Good morning! Gina’s out of town, and you all know what that means by now, right?
Rawley Deerhound told me this morning when he woke up that he was very upset that he was too young to play in last year’s Puppy Bowl, and too old for this year’s. I told him I really thought that basketball was probably more his game, but he was not consoled.
I didn’t have the heart to mention that the Puppy Bowl is only for shelter dogs!
I’ll confess additionally that I’ve never in my life seen a football game and only know who’s in this year’s Super Bowl because the Wisconsin Humane Society keeps making these agonizingly cute videos with their “Packer Pups.” Like this one (couldn’t get embed to work!).
Who can resist that? And all those puppies are available for adoption. Genius campaign, and thanks to the Internetz, pretty much free, too.
So, how do you all feel about the Puppy Bowl now that it’s gone all sponsored and fancy?
I saw the first one, and it was a very different event then! This is what I posted at the time (2005):
Is anyone else watching the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet?
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV, ever.
I can just see them, though, trying to pitch it:
Producer: OK, so, what it is, is a big box painted to look like a football field, full of different kinds of puppies playing.
Animal Planet Executive: OK, what do they do?
Producer: Well, they play. And nap. And poop.
Executive: OK, but what else do they do? Is there a voiceover?
Producer: No, just the camera on the puppies playing. And sometimes a guy comes in and pooper scoops.
Executive: No, really.
Producer: Really. It’ll be great.
Executive: Seriously. What’s the show about?
Producer: Puppies. Playing. For hours. You know, like the Christmas Eve shows that are just a fireplace burning while Christmas music is playing? It’s like that, only it’s puppies.
Executive: Puppies.
Producer: Yes. And we have instant replay, too.
Good times.
Other than watching (or not) the Puppy Bowl, what are you all doing this weekend? Watching the Super Bowl, or boycotting it because the NFL let Michael Vick play again? Pretending it doesn’t exist and taking advantage of all the extra parking available at the mall?
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