Great quotes from the “Greatest American Dog” winner
Want to know how Travis Brorsen of Perry plans to spend the $250,000 he and his pooch, Presley, won on the CBS series “Greatest American Dog”?
For that answer, see the story on Friday’s TV page in The Oklahoman (and on newsok.com/tv). This blog will touch on other fun facts that Brorsen shared about his Canine Academy days during a 45-minute phone conversation earlier this week.
But first, Brorsen was happy to announce that the fundraiser he co-hosted before the Los Angeles screening of the “Dog” finale raised more than $3,000 for the Best Friends Animal Society. Helping Brorsen with the effort was Laura — she and Preston, the Pomeranian, clicked with the two Perry natives on the show.
♦ “A lot of people wanted Laura and me to come out and say we’re dating. But we’re just really good friends, and that’s something that will last a lifetime.”
♦ “I also became good friends with Brandy. She is very sweet, and the editing did their job of catching all those moments that don’t define Brandy as a person.”
♦ “Teresa was one of my favorite persons on the show. She gave Presley a toy after the loyalty challenge where Presley broke is stay and ran around. We all thought I was going home, and she gave Presley one of Leroy’s favorite toys.”
♦ “One reason we did so well is because every day we tried to make the most of it. That way, if we went home that day, I could look back and say, ‘OK, we were the fourth ones out, but of the days we were there, we took full advantage of it and don’t regret any of it.’ ”
♦ A week before the show’s finale, Brorsen got together with Matt Cline from Broken Arrow and Lisa Mills of Oklahoma City and co-wrote the song “Presley, King of Rockin’ Dogs.” Cline, who wrestled at Oklahoma State, does the singing and Dave Guy does the guitar playing. Mike Trozzo took the above photo.
♦ “A lot of people wonder if the show will help out my acting career. I think the exposure is nice, but I didn’t do it to help my acting career. I did it because I had no acting going on at the time, this came along and I thought, ‘What the heck, what a great time to spend with Presley.’ ”
♦ “Bill and Star, we became really good friends. We’re going to get them up here to Perry to do some hunting on the ranch. That’s the one thing he promised Star — that he’d get her some good hunting in before her days were over.”
♦ “I had 273 emails and 94 text messages all within 10 minutes of the show being over. I told all my friends that I didn’t realize I had so many friends. They said, ‘Yeah, when you win a quarter-million dollars, your friend-meter goes up a little bit.’ ”
♦ Brorsen’s sisters, Anna-Marie and Laura, attended the L.A. screening. Laura was joined by her husband, Ryan, and son, Tucker. Anna-Marie and her fiance, Jake, got their plane tickets to the event as a wedding gift from Brorsen.
♦ “My home town of Perry is doing a proclomation — Travis and Presley day. They’re giving us our own day sometime in October. And the Oklahoma State University alumni office is paying for our transportation back to to OSU for homecoming (Oct. 18).”
♦ “Presley and I are hoping to spend much of October in Oklahoma traveling around. We want to let people meet Presley and see if we can help any local dog rescues.”
♦ “One main concern of boxer owners is they want people to know that not all boxers are like Presley. They’re not all calm like he is. But he was not that calm before the competition, either. Working with him 24 hours a day for six weeks got him to where he is.”
–Penny TV
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