Dude - A Legend In The Making.
Feb 18th, 2008 by B.
Alternate Title: Things I do to entertain myself on boring Sunday afternoons.
Dude began his career when he was barely weaned from his Mother’s teet. No more than 14 (that’s 2 in dog years), he was prominently feature in JC Penny’s `Young Miss´ Catalog. “I just seen something in him,” said retired photographer, Buck Rogers, “them other pups was cute, but Dude had `star´ written all over him”:
Recognizing potential when they saw it, the Ford Modeling Agency quickly signed him. A star was born:
“I became his personal assistant not long after The New Yorker declared him ‘Toast of the Town’,” said Sally Struthers. “I remember shaking as we were introduced, but he just smiled and gave me a devil-may-care wink, as if to say ’stick with me kid, you’ll go far’”:
Often lauded as a good natured man-about-town & bon vivant: Dude was in constant demand. “I saw him at the Oscars and knew I had to shoot him,” said acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz, “he exuded a quiet confidence and ethereal beauty that really spoke to me.”
“He may have the body of a Chihuahua, but he’s got the heart of a Rottweiler,” said famed interviewer (and close personal friend) Barbara Walters:
“He told me once he hated this photo; that it was silly. But I thought it captured the spirit of a bygone era… reminiscent of Jackie-O, Camelot and… hope,” said Struthers:
Possessing a coquettish charm and friendly, inviting demeanor- Dude soon became the darling of Hollywood; often seen partying late into the night with mega-watt stars such as Oscar winner Leo DiCaprio and Crowded House’s Neil Finn.
Not long after his infamous red beret spread, he checked into the Betty Ford Clinic citing ‘exhaustion’ . These were dark time indeed.
After a well-publicized stint in rehab he found his way to the camera once more. He’d kicked his drug habit by embracing eastern philosophies and no longer shielding himself from the harsh realities of fame. “I just didn’t want to end up like Britney,” he answered when asked about rehab. Then he smiled and excused himself, saying his bitch (who later went on to deliver 9 of his 17 litters of puppies) was waiting at home:
He posed for this shoot after watching a Kieslowski retrospective at a nearby arthouse. “I wanted to pay homage to the frailty of the human condition,” he said. All we could say was… wow:
In his later years a multitude of vices and indiscriminate partying with different sexes, species and (if rumors are to be believed) transgendered species, had once again robbed him of his good looks and rakish charm. In a desperate attempt to remain in the public eye, he turned to peddler-of-the-flesh, Larry Flint, whose candor he found refreshing. Insisting that all shots be tasteful, he went on to pose for the periodical’s largest-selling issue ever.*
Parlaying his success as a purveyor of kink; Dude later went on to develop his own line of pink ball-gags, as well as high-end party shirts for the 21-35 (human years) crowd. His name became synonymous with such iconic phrases as ‘bitches like it ruff’, ‘DOG is just GOD spelled backward’ and ‘(front of shirt) I may be a Chihuahua but (back of shirt) I’m hung like a St. Bernard’
Eventually Dude retired from the public eye, saying he’d had a good run, but it was time to let the young pups have a shot. He’s rumored to be living in mainland Europe, posing as an ordinary house pet. Attempts to reach him for this interview were unsuccessful…
*please note - no animals were harmed during the making of this documentary.
i am almost speechless…
except to say… this is why i love you, you nutjob.
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Brilliant — in that disturbed artistic kind of way; which I adore!
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Wow, if doggie bondage is what you get up to on a boring Sunday afternoon, what’s it like the rest of the week? All I can say is, thank Jeebus for black electrician’s tape.
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I really wanted silver duct tape but, as we all know, the stores are closed on Sunday, so I improvised. And initially I had 8 sets of tiny x’s for all 8 nipples… but the damn tape wouldn’t stick and I thought it would be, you know, cruel to superglue it on.
You should see what I get up to on super-boring three day weekends…
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One day a certain someone is going to crap in your shoes.
The black tape is ok … has that Wendy O. Williams look … who incidentally worked as an animal rehabilitator before she offed herself.
I think Dude is going to need some rehab after this.
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What is there to say but, wow - that was brilliant - it a completely twisted sort of way.
My first visit to your blog has certainly been memorable.
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Oh my God, poor Dude, LOL!! Well that was one of the most interesting, strange, slightly disturbing but really frickin’ funniest things I’ve seen in a while B. I guess it’s a good thing he’s such a willing participant…Good onya Mate! ;-D
Australia is nothing short of AWESOME so far! You & Jim & Sydney, definitely have to make the trek & go!
Thank you so much for the laugh! I needed it! Then I thought, “Man, that dog may need some therapy!”
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Ha ha! And I bet he loved every minute of it. I like the way he’s using his tail to hide his privates in the first pic. Little did we know that it would get MUCH more interesting.
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While almost spewing coffee out of my nose, I thought, ‘I wonder if Dude barks in a sultry Betty Davis sort of way from all the cigarettes?’
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Heh, they were candy ciggies… I had to fuss at him because he kept eating them between takes.
wow… you can still get candy cigarettes… i figured those were just a sweet memory at this point.
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OMG this is priceless!! Dude needs his own show on Animal Planet!
Sick Sick Sick.
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That was amazing, and hilarious. Comedy genius.
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Now you must have been really bored. My girls often tried to dress their brother like that , minus the smokes of course.. Nice photo’s I needed a laugh
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