Synopses & Reviews
On a picnic, Kelly asks her well-educated dog, Mush, about her adventures before they met. Soon Kelly hears a story about Mush's old jazz band, the Hot Animals, and how they saved their boss's dancehall and ice-cream parlor from robbers!
Synopsis
Now that Mush -- the talking, cooking, educated dog from space -- is part of the Mangiaro household, Kelly wants to know more about the planet Growf-Woof-Woof, and how her dog came to Earth. When the two of them go on a picnic, (which Kelly prepares carefully under Mush's supervision), Kelly asks Mush about her past. "Well, it's such a long story, " says Mush...and soon, Kelly is hearing about Mush's old jazz band, The Hot Animals, and how they dealt with robbers who threatened to knock over their boss's jive joint!
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