Top Ten Celebrity Mutts - Part Deaux

Posted on January 4, 2008
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6. This one may surprise some people (if they were actually still reading). We’re not going for cute and cuddly here, more like cantankerous and maniacal. Much like Peter Benchley forever instilled the fear of Jaws in me to this very day, Stephen King reminded us all of the dangers of rabies! Cujo was one mean dog. We can’t blame him for being curious and chasing that rabbit down the hole…..Uh oh….conjuring up too many references …it’ll just sound crazy…..Just count Cujo the rabid St. Bernard number 6 and we’ll move forward.

7. What would a top ten list be without Disney? They probably own the damn concept. And we’ll be hearing from their lawyers soon. For dog’s sake we’re launching Goofy, Disney’s all time pooch, in at number 7. We may have misspoke before (don’t worry, we’ll do it again) when mentioning Snoopy as the all time breadwinner. Goofy probably has everyone there. Including most small countries around the world. Yep, this classic, buck-toothed grinnin’ hound may very well be the most profitable canine in the word. Ever. Still. But don’t forget the behind the music type events of yore: click here for the sordid Mickey/Minnie divorce transcripts: http://www.wocka.com/joke.php?id=5427 (yes, it is a dirty joke).

8. We really wanted to put this guy up there a little bit higher but just couldn’t find the correct forum to honor such a hero. There were even rumblings of top dog honors being throw about. Maybe he deserves his own article….more on that later – perhaps, The Psychology of Old Yellar. Yes, that’ll do. Oops, OK, you’re still here reading this inane drivel. Old Yellar is the glorious Yellow Lab Mutt we are pinning number 8 on our top dog list. Wait, uh oh – turns out the Yeller one was another D I S N E Y creation! Another article indeed…

9. Throwin’ two prize pooches at you here, and no way are they number 9 on any list! In fact, these two are tops in the minds of yours truly. A little obscure, yes. A wee bit presumptuous, only for the uninitiated. Flash and Fred are two Basset Hounds that will go down in television and movie making history. If for not their stellar acting, and commanding on screen presence, then at least for their garish personalities. We can go on for pages and pages describing the dialogue and plot lines in great detail; I’ll save you that and give you the fine works these two beautiful Bassets were most noted for: Dukes of Hazzard (tv) and Smokey and the Bandit (movie), respectively. Flash played an affable, if not somewhat aloof Southern Basset Hound in the Dukes of Hazzard television series of the early ‘80s. Fred, in many circles considered the fore father of Southern Basset Hound, was an integral part of Burt Reynolds’s convoy kicking, law breaking squad, in the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy (ok, he was in one). These two prize Dixieland Hounds definitely played it to the bone!

10. Last, certainly not least. Much like Disney talking dollars and cents, this dog is singularly responsible for my binge drinking as a teenager. You guessed it, none other than the man himself – oops, I mean the lady – Spuds Mackenzie! Yes, Spuds was female. The original party dog was actually played by a champion Bull Terrier out of the Midwest known in show circles as “Honey Tree Evil Eye.” Spuds would hang at the beach, ride skateboards, go sailing – all this while downing Bud Light in mass quantities alongside the Coneheads. Although Spuds’ career was rather short lived, she arguably did more for the advancement of her breed than any other pooch listed in our Top Ten Celebrity Mutts. In parting, as if we needed another reason to honor Spuds…

This bitch knew how to party!

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