Jones in Popular Culture
Jones was the inspiration for the character Baxter Cain (Robert Vaughn), owner of the Dallas Felons, in the 1998 film BASEketball. He had a brief cameo appearance as himself in the 1998 made-for-television reunion movie Dallas: War of the Ewings. Jones also appeared as himself in an episode of the TV show "Coach" in 1996 and in a 2007 television commercial for Diet Pepsi MAX, which also featured then Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips and quarterback Tony Romo. Jones most recently starred in a commercial for Papa John's in which a stunt man performs a dance act. Jones also appeared as himself in the seventh season of the HBO series Entourage in 2010, in an episode of the TNT series Dallas titled "Truth and Consequences", which aried on July 4, 2012, in a series of commercials for the 2012 season of ESPN's Monday Night Football and in the season 4 premiere of "The League."
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