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66-584: This article details the characters found in all four versions of The Tick . The Tick is a superhero in a blue bug suit (which may or may not be part of his body). He is the main protagonist of the Tick franchise. Arthur is the Tick's sidekick. He is formally introduced in The Tick #4, but appears as a mysterious flying figure in the background of earlier issues of that series. Trained as an accountant, Arthur purchased his moth suit at an auction, and decided to pursue

132-462: A mental institution . The character became popular and the store financed a black-and-white comic book series, with the first issue released in June, 1988, and subsequently reprinted at least nine times through the next decade, including later editions with additional content. The Tick's sidekick , Arthur , was introduced in The Tick #4 (April 1989). Spin-offs followed featuring characters such as Paul

198-529: A 1972 compilation LP called Re-Focus that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Columbia Pictures. Dolenz and Jones took advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to tour the United States. They could not use the Monkees name for legal reasons, but from 1975 to 1977, as the "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys Who Wrote 'Em and

264-415: A Believer ". Dolenz purchased the third modular Moog synthesizer sold commercially. (The first two belonged to Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens .) His performance on the Monkees' song "Daily Nightly" (written by Nesmith), from the album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. , was one of the first uses of the synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman . He

330-638: A Day . The album (released on Gigitone Records) was produced by Jeffrey Foskett , who has worked extensively with Brian Wilson and played on Wilson's 2004 Grammy-winning Brian Wilson Presents Smile . King's songs "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Sometime in the Morning", and "Porpoise Song" (Theme from Head ) have emerged as signature songs from the Monkees. As of February 2010, he was appearing on stage in London in Hairspray with Michael Ball. The show also went on tour and had

396-476: A band later credited as The Obvious. In 1965, Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became the drummer and a lead vocalist in the band created for the show. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, writers of many of the Monkees' songs, observed quickly that when brought into the studio together, the four actors would try to make each other laugh. Because of this, the writers often brought in each singer individually. The antics escalated until Dolenz poured

462-427: A bandmate of Alan Matthews. In 1995, he joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the third season (entitled "Rave On"), although they did not play the Monkees, per se – Dolenz's character is "Gordy", while Davy Jones is "Reginald Fairfield" and Tork is "Jedidiah Lawrence". However, at the climax of the program, the three are put on stage together and perform the classic Buddy Holly song " Not Fade Away ", and

528-407: A bowl of Drama Flakes cereal. Warburton described his perception of the Tick character, as Warburton played him: His past is a mystery. So everything that he looks at or perceives can be brand new, and he can get really, really excited and intrigued by something that's just a commonality for everybody else, that's humorous. He's like a child; everything's new. So you just bring that attitude to him,

594-406: A childlike attitude of discovering things. Originally, the Tick's costume was meant to be brown, but it was decided that blue looked better in print. In The Tick vs. The Tick , wherein the Tick is confronted by Barry, an unstable pseudo-hero who also calls himself "the Tick", Barry wears a brown costume similar to the Tick's. The Tick is named after an arachnid , much like Spider-Man . The logo of

660-471: A cup of ice on Don Kirshner 's head. At the time, Dolenz did not know Kirshner on sight. During tension-filled times, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their own compositions. Dolenz wrote a few of the band's self-penned songs, most prominently " Randy Scouse Git " from the album Headquarters . He provided the lead vocals for such hits as " Last Train to Clarksville ", " Pleasant Valley Sunday ", and " I'm

726-479: A member of Micky's backing band during his concerts. Dolenz suffered from Perthes disease as a child, affecting his hip joint and right leg, leaving that leg weaker (and shorter) than the other. This resulted in Dolenz adapting an unorthodox drum setup – right-handed and left-footed – in his musical career. Dolenz began his show-business career in 1956 when he starred in a children's TV show called Circus Boy under

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792-409: A new song, "Wing Walker". Meanwhile, Mike Curb left MGM and joined Warner Bros. Records . Dolenz's association with MGM then ended (and those final four songs remained unreleased). In part because of reruns of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hits charted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista (a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures), was actually a repackaging of

858-524: A number of Saturday-morning cartoon series including The Funky Phantom , Partridge Family 2200 A.D. , The Scooby-Doo Show , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids , These Are the Days , Devlin , and Wonder Wheels (from The Skatebirds ). Dolenz provided the voice of Arthur in the first season of the animated series The Tick . In 1972, Dolenz played Vance in the murder mystery film Night of

