Ep37–Beethoven's 3rd in E Flat Major

Seen on the Small Screen Podcast

Another day, another beginning, this time of another DVD value pack purchased from the wonderful world of Wallymart. Our feature is the third in a series of films about a St. Bernard from the 90's and 00's, a dog named for a classical composer. It's Beethoven's Third, kicking off your summer of vacationing with the further adventures of the Newton family, though sadly not the original bunch from the first two films. Meet Richard, brother to George Newton, played by the prolific Judge Reinhold. Richard's clan has has a state-of-the-art RV circa 2000 with it's own portable DVD player and a single movie library. (What can we say? Movie discs were expensive back then.) They're all but ready to depart on their summer journey when a non-descript crate is left on their front lawn. What could be in the box that looks a lot like a raptor's cage? It's Beethoven, arriving just in time to turn the lives of these new Newtons upside down as they travel from locale to locale on their way to a family reunion where they'll turn the St. Bernard back over to George. What could possibly go wrong other than a dog running amok? Well, there is something actually, because two crooks on the trail of a special DVD code have tracked it to the Newton's trailer, then do their absolute worst to get a hold of it. Now we can definitively ask the question. What could possibly go wrong?