Doggies have their day

Tower Records throws bow tie, biscuit, red-carpet event

By DAVID JAY LASKY

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Animal actor Enzo from 'My Dog Skip' gives autographs at Tower Records.

 

Tower Records customers on Sunset Boulevard, with paws firmly gripping VHS and DVD copies of "My Dog Skip," queued to get autographs but no doggie bags from the film's stars Frankie Muniz, animal actor Enzo, Susan Carol Davis and director Jay Russell.

Warner Home Video presented $2,500 to PAWS L.A., an animal organization that provides food and veterinary care for the animals of pet owners with life-threatening illnesses.

Dogs were given bow ties and biscuits at the red-carpet event July 11, promoting what Muniz proclaimed as "the best movie I've ever seen in my whole life."

Russell, a big fan of family films, was inspired by "Old Yeller," "Babe," "Cinema Paradiso" and "The Black Stallion." He joked about his leading man's best friend saying, "I swore I would never work with him again." But then he smiled and said that "kids can enjoy the fun of growing up with their friend -- who might be a dog."