924-519: A short film based on the sketch " Balham, Gateway to the South ", with Robbie Coltrane playing multiple roles. In the early 1980s, Dolenz directed a stage adaptation of Bugsy Malone . He was producer of the TV show Luna in 1983–84. In 1986, a screening of the entire Monkees television series by MTV led to renewed interest in the band, followed by a single, "That Was Then, This Is Now", which reached No. 20 on

990-710: A successful run in Dublin, Ireland, during November 2010. In 2011, he rejoined Tork and Jones for An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour . After Jones' sudden death in February 2012, Dolenz and Tork reunited with Michael Nesmith for a 12-concert tour of the United States as a tribute. The three remaining Monkees toured again in 2013 and 2014 and Dolenz toured as a duo with Tork in 2015 and 2016. Following Tork's death in 2019, Dolenz toured with Nesmith as "The Mike and Micky Show" in 2018 and 2019. On May 4, 2021, Dolenz and Nesmith announced "The Monkees Farewell Tour" which

1056-483: A suit, and under water without oxygen for "at least" a long time. In the 2017 Amazon adaption, he is shown to be able to leap and bound great heights with ease and speed, and he is utterly impervious to bullets. The Tick has been well received as a comic book character. Empire magazine ranked him as the 28th-greatest comic book character of all time, stating that the Tick is a lovable lunk, given to overly dramatic declarations on behalf of justice. IGN ranked him as

1122-420: A super-powered immune system, as he has been seen sick with the common cold just like a normal person. One of the Tick's few limitations is that harming or removing his antennae will destroy his sense of balance. Finally, the Tick possesses something referred to as " drama power", or basically a tendency for the Tick's powers to increase as the situation becomes more dramatic. He can also survive in space without

1188-484: A superhero called the Caped Wonder. Oppenheimer has all the typical Superman powers, including X-ray vision ("see-through vision"), super strength, invulnerability, flight, heat-vision ("very hot vision"), and super hearing. Consequently, he looks down on the Tick as a lower form of superhero with limited powers. Like many superheroes, the Tick has a sidekick, a rather plump former accountant named Arthur. Arthur wears

1254-480: A white moth suit that allows him to fly; however, he is often mistaken for a bunny due to the long ear-like antennae of his costume and the fact that his wings are often folded up. The Tick is impulsive and Arthur serves as a sort of conscience. He also figures out the schemes of villains and formulates plans to stop them. Arthur's "battle cry" is "Not in the face! Not in the face!" In the Amazon Prime video series,

1320-564: Is capable of lifting whole cars with a single hand and comfortably bending steel girders. In the pilot of the 2016 series, The Tick claims to have the strength of "ten, perhaps twenty men—a crowded bus stop of men". The Tick is also "nigh-invulnerable", which means it is almost impossible to injure him in any serious way (although he is vulnerable to feelings of pain and his antennae are particularly sensitive). Because of this he can survive moments of extreme stress, and has demonstrated this ability on numerous occasions. In one noteworthy instance, in

1386-501: Is the last surviving member of the Monkees (after Davy Jones 's death in 2012, Tork's in 2019, and Nesmith's in 2021). He is the only member of the Monkees who was part of every lineup from the band's inception, and the only member with contemporary recordings of his vocals on all studio albums. The Moog synthesizer that Dolenz had bought proved vital when he composed a song entitled "Easy on You" in 1971; he began recording it in his home studio, playing acoustic guitar and drums, and using

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1452-620: Is unknown if this is his full name in any other media. In the 1994 cartoon series , Arthur is voiced by Micky Dolenz in Season One and by Rob Paulsen in Seasons Two and Three. In the 2001 TV series , Arthur is portrayed by David Burke . In the 2016 TV series , Arthur is portrayed by Griffin Newman . The Tick has different main allies in each of his media appearances: Superheroes in The Tick include: Supervillains in The Tick include: In

1518-520: The Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and No.41 in Canada, a 20th-anniversary tour, a greatest hits album, and a brand new LP, Pool It! in 1987. The band's original albums were reissued, and all hit the record charts at the same time. Beginning in 1986, Dolenz joined the other ex-Monkees for several reunion tours and toured extensively as a solo artist. On January 10, 2005, Dolenz replaced Dan Taylor as

