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Clips from The Monkees - Find the Monkees (S01E01)

We had an incident in Hawaii where somebody, uh, remarked about my hair.

"We had an incident in Hawaii where somebody, uh, remarked about my hair."

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About your what?

"About your what?"

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- My hair. Being long, you know? - Yeah.

"- My hair. Being long, you know? - Yeah."

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And there was like ten big guys and little old me.

"And there was like ten big guys and little old me."

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Are you sensitive about that?

"Are you sensitive about that?"

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Um, I'm not sensitive, it... you know, if it's, like,

"Um, I'm not sensitive, it... you know, if it's, like,"

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you know, in jest, somebody laughs and says, you know,

"you know, in jest, somebody laughs and says, you know,"

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just one thing, but if they carry on about it, it makes me mad.

"just one thing, but if they carry on about it, it makes me mad."

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If you went into a restaurant, uh, they, you know,

"If you went into a restaurant, uh, they, you know,"

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refuse to wait on you because of your hair or something like that,

"refuse to wait on you because of your hair or something like that,"

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you know, are you quick to strike back?

"you know, are you quick to strike back?"

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I invoke my Constitutional rights.

"I invoke my Constitutional rights."

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Ha ha. What do you do? You leave.

"Ha ha. What do you do? You leave."

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No, I go...I invoke the Civil Rights Act.

"No, I go...I invoke the Civil Rights Act."

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There's been a lot of talk about the riots that have been going on on Sunset Strip.

"There's been a lot of talk about the riots that have been going on on Sunset Strip."

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There was a riot. You know, there was a lot of vandalism.

"There was a riot. You know, there was a lot of vandalism."

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There haven't really been riots. They've been..

"There haven't really been riots. They've been.."

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ac... in actuality, since I, since I was there,

"ac... in actuality, since I, since I was there,"

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they've been demonstrations.

"they've been demonstrations."

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And, uh, but I guess lot of p... a lot of people and, uh,

"And, uh, but I guess lot of p... a lot of people and, uh,"

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journalists don't know how to spell "demonstration"...

"journalists don't know how to spell "demonstration"..."

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What are they dem... what are they demonstrating?

"What are they dem... what are they demonstrating?"

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...so they use "riot" 'cause it only has four letters.

"...so they use "riot" 'cause it only has four letters."

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First, tell me a little bit, what, quickly,

"First, tell me a little bit, what, quickly,"

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what are the demonstrations and who's taking place in them?

"what are the demonstrations and who's taking place in them?"

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Well, it's mostly the kids, um, that are, uh,

"Well, it's mostly the kids, um, that are, uh,"

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from the ages of around fifteen to, I'd say, twenty or twenty-one.

"from the ages of around fifteen to, I'd say, twenty or twenty-one."

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Uh, under eighteen, it's a California law that,

"Uh, under eighteen, it's a California law that,"

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uh, you're not able to go into a teenage nightclub,

"uh, you're not able to go into a teenage nightclub,"

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uh, that sells alcoholic beverage.

"uh, that sells alcoholic beverage."

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There's a ten o'clock curfew imposed on these young people that, uh, uh,

"There's a ten o'clock curfew imposed on these young people that, uh, uh,"

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regardless of whether it's, uh, a good thing or a bad thing,

"regardless of whether it's, uh, a good thing or a bad thing,"

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uh, they still don't like it.

"uh, they still don't like it."

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I think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that, uh, uh,

"I think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that, uh, uh,"

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of somebody telling them they have to be in by ten o'clock.

"of somebody telling them they have to be in by ten o'clock."

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Um, that's sort of the same thing as saying that they have to cut their hair.

"Um, that's sort of the same thing as saying that they have to cut their hair."

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You know, I mean, it's, it's against the law to tell

"You know, I mean, it's, it's against the law to tell"

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somebody they can do that, which puzzles me.

"somebody they can do that, which puzzles me."

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Would you like to see all the kids in the country wearing hair like yours?

"Would you like to see all the kids in the country wearing hair like yours?"

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I would like to see all the kids in the country

"I would like to see all the kids in the country"

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wearing their hair like they'd like to wear it.

"wearing their hair like they'd like to wear it."

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How do you fellas, how... Micky, how do you feel about that?

"How do you fellas, how... Micky, how do you feel about that?"

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Exactly. Exactly.

"Exactly. Exactly."

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I'm with you. I'm with you.

"I'm with you. I'm with you."

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And when it first happened, there was a few comments made.

"And when it first happened, there was a few comments made."

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One by the, the sheriff of Los Angeles.

"One by the, the sheriff of Los Angeles."

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He said that the curfew should be abolished.

"He said that the curfew should be abolished."

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He says take the babysitting job out of the hands of the police,

"He says take the babysitting job out of the hands of the police,"

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put it in the hands of the parents.

"put it in the hands of the parents."

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If the parents think their kids can be out after ten, they should be out.

"If the parents think their kids can be out after ten, they should be out."

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Most everybody that was there says that the

"Most everybody that was there says that the"

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vandalism was caused by kids in their very late,

"vandalism was caused by kids in their very late,"

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like eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one, like that age kid.

"like eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one, like that age kid."

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The only people representing the kids are the kids themselves...

"The only people representing the kids are the kids themselves..."

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- And I... - But they're not there.

"- And I... - But they're not there."

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...and nobody listens to kids talking for kids because kids are only kids,

"...and nobody listens to kids talking for kids because kids are only kids,"

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you know, and they go through this vicious cycle... authority does.

"you know, and they go through this vicious cycle... authority does."

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I'm being very general 'cause I don't want to like call names or anything.

"I'm being very general 'cause I don't want to like call names or anything."

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The reason I haven't spoken all this time

"The reason I haven't spoken all this time"

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is because that it doesn't matter what I say,

"is because that it doesn't matter what I say,"

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nobody'll listen to me because I'm under twenty-one.

"nobody'll listen to me because I'm under twenty-one."

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So I'm just keeping my mouth shut.

"So I'm just keeping my mouth shut."

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