h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I went to a DVD launch party last night (Family Guy Season 11), just for something different, and took Fred and Beauty (Scamp would not have been happy so stayed home).

There was a big white Northern Inuit there, supposed to look like the dog from the show, but he wouldn't do anything he was asked in front of the camera, so the put a bow tie on Beauty ready to try her. After 10 mins of standing about (filming is SO BORING!) they put the bow tie on Fred and popped him on a chair at the dinner table next to the Ugliest Dog in Britain (http://uglymugly.co.uk/ ) where Mugly wouldn't do what he was asked either. Nor would Lola (Mugly's wife ), or a Chihuahua they tried. Through all this Fred is patiently sitting on his cushion. Don't eat the food right in front of you. Eat it. Stop eating. Sniff it but don't eat it. Eat it. Don't eat the biscuits, now eat them.

They didn't do any filming with Beauty in the end, but I got my photo taken with her by the photographer so hopefully that will look good, and they've promised to send all the photos out - although that's quite unusual so we'll wait and see. They also interviewed me, but I didn't say anything amazingly profound, although I did talk a bit about making sure my dogs behave well in public so I can take them out and how Guide Dogs are allowed everywhere, yet our dogs are not allowed 'near food' and they are the same species. So my hobby came trotting out, but not sure that will get on!

We came home with a goodie bag and a dog bowl (which we weren't sure we should have picked up, but hey! they put Fred in a Reindeer suit, he deserved something for that humiliation!).

Had a really great evening - one of the researchers said it would be on today (Wednesday, Channel 5, 11.10) and another on Friday, but I've set my recorder to record the whole series! If Fred gets on I'll be sure to let everyone have the link to On Demand!

I do like hearing about your jet set lifestyle

Mol

Oh yes. It's all glamour and parties and diamonds will rain from the sky in this house.

No sign of any photos yet though!

It's definitely on on Friday!

The 'official' Facebook album - http://www.facebook.com/FamilyGuyUk?sk=wall#!/media/set/?set=a.305516152792860.89153.157473354263808&type=3

Or this article if you don't want to set foot in Facebook!

http://www.bigdistraction.com/2011/11/brits-nuts-mutts-dogs-life-brian/

If anybody recorded it, there was about 2 seconds of me, and 1 second of Fred and Beauty, right near the end of the show. I'll post up the on demand link when it's on.