~ born in Dallas, Texas on December 30, 1942 (same birthday as Davy!)
~ has no siblings
~ stands a stately 6'1"
~ took up guitar ony two years before becoming a Monkee
~ recorded for Colgems before joining the Monkees as Michael Blessing
~ had the wool hat before the Monkees
~ buying out of the Monkees contract bankrupted him
~ has been married twice (is now single!)
~ has four children: Christian, Jonathan, Jason, and Jessica
~ has recorded some very successful solo albums, including a lot of very country-ish music and experimental music such as "The Garden"
~ is credited as having contributed toward the invention of MTV
~ his mother invented "Liquid Paper", leaving Mike very financially comfortable
~ wrote and produced the Monkees most recent television special
~ has done a lot of other very successful things