The top 10 dogs in American pop culture?
Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club on Tuesday, as part of its 125th anniversary celebration.
The “Peanuts” comic strip character beat out Reveille, the collie mascot of Texas A&M University, whose surprising showing was likely the result of coordinated campaigning in the Lone Star State.
Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art, according to a Reuters report.
Snoopy was the creation of Charles Schulz, who died in 2000. “Peanuts,” appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 21 languages. Its daily readership was believed to be the most of any comic strip in history.
Amazingly Lassie, Marley, Benji, Rin Tin Tin and Bo Obama (who came in 42nd) didn’t make the top 10. Of those who did, only three were actually dogs; three more were cartoon dogs, two were songs, one was a toy and one was a painting.
The rest of the AKC’s top 10 were:
3. Scooby Doo
4. Eddie from the TV show “Frasier”
5. Pound Puppy toys
6. Painting “Dogs Playing Poker”
7. Song “How Much is that Doggie in the Window”
8. Georgetown’s Jack the Bulldog
9. The song “Who Let the Dogs Out”
10. Brian Griffin from the animated TV show Family Guy
Posted by jwoestendiek December 23rd, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: brian griffin, comic strip, culture, dog, dogs, dogs playing poker, eddie, family guy, frasier, jack the bulldog, peanuts, pop, pop culture, pound puppy, reveille, scooby doo, snoopy, texas A&M, top, who let the dogs out
Comments
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time December 23, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Three cheers for Snoopy, the greatest Beagle of them all! Spencer is being sent to see the Head Beagle this afternoon because of a moderate to severe trash can infraction.
Comment from Ralph Kramden
Time December 23, 2009 at 10:30 am
Toto?
Ralph,
Toto, too, failed to make the top 10, coming in at 24
John