The Monkees — Season 1, Episode 8: Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Episode synopsis

Davy is given a horse, which the Monkees have to hide from their landlord, Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden). It is returned to a heart-broken child (Kerry MacLane) and father (Jim Boles) after Davy rides it to victory over the horse of the father's neighbor. Famed character actor, and frequent Bob Hope sideman, Jerry Colonna plays veterinarian Doctor Mann.

About The Monkees

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Royal Flush
• E2Monkee See, Monkee Die
• E3Monkee vs. Machine
• E4Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
• E5The Spy Who Came in from the Cool
• E6Success Story
• E7Monkees in a Ghost Town
• E9The Chaperone
• E10Here Come the Monkees - The Pilot
• E11Monkees à la Carte
• E12I've Got a Little Song Here
• E13One Man Shy (Peter and the Debutante)