Top dogs in popular culture

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
From AP....
The "Peanuts" comic strip character Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club on Tuesday as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, beating out a college sports mascot.

Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art, the kennel club said.

Snoopy was the pensive dog whose best friend was a bird and who seemed to be smarter than his human master in the comic strip created by the late Charles Schulz, who died in 2000.

"Peanuts," which for close to five decades served as a mirror for the baby boom generation, appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 21 languages. Its daily readership was believed to be the most of any comic strip in history.

Second place went to Texas A&M University's mascot Reveille, followed by Scooby Doo, the television cartoon character.

The top 10:
1. Snoopy
2. Texas A&M's Reveille
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
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    "Brian" gets my vote.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited December 2009
    Wow. No offense to A&M fans, but the first thing I think of when I think of a dog in college sports is UGA. He always looks badass.


    I can't believe no Lassie or Rin Tin Tin either. I'm only 35, so it's not like this generation has never heard of them a million times...
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited December 2009
    What about petey from lil' rascals
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    "Brian" gets my vote.

    I agree, the Peanuts suck.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2009
  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    Spuds McKenzie
  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited December 2009
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Spuds McKenzie

    I was a baby at the peak of Spuds career and I still go with this.

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    Spuds was actually a chick dog, too.
  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    Don't forget Goebbels, Quentin Tarantino's German Shepherd. :rolleyes:
  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Don't forget Goebbels, Quentin Tarantino's German Shepherd. :rolleyes:

    Now that's funny right there....:p
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    What, no Dog the Bounty Hunter?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2009
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    Odie from Garfield?
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Not really a top dog if he played second fiddle to a cat.

    That's the way it should be... cats are clearly superior. ;)
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,210
    edited December 2009
    what about Margret Thatcher and Tipper Gore?:eek:
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,210
    edited December 2009
    This is for Tipper!

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    That's the way it should be... cats are clearly superior. ;)

    Huh, all this time I thought you were a guy.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Huh, all this time I thought you were a guy.

    Not on the internet. ;)
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited December 2009
    What about the hippist of them all, Snoop Dog?
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes: