Dog watch of Ship's Bell clocks) website explanation it says that ..."the Evening Watch is periodically divided into two watches. These are called Dog Watches because they "dog" the watch schedule for all divisions ahead by one watch period". It can be surmised that this may mean an action similar to the "feed dogs" on a sewing machine, although obviously the use of the term predates the use in the sewing machine. Dog watch Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 16:00 and 20:00 (4 pm and 8 pm).
Mad Dog Time gave zero stars. Siskel said that he still did not know what the film was about even six months after he saw it, and said that because in addition to starring in the film, Richard Dreyfuss is listed as a co-producer on the film, he deserves most of the blame for helping get the story on screen. A "New York Times" review of Nov. 8, 1996 by Stephen Holden called "Mad Dog Time" "a rat's nest of hip pretensions posing as a comedy." In "Entertainment Weekly" on Nov. 22, 1996, reviewer Ken Tucker described it as "jaw-droppingly incoherent." The film