Monkees Breaking the Fourth Wall

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Instances in which the Monkees break the fourth wall. I only included situations in which the Monkees were in character, or occurs within a scene in which they’re in character. Things like interviews, screen tests, the Monkees and their guests, the crew coming on stage, The Monkees on Tour, The Paris Show, etc., etc., didn’t make the compilation. I also didn’t include every single time they looked at the camera, but instead instances when the fact that they’re on a television show or situations that occur to them as actors are referenced; there were enough.)

[@PooDotStinkPants]

*These guys are the expert construction workers in comedic breaking of the fourth wall*

[@kennethoats2322]

That show was way ahead of its time SO FUNNY still holds up

[@jennygd12345]

Tkm

[@jennygd12345]

Aasa vulto 3

[@mahatmarandy5977]

A lot of these kinds of gags (but by no means all) came from, or were inspired by, the ones in the old Hope and Crosby “Road Movies”

[@melissahenningsgardner817]

I love when they break the 4th "wall". Makes me feel like I'm part of the show.

[@just4music687]

3:23 Micky: "Once upon a time, in the land of Kirshner. . . " lol!!

[@sheilatorres5312]

1:50 you serious? Okay it cracked me up that micky said "those writers are overpayed" xD

[@alanwhit5429]

way ahead of its time ... a whole generation of kids (including me) were hip to it too

[@yoshispongegirl]

8:52 kills me. I love this show so much 😂

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

Great show for sure.

[@pmyodb1]

9:39 where Mickey keeps making faces and acting all goofy when Jack Williams was tellin Aunt Pat thanks for the peach preserves and then he jumps him while the crowd grows wild,lol

[@Malachishouse]

I'd say they decided not to cover his face, unlike how they did with the others, bc they knew he'd entertain in the background. In this show, you've got to always watch the background to get good giggles and chuckles, laughs...oh, ha ha ha

[@chrishogarth4389]

Mike - “And you cut back to us” , Pained look- is my all time favorite…. ALWAYS makes me laugh since I was 15 . I’m 49 now. The Monkees will ALWAYS be ahead of its time and never duplicated.

[@grimupnorth]

This is why I grew to like the Monkees music more than the Beatles - the truly funny TV shows (I'm a Brit by the way). Makes me feel old that two of these young guys are no longer with us.

[@calculoopy]

Now it's 3😔

[@betsyfitze9022]

David Thomas Jones is one of my favorite person who is a member of the Monkees and all of the songs he has sing while he was with the Monkees he's melted my heart ❤️ the way he sang and danced but since his death I missed him a lot because even though he's gone I will always love him.RIP DavyJones and Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith may God be blessed the three of you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🕺❤️❤️❤️🐶😇🐱 and 😇😇🐴

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Breaking the 4th wall? How come more t.v.shows don't do that? Long live the Monkees!!!!

[@apologeticfictionfire6873]

Not special if there's a glut but I love them too.

[@daytripperhd]

If they did, they would do it wrong.

[@twinray27]

Rick and Morty.....

[@user-kh9kk4pd5g]

Yes Ｙｏｕ !

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

WAAAAAAYYYY before Bueller.

[@alarbu17]

6:45 i love mike

[@DolenzFan5]

I grew up with The Monkees and they will always be apart of my life forever

[@almd_mlk]

Breaking the fourth wall makes the show less serious and a lot more funny. I love it!😅

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

Brilliant and hilarious show.

[@megancordato8039]

It’s shows like this that make us feel special

[@the_lost_navigator]

"She has a line. She has a line." "No"... PS - Phyllis and Christian... Never knew their names, but they have my condolences. Respect

[@faith-dt3mw]

“isn’t that funny kids? aHHHaahaAAAAH”

[@Cailey1Olson4]

I still love when he rubs the recording light and a Jeanie pops out and Davy says wow imagine that wrong show

[@marguskiis7711]

They did it in every episode.

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

This show is hilarious because it’s a sitcom. I love sitcoms.

[@lisettegarcia7013]

How about these moments: 1. Davy looking at the camera and saying: '"Now I know why there was so much noise at our house. It was my sisters learning how to walk."' 2. The guys saying the episode wrapped up again and this has been Davy, Micky, Peter, and Michael. *(The fairy tale episode)*

[@fidlemel53]

Love this...so good

[@kathy2trips]

These were great! Thanks for posting!

[@juliemcarthur3004]

Love them

[@user-zr6fs1qd3l]

Enough gags in this show already.

[@larrywakeman4371]

SO FUNNY and what eye candy! :)

[@hadlockjudith]

Great stuff!!

[@bingolookup3071]

This is great!

[@biguy617]

Mickey and Peter were funniest on this show.

[@pouemo8804]

Las caras que hace micky 🥺

[@stevenprice8253]

Not as subtle as the Skipper

[@Camera2Studios]

It just occurred to me. Doesn't Mickey Dolan look a lot like Joseph Gordon Livett at that age.

[@hermescybergistus1329]

I thought he looked like Larry Storch.

[@ernestoglez6725]

5:42

[@johndalton3180]

Mickey was kinda funny looking. But damn, somehow, he was really hot.

[@shelleywantiez7964]

Not enough Peter acting or speaking parts, sorry 😐

[@radiorob7543]

The writers decision. Not the uploader.

[@friedakroynik8901]

If you noticed that Laugh-In sort of ran similarly to the Monkees. One thing after another.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Pace was geared toward the comic book mentality and youth brain wave pace. Parents couldn't keep up with it at the time if they wanted too, lol. Laugh In must have copied a lot of this editing pace and style, and suddenly parent were watching that because oder stars were guests, and there was something for everyone. But the Monkees were first and had set the frantic pace. Talking to the camera and audience out of character was not new, Groucho Marx and George Burns and even Ozzie and Harriet Show did it, but not this fast and all the time. Comeon parents, the Monkees were intended to be utter nonsense like the Three Stooges minus the violence, but you didn't like the music or the long hair lol.

[@radiorob7543]

7:14 Pat Paulsen

[@anothercomment3451]

What is 'the fourth wall"?? Oh. Now I get it.

[@kathiewippel7503]

Once upon a time. In the land of Kirchner.😂

[@morgan9775]

You forgot about the scene in the spy episode where Davy rubs the lamp and genie appears and says do not worry master your genie will help you and Davy turns to the camera and says how about that wrong show. You also forgot the scene in the pirate episode where Davy and Mickey kept laughing at a bell that someone kept ringing when they were trying to film and the monkees paw episode where Davy kept laughing his lines

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

In Binary Stereo.

[@hrrproductions553]

(5:33) which episode is this scene from? i never grew up with this show before so i might not be able to figure out which episode the scene came from

[@ShaunMichaels2310]

A Coffin Too Frequent

[@natebeauty5915]

The Monkees are so funny than The Beatles 😂

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Well to tell you something: The Beatles are the Fab Four, while the Monkees are the Pre-fab Four.

[@user-zr6fs1qd3l]

lol

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Which us the one where they start arguing with their director James Frawley at the end?

[@katethomas5712]

The Paris one. I only know as I've just watched it!

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

@@katethomas5712 Thank you.

[@ozzyleethompsonshibainu3297]

How's Amy Mickey?

[@jennygd12345]

Si

[@therockbottom5256]

@2:13 she’s wearing a Jobs Daughters robe. Huh.

[@eydie57]

At times Mike sounds like Jim Parsons doing Sheldon Cooper.

[@startintedwater]

😹😹😹

[@AugustHawk]

Scary how much Davy looks like Justin Bieber at 3:58. LOL

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Well he did say: "It's spoiling my character."