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Dogs Playing Poker is a series of sixteen oil paintings introduced by famous painter C.M. Coolidge in 1903. All the paintings in the series feature a number of human-like dogs. Nine of the paintings depict dogs seated around a card table playing poker and smoking cigarettes. Cooldige first created the paintings after being paid by a cigar company as part of their promotional campaign. Over the years, the series has become widely popular in the U.S. as well as around the globe...
Coolidge's Dogs Playing Poker series has also found its way to popular culture. The dog-playing-poker motif has been featured on many highly prominent TV sitcoms, movies as well as songs.
Roseanne- An Emmy-Award winning sitcom that ran on ABC from 1988-1997. With stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr in the leading role of bossy and overweight Roseanne Connor, the show gained tremendous popularity in the U.S. The set for the TV show featured a reproduction of one of the DPP paintings in the family's living room.
The Simpsons- An American animated sitcom. Being set in a fictional town called Springfield, the show mocks numerous aspects of the human condition. The Simpsons was created by Matt Groenning and made several references to the DPP paintings. The most notorious one took place in an episode called Treehouse of Horror IV.
Family Guy- An American animated TV series featuring a dysfunctional family. The show was first created in 1999 by prominent comedian Seth Woodbury MacFarlane. In an episode titled 'Saving Private Brian,' a character by the name Mayor West is shown playing poker with dogs in the school's basement.
That 70's Show- An American TV sitcom centering on the lives of six teenagers who live in a fictional town called Point Place in Wisconsin. Throughout the series the relationships among the teens are explored, with the primary focus being between Eric and Donna. In a particular episode of the show DPP is parodied by the main characters replacing the dogs, sitting at a round table and playing poker.
'Dogs' by Roger Waters- In 2000, while on tour, the prominent singer and his band played a poker-style game on stage during a song called 'Dogs.' This act has been said to give the appearance of a DPP painting.
'Velvet Elvis' by Al Yankovic- Alfred Yankovic, also known as 'Weird Al,' is an American singer and satirist. Yankovic is particularly popular for his musical acts that parody songs by contemporary artists. In his song 'Velvet Elvis,' the prominent musician mentions DPP.
Over the years, the Dogs Playing Poker Series has been imitated by numerous other artists. Among them Arthur Smirnoff, a well-known American illustrator, who is famous for his Dogs Playing Pool- style paintings.