(Alicia gasps)
(Alicia laughs)
- Meatball, how do you feel about Britney Spears?
(jazz music)
Hi, my name is Alicia and today,
I'm going to be picking a date based on their dog.
I have a cat.
She is the love of my life.
She is my Doja Cat.
Doja is the sweetest girl.
She's very sassy.
I love dogs.
I am not responsible enough to have one myself
which is why I have a cat, but I love dogs.
I am a dog person and I am so excited.
What I'm looking for in a match is somebody who is
vaccinated and supports the Free Britney movement.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna end up going on a date with a guy,
if I'm gonna end up going on a date with a woman,
but I'm open and I'm excited either way.
(guitar bass music)
- Hey, how it's going?
My name's Gavin.
This is my behemoth of a dog, Heftie.
I love Heftie, because he is got a lot of personality.
I think the number one priority for me is somebody who can
love and accept this giant the way that I do.
I think she's gonna love him,
but I think it'll be like,
"Oh my God, he's so chunky, bulldog, oh."
I think he's a sure win to be picked.
It doesn't get much cuter than this little meatball.
- Hi, I'm Janine and this is my dog
and wing woman, Meatball.
I got a tattoo of her right here.
Honestly, Meatball is a hit.
People wanna talk to her and then I'm like,
"That's Meatball and I'm Janine."
Me and Meatball both have all of our shots,
so we're ready to get out there and meet some people.
Get some smooches.
Go in, be very nice, thank you.
Tell her I'm nice.
You got this champ, no pressure, but it's do or die.
This is my love life.
- Hi, my name's Hannah and I'm here with my dog, Penny.
She's kind of a reflection of me.
I'm very independent and she also is very independent.
She's like my child, so it's really important to me
that whoever I date loves her as much as I love her.
She is my best friend.
We try and do everything together.
She's kept me sane throughout the pandemic.
I don't know what I'd do without her.
Penny, please don't embarrass me.
You wanna get me a date?
Yeah!
- I'm ready to meet some dogs, let's go.
Hi!
(gasps) Come here, buddy, hi!
Dude, you are chunky.
- You are chunky, what did I say?
- This is a solid dog, you guys,
like you would protect me, huh?
Hi, oh-ho-ho-ho, I got the good spot right there.
- If he sits on people, that's how you know
that like he likes them.
- "Hi, my name is Heftie.
I'm a five-year old English bulldog.
I love going on picnics with my parent.
Anything outside that involves food, I'm all in for."
I couldn't guess that you like food, dude.
You're chewing on your leash like it's a treat.
- I knew it, I knew he'd chew on his leash. (tsks)
- Okay, so I love that his name is Heftie,
because that just makes so much sense.
It tells me that the owner definitely has a sense of humor.
I love bulldogs, I just love like,
I hope that the owner can't hear me saying this,
but I love ugly dogs. (laughs)
- He's not ugly!
- I think Heftie's owned by a hipster
and that's cool, I like hipsters.
- I wore the wrong shirt today, didn't I?
- Bye, Heftie!
Nice to meet you, I hope your owner is as cute as you.
(Alicia gasps)
Hi, baby!
This is a cute, little sausage.
You're so adorable.
The coat is very soft.
- A lot of people talk about the soft coat, it's a hit.
- Let's learn a little more about you.
"Hi, I'm Meatball."
That's the cutest name so far.
- Cutest name.
- "I come on strong, because I'm excited to see you,
but give me a few minutes, I'll be asleep on your leg.
Anyway, wanna kiss?"
Ooh!
Meatball's flirting with me.
What kind of vibes am I getting from Meatball?
I definitely think that Meatball is probably owned
by a comedian, because the name is hilarious.
- Nailed it.
- I love it when people name their animals after food.
- When I first got Meatball,
she didn't have a name for like three weeks,
and I would just call her random things,
and I literally was making a meatball pizza,
and then I called her Meatball.
And my roommates at the time ran out
and were like, "Her name's Meatball."
And then it worked, it's great.
