LIL' BUDDY'S BLOG - Legendary Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua. Loses Fight for Life, at 15!
THE CHICAGO IL REAL ESTATE MARKET, AND OTHER THINGS CHICAGO, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A LITTLE WHITE DOG!
Hey, you dogs! I'm lovin' Summer in the City - although it has been a bit cooler than usual this July!
BTW . . . A big congrats to Chicago White Sox Hurler Mark Buehrle! The South Side Pitcher threw only the 18th Perfect Game (no batter reached base, 27 straight hitters retired in 9 innings) in Major League History, and the first by a member of the Sox since 1922. The Sox beat the Detroit Tigers today 5-0, and are now tied for First Place in the American League Central Division.
Wish he were a Chicago Cub - but congrats to Mark, nonetheless!
"Yo Quiero Taco Bell!" Remember that clever advertising phrase from that taco-loving Chihuahua about 12 years ago? Or, perhaps you heard the line in the commercial for the same national taco chain in their cross-promotion for the 1998 Godzilla re-make -
"Here, Lizard, Lizard, Lizard . . ."
Since I am only 4 years old, these famous ad lines were originally uttered long before my time. But for us dogs, as you know - the reader became legendary.
Gidget the Chihuahua, (a girl dog actually), and that famous Taco Bell Dog from late-1990's advertisements, passed on this week. She was 15. The story was reported by Associated Press Writer Jesse Jablon in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune.
The dog died of a massive stroke at her trainer's house in Southern California earlier this week, and was then put down. Until her final day, she was active, playful - though a bit hard of hearing!
Gidget was actually found at a CA dog pound back in 1997. Her features - including her short jaw and oversized ears, weren't dog show quality, but she seemed to have a knack for acting in front of the camera.
Her first TV Commercial for Taco Bell came later that year, when a heavily-Spanish-accented "I want Taco Bell." in male human voice, endeared nearly every human, and most dogs, to her persuasive style. She was supposed to perform one-time-only, but quickly became the star in a series of ads which ran until 2000. Other Chihuahuas got smaller parts - but Gidget was always the star of the show, and the dog most remembered.
Gidget even made an appearance opening up the New York Stock Exchange one day! She appeared in the movie "Legally Blond 2," as well as a 2002 GEICO Insurance commercial spoofing her earlier work.
It was Gidget's wishes to be cremated. Additional details of the private funeral have yet to be finalized.
She will be missed by me, Gracie Ella Moss, and all our little four-pawed contingent here in Chicago!
YOUR ACE REPORTER ON FOUR PAWS,
BUDDY HOLLY MOSS & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
