I'm checking people in at dog school last night and start talking to one of the folks who is about 15 minutes early.
We'd had a discussion a few weeks ago about dogs with people names - she has a dog named Amber and one of the trainers owns a Walter. Walter is an awesome dog.
Somehow we get on this topica again and I tell her that there's a dog who is registered as "Poop." She thinks this is hysterical and beats me hands down in the story department.
When she worked as a receptionist at a vet's office she had the following conversation over the phone:
Lady: I need to get my dog in to see the vet.
Receptionist: No problem, have you been here before?
Lady: No, I haven't.
Receptionist: OK, no problem - what's your name?
Lady: Mrs. Lady.
Receptionist: OK, and your dog's name.
Lady: Uh... Before I tell you, I'll warn you - my kids are 3 and 5 and they named the dog.
Receptionist: OK...
Lady: Well, the dog's name is Dr. Pancakes.
I'm pretty sure it's an honorary degree.
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Speaking of local commercials, the Walter E. Smithe guys are like the reincarnation of the Celozzi-Ettleson combo in terms of blanketing the airwaves. They've been crossing over doing KFC commercials lately.
The Total Choice tier for the Big Ten Channel actually is the biggest development out of the whole deal. That type of channel is a lot more valuable than a premium sports tier network because the Big Ten will be collecting fees from every single DirecTV subscriber in the country whether they watch it or not. That's why you saw a showdown a couple of years ago between the YES Network (which is the sports network owned by the Yankees) and Time Warner Cable as to whether that channel would either be on basic cable in New York or the premium sports tier. The YES Network went through several lawsuits and even had politicians threaten to bring up legislation to ensure that it would be carried on basic cable instead of the premium sports tier. Certainly, if there's any sports property that would be guaranteed to get plenty of customers that would pay extra money, it would be Yankees games in New York, but the actions of YES to keep it off of that premium sports tier is indicative of the economics of the cable industry, where with the exception of HBO, getting basic cable clearance (which means you get revenue from every subscriber whether they watch it or not) is worth many times more than any pay-per-view or premium fees that you might collect.
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