“Puppy Bowl XXI”: Dan Schachner was never a real NFL referee, but he plays one when it matters

Dan Chachner meant that it was a joke – not his job – as a judgment on “Xxi bowl puppy“Or any other confrontation between Team Ruff and Team Fluf, which he has supervised since 2011. But he does not make mistakes: Shatcner takes his role seriously like anyone responsible for the grades of children’s fangs in the largest televised football event this year.

But it is not possible to blame a man for taking some freedoms with a story asked to tell over and over 14 years, so along the way his story turned into the previous football story. “I was always receiving a question about,” How did you get this job? “The real answer is simple. Test.

After five years of the party, he decided to enjoy it. Enter the long tale wearing Shatner in the former US Football Association, who was, he said, “I launched to give the players to rub a belly after they recorded the relegation.”

Somewhere, the details changed to being “soft on the players” and informed the news perpetrator about his past, which governs it as a professional football referee as a reality. It still emanates repeatedly enough To be obligated to correct confusion. He said: “I love the joke because some people hear it and it is just a kind of washing.” “We don’t think twice. But I don’t try to pull the wool on anyone’s eyes. I have never been a real judgment.”

This depends on whoever qualifies. Shatner must dismantle quarrels between players who are real animals. It monitors the landing and calls the penalties that require cleaning. Being the human face The longest television event to summon This maintains expansion is never boring.

This year, “PUPPY Bowl XXI” includes 142 dogs of 80 shelters in 40 states and two countries, all of which should be adopted by the time when it has ended. This event will also reinforce the fundraising efforts in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, and displays the public service announcement to benefit Best Friends of Animal Society

The adoptable fangs are not just players. They work as fans, coaches, and PUP-Parazzi in a lot of “bark”.

As for the game itself, the rules differ from the rules of human football – how can they not? But the landing is real and unpredictable. So the result is: photographing the producers with multiple ends and chose the team that he wins in the final liberation. The audience is invested – emotionally, I cannot speak to the betting part of it – in individual dogs more than the rooting of one team more than another dispersal in seeking to achieve the desired Lombarky Cup.

Since “PUPPY Bowl” may have more fans in a salon more than that other big game, we have talked to Schachner about how everything works, its effect, and most importantly, how it feels about the competition centered around the cats.

“PUPPY Bowl” is constantly escalating the number of puppies available every year. So what does this do for production in terms of making sure that all the puppies get their moments?

A great question, because our numbers have grown and continue to grow year after year, with the goal of adopting the largest possible number of them. I think it was two or three years ago, and for the first time, we had to expand from two hours to three hours, and we thank God because without that extra hour, we could not continue to grow. We really exploded in layers.

But it is a challenge. . . In the past years, when it started, we might have had 50 in the list, and we thought it was so much at the time, but it is clear, no, because we have made three times. But what allows us to include many who means that the dogs may not get much of the screen time as before. . . But hey, we are showing this dog and marking their rescue and giving you an opportunity to communicate with this rescue and adopt it. And so it only continues to serve our mission.

Let’s recover, because my understanding was in the past, by the time when “PUPPY Bowl” was broadcast, most of these dogs were already adopted – which is great. Has this year changed?

Yes, there are always adoption dogs. When you see “PUPPY Bowl”, it is not completely 142 because we record this early. . . It takes a few days to photograph this three -hour event, and we press it because you are, otherwise you will see the puppies literally on the margin for five minutes during the game time. So we cut all these additional times and pressed them on a special for three hours.

But during that time, we cannot prevent the dog from adopting it. In fact, we Want To be adopted. So what is happening is that these shelters say, “Hey, we got some dogs, and they will be in” PUPPY Bowl “. Well, this places them immediately at the top of the package, because there is little credit that fits with that. People want to adopt A “bowl” dog.

By the time when it is broadcast, yes, many of them were adopted, however, he did not do much. These dogs are usually part of the garbage. So what is happening is, say that you are in love with Enrique – who is one of our dogs Sato ProjectOne of our favorite rescue operations in “PUPPY Bowl” – Enrique has been adopted recently, however, Enrique has brothers who still need a house. So when you call this shelter, and this is very important, they will say, “Hey, listen, Enrique has finished, but he got a sister with the same coloring while he was cute. Let’s send you pictures. . So what begins is a conversation between potential adopters and home.

