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The voices of Peter MacNicol m orous and exciting adventure
about Liberty (played by Screamer
from “Ally M cB eal” and Daryl
Mitchell from "Veronica’s Closet” - voiced by MacNicol), the spoiled,
have been cast in the Walt Disney uppity First D og of the United
T e le v isio n
telefilm “ Pooch
and the Pauper,”
starring George
Wendt, Richard
K arn,
Fred
W illard
and
V in c e n t
S c h ia v e lli.
M acN icol and
Mitchell will pro­
vide the voices ’of
the two canines
who star in the
film Scream er
and Petey the
A m erican Bull­
dogs who starred
in “ Homeward
Bound.” This film
will air during the
1999-2000 season
as part of “ The
Taking a break from their weekly TV series roles, "Ally
Wonderful World
McBEal's" Peter MacNicol lends his voice and person­
of D isney” on
ality to the canine role of refined First Dog Liberty in
ABC.
a family comedy about mistaken identity in "The Won­
derful World of Disney" presentation o f "Pooch and
The two-hour
telefilm is a hu- the Pauper" scheduled to air next season on ABC.
S ta te s who u n w ittin gly trad e s
places with the mangy, streetwise
look a like b u lld o g M ooch er
(p lay ed by Petey - v o ic ed by
Mitchell). Thanks to the magic of
computer generated imagery and
the ta le n ts o f M a c N ic o l and
Mitchell, Petey and Screamer will
be given the gift of gab.
Things turn topsy-turvy when the
look-a-like canines switch places and
they both get to experience life on
the other side. The adventure begins
when Liberty is separated from his
S e c r e t Service agent in a crowd at
grabs Moocher thinking he’s the him from the shelter for a personal
First Dog, and Sparks snatches Lib­ appearance tour.
Meanwhile, back at The White
erty thinking he’s recaptured the
House, Moocher’s upbringing and
dastardly escapee from the pound.
A designer bedroom, servants and a life on the street begins to show
life of eggs benedict served in en­ when he marks his territory right
graved sterling silver d og bowls in the President’s Oval Office desk
aw aits M oocher at T he White chair and goes on a wild digging
House, while Liberty experiences binge in the Rose Garden. Eventu­
cold, hunger and sparse kennel liv­ ally, Moocher warms up to his new
ing conditions for the first time in life and actually bonds with Presi­
his pampered political life. Officer dent Caldwell (Fred Wilard) and
Sparks would like nothing more than Agent Drainville (Richard Karn),
to see Liberty, whom he thinks is som ething the real Liberty had
Moocher, put down, but creative con- never done. Will these two mixed-
man Wishbow (Schiavelli) sees a
money-making opportunity with the
First Dog look a like, dognapping
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plorer.
and statesman He set the
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guin at Oregon Zoo or helping
cal
research
on his journey
to fix the wall in Punta San
through
South
American, 1797-
Ju a n on the Peruvian C oast
1802.
His
essay
on “New Spain,”
that helps to protect them from
1808,
included
the first reliable
being eaten by foxes. A wall was
description
of
California.
He was
built 50 years ago to protect the
“newsworthy”
throughout
his
coastal birds and penguins. In
long
life.
There
STe
a
Humboldt
recent years, the wall ha« begun
Bay and County in California.
to d isin te g ra te and is now
We would like for the whole
riddled with holes; last year two
family to get involved to make
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