you even asked her about it.
Actually, Neil Armstrong is a guy who has taken great pains to stay out of the spotlight. Think about it- how often have you seen him on TV since 1969? How many times have you heard him interviewed?
Armstrong had no interest in being a celebrity.
I’m not sure which of your 2 posts I like best, Sampiro.
“I thought it was first class landmark Television and I have always been proud of it.”
Seriously?
Landmark television? I think not.
Something to be proud of? I suppose, if you look at it right. But it was bubblegum teen idol crap, in truth, whether you wrote it or not, enjoyed it or not, or whether it sold or not.
And you’d think, 40 yrs later, maybe he’d have figured that out by now. I’m just saying.
Now I’m confused. Is he too proud of his work with the Monkees, or not proud enough?
Actually, from the point of view of cinematic, directorial, etc., techniques, it is considered a landmark for American television.
In comments that I’ve heard, Nesmith characterizes the show as a high-quality children’s program that used groundbreaking cutting-edge cinematic and storytelling techniques.
It is also considered a landmark for commercial cross-promotion, sponsorship, advertising, etc.
Musically, there are also landmarks – use of the Moog, for example.
And the music – the best of the Monkees music – is more than just high-quality “bubblegum teen idol crap” – it includes some of the best, period, pop music, country pop, and folk pop recordings.
Well, they ripped off the Beatles’ humor sensibilities, but yes, they were the first ones to do it on TV. I think it’s fair to say it was a landmark series, and influential.
Mike Nesmith probably was the most successful Monkee who did not ride the Monkees nostalgia train.
I was going to mention that along with his Grammy. The first given for video album.
Less sexy than the music video but very lucrative and visionary: he also has a claim as a father of the “direct to home video” market. He was producing “how to” tapes and entertainment back in the early 1980s. He also bought for pennies on the dollar the rights to some movies that had been filmed but never theatrically released and released them direct to video, basically getting blood from what was presumed to be a stone (i.e. a movie that was never expected to earn back a dime).
Something that’ll make you feel old (or older- I wasn’t born when The Monkees first aired) is that I saw an article with him some while back- a year or two maybe- in which he had his arm around an attractive young lady (had Asian features IIRC) and I assumed he’s another celebrity with an impractically young wife. Nope- his granddaughter, and she’s a young adult. It seems odd that any Monkee should have a grandchild older than they were when the series was on. (Of course Ringo Starr is around the same age and a great-grandfather if I’m not mistaken.)
Not hardly. He just spent a large amount of time at the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. He spent an hour and a half on stage just by himself, or with Brent Spiner. From all reports he was witty, charming and very outgoing with the fans. He even joined Shatner onstage at one point.
Hmmm. Guess he got over it.
Never give up, never surrender!
Ah, yes - who can forget Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam?
The next time you need a 70’s or early 80’s flashback, watch Elephant Parts.
Also, was that really his voice when the ST:TNG cast appeared on Family Guy?
Wasn’t he also the first person to run Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey?
I believe all of them were.