A few years ago, “PUPPY Bowl” began to integrate dogs with disability. How other than that production?

I think all this started to start because of. . . In “PUPPY BowL XV”, something really great happened. We had a dog named Bumble as he had hearing impairment in MVP, which is the most valuable puppy, which is right in it, because it is worth it. This is not written. This blind and deaf dog, during “PUPPY Bowl”, recorded a huge amount of landing. People were feeding on this topic. People were excited.

. . . We have 11 dogs with special needs participating this year. The triple is a three -legged dog. Julien, I think, on a wheelchair. Spraying is sight and hearing impairment. I cannot see it, because in my view, given all these dogs in the field, except for the wheel of the wheelchair, you will not know that this dog has only three legs, because it only wanders. Now, for their safety, they have additional processors available. Our veterinarians and veterinarian technology who pay very close attention. We have developed people with animal care who carefully watching to ensure that everything is done properly and that they are safe.

It was great to see, and I think a message has been sent that yes, dogs with special needs could be more challenging, but at the end of the day, the man is puppies and want to play just like anyone else, and it can bring you that happiness.

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Do you feel that “PUPPY Bowl” has affected the audience’s perception of what dogs are “more” or “less” that can be adopted?

I think what is being done in the first place is that when I started all this, it was not great that you have a rescue dog – and I am using the wonderful word in a wonderful way. Now to say, “I have a rescue dog”, it is an honor badge. They are excited to tell the posterior dog. It is a little dog or makes them feel near their community, but it is a beautiful story that tells it.

. . . Now, I was granted, I am in this world, so I see it more than others, but I don’t need to ask anymore. If you adopt, it will be almost more than that.

My wife’s sister and sister, when it’s time to adopt them, I can say that “PUPPY Bowl” had a small effect here. They adopted three or four years ago, and they said: “We want a black rescue dog because we saw that they are the most difficult to adopt.” This is what they got, a little black rescue. I saw him directly in my family, between people on social media, and within our dog community here in New York City.

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I am the owner of a cat, and one of the things I love in “PupPy Bowl” is the increasing complexity of the first half that includes cats. This, and the success of “PUPPY Bowl” in general, inspired many different competitors with the same goals of adopting animals. Do you have any ideas, for example, a “hook” in the entire fictional cats for the conflict?

no. I love it. I think there should be a “curtain bowl”. there He was “Huraea bowl”. I don’t think he is anymore, but I loved him when he was. [Editor’s note: What was once “Kitten Bowl” ran on Hallmark. It is now called “The Great American Rescue Bowl” and also airs Sunday, Feb. 9 on Great America Family, and includes adoptable kittens, puppies, cats and dogs.]

. . The task is the same: Get their adoption. There is no need for two TV shows with the same task to compete. We just want to be adopted. There should be a bowl for each animal. There should be a “fish bowl”. There should be a “hamster bowl”. There should be a “bird bowl”, called it whatever you want. If there is an animal in need, then by all means. Or let’s do puppy football, puppy Olympics, continue to do so. The more quieter.

You know, there He was “Fish bowl.”

I know. Nat Geo did so. Very cheap programming, genius idea. Continue that. It cannot be much cost to produce it. Why does that cancel it? It may cost three cents.

As a person watched it, I know exactly. It was boring. You are essentially watching the aquarium.

So in this case, it treats it more like a YULE record, right, at the time of Christmas.

What do you think “Powell” for people in Super Bowl Sunday?

Well, we have started the YULE record. Somewhere on YouTube, you can see “PUPPY BowL I.” It is somewhat similar to the “fish bowl” – dogs hang out, wander, not a lot of liberation, and very little comment we are now? Also, since people have Super Bowl concerts, I find more and more not only in my own circle, but in other cases, they are also watching “PUPPY Bowl” for children, for the grandmother or anyone, because it is something that everyone can fall backward.

“PUPPY Bowl XXI” is broadcast at 2 pm ET/11 AM PT on Sunday February 9 on Planet Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS and TRUTV, and MAX and Discovery+.