- This seems like the kind of dog who
definitely is gonna give you like high energy
when you need it, but also definitely down to like snuggle
and take a nap too which I like.
- Yes!
Finally Meatball's being understood.
- I definitely think I would vibe with Meatball's owner.
This is definitely the kind of dog that I would adopt.
You get all the perks of having a dog,
but kind of like the energy of a cat.
- She's for sure half cat.
- Meatball, do you support the Free Britney movement?
- Meatball wants to free Britney.
She's very passionate about it.
- Bye, Meatball, nice to meet you!
I hear a pitter patter of tiny feet.
No frickin' way!
Hi, sweetie. (gasps)
Oh my gosh!
"Hi, my name is Penny.
I'm a two-year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel."
That's a really long breed.
"Everyone says I act like a puppy.
Like my owner, I'm up for anything
whether it's an all-day hike
or an afternoon lounging on the couch.
I love naps."
Me too.
"I have lots of love to give as you can probably tell."
I can tell, Penny.
Penny. (whistles)
- (laughs) She's not focusing.
- She doesn't pay much attention.
Okay, can you sit?
- Come on, Penny, focus!
(Alicia gasps)
- Oh, you got an inch, I don't know.
That might've been a fluke, let's see.
- She's always scratching her ears.
- Sit.
(gasps) Good girl.
You guys, she's really itchy.
Should I be concerned about that?
- I swear she doesn't have fleas.
- I feel like Penny's owner is a girl.
I don't know why, but I just have a feeling.
- I am.
- Is your owner as cute as you are?
- She's probably cuter than me.
- You can tell that she's well-taken care of, well-groomed,
and these are all really good signs, you guys.
- Good job, Penny!
- Bye, Penny, I'll miss you.
All right, so I met three really cute dogs today.
First, we had Heftie, the bulldog who was indeed very hefty.
Super cute, very loving.
Then we had Meatball who was just a total ham.
I love Meatball.
Next, we had Penny who was just
the prettiest girl I've ever seen.
She was adorable.
Okay, this is so hard, you guys.
I love Heftie, he was so cute,
but I just feel like he was a little too,
how do you say it, rambunctious, is that a word?
I love the way he waddled around on his back,
but you know what, he kinda left me smelling
a little like dog.
- I own a dog.
Dogs smell like dogs.
I can't really do anything about it.
I could bathe him, but then he'll smell like wet dog,
and I think wet dog smells worse.
- So that leaves us with Penny and Meatball.
Both super sweet dogs.
I can tell that they have great owners,
but at the end of the day, I think that Penny was just
a little bit mellow for me.
- Oh, a misdirect!
- If Penny wasn't number one then it wasn't meant to be.
- I like to have fun and that's why I'm gonna pick Meatball,
because Meatball was just a joy to play with,
a joy to see, and I'm really excited
to see who owns Meatball.
- You made the right choice, I'll say it.
- [Janine] Hi. - Hi.
- [Janine] How are you? - What's up?
Good, how are you? - I'm Janine.
Alicia. - Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- Thanks for picking Meatball.
She had a lot of good things to say about you.
- Oh, did she?
Yeah, she's adorable.
We definitely had a good time.
She's a big flirt.
- She is, yeah.
I keep trying to tell her, calm down, go easy,
but what can I do, you know?
- So what do you think, do you wanna go on a date?
- Yeah, I'd love to.
Meatball's crying, so she would also love to.
- All right, we're on our way to get some juice
and we got our buddy with us, hi!
- [Janine] She knows how to work the camera angle.
(Alicia laughs)
- All right, here we are, we're on our date.
Meatball is big chillin'.
- And one other person complimented Meatball, so.
- That is true.
Somebody was trying to swoop in on my girls.
It's been a fun time, you guys.
- Yeah.
- We had a good time on our date.
Definitely feeling like I picked the right choice.
Meatball is a winner.
- Meatball's a good one.
- Cheers to Meatball.
- Cheers to Meatball. - To Meatball.
(upbeat music)