Boyce and Hart: What It's Like Cutting The Monkees

"WE'VE HAD many, many funny experiences with the Monkees in the studio, beginning with the first session we ever had with them. We met them at the studio for the first time after we'd written the first three songs for the pilot, which hadn't been made yet. The guys had just been picked — in fact, we sat through about 97 interviews when they were picking the guys."