Tonight I'd like to talk a little about a movie franchise I assumed was dead. But first, let's think back to 1997. The year of 'Titanic', which made us all cry like a little sissy girl. 'Good Will Hunting', a beautiful, touching and poignant movie.

And 'Air Bud'.



Let me refresh your memory, in case you've forgotten.

'Air Bud' is the touching story of a lonely boy who befriends a basketball playing Golden Retriever and they win a bunch of basketball games. As far as awful 90's family movies go, 'Air Bud' was one of the worst.

So let's play a quick trivia game. How many sequels do you think they've made to this movie?

Go ahead, think a second.

I'll wait here.

Got a number yet?

Three? Five? Seven?

So far there have been seven sequels to 'Air Bud'. They range from 'dog playing football' to 'dog playing volleyball' to 'dog having talking puppies who all collectively form a basketball team'.

But now... now they've made what I can guarantee is going to quickly become my favorite movie of all time. My generation's 'Casablanca'. With all the sports already tapped for sequels, what bold new frontier can they take this family of wacky talking dog athletes?

Easy.

Everyone meet at my house a week from tomorrow.

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