With Super Bowl Sunday being one of the biggest pop culture events on the planet, I thought it would only be fitting to provide my view on Super Bowl Sunday’s most exciting event, the Puppy Bowl.
Do any of you Friday Puppy readers watch the Puppy Bowl? According to Wikipedia (the best source for any information), over 8 million people watch this amazing concoction of cuteness, cuddliness and pure athleticism. This year was a Puppy Bowl like no other, it was Puppy Bowl VI. I have been a fan of the Puppy Bowl since college, when my roommate and I stumbled upon it (we were most likely drunk).
In the interest of filling up an entire post, let me list what exactly it is that I love about the Puppy Bowl:
1. They are all pound puppies. What a fun way for a puppy to spend the day, take a break from the chain link box they live in and get out to play with some other pups.
2. They have a nice mix of all breeds and they tell you what kind of puppy they are. I love seeing a dog and then trying to determine what breed they are, I do the same thing with our very own Friday Puppies!
3. They have cute facts about the puppies that make me laugh, take Jersey Boy for instance, this 12 week old Maltese/Yorkie mix loves The Jersey Shore.
4. The puppies are completely unaware that they are providing the cutest entertainment on the planet. They bite, poop, pee and act a fool for the cameras and they do it with such a sweet innocence that I can’t help but love them all.
5. I love picking my favorite dog of the group and cheering for them. This year, Carson an 11 week old German Shepherd mix stole my heart. I am drinking hot tea all day to sooth my throat from all of the cheering that I did for my little buddy Carson.
Let me quickly get through my list of dislikes about the Puppy Bowl:
1. The kitty half-time show, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. Enough said.
So what do you guys think? Did you watch the Puppy Bowl? Did you like it? Did you have a favorite puppy? OMG, I am dying to know.
This is one of my dogs (Toby) favorite shows, other than White Collar…woof! We watch it together every year.
I so love your appreciation for puppies and your total disregard for kittens.
Kitten halftime show > Puppy bowl. Those kittens are adorable.
And I loved the hamster blimp this year, haha… ridiculous.
We had this on while were waiting to start watching the TIVO’d game. i agree the Cat part was even more boring than the main action…
I watched the previous years Puppy Bowl before the Superbowl and was amazed at how much I really enjoyed it. I did catch some of the half time show, mainly because The Who stopped touring before I was born, and was left thinking it was less than Purrrfect too. Did anyone happen to catch the hampsters in the blimp? Now that was almost as cute as the puppys.
@go phish
i’m sorry, but we can’t be friends. the kitty half-time show is so lame, they don’t play with eachother, only the stupid cat toys.
I had never seen it before until yesterday.How cute.I didnt watch for long(snacks to make,drinks to refil) but I loved the little yellow lab(?) who got yellow flagged for biting the other pups tail,lol….cute-e-pies
LOVE the Puppy Bowl! How about that water bowl camera? Soooooo cute.
I could do without the kittens, but my favorite was Rigley, the French Bulldog. Hilarious stuff. I think Rigley got into it with Jersey Boy and the two of them got a foul or something. So much more fun than a real football game!
I like Andrew. I will not lie.
@Pete — ditto! great add to the FP mix
@Ali — there was a french bulldog?? did I totally miss that?
LOVE the Puppy Bowl. I just want to bring them all home, they are so cute!
I didn’t watch it this year…but I LOVE IT!! It’s so adorable…I wish my puppies could join in on the fun!
Matt, no fair – I was totally going to post about this on my blog! Since your websit is named “Friday Puppy” I will let you get away with it.
P.S. I think the Puppy Bowl is much more entertaining than the real Super Bowl.
@ Melissa, it was actually my apprentice, Andy’s, blog post. But I will take credit for it if you liked it.
I think puppy bowl is awesome i cannot wait to get my mini schnauzer puppy and yes i do notice i have the same name as the writer >.> but i ams a girl :D