Rated or Dated: Best In Show (2001)

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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Christopher Guest’s second time in the director’s chair involved him putting on a dog show. Co-written with Eugene Levy, this fake documentary about the people getting their pooches ready for the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show (and then the show itself) stars Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock and Jennifer Coolidge. And loads of dogs. Will Mick, Hannah and Jen give it a blue rosette or send it home with its tail between its legs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to rated or dated.
0:11.8	I'm Hannah Dunleavy, representing the toy dogs.
0:15.7	Oh, they're very playful.
0:17.8	Little legs, you know, I felt like it was apt.
0:22.9	Speaking of which, representing the sporting dogs, Jen offered. Hey, I wonder where you're going to go with that. I'm happy with
0:28.7	the outcome. Thank you. Mickey, there's nothing left that isn't a tiny bit offensive. So
0:33.8	what do you want? Terrier, herding dog. Herding dog, maybe.
0:38.0	Well, specifically for this podcast, record,
0:40.5	I have actually grown two fluffy pom-poms on my arse cheeks.
0:44.8	So, yeah, I think I'm going to be in the poodle category.
0:48.2	Thanks very much.
0:50.5	Rhapsody in pink.
0:52.0	Always in pink.
0:53.8	What did we watch? with all that in mind?
0:56.1	What can it possibly be?
0:58.7	Oh yeah, yeah.
0:59.7	Welcome to Rated or Dated, where we could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.
1:08.0	This week we watched Christopher Guest, mockument, documentary, yes, really is, yeah, Best in Show.
1:16.3	I mean, powder's totally wet at the start.
1:18.2	It's a home run for me, isn't it?
1:19.8	Christopher Guests and Dogs, yes, please, sign me up, make it 27 hours long on there.
1:25.4	Actually, Best in Show, releasing the US in September 2000,
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