Why did he go from having straight hair to a curly/perm look? Was his hair originally curly and then they straightened it out for the show? What's the story?
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The trivia page for Micky's IMDb profile says it best:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004880/bio#trivia
Dolenz's hair was naturally wavy. On "Circus Boy" (1956), his hair was chemically straightened and dyed blond. During the first season of "The Monkees" (1966), he would straighten his hair by brushing it while damp until dry, and would wear a hair net in between takes. By the second season, he let his hair go natural, and shortly into the second season filming, when the group adopted a hippie look, had a permanent to get a curly "Afro" look.
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Thank you for clearing that up...some eps his hair is hilariously out of control!
shareWhen watching the Monkees marathon on Antenna TV, I noticed on the first season, Micky may have occasionally used hair spray to keep his hair straight (some episodes it looks stiff), and sometimes a hair tonic (some episodes it looks slightly oily).
Here's a pic of the guys from 1967 with Micky's hair completely natural
http://www.monkeesconcerts.com/uploads/7/8/9/5/7895731/8338933.jpg?283
Here's one from 1968, after the TV show and movie filming were finished, and he stopped perming his hair, letting it go natural again
http://www.monkeesconcerts.com/uploads/7/8/9/5/7895731/4695710.jpg
One from 1969, still natural.
http://www.monkeesconcerts.com/uploads/7/8/9/5/7895731/1429579.png
And from later in 1969, when he permed it again to film Kool Aid commercials and for publicity shots
http://www.monkeesconcerts.com/uploads/7/8/9/5/7895731/6762343.jpg
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Mickey is of Hungarian/Native American descent. The late Robert Hegyes of Welcome Back Kotter was Italian/Hungarian and had curly hair too. I read Pete was the only one with naturally straight hair.
shareMickey's curly hair reminds of Joyce Dewitt's curly hair-do from season 2 in Three's company.
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