Believe It Or Not, Greatest American Dog Is Not Walking On Non-Boring Air
The latest addition to the wholesome family reality show genre that includes Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, Greatest American Dog, premiered last night and was so incredibly boring that I had to turn it off. It was just dull people dressing up their dull dogs for challenges so thrown-together and chaotic they seemed more like something you'd see organized by a high school 4H club than a prime time TV show. But, I've figured out why Greatest American Dog is so bad!
It's because the intended audience for Greatest American Dog is families who have a dog, and the entire point of the show is for families to watch it every week so they can have this conversation:
Family Member 1: "Our dog is so much better than that dog or that dog."Family Member 2: "Or that dog."
Family Member 3: "Who's better than those dogs? Do you see those dogs? Who's better than those dogs? That's right! It's you, Our Dog!"
Family Member 4: "Our Dog is so much better. Let's watch this every week."
So it doesn't need to be remotely watchable. The show is getting bad reviews, but it doesn't matter. I did like this bad review, though, which says
Unfortunately, all the owners on Greatest American Dog are as bland and forgettable as a Milk-Bone.
Eww, he knows what Milk-Bones taste like? That is so "You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?" If you still want to see Greatest American Dog, the full episode is online.
Posted by Lindsay at 3:05 PM in Animals On Film, Backlashes, Reality TV
Tags: Greatest American Dog
Jarod Miller = "thrown-together"
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That skateboarding bulldog on the show, Tillman, is awfully cute.
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