All Creatures Great and Small..Where are they??
Has anyone else noticed in this series, there isn't any animals, such as a dog, a cat, a bird, a gerbil, hamster or a pet snake as a family pet, but we do see insects. Jessie plays with a black beetle on the sidewalk in one episode, and another episode the camera focuses a snail crawling on top of a stucco wall. Even the DEA doesn't use a drug sniffing dog in this series. Street scenes with neighborhoods of children, still no animals are present. Is there some significance of the lack of animals in this series with the only exception of the turtle scene?
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Yeah, where the hell are all the Road Runners? Albuquerque is in New Mexico after all and that is the State bird.
R.W., maybe they are parked in the garage...?
Mee-MEEP! =)
Or...Wiley caught 'em all... ;) LOL
Linda - You compared Skyler to a Shrike once before. Maybe all the Humans in this story represent a particular animal. Also in some Native American Indian cultures Humans take on Animal spirits. Hank's Supervisor did compare him to a Great White Shark, before giving him that "promotion" and shipping him off to El Paso.
Diksee - The Road Runner always gets away, while the Coyote either blows himself up with ACME explosives or gets crushed by his own crudely constructed Boulder trap.
R.W., That was a good point, about the people representing certain animals... =)
Is'nt there a motto, "Don't ever work with animals, or children..."??
Also, as many of us pet-owners know...animals can be unpredictable, at times. (Even the best of trained ones.)
Maybe the show, just wants to focus on the actors/actresses, to get their points across?
I don't know...I'm not an expert...just guessing. =)
diksee - "maybe they are parked in the garage"? LMAO... :-)
Possibly Tucos cousins could start a dog kennel at Tio's old house. This would be a good time to have a guest appearance by Michael Vick. And as for the drug sniffing DEA dog on the law enforcement scenes. You don't need a dog to smell a meth lab. Possibly your confused with cocaine and marijuana.
Or...with all the explosions & such, going on, it'd be hard to abide, by the "No animals were harmed, during filming."
"Sorry, we blew your pet up...", would be a sad thing to have to tell someone. ;)
diksee - Great point, I mean where in all this does an Animal fit into making or smoking Crystal Meth? Unless they are trying to suggest that using Crystal Meth will turn a person into an Animal. reference: Spooge and Skank.
Q. Does the Pink teddy bear better represent an Animal or traditional Child's toy?
repugnant - That' a hoot! But on the serious side, I do not think I will be watching any NFL games this season featuring the Philly Eagles. I'm a Chargers fan anyway being from San Diego originally.
When I was a little kid, we had a neighbor who showed us how he killed snails...it was disgusting!
He would drop them, into beer & they would bubble up, into this awful yellow foam, before dissolving away! Ugh!
OMG! Imagine what would happen, if, while Hank was busy doing some yard-work...a slug or snail fell into his Schraderbrau... =P
Bwa ha ha
As far as what the Pink Teddybear represents...maybe the loss of innocense? =\ Hmmmmm. I shall have to ponder on that one, a little more. ;)
Great point, about Meth turning people into animals!
repugnant, as always, you have made me laugh! =D LOL LOL LOL!
Ding, Ding, Ding - We have a winner diksee "The lose of innocence". What does diksee win Johnny? diksee wins an all expenses paid vacation at The Atlantis Resort in the Bahama's for two...
Have any of you seen the movie, "Wolfen" with Albert Finney? That movie talks about the Native Americans "shape-shifting" which I think you are speaking of, R.W.
And yes, thanks for reminding me of Hank, the great white shark, as they named him...that was funny.
Oops...thats right, repugnant...dog sniffing is for cocaine and marijauna.
Yayyy!! =) Pack your bags!!! We're leaving tonight!!!
Wait...is this the Atlantis, under the sea...under the ocean??
Do I need to pack my concrete shoes??? =\
LOL!
Hmmmm...this is puzzling.
I'm curious, as to why my comment back to R.W., about my "trip" to Atlantis, got deleted...
When it was obvious, I was referring to myself??? =\
Oops!! Well, now...there it is again!
Sorry, my bad! =)
Carry on, with the previous conversation, folks! ;)
diksee - No concrete shoes, just pack fins, snorkel and bathing suit (optional)... :-)
Linda - Here's one for you. Imagine that everyone is back at Walt's house and they are partying, like old times. Walt Sr and Hank are doing shots of Tequila and Walt Jr. walks up and shows Hank his new pet Desert Tortoise. Hank goes into one of his Panic attacks and pukes in the pool, the same spot where Walt Jr. did once before...
I'm back in the saddle again!...Giddy up...
