The Monkees plot
The Monkees is about four young men who start a rock band together. The show, largely modeled after the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night, shows the experiences and music of a more or less fictional pop group. The four young men who formed The Monkees were British-born Davy Jones, and Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. They were selected following an ad asking for actors for the role of four crazy boys. Nesmith and Tork were both professional musicians at the time, but Dolenz and Jones were best known as actors.