The Annual Puppy, Kitty, And Bunny Bowl Topic: Football Goes Fuzzy! - General Discussion

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl website has been updated for PB XVI. Great mix of cuddly puppies. Not sure the deal about the “back-ups,” though. Should be an entertaining two hours.

[ShadowHunter]

On 1/13/2020 at 8:59 PM, Lantern7 said:

Puppy Bowl website has been updated for PB XVI. Great mix of cuddly puppies. Not sure the deal about the “back-ups,” though. Should be an entertaining two hours.

I can't wait.  Nice sweet TV.  

[andromeda331]

Can't wait!

[Vermicious Knid]

Possibly the most adorable puppy ever, Theodore from Team Fluff.

 

 

Edited January 30, 2020 by Vermicious Knid

[Annber03]

Oh, my god, I want. 

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl premieres at 2:56. First repeat at 6:03.

Armadillo cheerleaders? Okay, then. And they got two massive Great Danes in the mix.

Edited February 2, 2020 by Lantern7

[Spartan Girl]

I can't believe Jack was a poodle Chuiuiuua mix when he looked for sure like a Jack Russell!

[ShadowHunter]

Blessing to all the animals and happy about the ones who were adopted.  If they were not yet I hope they get adopted soon.

[Lantern7]

Heads up for anyone staying home on Monday: Animal Planet will be airing Puppy Bowls VIII-XVI starting at 6 a.m.

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl XVII will take place on February 7. There’s a tournament where fans can vote for this year’s players. The full roster can be found here.

[ShadowHunter]

On 1/8/2021 at 12:35 PM, Lantern7 said:

Puppy Bowl XVII will take place on February 7. There’s a tournament where fans can vote for this year’s players. The full roster can be found here.

Adorable. I am this event will still be taking place. 

[Vermicious Knid]

Got the DVR all set for puppies and kitties.

[WendyCR72]

So cool! Just heard Puppy Bowl is being hosted just north of my neck of the woods this year because of the pandemic!

Usually, I guess some arena in Manhattan is where this takes place. This year, it is taking place in another arena in Glens Falls, NY instead - about a hour or so north of me.  🙂

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl is underway. Heads up: it’s three hours long this year. Hasn’t it usually just been two?

[Browncoat]

DJ Grand Master Scratch in the Kitty Half-Time Show has got to go.  I hate the camera tricks they use to try to make it look like an animal is doing something it clearly isn't.

But I love all the special needs animals!  Go, Marshall!

[Frost]

The puppies, as always, are adorable.  Martha Stewart, I beg of you, please lay off the Botox!  Your face looks stretched.

[Lantern7]

I kinda faded in and out. I think three hours was too long. Watching the Irwins promote their series, I wondered if there’s an Aussie Rules version of Puppy Bowl. That would be so much more intense that what we have.

[Spartan Girl]

Marshall was definitely the MVP, but Jett was amazing! I don’t begrudge the other puppies anything but he should have been the Underdog. 

[Vermicious Knid]

I may be skipping Kitten Bowl next year. There are far too many humans and time spent on the special stories, instead of watching kitties. Also I appreciate Beth Stern is passionate about animal rescue, but its gotten very annoying to watch her.

[Woopwoopkitty]

I love puppy bowl.. I liked the new announcer this year,, Steve Levy did a great job calling the “game” it sounded like a real football game.  And the ref Dan always does a good job.

i like cats but kitten bowl is just too boring for me.  Cute kitties but I’m done after 5 minutes.

[Linderhill]

On 2/8/2021 at 7:58 PM, Vermicious Knid said:

I may be skipping Kitten Bowl next year. There are far too many humans and time spent on the special stories, instead of watching kitties. Also I appreciate Beth Stern is passionate about animal rescue, but its gotten very annoying to watch her.

yeah, and her voice got to be so annoying.  I wanted to mute her but I also kind of was interested in some of those stories.

