Two Questions

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1. What are the ages of the Monkees' characters on the show? Are they meant to be the same ages as the actors or something a bit different? I think Mike's age is the only one we actually know; in episode #12 he says he's 21. But in The Success Story Davy is called a minor. Is it just because he's short and maybe looks younger, or is he really supposed to be a teenager? Peter identifies himself as a "kid" in The Devil and Peter Tork, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's a teen. They're also collectively called "boys" by most all adults on the show. Although guys in their early twenties often, or at least sometimes, are called as such.

2. What is Tony's accent? I have always thought Brooklyn, but recently I started wondering if it could be the Bronx, because there was a character on a show and I think he said he was from the Bronx, but later on Mom called him a Brooklyn guy. Are the accents of those boroughs similar?

Thoughts?

Comments

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Hmm, interesting. Mike came across to me as the oldest (I guess because he seems to be the "wise one" of the quartet), so if he's 21, then I think it could mean that the others are 19/20-ish. 17 for Davy does seem to be a bit of a stretch, though... I don't think I buy that, unless "minor" was meant to refer to under-21 in this case?

And Tony's accent... huh. I didn't think he sounded like a Brooklyn accent--he actually reminded me of Sharona's accent a little bit. XD; But, on the other hand, maybe it's because all the Brooklyn accents I've heard are highly exaggerated--like Bugs Bunny and Meowth. XD

And then there's Sean, who *is* from the Bronx and doesn't seem to have an accent at all... XD;

You know, I'd just classify it as a "New York" accent in general.

[ladyamberjo.livejournal.com]

I always assumed they were all supposed to be in their 20s, 19 at the youngest, but that was before I knew their real ages. I know that canonically, we're supposed to believe Mike is the oldest of the group (they actually tooled around with their birthdates on released material back in the '60s to make Mike look older than Peter), and I remember the band being referred to as "teenagers" as a whole in the Captain Crocodile episode, so I think Crystal guess of 19/20-ish would be a pretty safe bet. I don't know that "boys" is a very reliable indicator of age...any male 18 or over is legally "adult"...and Charles routinely refers to the members of Dethklok as "the boys," and it's generally accepted that everyone save Toki is in their 30s or very early 40s...but then it's generally accepted that Charles is in his mid-40s, so maybe "boys" is a term relative to whoever's speaking?

...I wonder if it's possible that Tony's from Ohio or someplace mundane, and was faking an accent to come across as more authentically "gangster."