Showing posts with label inspector rex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspector rex. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 April 2009

watch an episode of Inspector Rex on your computer

After I had watched a tape of the latest episode of Inspector Rex - my favorite doggy show on tv - the announcer said viewers could watch it again if they went to the website of the SBS (Special Broadcasting Service, Australia's multicultural tv network).

I clicked on the 'Watch Full Episodes' link at the top, scrolled down the list on the right, and there it was! Tonight's episode. Now I won't have to stress each week when I'm at training and hoping the show is taping successfully.

That is, if they post Inspector Rex every week... I guess I'll have to wait till next week to find out.

Thursday, 13 November 2008

Inspector Rex plays music, clever as always

Penny and I watched the Austrian crime show Inspector Rex again tonight and Rex was a canine genius as usual. One trick was to play a toy that involved pressing a section of the game to make a musical note sound. The part to be pressed was large and easily manipulated by a dog's paw.

It was an episode from season four, when he is with Brandtner - a story about a classical pianist who wants his son to be a famous performer. Of course, seeing it's such a great show for us dog-lovers, I won't give away any more of the plot.

He learned to play four notes, repeating them after a child character played them a couple of times for him. I think the piece that was played repeatedly in the show was Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann, and maybe the notes Rex played were from that piece. I've got a memory like a sieve, so the memory of what Rex played was gone half a minute after he did it.

But I'd certainly like to get my hands on the toy. I reckon Penny and I could have fun on it. I'd love to know how many notes she could memorise and I feel sure she could learn the basic idea of pressing buttons - for treats, of course. Penny's not inclined to work without being paid a fair wage!

I've browsed the internet, searching 'musical toys' but I guess I'd have to be lucky to stumble across the toy I want. But, as they say, you never know your luck in a big city, so I'll keep my eyes open when I'm in toy shops.