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Blaze of Glory - The Sam
Simon Foundation places service
dog "Blaze" with Iraq War
Veteran Tracey L. Cooper-Harris.
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Los Angeles Animal
Rescue Of The Week: The Sam Simon Foundation
The Huffington Post First Posted: 03- 1-11 11:57 AM
| Updated: 03- 1-11 05:43 PM
In 2002, Sam Simon,
co-creator of The Simpsons, established The Sam
Simon Foundation in order to give back to the
community and channel his love of dogs. The
Malibu-based foundation aims to "save the lives of
dogs to enrich the lives of people," and is entirely
funded by Simon himself.
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Animal Instincts
(from
ForbesLife Magazine, September 27, 2010)
Maverick producer and screenwriter Sam Simon
knows his way around a boxing ring, a poker table,
and a PETA fund-raiser.
Television writer and producer Sam Simon's career
has gone to the dogs, among other animals. His first
love was cartoons--he drew for the San Francisco
Chronicle and Examiner while in college, and worked
as a storyboard artist. Then he sold a spec script
to Taxi, became that series' show runner at age 23,
and later worked on...
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Meet Sam Simon,
The Dog Nut
Morley Safer Meets One Of The Unusual Co-Creators Of
The Simpsons
This story is a goofy stew of big money, abandoned
dogs, professional boxing, fine art, poker, and
America's favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons.
Those various elements are embodied in the personality
of a 52-year-old Californian named Sam Simon, a
veteran television producer who is perhaps the
Renaissance man of the baffling, uncertain age we live
in. (cbsnews.com)
This segment was originally broadcast on March 4,
2007. It was updated on July 15, 2007.
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A dog lends his
ears to a girl who can use them
DEL MAR ---- Imagine
having the hearing of a dog. In some small way, that
is what it has been like for Megan Hogan since her new
companion, Prince, came to stay.
Hogan, 17, is 100 percent deaf, but can hear some
sounds with the help of a cochlear implant. It's the
background sounds - a knock at the door, a fire alarm,
her name called from across a busy room - that escape
her, and that's where Prince, a specially trained
golden retriever - Labrador mix, is proving...
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