Puppy Morning: The Puppy Bowl!

Ever since the Bud Bowl disappeared, we Americans have been waiting for some sort of Super Bowl-themed knockoff to captivate our attention.

Sure, in 2004 there was the Lingere Bowl, but that was on pay per view so nobody saw it. But last year, with little to no fanfare, a new tradition was launched that should be America’s newest pastime: The Puppy Bowl.

This year’s second Puppy Bowl has 12 competitors, all romping around for the opportunity to… well, something. There don’t seem to be any rules or way to win in Puppy Bowl II, but that doesn’t really matter: It’s a bunch of puppies! Romping around! There are some poodles that aren’t quite the cutest, but the beagle mixes, the English springer spaniels and the cuteness of everything else makes it all worth it.

There are preview videos online, including the puppies “practicing” for Puppy Bowl II (it looks suspiciously like the preview video of the game) and a preview of the all-kitten halftime show. An all-kitten halftime show makes about as much sense as, say, the Rolling Stones playing halftime of the real Super Bowl… er, oh, wait. Hmm.

The game even features a “bowl cam,” which sounds illegal, but is actually just a camera at the bottom of the puppies’ water dish.

The whole shindig is on Animal Planet at 3 p.m. on Sunday, so it won’t conflict with the Super Bowl.

Puppy Bowl II [Animal Planet]
Bud Bowl’s Greatest Moments [Shtick.org]