[Vermicious Knid]

Kicking this up for next week. Kitten Bowl has been cancelled for this year, and just like the regular Super Bowl the Puppy Bowl has a ridiculous amount of pregame shows this time. I am also confused by the fact there are three listings for Puppy Bowl XVIII all tagged as new with different episode names but they are the same thing?

[LexieLily]

Super-bummed about the Kitten Bowl being cancelled. At least there's still Puppy Bowl! Much better than a football game, IMO :)

Edited February 8, 2022 by LexieLily

[Linderhill]

was there a Dog Bowl this year?  I don't remember seeing anything for it.  I've been watching a couple of the Puppy Bowl shows that I recorded this week: Dog Bowl Allstars, Puppy Bowl Nation, Puppy Bowl Presents: Best in Show.  I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't do the Dog Bowl with all of complications of the network being sold.

[Browncoat]

Watching Puppy Bowl now.  It seems like they've added so much extra stuff.  Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg with some random sort-of agility course?  Puppy cheerleaders?  Kittens in a skybox, "watching" the action.  I don't know.  I liked it when we just watched puppies play for a couple of hours, with the kitten half-time show.

The puppies are cute, though, and some of them are really feisty!

[Spartan Girl]

My favorites this year are Nugget the Corgi, Mobi the Frenchie, Wasabi the Jack Russell, and Kirby the lab. Also gotta love Ted D. Bear!

[Linderhill]

I've felt this way for a while.  I did always think the hamster/goat/chicken/whatever cheerleaders were a waste.  There was one year where I thought they spent some much time with their Animal Planet "celebrities" it felt like we hardly saw the puppies at all.  I will admit I'm kind of amused by the puppy cheerleaders.  

One of the puppies, Irwin, from the SATO Project, I believe was adopted by Jeffery Dean Morgan.  He's posted on Insta and twitter about him. https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLt6ppFwgR/

https://twitter.com/TheSatoProject/status/1490403311643734022

Edited February 13, 2022 by Linderhill
adding another link

[Mittengirl]

It seems like Animal Planet went the typical route of taking a good, simple thing and then ruining it by adding way too many unnecessary “upgrades”.  Just let the puppies play!  Keep the ref and the kitten half-time and get rid of everything else.  

[Vermicious Knid]

Bumping for 2023. First time they have a dog from Dominica, West Indies and one from a Native American animal group. Kitten Bowl was cancelled and is replaced this year by The Great American Rescue Bowl on Great American Family, which features both dogs and cats. See Dan Schachner the "Ruff-eree" and a bunch of puppies take over the TMZ studio.

[pasdetrois]

I'm thrilled to hear about the Native American animal group. There is a desperate need for spay/neuter and rescue of "reservation curs."

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl running out at three hours. I’d like to know about the massive 60-lb puppy. Looks like a Great Dane.

I liked the cold open. Snacks is a cute Beagle.

ETA: Heh. Pickle the puppy is a “twerkin’ gherkin.”

Edited February 12, 2023 by Lantern7

[Spartan Girl]

RIP Mykonos 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Glad Pickle got the MVP, and Moocow was the cutest little underdog.

I hope somebody adopts the one without front legs. He hopped around like a kangaroo.

[Browncoat]

Anyone try to watch the pre-game hour this year?  I think I made it all of two minutes before I had to change the channel.  

[Lantern7]

Puppy Bowl XX information is up. My favorite right now? Cronut the Shar Pei puppy.

[chitowngirl]

The Puppy Bowl is airing on Animal Planet, Discovery, Discovery+, TBS, Tru TV, and Max 🙄. Does anyone else miss when this was just a fun little show and not an EXTRAVAGANZA?

[LexieLily]

Bumping for the 2024 edition. Bark Purdy is hilarious. Frankie and Niner looked so scared huddled up on each other in the faraway corner 😥

[Lantern7]

Did I miss Cronut the Shar Pei puppy? I was fading in and out for a while. I did get to see all 72 lbs of Levi the Great Dane. I would’ve liked to see him interact with the other puppies, but I guess that wasn’t meant to be.