However,therewasonebandthatstartedinadifferentway.ItbeganasaTVshow.Themusiciansof 31________thebandwasformedplayedjokes 32___________ eachotheraswellasplayedmusic.Theirmusicandjokeswerebasedlooselyonthebandcalled“TheBeatles”.TheTVorganizers 33 (look)forfourmusicianswhowerelivelyandwhocouldmakegoodmusic.Theyputanadvertisementinanewspaper 34 (look)forrockmusicians,buttheycouldonlyfindonethatwasgoodenough.Theyhadtouseactorsfortheothermembersoftheband.Actorsmaynotbeabletosingsoatfirstothermusicianssangthesongsfortheprogramme 35 thebandpretendedtosingthem.Theirattractiveperformances 36 (copy)byothergroupsandtheirfanssupportedthemfiercely.Eachweekthegroupthatwascalled“TheMonkees”wouldplayasongortwowrittenbyothermusicians.However,afterayearorsoinwhichtheybecame 37 (serious)abouttheirwork,“TheMonkees”startedtoplaytheirowninstrumentsandwritetheirownsongslikearealband.Thentheyproducedtheirownrecordsandstartedtouringandplayingtheirownmusic.Theybecameevenmorepopularthan“TheBeatles”intheUSAandsoldevenmorerecords.However,thebandbroke 38 inabout1970,but 39 (unite)inthemid-1980s.Theyproducedanewrecordin1996,whichwasa 40 (celebrate)oftheirtimeasarealband.