I thought it was a pit bull...
It's a Lab!
Hi, I'm Bill Duke.
What's up? My name is Melvin Gregg.
I'm Sonja Sohn, from 'High Flying Bird.'
And I have never seen...
Never seen...
Never seen 'Air Bud.'
I think it was like a kid who's kinda like... he sucks.
And his dog ends up being good.
In my day, a bud was a joint.
I'm thinking 'Air Buds,' earbuds!
Attention: You are invited to a private tryout...
I thought it was a pit bull...
It's a Lab!
Bud knows what to do. Why's that ball so flat?
Because he plays for the patriots.
[Laughs] And it's a red, white, and blue ball, too.
Wait a minute, how's it bounce?
Ooh, that looked like an actual shot!
No way!
"No way," exactly, yeah.
The dog's not really playing! I mean, y'know, he didn't dunk it!
If you dunk it, you get credit for it, all right?
Okay.
Um.
YES!!!
You excited, huh? Dog's about to take your only spot on the team.
He can't dribble. Blonde Labs can't dribble. It's kinda like 'White Man Can't Jump.'
Arf!
The dog really did that? Okay, I'm impressed.
And the new mascot for the Timberwolves basketball team: Air Bud!!!
Oh, they made him a mascot? That's messed up.
He has a jersey on!
That is Zac Efron! Or his little brother... Matt Efron!
Dun dun dun dun... It's about to happen... Boom!
Good shot, Bud.
I like that. The bond with the dog and the boy.
I mean, he can play, just put him in the game, coach!
You're the only one on this team. You're embarassing these people.
Injury! Timeout!
Oh, are they really gonna sub one of these kids for the dog?
[Barks]
In the distance... our hero!
I want some shoes like that. Kinda nice little shoes. Thank you.
What the heck's going on here?
I'll handle this, judge.
The Timberwolves wanna substitute a dog.
What are they, nuts?
[Laughs]
"What are they, nuts?"
Check in your rulebook. Bet you won't find anything in there says a dog can't play.
That's what I'm saying!
Ain't no rule says a dog can't play basketball!
This is a joke!
Dogs don't play basketball!
Dog, you a joke, "dogs don't play basketball."
'Fraid your team might get beat by a dog?
Yup, that's what he's scared of.
Put 'em in!
It's like a cartoon!
If I was coaching, what would I think of a dog coming in and taking over for a human being?
Those shoes are... [Laughs].
Sorry, that's the funniest part of the movie, the shoes, to me.
Shoot the ball, Zac! He's depending on Bud.
Come on, this is the longest two seconds in the world.
Oh, his shot is trash!
In Disney fashion it went in.
[Clapping]
Good job, kid.
He boosted his confidence. It's gonna take him a long way through life, that one shot.
I would probably let my grandchildren see it, but to be honest, I'll never see it again.
You know all these things follow the Hero's Journey. This time they used a dog.
Kind of, I guess, ingenious when you think about it.
They had to come back around full circle to help the kid build his own confidence.
I think that was the whole point of the movie.
There's no rule
that says a dog
can't play basketball.