 To cast The Monkees, the producers placed an ad in Variety; 437  hopefuls answered the ad and were interviewed by the producers. The  only one cast as a result of the ad, it turned out, was Nesmith;  Jones was already under contract to Screen Gems, which wanted to  place him in a series, while Dolenz learned of the audition from his  agent and Tork had been referred by friend Stephen Stills (qv).  The four actors selected had to take a six