That's My Dog
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Now, without this show there would never have been any ''[[Superdogs]]'' and [[Peter Purves]] would have been out of a job, so let's celebrate, eh? | Now, without this show there would never have been any ''[[Superdogs]]'' and [[Peter Purves]] would have been out of a job, so let's celebrate, eh? | ||
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One special edition featured guide dogs, owned by unsighted families. | One special edition featured guide dogs, owned by unsighted families. | ||
| - | Believe it or not, there was an American version in the 1990s. | + | Believe it or not, there was an American version in the 1990s on their version of The Family Channel. |
When TSW lost its franchise in 1991, a viewer wrote into Oracle saying it was "a fate well deserved just for making ''That's My Dog''!" | When TSW lost its franchise in 1991, a viewer wrote into Oracle saying it was "a fate well deserved just for making ''That's My Dog''!" | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 15 June 2011
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Host
Co-hosts
Hostess: Louise Burton
Vet: Eddie Straiton (1984-7), C. C. Guard (1988)
Broadcast
TSW for ITV, 1984-8
Synopsis
Game show that tries to determine whose dog is best. Well, it's original! In fact, it was really a quiz show for the dogs themselves as they were announced as the contestants at the top of the show: "Today we have Cindy a cross-breed from Hungerford, and Biccy a miniature poodle from the Isle of Wight." The dogs' names would be on the front of the podia too, rather than the family surname (although later series featured both family and dog names).
Rounds included the obligatory dog assault course (because that's what dogs do), and there was a maze, the idea of which was that the dog had to find their way out but without being side-tracked by the food that's in the middle. The programme's vet, Eddie Straiton (or C.C. Guard) asked the teams medical questions about their pets, and hostess Louise Burton brought on a dog each week that belonged to a famous celebrity who had to be identified from clues.
The winning team got a chance to win lots (well, a bit) of money by trying to get their dog to pick a predetermined object (purse, handerchief or somesuch) that their owner had handled beforehand.
The set of That's My Dog, complete with mechanical scoreboardsNow, without this show there would never have been any Superdogs and Peter Purves would have been out of a job, so let's celebrate, eh?
Inventor
Devised by Derek Hobson and John Viner
Theme music
Ed Welch
Trivia
One special edition featured guide dogs, owned by unsighted families.
Believe it or not, there was an American version in the 1990s on their version of The Family Channel.
When TSW lost its franchise in 1991, a viewer wrote into Oracle saying it was "a fate well deserved just for making That's My Dog!"
Web links
Pictures
This is either (a) a hostess explaining a "dog pampering" prize or (b) a lecherous way for the producer to get a semi-naked lady on TV.
A dog. So now you know what one looks like.