In 1967 when the Monkees became the biggest phenomenon in U.S. pop culture dominating radio, T.V. and records competing only with the Beatles that year, respected avante-garde jazz rock fusion artist Frank Zappa became friends
with Monkee guitarist Michael Nesmith – a literal meeting of the high I.Q. minds. In the midst of studio, network and record company commercialism together they filmed a couple of self-effacing scenes, one for the Monkees network television weekly series and one for their subversive full-length feature film entitled “Head” directed by Bob Rafelson (Easy Rider) and co-written by a then unknown Jack Nicholson. It took decades for the pop-culture experts to finally “get it”.