1584-741: The NBC education drama series Mr. Novak , starring James Franciscus as an idealistic Los Angeles teacher. Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's The Monkees . Dolenz originally had his own rock band called "Micky and the One-Nighters" in the early- to mid-1960s with himself as lead singer. He had already begun writing his own songs. According to Dolenz, his band's live stage act included rock songs, cover songs, and even some R&B. One of his favorite songs to sing

1650-511: The Parcae in Roman mythology . At one point, Arthur starts to believe that the Tick is merely a hallucination, but that thought is quickly dispelled when Arthur's sister, Dot, interacts with "The Blue Guy". In all of his incarnations, the Tick is surrounded by a cast of equally absurd heroes and villains, many of them parodies of popular comic book characters and character types. Few of the "superheroes" in

1716-597: The Syfy Channel film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid , alongside Debbie Gibson and Tiffany . On February 21, 2015, he had a cameo as himself in the Adult Swim TV special Bagboy . In 2017, he appeared as himself on the sitcom Difficult People . In 1980, Dolenz produced and directed the British television sitcom Metal Mickey , featuring a large metallic robot with the catch-phrase "boogie boogie". In 1981, he directed

1782-573: The 1994 TV series, there are different civilians that live in The City: In the 2016 TV series, there are different civilians that live in The City: Tick (character) The character later spun off into an independent comic book series, multiple TV adaptations, a video game and various merchandise have also been based on the character. IGN 's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time ranked

1848-461: The 57th-greatest comic book hero of all time, saying that if you like your heroes on the bizarre side, you won't find anyone more surreal than the Tick. IGN also stated that whatever his mental state, the Tick's adventures are thoroughly enjoyable on both the printed page and television. Wizard magazine rated him as the 187th-greatest comic book character of all time. While The Tick comic book series included some extras, such as trading cards ,

1914-512: The Beatles ' White Album on the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles' White Album" tour. Dolenz performed the Monkees' songs " I'm a Believer " and " Pleasant Valley Sunday ". Dolenz has been married three times and is the father of four daughters. In 1967, while in the UK on tour with the Monkees, Dolenz met future wife Samantha Juste , a co-presenter on BBC TV's pop music show Top of

1980-628: The Fabric Softener Bear at that time. In 2017, Dolenz returned to voice-over, providing the voice of Wendell the Love Grub, as well as singing the featured song, in the Cartoon Network series Mighty Magiswords half-hour episode, "The Saga of Robopiggeh!". Dolenz recorded the voice-acting remotely in New York weeks before his Good Times! tour. Both Dolenz and Michael Nesmith auditioned for

2046-527: The Fox network introduced The Tick as a Saturday-morning cartoon series, which Edlund wrote and co-produced. Lasting three seasons, the animated series provided the Tick's greatest mainstream fame. Townsend Coleman voiced the title character and Micky Dolenz played his sidekick Arthur, in season 1. Rob Paulsen took over the Arthur role during seasons 2 and 3. Due to issues relating to Standards and Practices, Edlund

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2112-509: The Guys Who Sang 'Em!"), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, as well as making stops in Japan, Thailand, and Singapore. They also released an album of new material, appropriately called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart , and a live album, Concert in Japan , was released by Capitol in 1976. A Christmas single (credited to Dolenz, Jones and Tork)

2178-681: The Moog like a keyboard. With that song completed, he next invited former Monkee Peter Tork over to help with more recordings. Then, a fortuitous street encounter led to former Monkee stand-in David Price joining, as well as contributing a rock song he had written called "Oh Someone". With Dolenz on drums and vocals, Tork on bass, and Price on rhythm guitar, the song was completed in only two hours; subsequently, guitarist B.J. Jones came in two days later and added lead guitar. With these two songs recorded, Dolenz contacted his former high school friend Mike Curb , then

2244-551: The National Super Institute Convention in Reno, Nevada . According to the series' companion book, The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice! , at least one of the judges was amazed by this, awarding the Tick a score of 10 out of 10. The Tick possesses superhuman strength and mass, which makes him capable of inflicting great damage on his surroundings if he is not careful. His full strength is never actually quantified, although he

