I came across this interesting little piece of video where Davy Jones of the Monkees makes it sound like HE would have liked to 'produce' New Monkees. I find this fascinating seeing that the Monkees themselves and some of their fans claim that they didn't/don't want New Monkees. Ahhhhh, the joy of it all!
The term Pilot is misleading because this in fact was the 'presentation' to sell the show to distributors. This was never aired. In 1986 (which I affectionately call 'The Regurgitation Period' of televison) Straybert Productions held auditions, much like you see now on American Idol or Making the Band, to create a new television show. And this piece shows that process.
In this video you'll see the fifth New Monkee, Jamie Muntner. Marty was off somewhere, needing to be alone with his guitar. He probably ended up in an old abandoned warehouse.
Here's the un-official music video for the unreleased song "Late Night". Filmmaker Tom Joslin was running around shooting New Monkees home movies. An official video was never released for this song.
