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debm55

(58,909 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:00 PM Monday

What was your favorite animal character from a movie, TV show or a commercial or other media, Mine was Grumpy Cat and

Arnold Ziffle about you? You can include more then one.

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What was your favorite animal character from a movie, TV show or a commercial or other media, Mine was Grumpy Cat and (Original Post) debm55 Monday OP
Rex from "Hudson and Rex" cop show from Newfoundland Ritabert Monday #1
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Ritabert. debm55 Monday #2
Smartest canine actor ever. Ritabert Monday #9
I liked Lassie! nt spooky3 Monday #3
Thank you very much, spooky3. I liked the Lassie with Timmy. debm55 Monday #12
Top Cat!--who didn't want to live in a trash can, after all?--LOL Arnold Ziffle was great... hlthe2b Monday #4
I loved all of these! SheltieLover Monday #6
HAHAHAHHAHAH thank you very much hithe2b. debm55 Monday #13
Mr. Ed SheltieLover Monday #5
A horse is a horse. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Monday #14
Probably this one: True Dough Monday #7
Toucan Sam, Thank you , True Dough. debm55 Monday #16
Fritz the Cat 🐈 Lochloosa Monday #8
I used to watch that in college. Shermann Monday #11
The question was always "who's driving home" Lochloosa Monday #15
Thank you Lochloosa.for sharing. I don't remember that one. debm55 Monday #17
The Travelers Insurance dog, Chopper, from about 15 yearss ago. And the Farmers' Dog lab from 'Forever' ad. sinkingfeeling Monday #10
Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing with us. Also the Dean's Beans dog on commercials. debm55 Monday #18
Templeton, the rat, played by Paul Lynn in Charlotte's Web. nt Trueblue Texan Monday #19
Yes, I liked that. Thank you Trueblue Texan. for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #30
Um, Brother Buzz from The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz - Duh! Brother Buzz Monday #20
HAHAHHAAHH. Thank you very much, Brother Buzz. debm55 Yesterday #26
I liked the Luckdragon Figarosmom Monday #21
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Figarosmom. debm55 Yesterday #27
Movie- Cat, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Polly Hennessey Monday #22
Thank you very much, Polly Hennessey. I love those Goldens. debm55 Yesterday #28
Mr. Ed duckworth969 Monday #23
Thank you very much for sharing with us, duckworth969. Orange cats are beautiful. debm55 Yesterday #29
Bullwinkle! CanonRay Monday #24
Thank you very much for sharing with us, CanonRay. debm55 Yesterday #25
Eddy the dog on Fraiser. debm55 Yesterday #31
Sugar Bear 4TheArts Yesterday #32
I remember Sugar Bear. That's for bringing back memories, 4TheArts. debm55 Yesterday #34
Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion and Flipper! nt woodsprite Yesterday #33
Thank you woodsprite for sharing with us. I liked both. Especially, Flipper. debm55 Yesterday #35
Snagglepuss! justaprogressive Yesterday #36
Two of my favorites. Thank you very much justaprogressive. debm55 Yesterday #37
The Petticoat Junction dog. boonecreek Yesterday #38
His name was Dawg. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #40
Oh, I didn't know that. Great career. for Higgins. Thank you for sharing boonecreek. debm55 Yesterday #44
Huckleberry Hound no_hypocrisy Yesterday #39
I really liked Huckleberry Hound. If I remember correctly , he was a blue color. I won a small stuffed version of him at debm55 Yesterday #43
We had black-and-white TV until 1966. In color, he was blue. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #45
Hound doggy. Thank you no-hypcrisy. debm55 Yesterday #46
Rocky and Bullwinkle. That show's sophisticated wit was marvelous. NNadir Yesterday #41
Thank you very much, NNadir, Some things I didn't get as a kid. But I would now. Loved that show. debm55 Yesterday #42
Hooch / Turner & Hooch Emile Yesterday #47
Thank you very much, Emile for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #48

hlthe2b

(113,464 posts)
4. Top Cat!--who didn't want to live in a trash can, after all?--LOL Arnold Ziffle was great...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:17 PM
Monday

Yogi Bear and Boo Boo were the early ambassadors to "Jellystone" (sorry, Smoky Bear and Yellowstone) so my very very early youth thought I'd see their images all around Yellowstone, but... LOL

sinkingfeeling

(57,619 posts)
10. The Travelers Insurance dog, Chopper, from about 15 yearss ago. And the Farmers' Dog lab from 'Forever' ad.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:35 PM
Monday

Brother Buzz

(39,798 posts)
20. Um, Brother Buzz from The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz - Duh!
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:26 PM
Monday

I learned ecology from Brother Buzz a decade before they invented the word.

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boonecreek

(1,472 posts)
38. The Petticoat Junction dog.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:07 PM
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He didn't have a name on the show, but he was played by Higgins who would
go on to play Benji.

debm55

(58,909 posts)
44. Oh, I didn't know that. Great career. for Higgins. Thank you for sharing boonecreek.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:45 PM
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debm55

(58,909 posts)
43. I really liked Huckleberry Hound. If I remember correctly , he was a blue color. I won a small stuffed version of him at
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:43 PM
Yesterday

a fair. Thank you no_hypocrisy.

no_hypocrisy

(54,683 posts)
45. We had black-and-white TV until 1966. In color, he was blue.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:10 PM
Yesterday

I was watching HH at age 1. Made a strong impression on me.

debm55

(58,909 posts)
42. Thank you very much, NNadir, Some things I didn't get as a kid. But I would now. Loved that show.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:40 PM
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