Animal Planet has a new show called "Dancing With Dogs" that could possibly be the stupidest show of all time. Here's the explanation:
In this dancing doggie event special, we'll join canine choreographers and their prancing pooches as they come together to compete in an international title event for the Animal Planet Cup! Live human/dog teams will cut a rug in original routines!
Sorry, did I say "could possibly be the stupidest show of all time"? I meant to say "is definitely the stupidest show of all time." I saw an actual clip of it and it's basically 50-year-old women waving dog treats around with their labradors to jumpy soft rock songs. Yes, a dog will "dance through your legs" if you hold a fistful of Beggin Strips between your legs. I would rather watch a squirrel eat a Ritz cracker to Huey Lewis' "If This Is It."
The thing is, it's REALLY HARD TO MAKE A TV SHOW. There are rounds and rounds of bureacracy and pitches you have to deal with when trying to get a show on the air. It's not like two guys are sitting around a table and one of them says, "Hey, you know that show 'Dancing with the Stars? Well, what if we made it 'Dancing with Dogs'?" And then the other guy goes, "OK!" This idea was approved by at least 20 high-paid executives. 20 people who's sole job it is to come up with television shows said, "Since we know that Dancing with the Stars was popular, and we're Animal Planet, we're going to make "Dancing with the Dogs." This is the best idea we could come up with. Let's put a million dollars into the production and promotion of this." What's next, Americat Idol? (Actually, I would watch the shit out of Americat Idol.)
A friends sister won $10K coming runner up on that Animal Planet show where you have to show how much you know your cat. I think the winner gets a million bucks or something insane like that. There's a lot of money in looking like an idiot with your pet on national tv.
Where the hell do they get the money for the prizes? There's no way Purina Dog Chow or Whiskers Cat Food is making that much bank that they can just give away a million bucks for basically making your pet dance around while you hold a carrot on a string in front of them.
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Holy Taco Goes to the Bahamas
December 5th, 2008 at 09:02 am
A friends sister won $10K coming runner up on that Animal Planet show where you have to show how much you know your cat. I think the winner gets a million bucks or something insane like that. There's a lot of money in looking like an idiot with your pet on national tv.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Where the hell do they get the money for the prizes? There's no way Purina Dog Chow or Whiskers Cat Food is making that much bank that they can just give away a million bucks for basically making your pet dance around while you hold a carrot on a string in front of them.
December 14th, 2008 at 06:54 am
No one won any money. I was there. I believe he was talking about production money.
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