We’re all excited here at Box Office Weekly over the propinquity (look it up!) of Sonoma’s Annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest. It’s a kind of evil twin to the Westminster Dog show, in which dogs are judged solely on their disturbing countenances. No prancing, no heeling, just “OMFG, what the hell IS that?!” It’s a little more anti-elitist.

You can vote now on the website. The top three contenders?

Pee Wee Martini

Ellwood 

Squiggy 

And trailing, but my personal favorite:

Rascal 

The sideways tongue thing, I’m told, is the result of missing teeth. The teeth apparently hold the tongue in a dog’s head. I have it on authority that none of these dogs are shaved or surgically altered, which is a claim you can’t make at Westminster.

The Sonoma-Marin County Fair is June 18-22. If you’re in the area like oh, say Skot, it’s probably worth a visit. Bring treats! And blindfolds.

-daniel k.

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