Producers have drawn connections between "Jonas" and productions by earlier bands. Show creator and producer Roger S. H. Schulman claims that "It's hard not to make parallel comparisons to The Beatles in 1962 and 1963 when you see the kind of response that the Jonas Brothers' fans have to them," and describes the 1964 "A Hard Day's Night" and 1965 "Help!" as "very much a template" for the series. Producers and critics have also compared the series to "The Monkees", a popular but short-lived mid-1960s television comedy also following a real life band. At the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January 2009, Gary Marsh, entertainment president of Disney Channel Worldwide, described "Jonas" as a cross between "The Monkees" and "Flight of the Conchords". The "Chicago Sun-Times" remarks that Joe Jonas parallels "goofy Micky Dolenz", Kevin Jonas "quirky Michael Nesmith", and Nick Jonas "dreamy Davy Jones". The Jonas Brothers reportedly watched episodes of "The Partridge Family" and "The Monkees" "for literally three days straight" for inspiration.