| THE BEATLES | THE MONKEES |
| The Beatles liked Cornflakes | The Monkees advertised Cornflakes |
| Paul originally played guitar but switched to bass out of necessity | Micky originally played guitar but switched to drums out of necessity |
| Magical Mystery Tour bombed on Boxing Day | HEAD bombed at the Box Office |
| The Beatles are famous for the collarless jackets | The Monkees are famous for the button-y shirts |
| The Beatles conquered England, then went on to take over America | The Monkees took over America, then went on to conquer England |
| A Hard Day's Night was made to cash in on the success of the Beatles | The Monkees TV series was made to cash in on the success of A Hard Day's Night |
| Ringo's rings and John's glasses | Peter's mismatched socks and Mike's woolhat |
| George's songs brought an Eastern flavor to the albums | Mike's songs brought a Southern flavor to the albums |
| John and Paul put out solo records before The Beatles' last album | Mike and Davy put out solo records before The Monkees' first album |
| The Beatles still get respect and admiration after all these years | The Monkees still get insulted and criticized after all these years |
| A Hard Day's Night: chased all over England by screaming teenage fans | Monkees In Paris: chased all over Paris by giggling French models |
| Yoko Ono: hated by many Beatle fans | Don Kirshner: hated by many Monkee fans |
| VH1's Two Of Us | VH1's Daydream Believers |
| Help!: scary European baddies chase The Beatles all over the place for sacrificial ring | A few episodes of The Monkees: scary European baddies chase The Monkees all over the place for secret microfilm |
| The Beatles Pad in Help! | The Monkees Pad in the TV series |
| The Beatles are first to use sitar on a pop record | The Monkees are first to use Moog synthesizer on a pop record |
| The Beatles hired George Martin so they could make records | The Monkees fired Don Kirshner so they could make records |
| "Doctor Robert" about a drug dealer | "Salesman" about a drug dealer |
| "I Want To Hold Your Hand" number one before The Beatles even came to America | "Last Train To Clarksville" number one before The Monkees even aired on TV |
| The Beatles Anthology includes unreleased versions and alternate takes | Headquarters Sessions includes unreleased versions and alternate takes |
| Demise of Beatle image in Let It Be | Demise of Monkee image in HEAD |
| Number of (British) albums where "Beatles" appears in the title: 3 | Number of albums where "Monkees" appears in the title: 3 |
| Yellow Submarine features soundtrack music not performed by The Beatles | HEAD features soundtrack music (and words) not performed by The Monkees |
| The riff from "I Want To Tell You" | The riff from "Pleasant Valley Sunday" |
| The corny strings in "Yesterday" | The corny strings in "I Wanna Be Free" |
| "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" taken from a circus poster | "The Poster" is about a circus poster |
| The kickass intro in "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" | The kickass intro in "Valleri" |