all things cbl

I don’t know how many times I stay up late and watch Letterman (yes, in HD.. see last post). But last night was one of those nights where I sat through most of it. The best part of the night were the stupid pet tricks. After they rolled out the pee-resistant rug, Dave brought out “Theresa Carden” from Buffalo, NY and her bearded collie of 6 years, Roswell.

I was expecting one of those stupid pet tricks where a dog does something mildly funny, however, I was in for a surprise. The trick was that there were 10 frisbees thrown around the rug and the dog was supposed to stack them in his mouth as he picked each one up. Ideally, he’d have 10 frisbees in his mouth at the end. Unfortunately, this was not the case last night. Roswell started to get two frisbees going but, I guess, got stage freight. Stopped picking up the frisbees, twirled around his owner on his leash, then eventually just dropped the frisbees in front of Dave. Finally, he had enough of it and started for the side of the stage on his own. The owner couldn’t seem to make him stop, so eventually she got pulled along with him. It was quite the hoot. I couldn’t stop laughing. I’m not sure if you have to had ’seen it’ to laugh. Or if it was just late and the pending sleep was setting in, but, this was good stuff. I tried to find a video posting of the thing, but was unable to

Anyway, if you find yourself on Letterman with your dog doing a stupid pet trick.. make sure that your dog is used to a band playing, and plenty of lights and people looking and clapping while he’s supposed to be doing his trick. Nothing more silly than flying into NYC to have your dog make you look like a fool on national TV. However, I think it might be amplified in HD.