JASPER AMERICA’S DOG PASSED AWAY
THIS PAST WEEKEND, NINE YEARS
OLD BUT PACKED MORE YEARS OF
LIVING THAN MOST AT THE
VILLAGES.
FOR YEARS THE FURRY FELLOW
PROVIDED THIS JOE WITH PLENTY OF
LAUGHS THROUGH HIS MANY
APPEARANCES AND DANA’S ENDLESS
ENDLESS ENDLESS REFERENCES IN
ONE MORE THING.
BUT WE WILL ALL MISS JASPER.
HERE’S ONE LOOK BACK.
HERE HE IS.
WE WAITED FOR HIM FOR A LONG
TIME.
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>> IT’S JASPER FOR REAL.
IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE’S ONE YEAR OLD.
HE’S AMERICA’S DOG.
>> I DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD A DOG.
>> OH, YEAH, I HAVE A DOG.
>> HE CAN SQUEEZE INTO ANY
POSSIBLE CHAIR WE’RE GOING TO
SIT IN.
KEEPS ME WARM.
I DON’T EVEN NEED A BLANKET.
>> WE DID IT ABOUT A HUNDRED
TIMES THAT NIGHT AND IT NEVER
GOT OLD FOR HIM.
NEVER GOT OLD.
HE JUST NEVER LEARNED THAT IT
WAS COMING.
>> BEEN A YEAR SINCE AMERICA’S
DOG HAS BEEN ON THE FIVE BUT
HERE HE IS BACK JASPER PERINO.
AMERICA’S DOG JASPER IS JOINING
US, MUCH TO GREG’S
DISAPPOINTMENT ALTHOUGH I DO
THINK HE ACTUALLY LIKED HIM
JASPER, SAY HELLO TO YOUR FANS.
HE’S MUCH BETTER BEHAVED THIS
YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.
>> Greg: HE’S GETTING OLDER.
>> Dana: TIME NOW FOR ONE MORE
THING.
I’LL GO FIRST, JASPER’S
BIRTHDAY, SIX YEARS OLD TODAY.
HE COMES EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
JESSE CAN’T BELIEVE HIS GOOD
FORTUNE.
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>> Dana: IJASPER HUNGRY?
THERE YOU GO.
OBVIOUSLY JASPER CAN SIT VERY
EASY. CAT, SEE?
CAT, SEE?
HIGH FIVE?
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>> Greg: SO HERE YOU GO.
>> Dana: THANKS.
>> Greg: THIS WILL BE RIGHT
HERE.
AND THEN I HAVE A WHISTLE, SO
THIS IS CALLED THE CRYING
WHISTLE.
WHENEVER YOU START CRYING I JUST
BLOW IT.
>> Dana: TIME OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW THE FIVE.
>> Greg: I PUT THAT TOGETHER
THIS WEEKEND.
>> Dana: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS VERY QUICK.
HE DIDN’T REALLY SHOW ANY
SYMPTOMS UNTIL ABOUT TEN DAYS
AGO OR SO AND, OF COURSE, I WAS
A GREAT GOOGLE DOCTOR AND I
THOUGHT HE HAD A KIDNEY STONE
AND HE WAS AT THE VET ANYWAY, IT
WAS CANCER AND IT WAS
EVERYWHERE.
SO HE HAD A GOOD-BYE ON
SATURDAY.
VERY SAD.
BUT I WILL SAY I FEEL THIS
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE
FOR HIM AND HIS LIFE, ALL HE
GAVE ME.
BUT ALSO -- IT’S FUN TO LOOK
BACK ABOUT THE SHOW AND THE
AUDIENCE AND HOW MUCH EVERYBODY
SEEMED TO REALLY GET A KICK OUT
OF HIM AND IT CONNECTED PEOPLE
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
POLITICS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT AND HE WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL
CHAMPION.
A TOTAL LEGEND I WOULD SAY.
A GREAT DOG.
>> JESSE: A FAMOUS FRENCH
PHILOSOPHER ONCE SAID IN THE
DEPTHS OF WINTER I FINALLY KNOW
WITHIN ME THERE LAY AN
INVINCIBLE SUMMER.
>> Greg: THANK YOU.
>> Dana: WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO
DO WITH AMERICA’S DOG?
>> JESSE: I THINK THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE FEELING RIGHT NOW.
>> Dana: OH, OKAY.
>> JESSE: THAT’S HOW I’M GOING
TO LAY THIS OUT DANA.
I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
I DID SLEEP WITH YOUR DOG.
>> Dana: THAT’S TRUE
>> Jesse: WHEN YOU INVITED ME
OVER FOR DINNER AND I ASKED IF I
COULD SPEND THE NIGHT BECAUSE I
WAS TOO INEBRIATED TO GO HOME
AND I ENDED UP SLEEPING ON THE
FUTON WITH JASPER.
>> Dana: IT WAS A PULLOUT COUCH
AND JASPER CRAWLED IN.
>> JESSE: ON YOUR PULLOUT COUCH
WITH JASPER WHO I LOVE AND THEN
I GOT ROOKIE AND NOW I KNOW WHAT
MADE YOUR HEART SO BIG.
>> Dana: DOG LOVE.
>> JESSE: YEAH, DOG LOVE.
>> Jeanine: I’LL TELL YOU DANA.
>> Dana: ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
TO CALL ME.
>> Jeanine: YEAH.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME
A SENSE OF PEACE IS THE RAINBOW
BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE SHOULD
GOOGLE IT, IT’S WHERE DOGS GO
AND ANIMALS GO, AND THEY’RE ABLE
TO PLAY AND RUN AND PLAY WITH
EACH OTHER AND THERE’S A
BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW.
AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF
SATISFACTION.
I’M SURE YOU’VE READ IT.
>> Dana: AND THEN A LITTLE
PICTURE, PHOTO SHOP REALLY MADE
JASPER A STAR.
HE LOVED THIS SHOW, LOVED JASPER
AND MADE THIS FOR ME ON SATURDAY
TO ANNOUNCE JASPER’S PASSING.
SO THERE HE IS AT THE RAINBOW
BRIDGE SO THANK YOU FIVE FAN.
>> Greg: DO YOU HAVE A
PHILOSOPHER
>> Harold: MINE IS A GREAT
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER JESSE
WATTERS WE HAVE THREE DOGS AND
LOST OURS 12 YEARS AGO AND SAID
WE WOULD NEVER GET ANOTHER DOG
FOR A YEAR.
A WEEK LATER WE HAD A DOG, SIX
MONTHS INTO OUR SECOND DOG.
SO I’M ALMOST TEARING UP BECAUSE
I WAS NOT A DOG PERSON UNTIL I
MARRIED MY WIFE AND NOW I CAN
ONLY IMAGINE.
>> Dana: WHAT?
>> Jeanine: WHAT?
UNTIL YOU MARRIED YOUR WIFE
>> Harold: AND MY WIFE HAD A
DOG.
NO, NO, NO.
WHEN I MARRIED MY WIFE SHE HAD A
DOG.
>> Jeanine: WE GOT IT