Ex-Monkee thinks he’s funny. He’s wrong.

 

 

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – As a member of the Monkees, Davy Jones was a cool guy.

Forty-five years ago, that is.

Today, Jones is 65. And, four decades after the band broke up, he fancies himself some sort of human joke machine. In an appearance to promote and upcoming PBS special “’60s Pop Rock: My Music,” Jones was spouting one-liners with such great frequency he had to be interrupted – more than once – to actually answer questions.

That would have been bad if the jokes were funny. But they weren’t.

Here’s a sampling of Jones’ sense of humor:

• “Actually, I’m Davy’s dad. Davy will be out here in a minute.”

• “I worked with Peter (Noone) all the time. And now he’s singing ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Walker.’ Tony Orlando’s singing ‘Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if You Hear Me Fall.’ And I’ll be singing ‘Denture Queen.'”

• “I always say ‘Peter No One,’ because that’s how it’s spelled.”

• “Mother’s Day weekend, I give the shirts away: ‘Davy knows your mother.'”

• Regarding Noone: “I used to run home from kindergarten to watch him on ‘Where The Action Is.'”

• “People willy nilly do it whenever they want. Hope the [PBS] president’s not here. I don’t mean to say willy nilly in front of her.”

• “I’ve bred two beautiful horses last season which we’ll race in March. It’s my passion. I make a joke. I have 2-year-old horses and a 10-year- old car. Do you know what I’m saying? It’s expensive to do this stuff.”

• “Most of the [women] that I’m interested in are gray. They used to throw knickers, and now they are throwing Depends.”

• “When [the PBS special] is shown, say, ‘Oh, I remember Davy Jones. I thought he was dead.'”

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