2310-571: The Pops . They married in 1968, and their daughter Ami Bluebell Dolenz was born on January 8, 1969; she became an actress who was particularly active in the 1980s and 1990s. Dolenz and Juste divorced in 1975, but remained close friends until her death following a stroke on February 5, 2014. He married Trina Dow in 1977. They had three daughters: Charlotte Janelle (born August 8, 1981), Emily Claire (born July 25, 1983), and Georgia Rose (born September 3, 1984). They divorced in 1991. Trina Dow Dolenz has become

2376-631: The Samurai , Man-Eating Cow, and Chainsaw Vigilante . Edlund continued to write and illustrate these projects initially through his years as an undergraduate film student at the Massachusetts College of Art . The Chainsaw Vigilante spin-off, which was never completed, was written and illustrated by Zander Cannon . Other series, such as the second Paul the Samurai series and the Man-Eating Cow series, were written by writer Clay Griffith. In 1994,

2442-695: The Starwood in Hollywood, California in 1977. In 1977, he performed with former bandmate Davy Jones in a stage production of the Harry Nilsson musical The Point! at London's Mermaid Theatre, playing and singing the part of the "Count's Kid" and the Leafman to Jones' starring role as Oblio (according to the CD booklet). An original cast recording was made and released. The comedic chemistry of Dolenz and Jones proved so strong that

2508-472: The Strangler . He was featured in an episode of Adam-12 , entitled "Dirt Duel" (season 5, episode 1), and an episode of Cannon , entitled "Bitter Legion" (season 2, episode 3). Dolenz provided the voice of Two-Face 's twin henchmen Min and Max in the two-part episode " Two-Face " on Batman: The Animated Series . In a September 2006 radio interview, Dolenz reported that he was the current voice of Snuggle

2574-545: The Temptations' " My Girl ". As an inside joke, actor Dave Madden , who had played the manager on The Partridge Family , cameoed as a manager; he suddenly appears, wanting to handle the "new" group, and tells them that they "could be bigger than The Beatles ", which they all scoff at. In 2007, he appeared in Rob Zombie 's remake of Halloween as Derek Allan, the owner of a gun shop. On January 29, 2011, Dolenz appeared in

2640-468: The Tick and David Burke as Arthur. Due to rights issues, original characters from the Fox cartoon series could not appear in the live action series; forcing Edlund to create similar characters: Nestor Carbonell as Batmanuel (a stand-in for Die Fledermaus) and Liz Vassey as Captain Liberty (a stand-in for American Maid). The series was short-lived, however, and it only lasted nine episodes. A DVD release of

2706-527: The Tick as No. 57. In 1986, eighteen-year-old cartoonist Ben Edlund created the Tick as a mascot for a newsletter of the Brockton (Massachusetts) store New England Comics, where he was a frequent customer. Edlund expanded this into stories, beginning with the three-page tale "The Tick" in New England Comics Newsletter #14–15 (July–August – September–October 1986), in which the hero escapes from

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2772-475: The Tick is a surrealistic parody of superheroes, in the vein of Dave Sim 's character Cerebus the Aardvark . He is well-intended, friendly, childlike, good-natured, high-spirited, bombastic, frequently obtuse, and prone to quipping odd, dim remarks and "inspirational" speeches filled with bizarre metaphors . The Tick is known for his nonsensical battle cry , "Spoooooon!", which he decided upon one day while eating

2838-401: The Tick is fixated on Arthur and even mentions at one point that his thinking is fuzzy when away from Arthur. Despite Arthur's repeated attempts to push the Tick away, the hero won't leave Arthur's side for long. The Tick also frequently talks about Destiny as if she is a literal person, guiding Arthur's path ("Destiny gave him the suit. I just acted in more of a 'delivery man' role"), alluding to

2904-451: The Tick mythos have powers that measure up to those of DC Comics or Marvel Comics characters, but their foes are often equally silly and/or weak. The Tick lives in a city simply called "The City". In the animated series, the Tick was assigned to the city after his "Cabinet of Terror" (described by the Tick as the "deadliest engine of destruction 1974 had to offer") exploded, leaving him unharmed, during his city assignment selection trials at

