Hey Hey It’s Another Monkee!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
The only thing that was unfortunate about getting the chance to meet Davy Jones at the July 18, 2009, Hollywood Collectors show, was that I didn’t find out that he was going to be present until after I had already arrived in California. So even though I had just acquired a nice color photo of The Monkees that I had had Mickey Dolenz sign in October 2008, I hadn’t brought it along with me. But despite that annoying fact, I was thrilled to be meeting yet another Monkee – and the most popular one at that! Read the rest of this entry »
The most amazing thing about the pop phenomenon band of the 1960’s The Monkees was that they were formed solely for the purpose of a television show. Micky Dolenz for example couldn’t even play the drums and was subjected to intensive training so he could even ‘mime’ the activity sufficently. From the popularity of the show in which the actors were only playing rock stars, they actually ended up becoming rocks stars, producing several acclaimed albums including the amazing Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 
I posed this question in the last California posting: who would have thought that a visit to the Playboy Mansion would not be the big story of Monday morning, October 26, 2008? Jimmy had no sooner pulled out through the gates of the Playboy Mansion, that Dick Bann was making a startling exclamation from the front seat of the car: “Look…that’s Brian Wilson!” Now how Dick could pick out Brian freakin’ Wilson as we pulled up behind him as he was taking a walk (away from us) is beyond me. God Only Knows. I still have visions of Dick not spotting him, as Jimmy, Dick, and I obliviously drove past one of the most iconic figures in the history of pop music. 
As Lisa and I settled into our new apartment at the Peppertree Villas on 1455 Bell Pepper Court, Apartment 203, she and I went about our business of unpacking and decorating while awaiting the arrival of Summer – not that we didn’t continue to take part in numerous activites all the while. As we attended school and worked in the front office at Kroger Beavercreek, we remained busy babysitting Ashleigh and Briana, hosting parties, hanging out with friends – and I kept involved with my Sons of the Desert tent, collecting autographs, and watching movies. The following is a synopsis of some of the memorable events (at least for me) from that time period as recorded in my little pocket planner…culminating with one massive 
It was all Bob’s fault that I spent over $100 at CD Connection in Huber Heights on Friday, July 25, 2008. Had his flight arrived on time, I would never have ended up there while waiting, and I never would have purchased the entire run of Scrubs on DVD. But that’s all water under the bridge now. As it was, his American Airlines flight that was scheduled to arrive at 5:23pm that afternoon, didn’t actually get in until around 7:30. The reason for his arrival: he and I were about to embark on the granddaddy of all “website-driven re-visits of places I’ve already been but have to see again because I was too stupid to take photos of myself by the landmarks when I was there the first time” tours.