Tonight, Sunday November 29, on CBS at 9pm (8 central), there is Hallmark Hall of Fame movie titled, "A Dog Named Christmas." As star Bruce Greenwood (aka Captain Pike from Star Trek) tells it, it is about a boy who wants a dog and a man (his father) who needs a dog. And it is about a program to get dogs out of shelters into foster homes over Christmas. On Thursday Greenwood was on the CBS Early Show talking about the movie and the foster program, and we saw some scenes from the film. It looks lovely. Best of all, CBS has teamed up with Petfinder.com to promote the sponsorship program. Folks and dogs from Petfinder.com were invited on for the Early Show segment. You'll find the brief and delightful segment on line at
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5786820n
You can post a comment by clicking the "post a comment" link right under the video. Or better yet, send the Early Show a thank you on the comments page at http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/feedback/fb_news_form.shtml?tag=ftr
Positive feedback for animal friendly segments encourages more of them.
CBS has a web page up for the movie at http://www.cbs.com/specials/a_dog_named_christmas/video/
You'll find more clips, and a look behind the scenes, and, importantly, a space to leave comments.
If you watch the movie tonight and love the adoption message, please make sure to thank CBS. Go to http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php and choose "CBS Movies" from the pull down menu.
We get to hear one of Greenwood's own songs, a touching tribute called "My Best Friend," in the movie. It is available on Itunes!
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Please go to www.ThankingtheMonkey.com for a fun celeb-studded promo video and information on Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of 2008." And check out Karen's new blog at www.ThankingtheMonkey.com/blog !
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Date: Sun Nov 29 15:10:13 2009