2970-482: The animated episode "Evil Sits Down for a Moment", he falls 4,000 feet out of the sky, crashing through the concrete road below into a subway tunnel, yet before he reaches a stop he is subsequently hit by an oncoming train: he survives it all without any lasting physical injury (only a brief, albeit severe, concussion). Several powerful supervillains have been able to knock the Tick unconscious in several fights, but he never comes to any lasting harm. He also does not possess

3036-513: The animated studio Saban, who made the series. They are therefore exclusive to the animated series continuity. Reruns on Comedy Central helped make the series a cult hit with adults. The 1997 book The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice! by Greg Hyland (creator of Lethargic Lad ) was published as a tie-in with the animated series. In 2001, Fox introduced a live-action TV series (produced by Columbia TriStar Television ), written and executive produced by Edlund. The series starred Patrick Warburton as

3102-479: The band. Dolenz was born in Los Angeles, the son of actors George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson . He has three sisters, Gemma Marie ("Coco"), Deborah, and Kathleen ("Gina"). Gemma's nickname, Coco, is a shortened form of "Coco Sunshine", a nickname given to her as a child by Micky. Coco was a frequent guest on the set of The Monkees TV show and sometimes a guest performer on records by the Monkees, singing background vocals or duetting with Micky. She often performs as

3168-499: The complete series (including several unaired episodes) was released on September 30, 2003. In June 2005, the Toon Disney network began airing The Tick animated series. The series also occasionally aired on ABC Family as part of the Jetix cartoon block. The following year, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the first season of The Tick animated series on DVD. The second season

3234-474: The face of danger is often played for comic contrast against the attitudes and tendencies of the other characters (especially the Tick himself). Arthur is ethnically Jewish (mentioned in an episode of the 1994 cartoon series ), and his family would strongly prefer he leave the superhero lifestyle and return to accounting. Arthur's apartment serves as his and the Tick's superhero headquarters. The 2016 TV series reveals Arthur's full name to be "Arthur Everest", but it

3300-764: The head of MGM Records ; after playing the songs for Curb, Dolenz was immediately signed to MGM. Dolenz recorded and released songs for MGM for about three years (with a few of the songs being credited to Starship, an ersatz group, not the later Jefferson Starship ). After the first year, Dolenz's friend Harry Nilsson contributed his song "Daybreak", also arranging and producing the recording, which included Keith Allison on guitar, former Monkees producer Chip Douglas on bass, and steel-guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes. By early 1974, with no chart successes to date, Dolenz headed to England, and with Tony Scotti , he cut four songs for MGM: two rock classics, " Splish Splash " and " Purple People Eater ", as well as "I Hate Rock and Roll" and

3366-546: The life of a superhero (resulting in indefinite "psychiatric leave" from his accounting firm). After rescuing a powerful ninja artifact (the Thorn of Oblivion) and helping the Tick and Oedipus defeat the ninjas, Arthur decides to become the Tick's sidekick. As a running joke, Arthur is often mistaken for a bunny (owing to the shape and size of his costume's antennae, and the fact that his wings are usually folded up). His doughy physique, shy manner, lack of self-confidence, and hesitation in

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3432-438: The merchandising of The Tick increased dramatically with the launch of the animated series. Action figures , stickers, pogs , T-shirts, hats, party favors, costumes, and a board game were created. In addition, many fast food restaurant chains, such as Carl's Jr. and Taco Bell offered Tick-related giveaways. In 1994, Fox Interactive also released a beat 'em up video game based on the animated series . The game, however,

3498-487: The morning disc jockey at oldies radio station WCBS-FM in New York. On June 3, 2005, Dolenz celebrated his 100th show with a special morning show at B.B. King's. That was also his last regular show at the station; at 5:00 pm, WCBS-FM announced that the station would replace its oldies format with a " Jack " format, eliminating the need for on-air disc jockeys. However, WCBS-FM eventually returned to its oldies format on July 12, 2007, with Taylor re-assuming his role as

3564-411: The morning disc jockey the following day. Several months later, on February 3, 2008, Dolenz was invited back to the station to present his long-postponed 101st show and final in-studio appearance there by guest-hosting a three-hour broadcast during WCBS' Sunday evening "New York Radio Greats" program. In 2009, Dolenz signed a deal to record an album of the classic songs of Carole King , titled King for

