WWTD 127 - Air Bud: Clown Town

This week on We Want The D, our hosts watched yet another bizarrely dark movie in the Disney catalog. Rife with animal abuse, parental neglect, and an all-around grim tone, you'd be forgiven if you assumed Vicky, Nolan and Jill were talking about some obscure film from the 1960s, or at the very least a Christmas movie from the 1980s. But nope, those are all elements of AIR BUD, a story that is only minimally about a dog that plays basketball, but it mostly about a child who hasn't grieved properly for his dead father; a sad, bad clown who may or may not be a serial killer; and a dog who can do a pretty cool trick but is probably going to be very sick because of all the vanilla pudding he eats. It's always a delight when you expect a silly movie and end up with bleak one, isn't it D-Lovers?