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A Winner!

T.E. Jones, Davy's prized thoroughbred horse, named for his daughter Talia, came in First Place at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, April 18th 2004. Davy and the band were performing in Orlando at the EPCOT Flower Power Festival when they received the news. Davy had every confidence that T.E. would triumph and she did not disappoint! T.E. Jones was jockeyed by Hernan Parra.

 

Update on Talia's Marathon

Talia finished the Marathon in 4 hours and 32 minutes! The race was in Hawaii, and Davy surprised Talia by traveling to Hawaii to watch her compete! Talia was thrilled to have her Dad on hand, and gave Davy her finisher's medal from the race!

Thanks to everyone who helped sponsor Talia by sending in a contribution to the National Aids Marathon.

Sentinel - TVLand
Photo illustration by NICK MALAWSKEY/THE SENTINEL, Lewistown, Pa.

Tuned in: TV Land goes from Beaver Cleaver to Beavertown

By JEFF FISHBEIN
Sentinel reporter
As published in the May 8, 2006 edition of The Sentinel, Lewistown, Pa.
www.lewistownsentinel.com

BEAVERTOWN -- Davy Jones moved here because he wanted something permanent, to be part of a community -- a chance to escape from the pressure of being a former Monkee, and just be a guy who raises horses in the country.

That side of Jones will be on display this week on the TV Land cable network, which is featuring Jones in its original series, "Living in TV Land." The Davy Jones episode, titled "Horsin' Around," airs for the first time Wednesday at 10 p.m., with repeats throughout the week that follows.

The half-hour installment of the series, which promises to show famous television stars in their off screen role, is Jones' second recent appearance on the small screen in recent weeks; the other was a guest shot on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." He insists this sudden return to the tube is not part of a plan to turn his attention back to broadcasting, but admits the publicity can't hurt.

In the TV show, he says, his fans "haven't seen me for a long time. They think I'm dead."

Back home, he holds up the cover of the current issue of AARP Magazine, with Paul McCartney on the cover, and jokingly asks, "Who's the cute one now?" He's not just alive, but in real life, he can be the same cutup he was on The Monkees' TV show -- and he still loves to sing.

"I do want to work. I do want to do stuff," he said. "But I want to work at Hersheypark. When I'm in Florida, I want to work at Disneyworld. It takes me three days to do one show."

The episode opens with a day in his performing life, somewhere in Minnesota. He takes time for pictures, autographs and plenty of fawning from the ladies.

"He was the first crush for so many women," says Sarah McFadden, one of his four daughters, two of whom appear in the show.

As the program enters its second segment, the action shifts to Beavertown, where Jones has settled in for his new life, raising horses. He races them in Florida, sometimes even riding his own.
            The filming crew was in Snyder County for three days, scurrying around Beavertown and Beaver Springs, shooting enough material for a week, but settling on about seven minutes. Jones is seen washing, brushing, walking and even singing to his horses -- it's apparent the one-time jockey has never lost his passion for the magnificent animals.

"When I see my dad most calm is after he's tacked them up, he gets on, he starts riding out," daughter Talia Jones says in the show. "That's the fulfillment you have when you love something so much."

Jones also talks on camera about his riding.

"When I sit on that horse, it's not about cameras, it's not about script, it's about fact," he says.

"You feel so good about having accomplished this amazing thing. It's like catching a 10-pound fish on a two-pound line."

The girls who appear are obviously enamored of their father, "Because I live 3,000 miles away probably," Jones joked. He invited the two others, who live in England, to be on the show, but their schedules didn't allow a visit.

"It's like trying to get The Monkees back together," he quipped.

The final segment of this week's program shows Jones' life in Florida, his second home, with a visit from the two girls and his young grandson. It's the only part of the entire episode that was staged, he said.

"They wanted a beginning, a middle and an end. I said, 'There is no end.'"

Hey, hey, he's just Davy Jones now

"Living in TV Land," the new reality series being shown on the TV Land network, is probably as close to reality as a television program can be, if this week's episode is a fair example.

Beavertown resident Davy Jones, whose main television career was as a member of The Monkees nearly 40 years ago, is the subject.  The episode premiers Wednesday. Jones joins William Shatner, Barry Williams, Fred Willard, Sherman Hemsley and Adam West, mostly 1960s icons with a few from the '70s, on the series.

"They're observing a new market. That's why TV Land is working," Jones said. "Young people watch these shows and think they're new."

As the opening credits roll, the announcer intones, "Your favorite TV stars in the roles of their daily lives. They're not acting, they're simply living in TV Land."

And that is Jones. This is a guy who shops at Wal-Mart and Weis Markets, who eats dinner at the Country Tavern or BJs, who hangs out with friends at the VFW.

"They don't have this in Hollywood," he said. "They don't have barbecue in the square next Saturday. I need that, otherwise I can't be Davy."

And Davy he still is, several weeks out of the year, crooning the hits that made him famous.

"It's about having a good time and loving what you're doing. The performance is most important to me," he said. "I don't need anymore TV coverage. They play my records on the radio all the time."

He also jokes about the reason he needs the money: "I've got four kids, I've got two ex-wives and I've got to supplement my income somehow."

The reality of it is, he was only paid for his work on The Monkees at the time. He's able to gain some success from his past, but admits he'd like to do, say, an occasional film.

"Maybe somebody will call up and give me a lot of money to do a guest appearance in a movie," he said. "Why wasn't I in 'Seabiscuit?' Tobey Maguire is like six feet tall, and he can't ride. I'm a jockey. Maybe they'll know after this."

Jones believes The Monkees will last forever, like the Marx Brothers, the Bowery Boys or the Little Rascals. Thanks to TV Land, he's probably right.

 

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