3630-486: The name Mickey Braddock . He played Corky, an orphaned water boy for the elephants in a one-ring circus at the start of the 20th century. The program ran for two seasons, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network television shows and pursued his education. Dolenz went to Ulysses S. Grant High School in Valley Glen and graduated in 1962. In 1964, he was cast as Ed in the episode "Born of Kings and Angels" of

3696-520: The role of Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli on Happy Days , but neither was selected, as they were both taller than lead actor Ron Howard and co-stars Anson Williams and Don Most . In 1975, Dolenz acted in Linda Lovelace for President , starring Linda Lovelace . In 1994–95, Dolenz played in two episodes of the sitcom Boy Meets World ; in the first one (entitled "Band on the Run"), he played Norm,

3762-466: The second half on February 23, 2018. A 10-episode second season was released on April 5, 2019. The Tick seems to have no memory of his life before being the Tick, and indeed not much memory of anything; more than likely, this is due to frequent head injuries . Each media adaptation has a different origin of the Tick: A square-jawed, muscular, bright blue-costumed figure with antennae sticking up from his head,

3828-461: The series also resembles that of the 1994 Spider-Man series . According to the live-action series, the Tick is 6 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 230 pounds (6 inches and 170 pounds less than his dimensions in the comic), and has blue hair and eyes. In the comic series, the Tick gets a job at the Weekly World Planet newspaper. He works in the same office as Clark Oppenheimer, who is also

3894-470: The show was revived in 1978 with Nilsson inserting additional comedy for the two, plus two more songs, with one of them (" Gotta Get Up ") being sung by Dolenz and Jones together. The show was considered so good that it was planned to be revived again in 1979, but it proved cost-prohibitive. After the show's run, Dolenz remained in England and began directing for stage and television, as well as producing several of

3960-608: The shows he directed. From August to September 2006, Dolenz played Charlemagne at the Goodspeed Opera House for the revival of the musical Pippin in East Haddam, Connecticut . He also toured in that role. Also in the mid-2000s, Dolenz played the role of Zoser in the Broadway production of Elton John and Tim Rice 's Aida . After The Monkees television show ended, Dolenz continued performing providing voice-overs for

4026-523: Was Chuck Berry 's " Johnny B. Goode ", which he sang at his Monkees audition, resulting in his being hired as one of the cast/band members. He recorded two 45s in 1965 that went unreleased until the Monkees' success in 1967. Issued on the Challenge label, the recordings were "Don't Do It" b/w "Plastic Symphony III" and "Huff Puff" b/w "Fate (Big Ben)". Neither B-side on the Challenge 45s is by Dolenz, but rather

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4092-676: Was not allowed to feature the comic series supporting cast characters in the cartoon, as characters such as Chainsaw Vigilante and Paul the Samurai were deemed inappropriate for a children's television show. As such, new supporting cast characters such as Die Fledermaus (a Batman parody), American Maid (a Wonder Woman/Captain America parody), and Sewer Urchin (a parody of Dustin Hoffman 's character from Rain Man ) were created instead. Edlund did not secure ownership rights to said characters, and they are now owned by

4158-404: Was not well received. Micky Dolenz This is an accepted version of this page George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer and one of two primary vocalists for the pop rock band the Monkees (1966–1970, and reunions until 2021), and a co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Dolenz is the last surviving member of

4224-511: Was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976. The single featured Douglas's and Howard Kaylan 's " Christmas Is My Time of Year " (originally recorded by a 1960s supergroup, The Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's " White Christmas " (Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986). Tork also joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage at Disneyland on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz and Jones on stage at

4290-411: Was released on August 7, 2007; however, both collections were missing an episode for different reasons. In July 2016, Amazon announced that a new live-action series , starring Peter Serafinowicz and directed by Wally Pfister , would air on Amazon Video . The pilot was picked up as a series, and the first season's 12 episodes were released in two parts—the first six episodes on August 25, 2017, and

4356-589: Was the last for the group. The tour consisted of 40 US dates from September to November. The final show was held on November 14, 2021, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. On May 21, 2021, Dolenz released a solo album, Dolenz Sings Nesmith , featuring songs written by Nesmith and produced by Christian Nesmith. On November 3, 2023 Dolenz released an EP of R.E.M. cover songs. In late 2019, Dolenz toured with Todd Rundgren , Jason Scheff , Christopher Cross , and Joey Molland of Badfinger , in celebration of

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