The Monkees (TV Series)
The Monkee's Paw (1968)
Michael Nesmith: Mike
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Quotes
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Mike : [pointing at a blackboard] Alright, now that we got all this down: 'apple', 'kat', 'hare krishna', 'Frodis', 'legalize wisdom' and of course 'save the Texas prairie chicken', we're going to our next lession which is, speech.
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Psychiatrist : Well, we give you a little test. Ja, a test.
[picks up a colorful Rorschach inkblot]
Psychiatrist : Now. What does that appear to seem to be to you?
[Micky starts to reply but no sounds come from his mouth]
Mike : That looks exactly like a bunch of flowers to me.
Psychiatrist : I am talking to him.
Mike : I'm, I'm sorry.
Psychiatrist : Hmm. You're such a silly. This is obviously a bunny... and a chicken. Ja? Now.
Mike : It looks like a tomato ketchup stain to me.
Psychiatrist : Seems you two came together. That is a bunny and a chicken. Hmm? Now!
Davy : It looks like a bunch of birds dancing to me, you know.
Psychiatrist : You three should form a group. It is a bunny... and a chicken!
Mike : Well wait a minute, there's no need to get hostile about it.
Psychiatrist : Don't you give me that hostile stuff, or I'll hit you! It's a bunny and a chicken!
Mike : I'm sorry, man, that's just a bunch of flowers.
Davy : It looks like a bunch of girls dancing.
Psychiatrist : A bunny and a chicken!
Mike : A bunch of flowers.
Psychiatrist : A bunny and a chicken!
Peter : A tomato ketchup stain.
Psychiatrist : A bunny and a chicken!
Davy : A bunch of birds dancing.
Psychiatrist : A bunny and a chicken!
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Davy : [Micky, Mike and Peter are dressed as the Marx Brothers] Now who wants an act with a fuzzy headed mute harpist, an Italian with a weird looking felt hat and another guy with a long nose, a moustache and a smelly cigar. It's not commercial, I wouldn't buy the act, I wouldn't buy it.
Mike : You're right, there's no audience identification.
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Manager : What, are you crazy? Nobody sings with their feet!
Mike : What do you mean, nobody sings - of course they sing with their feet, I mean, eh, didn't you ever hear of the movie, eh, 'Young man with a corn'?
Peter : Yeah, and how about 'Flat Foot Floojy With A Floy-Floy'?
Mike : Anybody can sing, it's not everybody can play their feet. No sirree bob.
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Mike : One day Micky wished that he wouldn't talk and all of a sudden he just stopped, which is a stone drag.