monkeemania said this, and I think any 팬 can apply it to their 가장 좋아하는 shows:

“Like for me, they are like my best friends. They have taught me so many things like 당신 don't need to know someone for them to be your friend. all they have to do is be there for 당신 always, cheer 당신 up when your down, and help 당신 get through tough situations. the monkees do all this for me, a girl they don't even know. And that's why i 사랑 them so much.”

And the people who aren’t fans, the people who put us down for “living in your parents’ basement” 또는 whatever, they just don’t get that. Some people just don’t make 프렌즈 easy, 또는 have trouble keeping friends, 또는 they can’t find someone to be there for them all the time, anytime they need them. Let’s face it: that kind of relationship just doesn’t happen that often. And that’s why we use TV shows, 또는 books, 또는 movies, 또는 music, 또는 whatever. 당신 get to know these people, fictitious 또는 not, and 당신 can learn from them. Seeing their problems helps 당신 get through yours. It sounds strange, but it’s true. My best friends, aside from the Monkees, include the Winchesters, the original Enterprise crew, Dr. David Banner, the Clampetts, the Skywalkers, 에라곤 and Saphira and all their friends, Bugs and Daffy and their pals, Sid and Manny and Diego, Hiccup and Toothless and the rest of the Riders of Berk, and many, many more. And I know I’m not the only one who can name off a similarly long list of best 프렌즈 that they’ll never meet.