The Monkees (TV series) project by his agent. Englishman Davy Jones was a former jockey who had achieved some initial success on the musical stage, appearing with the cast of "Oliver!" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" the night of the Beatles' live American debut. He was appearing in Columbia Pictures productions and recording for the Colpix record label and had been identified in advance as a potential star for the series. Texan Michael Nesmith's mother Bette Nesmith Graham had invented a correction fluid and founded the company that became Liquid Paper. He had served a brief stint in the U.S. Air Force and had
Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter () is the first Chinese animation ever made in 1922 by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. There are two possible translations. The first translation is "Comfortably Raised Eastern Chinese Typewriter", likely a generic marketing name. The second translation maybe "Comfortable Zhendong Chinese Typewriter" as in the town of Zhendong (振东) in the Binhai county located in the Jiangsu province. Which happens to be directly north of Shanghai, where the pioneering Wan brothers were doing animation experiments at the time. The black and white advertisement was created for the Shanghai Commercial Press (商务印书馆). It was