Quotes:

The Beatles about the Monkees:

"I think you're the greatest comic talents in film since the Marx Brothers. I've never missed one of your programs." John to Mike.

"The Monkees are still finding out who they are, and they seem to be improving as performers each time I see them. When they've got it all sorted out, they may be the greatest." George

"I'm sure The Monkees are going to live up to a lot of things many people didn't expect." Paul

"I like their music a lot...and you know, their personalities. I watch their tv show and it is good." Paul

"It's the combining of their sound with their jumping around and all that which makes 'em so popular with the kids, I guess. With me, too." Ringo

"They're not really just copies of us, now, are they? The Monkees have a fine way of their own, you know?" Ringo

"Monkees? They've got their own scene, and I won't send them down for it. You try a weekly television show and see if you can manage one half as good!" John

The Monkees about the Beatles:

"I was a Beatles fan. When I had my newfound fame as a television star, I thought I'd figure out if I could broker this into a meeting with some people I wanted to meet. One of them was John Lennon. I flew to London and sent him a telegram that said, "I'm at the such and such hotel and I would very much like to meet you." I signed it, "God is Love, Mike Nesmith." Now God is Love was an utterly radical thing to say in the 60s, especially on a telegram. He called me at the hotel. He said, "I'll send a car for you. Come stay with me instead." That was the beginning of the friendship. We maintained it from a distance. Every time I went to London I would look him up, and he would call me when he came here." Mike

"Micky and I are meeting the Beatles at a London club called the Speakeasy. And in come George and John singing to the tune of "Hare Krishna" "Micky Dolenz, Micky Dolenz, Dolenz, Dolenz, Micky, Micky." And Paul is with Jane Asher, and the other guys didn't bring anybody, and I had just done some STP which was an LSD-type psychedelic drug. I mentioned it to John and he said, "We heard that's no good. Mama Cass told us not to take it." But he said, "Okay". So I went back to the hotel and I got some. Popped one down his throat. I guess he was alright because he seemed to survive. I don't think I'm responsible for "Strawberry Fields" though." Peter

"I was performing a song from Oliver! on The Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles made their American debut. I saw this amazing reaction and I thought "I want a bit of this- this is good." I remember getting into the lift with Ringo Starr. I was always a cheeky little guy. He had a cold at the time and I remember saying, "Let me blow your nose for you, I'm closer than you are." Ringo said, "I know." Davy

"I was staying with John Lennon during the recording of the Sgt. Pepper album. He would come home and play the acetates from the day's sessions. "What do you think of that sound? Do you think there's too much bass on there?" And of course I just didn't have any way to talk to him because he was just rearranging my musical realities at the time. I said, "This is just miraculous. This is some of the most innovative and creative and interesting stuff I've ever heard." And he showed me a picture of the album cover. So when he said, "Do you want to come down and hang?" I was there. The only thing I can really remember about the sessions, however, was Marianne Faithfull--whoa. I thought, "This is the rock and roll mama of all time." And I was unabashadely just stricken. She was with Jagger. When she wondered into the room I thought, "Oh, this is what the fuss is all about." She was some stone fox, I'll tell you." Mike on the "A Day in the Life" video sessions.

Facts:

The Monkees attended the next-to-last ever Beatles concert in Los Angeles on August 28, 1966

Davy made his first US television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show with the cast of Oliver! on February 9, 1964, the same night that 73 million US viewers tuned in to see the debut of the Beatles.

In the summer of 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein promoted the Monkees' London shows.

When in London, Micky visited Paul McCartney's house and attended a Beatles recording session at Abby Road Studios.

Mike can be seen talking to John in the Beatles' promotional video of "A Day in the Life".

Ringo attended Mike's party in 1970 celebrating The First National Band, Jimi Hendrix was also there and died only two days later.

Percentage?
50% of The Beatles are still living.
100% of The Monkees are still living.
I, Christy Lane, have met 25% of the Monkees.
I have seen 25% of the Beatles in concert.
I have seen 75% of the Monkees in concert.
I have 75% of the Monkees' autographs.