October 23, 2025 • 7 mins
"Why would someone freeze 11 vials of Air Bud’s DNA?In this wildly entertaining episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive nose-first into one of the strangest pop culture rabbit holes ever: the mysterious legacy of Air Bud.What starts as a nostalgic nod to a childhood favorite quickly spirals into a bizarre tale involving frozen dog semen, a disgruntled trainer, and a grave that may or may not exist.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well the wild life due the wild life Blude.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Now, I know you guys aren't fond of Airbud like
Christina and I are, because it came out when we
were nine.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I don't want to say I'm not fond of it.
I've never seen it. No, you shouldn't. There's no reason
yet you should have ever seen Airbud.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I mean, I just know your sensibilities and this was
obviously ingrained in you early in your childhood in only Texas.
But anytime there's a movie that involves an animal that
can talk or act like a human, it's captivating you.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
The Doctor Doolittle remake with Eddie Murphy is amazing. Norm MacDonald, Chris.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Rock I remember loving that as a kid as a
well spectacular movie. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
But there's an article in Vice about this is from
a few years ago, but it's about Airbud's grave. I'm
gonna read you the first paragraph. One day, all of
our idols will die, and not just the humans. Tote
is buried in La Free, Willie is decomposing off the
coast of Norway. Harambe was donated to science. Airbud is Wait,
(01:08):
where's Airbud's grave? A search on findergrave dot Com offered
few details find a grieve.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Okay, so the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Guy was the quest of the point of the article.
He's on a quest to find where Airbud was buried.
Because here's what I didn't know. I learned a lot
when I read this article. Fun fact Buddy Airbud. Buddy
died in nineteen ninety eight, a year after Airbud came out.
So all of the thirteen other sequels like Seventh Inning, Fetch,
Golden Receiver, World Pop, Airbud, and the Something about Santa Pauls,
(01:43):
there's thirteen of them.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
It ain't Airbud in any of those. In any of
the sequels, it's a different dog. I assume there's like
three or four dogs for every movie. Well, then.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
There is Space Buddies and air Buddies where there's a
bunch of He's got but Airbud died and Airbud had
a rough go of it.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Okay, drinking problem. I caught it. Well, he found the.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Guy who was the owner and trainer, and the guy
rescued and training Buddy. His name is Kevin de Coco,
Kevin to Coco. He found his address on an old
real estate site in San Diego. He said, I was nervous.
It's uncomfortable to call up a stranger and ask them
where they buried their dead dog. He said that after
(02:31):
Buddy died, he had a falling out with Disney, and
he didn't want to go into detail about the litigation,
but it was concerning who created the air Bud character. Now,
Kevin de Coco is he helped make the movie, right, yeah,
but he said ultimately he had nothing to do with
the sequels and all that stuff. Nothing to do with
the direct to DVD sequels Snow Buddies during the filming
(02:52):
of which.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Five puppies died. He settled at the first call. Wow,
So the guy who's writing this article is like, this
guy is kind of a wild guard. He'll say whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I have to read the next paragraph to you, guys, verbatim.
The Coco also froze eleven vials of Buddy seamen. There
are still a couple of vials of Airbud seamen left
stored in a freezer at the International K nine Semen Bank.
It's believed that the ghost of Buddy has fathered three
(03:26):
litters of puppies, so they don't ever get to the
bottom of that, never even like, they don't find the tomb.
They think his ashes were scattered, but they don't know
like where, they're like, where is the grave? They don't
even know the whole point of that article. He's on
a quest for it. He finds the guy and the
guys just opened all these details and he's like, oh, yeah,
I froze a lot of Buddy's DNA and that's where
(03:49):
we are now, Okay. They air making Airbud returns coming
next year, and they did a whole national talent search
looking for golden retrievers. They pay two of them. The
dogs don't look that much alike. Their skin tone is
different colors. That's the next air Bud. It's gonna be
two of them that don't look alike. I mean they're
(04:10):
fur tone, they're fur Yeah, yeah, I guess I.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Don't know a lot about dogs.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
I'm like, this is shocking that this is being covered
in a top four.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I love it, I I but I do. I do.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
It does remind me of my friend who went to
A and M. This is my favorite story that involves
dog juice. What your favorite of a long list? But
this guy's he's studying to be a vet. He's going
to A and M. And he goes in to see
his professor, and his professions like, yeah, throw on some gloves,
(04:45):
I need your help with this. And he has him
work up a dog to get a sample like that
lady in that dolphin, like yeah and uh. The guy
is visibly shaken and and like uncomfortable with the story,
but his friends always make him tell it at bars.
Tell that story about you and your professor again, What
(05:05):
do you do when you're in that position?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Do you look the dog in the eye? That's hey,
that's what interns are for, to make contact. They don't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
They say, want a dog's taking a poop and it
turns around and looks back at you. You're not supposed
to make eye contact with it. Now, you're supposed to
give it the knowing nine because you've got it's bad.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You shame him and scar them for I don't think
you're supposed to make eye contact though I don't think
so either. It's like a dominance thing. No, I do
finger guns at my dog. All right, There you have it.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
There's everybody has been wondering what's going on with that
air bud story coming up next just over three minutes.
Over three minutes today game right here on the eagle.
