Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for July 25, 2010

Poncho is training for next year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch out Joey Chestnut; Poncho’s going to win the Coveted Mustard Yellow Belt.

Poncho is just being Poncho! Which is why we love him.

For a moment there, I thought Poncho was the hotdog!

Are they cannibals now?

GREEDY ANIMAL!!

This reminds me that some things are better left to others to be be sold…. the 70”s

I can handle one hot dog with grilled onions and Bavarian sauerkraut and that will do me for at least two weeks.

Then again, I am not Poncho.

Chow Hound - 1951 Looney Tunes cartoon written by Michael Maltese, directed by Chuck Jones.

A dog uses his ill-gotten gains to purchase a butcher shop, where “acres and acres” of meat hang from the ceiling. It isn’t long before the greedy bulldog must pay for his gluttony; his grossly bloated carcass lies on an operating table at a veterinarian’s hospital.

You’ll regret eating all those dogs, Poncho!

It’s a Dog Eat Hot Dog World!

Poncho doesn’t learn from his mistakes, Lonewolf. When Poncho ate his weight in kibble and was sick for a week, Chazz said “Well, I hope you’ve learned your lesson. (pause) You’d do it again, wouldn’t you?” “In a heartbeat.”

Also, one time he ate a bee and got his tongue stung. Chazz said “Well, I guess you’ve learned not to eat bees!” and Poncho replied “I eat bees all the time. What’s your point?”