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I haven't seen it (well, maybe on TV when I was 6, but I don't remember it). Here's what Bill Cotter has to say about it in his Disney Television book:

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Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
Airdates - Part 1: 1/28/68, 6/23/68, 8/20/72.
Part 2: 2/04/68, 6/30/68, 8/27/72.
Cast: Armando Islas (Pablo), Francesca Jarvis (Helen Gordon), Walker Tilley (Caretaker), Manuel Rivera (Manuel).
A young boy finds adventure in the desert as he searches for his missing uncle. Pablo's quest gets off to a bad start when he's caught trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States, but he sneaks away while the border officials are examining the papers of Helen Gordon, an American tourist. Her pet chihuahua follows him as he runs into the desert.

Production Notes:
- This episode, shot on location in Arizona, took two years to film. The production company had to plan for the normal growth of the young star so scenes shot over the 2-year span matched and didn't make his 6-inch change in height noticeable.
- This show was released theatrically overseas in 1969.

Credits:
Co-produced and Narrated by: Winston Hibler. Teleplay by: Paul Lucey. Story by: Homer Brightman. Narration written by Jack Speirs. For Perkins Films, Inc. Directed by: Walter Perkins. Photography: Frank Zuniga. Recording: Tom Harvey. Animal Handling: Janice Chachin, Carol Darlington. Production Co-ordinator: Robert F. Metzler. Production Manager: Erwin L. Verity. Film Editor: Gregg McLaughlin. Music: George Bruns. World of Color Theme Song: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman. Sound: Robert O. Cook. Program Co-ordinator: Jack Bruner.

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 224611)

Chihuahua!
:D

Was this really a song before the new movie? I can't imagine it....

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224627)

Was this really a song before the new movie? I can't imagine it....

Hasn't GC posted it in another thread before? I could have sworn I'd already watched it (which is why I didn't finish watching it).

My desire to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the same as my desire to watch "Rosie O'Donnell goes to the Gynecologist in 3-D"

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Originally Posted by flippyshark (Post 224600)

I've found "Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua" listed as an episode of the Disneyland program in 1968. Can anyone confirm? Anyone seen it? (I'm looking at you, mousepod.)

The only scene I recall is when they're riding in the back of a truck in the desert and go to drink some milk and find that it had gone sour - it was very sad and I never drank milk again

I've seen it. Several times. It was always one of my favorite Wonderful World of Disney's - of course it was, it involved a dog!

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded (Post 224630)

My desire to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the same as my desire to watch "Rosie O'Donnell goes to the Gynecologist in 3-D"

Is that one in Imax ?

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor (Post 224627)

Was this really a song before the new movie? I can't imagine it....

It sure was. It was #1 in France when iSm, zappp and I were in France in 2003. The song was everywhere. When we were in the queue for DLP's Big Thunder Mountain, someone on the overhead speaker sang the intro melody and then everyone around us yelled, "Chihuahua!" It was like some sort of DJ Bobo cult or something...
:D

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Originally Posted by Deebs (Post 224629)

Hasn't GC posted it in another thread before? I could have sworn I'd already watched it (which is why I didn't finish watching it).

Yes, I'm sure I did. The song is a total earworm. Stuck in my head forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and knitting and knitting and knitting...
:D

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Originally Posted by flippyshark (Post 224600)

I've found "Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua" listed as an episode of the Disneyland program in 1968. Can anyone confirm? Anyone seen it? (I'm looking at you, mousepod.)

The neighbors down the street had a chihuahua (which fascinated me), so I remember being very excited when that particular episode of Wonderful World of Color (not Disneyland) came on. It ran a couple of times, at least.