CRAZY ABOUT THE MONKEES, OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM? IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS ARE FOUND, YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE MONKEE-ITIS. DON’T WORRY, IT’S NOT CONTAGIOUS…YET!!!

  1. YOUR FRIENDS DON’T EVEN BOTHER TO ASK YOU ‘WHAT’S GOING ON?’ KNOWING THAT YOU’LL START TALKING ABOUT THE MONKEES.
  2. YOU SPELL OUT THEIR NAMES WITH GLOW-IN-THE-DARK STARS AND STICK THEM ON YOUR WALLS. (GUILTY)
  3. YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING LINES FROM THE SHOW, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. (GUILTY AGAIN)
  4. YOU NOW SPELL IT M-O-N-K-E-E-S INSTEAD OF MONKEYS.
  5. YOU ATTEMPT TO MAKE A GREEN WOOL HAT, ONLY TO LEARN THAT YOU CAN’T KNIT.
  6. THANKS TO #5, YOU TAKE KNITTING LESSONS TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER WOOL HAT, THAT’S NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE.
  7. YOU ACTUALLY WEAR THIS HAT IN PUBLIC.(YES, EVEN IN SUMMER)
  8. WHENEVER A MONKEE GUEST STARS IN A TELEVISION SHOW, YOU ALWAYS WATCH IT. (BOY MEETS WORLD, THE BRADY BUNCH...)
  9. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDING PEOPLE THAT DAVY ISN’T SPELLED WITH A ‘IE’ AND MICKY ISN’T SPELLED WITH A ‘EY’.
  10. YOU DO MONKEE-SCARES AND NEVER NOTICE IT.
  11. YOU KNOW THE WORDS TO ‘GOIN’ DOWN’. (GUILTY AS CHARGED)
  12. YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED MP3’S OFF THE INTERNET OF THE GUYS.
  13. YOU FIND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT YOUR ‘DO-IT-YOURSELF-PERM-KIT, DOESN’T WORK.
  14. YOU NOW SPEND EXTRA MONEY GOING TO THE BARBER TO DO IT FOR YOU.
  15. YOU SPEND YOUR TIME AT HALF-PRICE BOOKSTORES, LOOKING FOR C.D.’S AND RECORDS. (GUILTY)
  16. WHEN YOU FINALLY FIND ONE, YOU JUMP UP AND DOWN IN JOY.
  17. YOU START TO TALK IN A BRITISH ACCENT AT STRANGE MOMENTS.
  18. YOU COMPUTER SPACE IS OVERFLOWING WITH PICS OF THE GUYS.
  19. AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR SONGS IS ALWAYS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD ALL THE TIME. (UH-HU)
  20. YOU WANNA BE ‘SATURDAY’S CHILD’.
  21. EVERY TIME YOU HEAR ‘I’LL BE BACK UPON MY FEET’, A PICTURE OF THE GUYS GOING UP THE STEPS COMES TO MIND. (DONE THIS THOUSANDS OF TIMES)
  22. YOU’VE FINALLY FOUND A GOOD REASON TO BE SHORT. (DAVY JONES)
  23. YOU’RE SCARED OF TOMORROW. (LOOK OUT) HERE COMES TOMORROW
  24. YOU START COMPARING OTHER GUYS TO THE MONKEES.
  25. YOU TRY UNSUCCESSFULLY TO LEARN YOUR FAVORITE’S INSTRUMENT. (IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO LEARN TAMBOURINE?)
  26. YOU RECORD EPISODES OFF TV-LAND AND WATCH THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. (YUP)
  27. YOU GO TO CALIFORNIA IN HOPES OF SEEING THEIR BEACH HOUSE.
  28. YOU SAY ‘YOU DO AND I’LL BE SORRY’ WHENEVER YOU GET INTO TROUBLE.
  29. YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY ‘I AM STANDING UP’. (I REALLY AM.)
  30. YOU ARGUE WITH YOUR FRIENDS OVER WHO IS THE CUTEST. (DAVY, DAVY, DAVY!!!)
  31. THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE MARKED ON YOUR CALENDAR. (I DID THIS)
  32. FOR EACH OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS, YOU SEND THEM A LETTER. (I DID THIS TOO)
  33. YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO USE THE LINE ‘MRS (YOUR TEACHER’S NAME) WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU I OWE IT ALL TO A…A MONKEE AND THAT MY FATHER’S PREJUDICE.’ (THIS IS SOMETHING I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO)
  34. YOU REALLY WANT A COPY OF THE FAST VERSION OF ‘I WANNA BE FREE’. (I HAVE ALL SLOW VERSIONS)
  35. YOU’VE CONVERTED THEIR ADDRESSES TO MEMORY. (I HAVE DAVY’S MEMORIZED…WORKING ON THE OTHERS)
  36. YOU STAYED UP ‘TIL ONE IN THE MORNING WATCHING TV-LAND, JUST TO SEE THE MONKEES. (THIS IS ME)
  37. YOU WOULD REPLY TO THE PERSONAL ADS IN ‘P.O. BOX 9847’. (I WOULD)
  38. YOU HOPE THAT YOU DON’T HAVE AN AUNTIE GRIZELDA.
  39. YOU NO LONGER WATCH BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES, THERE’S ONLY ‘SHADES OF GRAY’.
  40. YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE ‘YOU’ IN ‘YOU AND I’.
  41. YOU SPEND HOURS ON THE INTERNET LOOKING UP MONKEE SITES. (ME AGAIN)
  42. YOU DOWNLOAD ‘BABY, YOU’LL SOON BE SIXTEEN’ OFF THE INTERNETAND LISTEN TO IT EVERYDAY UNTIL YOU’RE SIXTEEN. (THIS IS TRUE, I LOVE THAT SONG)
  43. YOU COMPARE YOUR FRIENDS TO THE MONKEES AND FIGURE OUT WHO THEY WOULD BE. (I DO THIS)
  44. YOU BELIEVE THAT THE MONKEES LIVE IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE THAT CAN BE REACHED BY MAGIC. (I DON’T BELIEVE THIS, IT JUST SOUNDED FUNNY)
  45. YOU WRITE FANFIC ABOUT MEETING THE MONKEES. (I OBVIOUSLY DO THIS)
  46. YOU FAVORITES MENU IS FILLED WITH YOUR FAVE MONKEE SITES. (YUP)
  47. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN WEB PAGE DEDICATED TO THEM. (IF YOU DIDN’T NOTICE ALREADY…)
  48. YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHICH ONE OF THE MONKEES THEY WOULD BE AND GET BAD RESULTS. (HAVEN’T DONE THIS YET)
  49. YOU STILL THINK THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THE GUYS WILL RESPOND TO YOUR LETTERS. (I CAN HOPE CAN’T I?)
  50. YOU’RE STILL READING THIS!!!