I loved The Monkees TV show when I was a kid, and had their cassette tapes(!). Their show was a pretty unique kind of humor, but I loved it. And I applaud them from trying to take the reigns of their musical direction. It pissed Don Kirschner off, but it's not like they wanted to split the atom, they just wanted to write some rock songs that better suited their personalities (and what they thought their fans would want to hear).