Editing Peter Tork (section)

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[[File:Peter Tork (8708699748).jpg|thumb|Tork at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2013]]
In 1986, after a 1985 tour with Jones in Australia, Tork rejoined fellow Monkees Jones and Dolenz for a highly successful 20th-anniversary reunion tour (Nesmith was not available for a reunion). Tork and Dolenz recorded three new songs for a greatest hits release. The three Monkees recorded ''[[Pool It!]]'' the following year. A decade later, all four group members recorded ''[[Justus (album)|Justus]]'', the first studio album with the full group lineup since 1968; it would be another 19 years until that happened again, with the release of ''[[Good Times!]]''. The quartet performed live in the United Kingdom in 1997, but for several years following, only the trio of Tork, Dolenz, and Jones toured together. The trio of Monkees parted ways in 2001 following a public feud, then reunited in 2011 for a series of 45th-anniversary concerts in England and the United States.

Since 1986, Tork had intermittently toured with his former bandmates and also played with his bands, the Peter Tork Project and Shoe Suede Blues. In 1991, he formed a band called the Dashboard Saints and played at a pizza restaurant in [[Guerneville, California]]. In 1994, he released his first album-length solo project, ''[[Stranger Things Have Happened (Peter Tork album)|Stranger Things Have Happened]]'', which featured brief appearances by Dolenz and Nesmith. In 1996, he collaborated on an album called ''[[Two Man Band]]'' with [[James Lee Stanley]]. The duo followed up in 2001 with a second release, ''Once Again''.

In 2001, Tork took time out from touring to appear in a leading role in the short film ''Mixed Signals'', written and directed by John Graziano.

In 2002, Tork resumed working with his band Shoe Suede Blues. The band performed original blues music, Monkees' covers (including blues versions), covers of classic blues hits by greats such as [[Muddy Waters]], and shared the stage with bands such as Captain Zig. The band toured extensively in 2006-2007 following the release of the album ''Cambria Hotel''.<ref name="cdbaby.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ptassb2 |title=Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues – Cambria Hotel |publisher=CD Baby |date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605143605/http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ptassb2 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tork also had a pair of appearances in the role of [[Topanga Lawrence]]'s father Jedidiah Lawrence on the sitcom ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Ryan |title=The Monkees' Peter Tork Dead at 77 |url=https://tvline.com/2019/02/21/peter-tork-dies-the-monkees-bassist-dead-77/ |website=TVLine |language=en |date=February 21, 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222004417/https://tvline.com/2019/02/21/peter-tork-dies-the-monkees-bassist-dead-77/ |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his second appearance in 1995, he joined Jones and  Dolenz in Season 3, Episode 8 ("Rave On"), although they did not appear as the Monkees. Tork was again cast as Jedidiah Lawrence, while Jones was Reginald Fairfield, and Dolenz's character was Gordy. At the program's climax, the three took the stage together to perform the [[Buddy Holly]] song "[[Not Fade Away (song)|Not Fade Away]]" and [[the Temptations]]' "[[My Girl (The Temptations song)|My Girl]]". As an inside joke, actor [[Dave Madden]] (best known as band manager Reuben Kincaid on ''[[The Partridge Family]]''), cameoed as a manager who appeared, wanting to manage the "new" group, telling them that they "could be bigger than [[the Beatles]]." Purportedly, both Nesmith and [[Pattie Boyd]] (former wife of Beatle [[George Harrison]]) attended the taping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0530930/?ref_=ttep_ep8|title=Rave On|date=November 17, 1995|access-date=October 23, 2023|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>

Tork was also a guest character on ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th&nbsp;Heaven]]''. In 1995, he appeared as himself on the show ''[[Wings (NBC TV series)|Wings]]'', bidding against [[Crystal Bernard]]'s character for the [[Monkeemobile]]. In 1999, he appeared as the leader of a wedding band in ''[[The King of Queens]]'' in Season 1, Episode 13 ("Best Man").<ref>{{cite book |last1=Massingill |first1=Randi |title=Total control : the Monkees Michael Nesmith story |date=January 2005 |publisher=FLEXquarters |isbn=9780965821841 |page=225 |edition=Updated & rev. 2005}}</ref>

In early 2008, Tork wrote an online advice and info column called "Ask Peter Tork" for the webzine ''The Daily Panic''.<ref>[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/ark/bio/modelvis/events/eventclass345.html] {{dead link|date=July 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, he joined Dolenz and Jones for ''[[An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monkees announce 10-date concert tour |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2011/02/21/Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/UPI-30601298316685/ |work=[[United Press International]] |date=February 21, 2011 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226181521/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2011/02/21/Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/UPI-30601298316685/ |archive-date=February 26, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:WikiTork.jpg|thumb|Tork in 2016]]
In 2012, Tork joined Dolenz and Nesmith on a Monkees tour in honor of the 45th anniversary of their album ''Headquarters'', as well as in tribute to the late Jones. The trio would tour again in 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-monkees-to-monkey-around-the-u-s-on-summer-tour-20140326|title=The Monkees to Tour U.S. This Summer|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013110216/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-monkees-to-monkey-around-the-u-s-on-summer-tour-20140326|archive-date=October 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Tork toured with Dolenz as the Monkees, in what would be his final tour before his death in 2019. Nesmith also played at some of the concerts.