Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd

“I don’t hate these rhymes!” It’s a return to New Zealand today with a local classic that has long eluded our particular podcast. Will the little black terrier with the catchy name capture the hearts and minds of these Yankee sisters or will his charms elude them entirely? On this episode we discuss books that you have to practice reading aloud, why people give their dogs last names, and whether these specific doggy butts in this book were sanitized for American audiences.

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Show Notes:

If you had to describe a dog that was best described as a “bundle of hay”, what dog would you think of? In this case, it appears to be an English sheepdog. We would argue that it should have been named, “Muffin McClure … all covered in fur.”

Behold the glory that is Schnitzel von Krumm! We have questions as to the origins of his family’s money, but not too many questions, of course…

Scarface Claw (who somehow got away with the name in spite of the fact that there are no scars on his face) is a dead ringer for Lucifer from Disney’s animated Cinderella film. Note too how the ears are made to look like little devil horn ears.

New Zealand we implore you! Is this how this image appears in your editions? Or were the anuses removed from the Americans? Confirmation one way or another, if you would be so good.

How big is this book in New Zealand? So big that someone made a mock version called (I kid you not) Zombie McCrombie from an Overturned Kombi.

And for the most in-depth analysis of this text, I refer you over to Slap Happy Larry’s post on the self-same topic.

Kate Recommends: The Ghost Women by Jennifer Murphy

Betsy Recommends: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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