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The Moost of It: Westminster Dog Show
Aired February 11, 2004 - 07:54 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: We've been talking about this all morning, the Westminster Dog Show. At this year's Westminster Dog Show, a New Finland named Josh -- Andy Serwer's favorite, I might add...
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Yes.
O'BRIEN: ... came out of retirement from competition, and he then took the best in show honors. Will you guys stop high-fiving each other?
SERWER: Yes, I love this.
O'BRIEN: Josh, however, was not the only winner at the show, and Jeanne Moos has the story of a little sheepdog who could.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There can be only one best in show, and Molly wasn't it. But in her first trip to Westminster, this old English sheepdog showed that best in show isn't the only show in town.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you ready to go? Is it time to go?
MOOS: There she was amid the setters in ear wraps, the bloodhounds in headbands, the Afghans in babushkas and even track suits covered from head to toe -- dressed not to kill, but to stay clean.
(on camera): It's a lovely rear-end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's all I do.
MOOS: You are joking.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, no, I just do rears.
MOOS (voice-over): Owner and breeder Adelle MacAskill introduced us to Molly, a.k.a.:
ADELLE MACASKILL, MOLLY'S OWNER: Poop head.
MOOS: Not exactly a name for a champion in this bastion of champions, from the giant to the petite.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A dachshund has never won best in show. MOOS: From beauty to the beast. Around here, even a dog that looks like a mop has a shot at wiping up the competition. So, Adelle brought Molly down from her home in Ontario, Canada, a young sheepdog with a few wins already under her collar.
MACASKILL: She comes into the house, and she runs up and down in front of the other dogs, na, na, na, na. I was at a show, and I won.
MOOS: But no one expected a win at Westminster. OK, maybe it was only best in breed. Molly didn't go all the way, but this is one sheepdog who'd rather show than lie around counting sheep.
MACASKILL: She won! She won!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired February 11, 2004 - 07:54 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: We've been talking about this all morning, the Westminster Dog Show. At this year's Westminster Dog Show, a New Finland named Josh -- Andy Serwer's favorite, I might add...
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Yes.
O'BRIEN: ... came out of retirement from competition, and he then took the best in show honors. Will you guys stop high-fiving each other?
SERWER: Yes, I love this.
O'BRIEN: Josh, however, was not the only winner at the show, and Jeanne Moos has the story of a little sheepdog who could.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There can be only one best in show, and Molly wasn't it. But in her first trip to Westminster, this old English sheepdog showed that best in show isn't the only show in town.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you ready to go? Is it time to go?
MOOS: There she was amid the setters in ear wraps, the bloodhounds in headbands, the Afghans in babushkas and even track suits covered from head to toe -- dressed not to kill, but to stay clean.
(on camera): It's a lovely rear-end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's all I do.
MOOS: You are joking.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, no, I just do rears.
MOOS (voice-over): Owner and breeder Adelle MacAskill introduced us to Molly, a.k.a.:
ADELLE MACASKILL, MOLLY'S OWNER: Poop head.
MOOS: Not exactly a name for a champion in this bastion of champions, from the giant to the petite.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A dachshund has never won best in show. MOOS: From beauty to the beast. Around here, even a dog that looks like a mop has a shot at wiping up the competition. So, Adelle brought Molly down from her home in Ontario, Canada, a young sheepdog with a few wins already under her collar.
MACASKILL: She comes into the house, and she runs up and down in front of the other dogs, na, na, na, na. I was at a show, and I won.
MOOS: But no one expected a win at Westminster. OK, maybe it was only best in breed. Molly didn't go all the way, but this is one sheepdog who'd rather show than lie around counting sheep.
MACASKILL: She won! She won!
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
