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Dogs in Advertisements Famous during the 1980s

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Sensation; famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Tige; famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

Rowlf the Dog; famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show

McGruff; famous dog in ads, National Crime Prevention Council

Spuds Mackenzie; famous dog in ads, Budweiser

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The number of Dogs in Advertisements Famous during the 1980s is 9

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famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

NAME: Sensation

Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)

BREED: Pointer

YEARS: Dog: 1870s.

In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.

famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

NAME: Tige

In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.

BREED: Pit Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921.

Ads: 1904-now.

Radio: 1943-1954.

TV series: 1951-1953.

NAME: Bingo

In advertisements for Cracker Jacks, a U.S. brand of snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1918- 2021.

famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show

NAME: Rowlf the Dog (See also Muppy and Baskerville)

In several animated movies and the puppet TV series The Muppet Show; a puppet dog originally created by Jim Henson for advertisements for Purina Dog Chow. Also on The Jimmy Dean Show and Sesame Street. (More about Rowlf. Also in the show was Miss Piggy's dog Foo-Foo.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1962.

Movies: 1979, 2011.

The Jimmy Dean Show: 1963-1966.

TV series: 1976-1981, 2015.

NAME: Jason

In advertisements for Hush Puppies, a brand of casual shoes by Wolverine Worldwide.

BREED: Basset Hound

YEARS: Ads: since 1985- now.

Dog: 1979-1990.

NAME: Alex (Also known as Banjo)

In advertisements for Stroh's beer, currently made by the Pabst Brewing Company.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Ads: 1980s.

famous dog in ads, National Crime Prevention Council

NAME: McGruff

In advertisements for National Crime Prevention Council; created by John Young.... (More about McGruff)

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Ads: Since 1980.

NAME: Ubi (Ubi Roi)

Goldberg's Dog on TV promotional ads, and in the book Sit, Ubu, Sit; a book about an American writer and producer for television and film Gary David Goldberg best known for his work on Family Ties and Spin City. The closing tag for these Ubu Productions was a photograph of Ubu Roi with a frisbee in his mouth.

BREED: Black Labrador Retriever

YEARS: On screen: 1980s.

Book: 2008.

NAME: Spuds Mackenzie (Also known as Honey Tree Evil Eye)

In advertisements for Budweiser beer one of the Anheuser-Busch brands played by a dog named Honey Tree Evil Eye. (More about Spuds.)

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Ads: 1987-1989.

Dog: 1983-1993.

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