When you think of The Fonz, you think of Henry Winkler. In fact, it is hard to imagine anyone else playing the role. But there was someone else who was up for the iconic Happy Days part.
Micky Dolenz was talking about his career to People, and he told the story about how the TV heartthrobs were both the finalists for Arthur Fonzarelli. “I almost got it,” he told then. “Supposedly it was between me and Henry [Winkler]. He remembers it too. The story I heard is that he was in the waiting room, saw me come in, and thought, ‘Oh s—, I’ll never get this — Micky Dolenz is here!’ So we laugh about it now. He’s a good friend and a brilliant talent.”
Does the last surviving member of The Monkees think they made the right choice? “Oh my God, he’s just so good. I was definitely not as good as he was. Come on — he was The Fonz! He had that New York, New Jersey thing down. I’m from Southern California. It wasn’t gonna happen!”
Everything happened as it was supposed to happen. Because of that, Dolenz gets to hit the road this Summer with the Songs & Stories tour. Who knows if he would still be playing music if he played sitcom’s coolest guy?
On March 8th, Micky Dolenz turned the big 8-0. How did he celebrate? Alison Martino threw him a surprise party at the Valley Relics Museum, surrounded by friends and family. And he had a blast celebrating with all of them!
Now, let’s talk about how good he looks. He looks the same as he did when he was on Circus Boy in the mid-’50s. Well, he is a lot taller than he was then. But that face has never changed.
Before Micky Dolenz was clowning around on The Monkees, he was adopted by a clown on Circus Boy. How awwwdorable was the 10-year-old in that 1965 episode?
We know that Paul McCartney is a Beatle. And we know that The Beatles and The Monkees were friends in the late ’60s.
However, did you know that Macca sings The Monkees TV theme song as he walks onto the stage before a concert?
Well, he does. His daughter recorded him walking out to the final show on this tour at O2 in London, singing the tune with his bandmates. And I love it!
If you thought that Dolly Parton’s Rockstar album was going to be the most interesting album with covers this year, you were wrong.
That is because The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is releasing a record full of R.E.M. covers, including Shiny Happy People.
The sole survivor of The Monkees met up with R.E.M’s Michael Stipe, Pete Buck, and Bill Berry before his record release party. And we got this picture!
Maybe R.E.M. will consider using Dolenz as their fourth member and get back together. How groovy would that be?
