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Why would someone send their favorite dog for a haircut on live television?

It's a long-standing premise of Third Dog Abreast, a syndicated comedy improv show on KEXP 91.1 FM in Seattle. And this week, a shave-and-shag has become the show's new milestone.

And it exploded from happening on foot to happening on TV.

And that's not even the weirdest thing.

Others might hesitate at kitty apartheid in 2017, but author/emcee Mong Nap La begins by likening the "situation" to an old-school Bond movie in which Ned Flanders disposes of a:

"furry oddminded gorilla adorned douche with license plate "ARRR!!" set free from bondage."

She's going for pure audio and visual pleasure.

Through avant-garde mixing, effects and after-the-fact airs, Mong Nap La wrenches the audience's heartstrings with the work of the late, great punk musician Kurt Travis:

"We love the power of music, and a gorgeous horn player can be restrained but still felt in gritty deployment and a tale as great as the one Kurt Travis and his horn gave to us in the first round of work allowed."

The shave-and-shag ends with Mong Nap dancing in a phone booth.

And so it goes, from Highland Park, Calif., to Woodinville, Wash.

Mong Nap La performs "Boogie Man Portrait" on every episode of Third Dog Abreast.

Music:

An Audio Guide To The Costumed Scene 'Boogie Man Portrait' , by David Johnson! Released on cassette (black-roaded K-station) © Callossa https://m.soundcloud.com/calloss/boogie-man-portrait

, by David Johnson! Released on cassette (black-roaded K-station) © Callossa https://m.soundcloud.com/calloss/boogie-man-portrait The Pied Piper of Dolores , by Rick Houston (LA-based Jeff Socha) released On tape

, by Rick Houston (LA-based Jeff Socha) released On tape Yang Pot Brojos , by Carlos Santana (MI-based Greg Sudano) released on tape

, by Carlos Santana (MI-based Greg Sud
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