In the mid-1980s, the Monkees are hot stuff again after MTV has reintroduced them to a whole new generation of fans. The executives at their old recording label wants them to record some new tunes for a 20th anniversary album and go on a reunion to...
Wendy was helping Robbie finish getting ready for preschool. Even though she employed a nanny, Wendy still liked to do the finishing touches on Robbie's lunchbox. It was a vintage Monkees lunchbox, naturally, and she would always put a small treat inside for him, like a piece of candy, a cookie, or a tiny toy that he loved.
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She also always applied some lipstick and kissed his napkin so he'd have proof his mommy loved him even though she was sending him away from her for the day. She felt strongly that it was important to make sure that Robbie felt a strong bond with her to make up for the fact that she was a working mom. This didn't come from a sense of guilt but rather of the self-righteousness and grievance she felt from the neglect she thought she experienced from her own upbringing, and her mom hadn't even worked. She was determined that Robbie would have more love and attention than she ever had and she worked hard to deliver on that promise.
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Wendy had been livid at Michael because of an opportunity he had been offered and turned down. PopClips had been extremely well received and Warner Communications offered to include him in a deal to transform the show into an entire network showing music videos. Instead, Mike passed on the idea, dismissing it as not being in the realm of his interests or capabilities. He preferred to pursue his idea for a new video format that that didn't exist yet – long-form and marketed solely on home video — which would end up being his show that he was calling Elephant Parts. He felt sure it would revolutionize the music industry and make him a ton of money. Instead, Warner paid Mike a relative pittance for the intellectual property rights to his idea for a show consisting solely of music videos with video disc jockeys, or video jockeys referred to as VJs instead of DJs, introducing them and bantering for the audience. The cable TV station ultimately became the groundbreaking Music Television, or MTV. Mike was in essence the inventor of a revolutionary new forum and format for the presentation of music, but the most he ever got out of it was faint praise and an eventual achievement award at some cheesy awards show that no one would ever remember.
