who are the monkees? in november 1965, michael nesmith, peter tork, davy jones and micky dolenz came together as the monkees to film a pilot television program for creator/producers bob rafelson and bert schneider’s raybert productions. the group members were selected via a casting call, word of mouth and just plain luck. all four had prior musical and acting experience. the monkees series was sold to the nbc network in february 1966 and began
