{"id":183272,"date":"2016-10-07T11:42:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=183272"},"modified":"2016-10-28T09:08:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:08:20","slug":"the-monkees-50th-anniversary-interview-with-john-covach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/the-monkees-50th-anniversary-interview-with-john-covach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monkees&#8217; 50th anniversary: Interview with John Covach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monkees phenomenon began 50 years ago this month with the debut of their self-titled NBC TV show in September 1966. Inspired by the madcap antics of the Beatles in <em>A Hard Day&#8217;s Night<\/em> and <em>Help!<\/em>, TV producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson created a show about a zany, struggling Malibu pop band. 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