100 Things Day 3: Monkee See, Monkee Do

[crazyfoolstiney]

When I was young my family lived with my great-grandmother for awhile and I remember watching tv shows with my mom in the afternoon before my younger sister and I took to the backyard.






Growing up my mom was a HUUUUUUUGE fan of The Monkees. She was president of their local fan club and everything. So when their show was on tv when I was a kid we'd watch it with her. I was obsessed with the show.  And even from the very beginning my favorite was Mike Nesmith. xD

The Beatles cartoon always came on after the Monkees and at the time I thought the Beatles were trying to be like the Monkees so I didn't like them AT ALL. My mom never corrected it.  It wasn't until I got older that I realized how WRONG that was. How embarrassing.
Though my feelings towards the Beatles changed down the line for sure, I never lost my love for the Monkees. They'll most def be showing up in other memories.

Comments

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder! I'm at work right now so I just requested the Nesmith solo greatest hits CD :D Time to relive my childhood haha.

My Dad wanted to get John Lennon glasses when he was a kid but his dad wouldn't let him. :( Always wondered what that would have done for his self-esteem...and I wonder if that's why he let me brother be such a fashion fiend, he was forced to repress his LOL. (My lil' bro walks the line between hipster and dork, it's adorable)

[crazyfoolstiney.livejournal.com]

My Dad's like that as well. He's always pushed us to do whatever we wanted to do when we grow up. Not just to make money but something that we love because he never got that.