Walt Jr. walks up and shows Hank his new pet Desert Tortoise. Hank goes into one of his Panic attacks and pukes in the pool,
roflmao....
zia - Where you been my Friend, Howzit?
Animal actors are such divas. They demand a huge paycheck..lots of perks... And good luck getting them to learn their lines.
ZIA!!! You're back! =) Welcome home!
Yeah, that was great about Walt Jr.s' new pet tortoise... =D
Leave it to R.W.!! LOL!
Linda, I seem to remember that movie.
Albert Finney...wow, it's been a while, since I've watched one of his movies! But, always did enjoy his acting!
rockmama, LMAO, about them learning their lines! =)
And, you're right about the perks they expect...I once heard that Mr. Ed demanded, that a certain color of M&M's be picked out, before they were brought backstage...
Oh, wait...my bad...that was Van Halen! =)
Tee hee. Was it Mr. Ed or Eddie Van Halen? Believe it or not, diksee, I was actually going to include a reference to M&M's in that post (it was brown ones Van Halen demanded be removed), but thought it might be too obscure for anyone to remember.
OMG, rockmama!! That's TOO funny!!!
It was'nt my intention, to use the two Ed's...but, it did work out!
That's some pretty quick thinking on your part! =) Ha ha ha! Good one!
The only reason I remembered about the M&M's was; the college I attended, FORGOT to pick the brown ones out...resulting in a huge food-fight backstage! =)
Yes, that was many, many moons ago...
RW- Your right about the Eagles and Vick. They shouldn't have done it, its too Raiderish.
good scenario on the desert tortoise.
I just realized...they don't even have any "Mules" on this show... =\
What's a show about drugs, without them? Hah! ;)
KIDDING!!!
And, plus...what about a Ferret, or two??? LOL!
BTW, R.W.: That was a pretty catchy line you wrote, in a different thread..."It takes a Weasel to Ferret out a Rat"!!
I'll have to save that for future reference...
diksee - "You are always on my mind". Props to Willie Nelson for that one... :-)
Awwww, R.W.! =)
Yeah...it's kind of hard to forget someone, when they're always playfully nipping at your ankles, huh? ;)
I seem to remember that when Jesse and Emillio went over to Crazy Eight's house, (season one) he was training a Pit Bull dog to attack using some kind of rope and pulley system. There was an animal.
Also, in episode 9, when Skyler is handing out missing person posters, she goes to a house and there is a black and white cat running around on the front porch and under her feet.
Thanks bulleboi...you are more observant that I am and missed that scene. Possibly others will remember animals in episodes I have missed.
bullieboy. Good memory on those animals.You probably do well on those trivia quizes.
Awe, my first pet that I actually had an attachment too was a mudbug aka crawfish that I named Herman. Now yes we did have a cat named Squaky and a dog who's name I can't remember.
I was like 5 and old man and woman who lived a few doors down owned a bait shop withen their home. This was around 1964. Anyway they had the best aquariums with all sorts of aquatic type's of animals around in the middle of our street in Racine. Well, one day someone had broken into their home and busted all of the aquariums. I don't know why. As far as I recall no one knew why. But what I do recall was thousands of crawfish crawling around in the neighborhood. I mean they were everywhere. I also remember my mom and other mom's going out in the morning and screaming! It was a prehistoric invasion of crawdads! You couldn't step on the sidewalk without stepping on a crawdad. For the most part all of the kids, boys included were afraid of touching them. They had pinchers after all and were creepy looking. Well my dad took me out into the back yard with a Folgers coffee can and showed me how to pick them up proper. By the back, away from their pinchers. Well I picked Herman up, and he didn't pinch me. Didn't even try. My dad said let him crawl on your arm. I did, and we were fast friends from then. He didn't pinch me and I found grubs and dandilions for him to eat while keeping him in the muddy Foldgers can for about 3 weeks. Now Herman was my first personal pet, not my sister's, my cousins, my freinds, but mine. One weekend we had to go to my grandma's house for the weekend. I wanted to bring Herman along, but my mom said no. I could put Herman in the garden. Leave him in the can with the rock and plenty of mud and grubs and he would to fine there. Well, when we came back someone had tipped Herman's can over. We found Herman's body a few feet away, a wee bit dismembered. One claw stripped from the rest of his body. I truly cried. I really was mad at my mom. I knew that she had left Squaky outside and paid her via tuna treats to assisinate him. She always said no, but I knew better. She never liked Herman, and she alway's liked to eat lobtster in the form of Surf and Turf. I guess that's where I first developed my conspiracy theory nature.
Tweeds
it is new mexico, not the ideal place for most animals.