Jake The Dog Comes To NPR...

November 22, 2019 7:31 PM

...Howls Along With All Things Considered Theme. When the All Things Considered staff saw a dog that howls only to the theme song of the show, they had to meet him. NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Jake the dog. [3m]
posted by hippybear (14 comments total)

Now this is the news of our time!
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 8:23 PM on November 22, 2019

Does anyone have a link to the original tweet (my Google and Twitter-fu are failing me)?
posted by longdaysjourney at 8:52 PM on November 22, 2019 [1 favorite]

original tweet (first video result under search "jake the dog twitter")
posted by hippybear at 9:01 PM on November 22, 2019 [2 favorites]

metafilter: quite chonky (ph).
posted by dismas at 9:11 PM on November 22, 2019 [3 favorites]

Thanks, hippybear. Guess I shouldn't have included "NPR" in my search string. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
posted by longdaysjourney at 9:19 PM on November 22, 2019

I was surprised to find it so easily, truly. Sometimes I have keyword-fu. Other times, I can think of 30 words in different combinations and not find a thing and ask someone else and they go "poof" and there it is.
posted by hippybear at 9:25 PM on November 22, 2019 [1 favorite]

Is his human named Finn?
posted by Merus at 10:52 PM on November 22, 2019 [4 favorites]

So much fun! But, yeah, dogs howling to a theme song—not a new thing. That, um, happened on the CBC’s “As It Happens” back in 2005. “Curried Soul” for the canine win, LOL!
posted by kentk at 12:26 AM on November 23, 2019

As the Christmas season approaches I particularly miss Hobbes, who never failed to sing along whenever he heard "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."

[He was also rather likely to join in whenever "Amazing Grace" was heard or on anything choral, but "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" was his signature jam.]
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:09 AM on November 23, 2019 [2 favorites]

I read the transcript of the interview and knew immediately I would have to listen because of the repeated mentions in the transcript of "sounds of dog sniffing". Apparently they had a separate mike for the dog and the host was slipping him treats the whole time.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:14 AM on November 23, 2019 [2 favorites]

Please not that his human is a Ukraine expert and was delighted to talk about her dog instead of Ukraine, saying she owes him for all the times he's been left home alone while she was in Ukraine.
posted by hydropsyche at 3:57 AM on November 23, 2019 [4 favorites]

These Tiny Desk Concerts are getting weird.
posted by ardgedee at 7:47 AM on November 23, 2019 [3 favorites]

This was a very tasty bonbon.
posted by Going To Maine at 1:52 PM on November 23, 2019 [1 favorite]

Sings to All Things Considered, but not other NPR shows. 14/10
posted by Metro Gnome at 5:05 PM on November 24, 2019 [1 favorite]