TORONTO, Dec 5 (Reuters Life!) - Former Monkee Micky Dolenz, who now also writes books, has a dislike of long-term plans so he relies on his muse to tell him what to do. "She's this five-foot-seven blond in a satin nightdress with a nine-millimeter, semi-automatic pistol and she holds it to my head and says: 'Direct this, write that, do this, do that,'" the former singer and drummer for The Monkees told Reuters in an interview.
"It's my wife," he said laughingly. "But she doesn't really have a semi-automatic." It's been almost 40 years since the popular television show, "The Monkees", was canceled by NBC in 1968, but its legacy lingers in part due to some hit singles by the four-man band of the same name such as "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm a Believer.
" The quartet became a phenomenon and has reunited to perform concerts many times over the years. As yet, there is no plan for a fortieth anniversary bash, said 61-year-old Dolenz. Dolenz's muse keeps him busy.
He just finished playing Charlemagne in the play "Pippin" in Toronto. He's also had two books published this year -- a children's book titled "Gakky Two-Feet" (Putnam, 2006) and a trivia game book titled "Micky Dolenz' Rock 'n Rollin' Trivia" (Square One Publishers, 2006). Q: What did you do after "The Monkees" was canceled?
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