Davy Jones Said The Monkees 'Copied' This 'Corny' Scene From The Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night'

The Beatles‘ movie A Hard Day’s Night inspired the creators of The Monkees‘ sitcom. Davy Jones once dismissed the idea that The Monkees was similar to A Hard Day’s Night. On the other hand, Jones once said a scene from The Monkees was directly lifted from A Hard Day’s Night.At one point in his book They Made a Monkee Out of Me, Jones dismissed the idea that The Monkees’ sitcom was similar to The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night. “[Monkees writers Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker] were true to their word and came up with this idea for a show,” he said. “It was based on The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night — four rock ‘n’ roll musicians trying to make it — living together in a house on Malibu beach — sea, sand, surfboards.

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