"This half hour sitcom was inspired by the successful Beatles movies, A Hard Days Night and Help. Each episode would contain at least one musical "romp" which might have nothing to do with the storyline. In retrospect, these vignettes now look very much like music videos: short, self-contained films of songs in ways that echoed Beatles' recent ventures into promotional films for their singles.
Each of the four actors were given a different personality to portray: Mickey Dolenz the funny one, "
"The Monkeemobile was created from a Pontiac GTO. The designer 'stretched' the nose and 'mashed' the front end down. A 3rd row of seating was added where the trunk used to be, and an antique touring car convertable top completed the look.
Pontiac paid a promotional fee to have the GTO markings left intact.
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