The Labrador Retriever, Pop Culture Icon

Labrador Retrievers have played a big part of pop culture, some dog have became icons in and of themselves. Just look at the list:

“Marley,” from “Marley and Me;”

“Brian Griffin,” the Labrador Retriever character from “Family Guy” voiced by Seth MacFarlane, the show’s creator;

“Randolph,” the erudite narrator of J.F. Englert’s mystery-comedy novel A Dog About Town;

“Madison”, the yellow Lab bitch who played Vincent (a male dog) in the TV series “Lost;”

“Krypto,” the a fictional Lab who appeared as Superman’s sidekick in comics, TV shows, movies, and even video games;

The Andrex Puppy featured primarily in UK television spots for the Andrex brand of toilet paper;

“Zeke the Wonder Dog,” mascot and frisbee fanatic for the Michigan State Spartans;

“Alien,” a black Lab who served as the team mascot for the Memphis Mad Dogs and would charge the field following each kickoff and retrieve the kicking tee;

“Digger,” Cecily King’s troublesome dog in Road to Avonlea;

“Labramon” from Digimon;

“Luath,” from The Incredible Journey;

The dog in “Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog” about a boy and his yellow Labrador Retriever lost in a forest

And the Lab from one of our personal favorite “hold your breath” moments in the movie, “Independence Day” when the family pet escapes incineration from a fireball in a tunnel.

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2 thoughts on “The Labrador Retriever, Pop Culture Icon”

  1. How could you forget “Old Yeller”? Haven’t ever been able to watch it a second time.

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