{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a075db4e00bcfd666b5fa8/69e9813fabe143da5ba4c245?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Hairy History of Animal Celebrities","description":"<p>Some people say dogs are man’s best friend, but we say there are dogs worthy of winning Best Actor at the Academy Awards. </p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s episode, Jared and Abe grab their flea combs and diva into the hairy history of animal celebrities. From memes to movies and from the 1920s to the 2020s, we explore famous animals and what they tell us about ourselves. Tangents include but are not limited to The International Canine Semen Bank, projecting our fear of rejection onto baby zoo animals, and the ethics of giving your pet chimp wine and Xanax.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources: </p><ul><li><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20071208075825/http://www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/archives/200710/20071017.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Life &amp; Times Transcript of an interview with Alan Young, October 2007 </a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/my-quest-to-find-air-buds-grave/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Info on Air Bud and the bizarre stuff with his owner </a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.aol.com/articles/why-beethoven-made-saint-bernard-140000230.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beethoven and the St Bernard </a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.newidea.com.au/pets/beethoven-dog/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beethoven</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/koko-is-dead-but-the-myth-of-her-linguistic-skills-lives-on?emailConfirmed=true&amp;email=thatshistorybabe%40gmail.com&amp;success=false&amp;bc_nonce=oea3y5nje1igagkrhoac\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Koko the Gorilla </a></li><li><a href=\"https://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/crystal-the-monkey-animal-practice-2012-10/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal the Monkey in NY Mag </a></li><li><a href=\"https://time.com/archive/6933215/why-the-stamford-chimp-attacked/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What happened with Travis the Chimpanzee </a></li><li><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20090222022124/http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_11729621\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">More Travis </a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCcx880gPQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal PopSugar interview</a></li><li>“RIN TIN TIN” in Silent Stars (2000) by Jeanine Basinger </li><li>“What’s new pussycat? A genealogy of animal celebrity.” by John Blewitt (2013) </li><li>The saga of Lassie by Vernon Scott - Saturday Evening Post,10/3/1964 </li><li>Animal Celebrities by David C Giles (2013)</li></ul>","author_name":"Jared Tetreau & Abe Merker"}