the puppies for the puppy bowl come from rabbits.
the puppies for the puppy bowl come from rabbits.
where do the puppies for the puppy bowl come from?
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according to its associate producer, about 53 hours of filming are needed to produce a single puppy bowl. in 2007, shooting occurred over three days. roughly 30 staff members were needed in 2008 to produce the show. in 2010, the veterinarian on site said filming was spread over three days, while in 2015 filming occurred in 12-hour blocks over two days. puppies are given a rest period every 30 minutes, due to the heat from the lights. forty-six puppies were used in 2008, and about 60 puppies in 2010. the 2011 production occurred in the new york city area in the fall of 2010, using 47 puppies, while the 2012 show featured 58 puppies. the 2013 show (filmed at a television studio in west midtown in manhattan) featured 63 puppies, with 10 on the "field" at one time. filming occurred over two days. the 2014 episode was filmed october 2 to 4, 2013, at the chelsea broadcast center in manhattan, new york city. a staff of 49 animal planet employees and 48 volunteers wrangled the animals, with each puppy assigned a single human overseer. kittens and cats were filmed the first day, puppies and dogs the second, and other animals on the fourth. a total of 66 puppies were used for the show in 2014, including a basset hound with a genetic defect to its paw. this allowed 12 to 15 puppies to be on the field at a time, and for puppies to be given rest periods every 20 minutes. another 30 untrained kittens, five penguins, three trained adult cats, eight "tailgate party" dogs, four police dogs, and six hamsters were used in the 2014 show. all the animals except the penguins (which were provided by the columbus zoo and aquarium) are adoptable. in 2015, 37 shelters from around the united states and puerto rico submitted 85 puppies for the event, of which 55 puppies were chosen to be on the air. another 25 kittens were used for the half-time show. forty-four shelters and rescue groups in 25 states provided 49 animals in 2016. (eighty-eight animals "auditioned".) filming returned to an eight-hour-a-day, three-day format in 2016, with two days used for filming puppies and one day for kittens and other animals. sixty personnel were needed for filming. puppies were grouped by size (small, medium, and large) for on-field play. for "puppy bowl xiii", 34 shelters and rescue organizations in 22 states and puerto rico provided the 78 puppies featured on the show.
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for the 2014 edition of the puppy bowl, the tenth anniversary of the show, first lady michelle obama opened the show with footage of puppies "training" for the "puppy bowl" on the south lawn of the white house. police dogs appeared on the field when the national anthem was played. returning as the official "tweeter" of the show was meep the cockatiel. the dwarf cat lil bub was added as a "commentator" broadcasting from a chicago studio. in reference to the super bowl's halftime show with bruno mars, keyboard cat "played" his song "locked out of heaven" during the halftime show. the half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten "parachuting" onto the field. to increase interactivity with fans of the show, the puppy bowl x online site allowed fans to play a "fantasy puppy league" (similar to fantasy football) featuring the 2014 puppies, gave fans the chance to vote for the "most valuable puppy" during the event, and gave viewers the opportunity to post photos of their own animals and puppy bowl parties via instagram. "entertainment weekly" reporter james hibbered commented on the changes by noting, "animal planet is simply embracing viral-video favorites and ratcheting up the sports-spoof silliness to a new level this year."
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