Good evening. It is I Gigi the parti poodle here to introduce this week’s blog. Charlotte and Ruffles opened the pod bay doors, and rolled the woman in the silk camo dress and the woman in the olive trench coat out of the van.

“Hurry, Ruffles,” I said. “You must take over driving the van!”

Bernard D. Bunny hopped off the driver’s seat, and his little sister Belle and Bruiser, the Jack Russel Terrier hopped off the peddles. Ruffles slid back into the driver’s seat ready for action. I hopped over to the passenger side and watched as Crispin Z. Coyote prowled forwards.

“Block the Hummer!” I told Ruffles.

“But he might hit my owner’s van.”

“Block him!”

The Hummer’s engine revved and as it tried to lurch, Ruffles inched the van forwards and parked in front of him. Crispin continued towards the two horrible women. A light went on in the yellow house of the original catnapper.

“Help!” the woman in the olive trench coat screamed at the house.

The porch light went on and the original catnapper came tromping out onto the porch sporting a sleeveless t-shirt and brandishing a baseball bat.

I put my paw on the button and lowered the passenger window. “Crispin, he’s got a bat!”

Suddenly, four other coyotes emerged from behind Crispin, ears lowered, teeth bared. The catnapper in the sleeveless t-shirt who had just begun advancing on Crispin halted in his tracks. The woman in the silk camo who struggled to her feet weaved as if she were about to faint.

“What do we do?” Ruffles asked. “What do we do?”

“Tattoo man is going to ram us with his Hummer,” Charlotte said, terror in her voice.

“This is a job for the cats,” I said. “Artemis, Demeter, Madeline, Edison, you know what to do.”

The cats all licked their paws and nodded. “Charlotte, open the pod bay doors again!”

Charlotte pulled open the van door and the cats strutted out in a line. They all marched over to the Hummer, and each sat beside one of the wheels. They all clawed, poke, and scratched the tires with their claws as rapidly as if they were knife-wielding fiends. Satisfied with their work, they all strutted back to the van; Charlotte slid open the door and they all hopped inside.

“Ruffles, hold your ground,” I told him.

Ruffles looked at the Hummer panting and shivering as the owner of the oversized garish vehicle revved the engine. He attempted to lurch into us…and then the tires sunk to the ground with a whump, planting him in place.

“Crispin,” I called out the window. “All is clear. Go to work on these evil monsters!”

The five coyotes arose from their haunches and advanced towards the catnapper with the bat, the woman in the silk camo dress and the woman in the olive trench coat. The woman in the olive trench coat let out a wild scream as two of the coyotes pounced upon the catnapper with the bat, knocking him down sending his weapon rolling across the asphalt and down the hill.

Until next week, I bid you adieu.

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BEST OF THE EMMY NOMINATIONS

STREAM OF THE WEEK: MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES (2026)-APPLE TV

For the next three weeks I thought I would point out some of the cream of the crop of the shows nominated for Emmys. First up is this raunchy dramady from producer David E. Kelly. And I do mean raunchy. This comedy/drama receives an MA rating and is not for kids.

The show is based on the novel of the same name by Rufi Thorpe starring an all-star cast who deliver fantastic performances. Most notably is Elle Fanning who literally puts everything out there for the role. The show is nominated for a total of 8 Prime Time Emmys which include Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series, Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling, Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) for Tari Segal, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Michelle Pfeiffer, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Nick Offerman, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Elle Fanning, and Outstanding Comedy Series.

The story is about a college freshman named Margo Millet (Elle Fanning), an English major hopeful who dreams of becoming a great novelist. Into her life enters youngish English professor Mark Gable (Michael Angarano). He tells her how much he adores her writing and talent and soon woos her into an affair, despite being a married man with two young children. Not long after the affair begins, Margo realizes she is pregnant. She tells her other three female roommates and after the baby is born, two of them decide they cannot take having a newborn around. This leaves only one roommate, the plucky Susie (Thaddea Graham) who loves professional wrestling, is into cosplay, and creates her own costumes. The exit of the other two roommates doubles their rent, and Margo is forced to raise money.

Margo’s mother Shyanne Millet (Michelle Pfeiffer) is livid to find out her promising young daughter has wound up in the same situation she did when she was Margo’s age. Not to mention it puts a huge damper on her upcoming marriage to a kind-hearted pastor named Kenny (Greg Kinnear).

Elsewhere, Margo’s biological father Jinx Millet (Nick Offerman), an ex-professional wrestler who has just got out of rehab finally receives a letter from his daughter she sent when she was still pregnant telling him about her plight. Stunned and wanting to repair his horrible job as a father, he finds himself a motorcycle and heads on route to help raise his new grandchild.

Rounding out the cast are Nichole Kidman as Lace, a professional wrestler turned attorney and Marcia Gay Harden as Elizabeth Gable, Professor Mark Gables manipulative and overbearing mother.