Doggone it!

I'm almost creepingly surprised at how this whole Dog the Bounty Hunter scandal has affected my life. For those of you who have been living in a cave and/or bunker for the last little while, let me bring you up to speed.

Wayne "DOG" Chapman, of the Bounty Hunter fame has lapsed in judgement and as a result, the rest of us are being punished for it. Dog (as he will from now on be referred to) got into a heated argument with his son Tucker over Tucker's african-american girlfriend. The "N" word was used multiple times by Dog and it was recorded and eventually sold to the National Enquirer by Tucker for large amounts of money. As a result of these actions, "Dog the Bounty Hunter" has now been taken off the air "indefinitely" as Dog is now considered a racist. Despite incessant apologies on Dog's part, it is too late. The damage has been done and as a result, I'm forced to look elsewhere for my Tuesday night entertainment instead of the A & E network.

This event has brought about some deep contemplation on my part. What is it about Dog, Beth, Leland, Youngblood, etc... that I love so much? What draws me to their show from week to week? I've concluded that it could be a number of things. Maybe it's how serious they take themselves. Maybe it's how they make every criminal apprehension appear to be SO dangerous while I have yet to see a criminal resist arrest. It very well could be Dog's cheesy one-liners like "Fee-fi-fo-fum, you see the dog and you know you're done" or his masterful artpiece of a hairstyle, feathers and handcuff earrings alike. The sequence where they "strap up" while dressing themselves in bulletproof vests and pepper spray canisters is quite amusing as well. The opening theme song by Ozzy Osbourne could very well be the kicker.

All in all, I will always love Dog the Bounty Hunter and company for the hours of entertainment they've brought into my lackluster life. I plead with the A & E network to reconsider these actions of removing one of their top-grossing shows for one mistake made by Dog. Nobody's perfect. Not even the Chapmans.