Before we get there, I want to say thank you
to Frankel and Frankel, Mark, Frankle, Scott Franklin, Jeane forget
three and Franklin Frankel. No laughing matter. If you're involved
(05:59):
in a wreck, it's not your fault. You're gonna need
uh someone Why did that guy do that with air
bud stuff? Why do he freeze it?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And Mark?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Scott and Jean helped me with that, right, that was unnecessary.
There's plenty of dogs didn't need. The dog was not special.
The dog was just a good looking dog. Goes in
a movie.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
It's a handsome movie dog. Now like it's some dog
that was gonna save the world. He died of cancer.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Oh oh right, there there's an update.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Update is this Franklin Frankle spot all right? Pause? You
said pause? He said, Gene, say pause, don't just call
for Jane. All right.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
We did get to see Gene last night. Uh saw
Scott Frankel as well. Mark turned us back on listeners
and that incredible experience last night.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
But now he was busy and couldn't make it. But
thank you to Franklin Frankel.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Good friends of ours, partner of ours, and they've been
all over this air bud story trying to get to
the bottom of it as well themselves. But if you're
involved in a wreck that's not your fault, reach out
to the Frankeles two one four, three three three, thirty
three thirty three two one four all threes for the
greatness of Franklin Frankel. If you're injured and it's not
your fault, if you're involved in a car wreck, especially
one of these big trucking companies, reach out to the
(07:19):
Frankeles two one four all threes.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Yeah, And look, they've been doing this for thirty years.
They've got an incredible reputation, a long history of helping
people get what they deserve after they've been injured. And
I'm talking about big cash settlements to take care of
all the issues, the things the insurance companies do not
want to pay you for. So why I would say,
call the Frankeles first two one four, three three three
thirty three thirty three also works with eight one seven
(07:42):
three three three thirty three thirty three. Call the Frankels first.
Franklin Frankel are chosen by the people and feared by
the insurance companies
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Fire NK e L Call, Frankel first
Well the wild life due the wild life Blude.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Now, I know you guys aren't fond of Airbud like
Christina and I are, because it came out when we
were nine.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I don't want to say I'm not fond of it.
I've never seen it. No, you shouldn't. There's no reason
yet you should have ever seen Airbud.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I mean, I just know your sensibilities and this was
obviously ingrained in you early in your childhood in only Texas.
But anytime there's a movie that involves an animal that
can talk or act like a human, it's captivating you.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
The Doctor Doolittle remake with Eddie Murphy is amazing. Norm MacDonald, Chris.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Rock I remember loving that as a kid as a
well spectacular movie. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
But there's an article in Vice about this is from
a few years ago, but it's about Airbud's grave. I'm
gonna read you the first paragraph. One day, all of
our idols will die, and not just the humans. Tote
is buried in La Free, Willie is decomposing off the
coast of Norway. Harambe was donated to science. Airbud is Wait,
(01:08):
where's Airbud's grave? A search on findergrave dot Com offered
few details find a grieve.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Okay, so the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Guy was the quest of the point of the article.
He's on a quest to find where Airbud was buried.
Because here's what I didn't know. I learned a lot
when I read this article. Fun fact Buddy Airbud. Buddy
died in nineteen ninety eight, a year after Airbud came out.
So all of the thirteen other sequels like Seventh Inning, Fetch,
Golden Receiver, World Pop, Airbud, and the Something about Santa Pauls,
(01:43):
there's thirteen of them.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
It ain't Airbud in any of those. In any of
the sequels, it's a different dog. I assume there's like
three or four dogs for every movie. Well, then.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
There is Space Buddies and air Buddies where there's a
bunch of He's got but Airbud died and Airbud had
a rough go of it.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Okay, drinking problem. I caught it. Well, he found the.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Guy who was the owner and trainer, and the guy
rescued and training Buddy. His name is Kevin de Coco,
Kevin to Coco. He found his address on an old
real estate site in San Diego. He said, I was nervous.
It's uncomfortable to call up a stranger and ask them
where they buried their dead dog. He said that after
(02:31):
Buddy died, he had a falling out with Disney, and
he didn't want to go into detail about the litigation,
but it was concerning who created the air Bud character. Now,
Kevin de Coco is he helped make the movie, right, yeah,
but he said ultimately he had nothing to do with
the sequels and all that stuff. Nothing to do with
the direct to DVD sequels Snow Buddies during the filming
(02:52):
of which.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Five puppies died. He settled at the first call. Wow,
So the guy who's writing this article is like, this
guy is kind of a wild guard. He'll say whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I have to read the next paragraph to you, guys, verbatim.
The Coco also froze eleven vials of Buddy seamen. There
are still a couple of vials of Airbud seamen left
stored in a freezer at the International K nine Semen Bank.
It's believed that the ghost of Buddy has fathered three
(03:26):
litters of puppies, so they don't ever get to the
bottom of that, never even like, they don't find the tomb.
They think his ashes were scattered, but they don't know
like where, they're like, where is the grave? They don't
even know the whole point of that article. He's on
a quest for it. He finds the guy and the
guys just opened all these details and he's like, oh, yeah,
I froze a lot of Buddy's DNA and that's where
(03:49):
we are now, Okay. They air making Airbud returns coming
next year, and they did a whole national talent search
looking for golden retrievers. They pay two of them. The
dogs don't look that much alike. Their skin tone is
different colors. That's the next air Bud. It's gonna be
two of them that don't look alike. I mean they're
(04:10):
fur tone, they're fur Yeah, yeah, I guess I.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Don't know a lot about dogs.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
I'm like, this is shocking that this is being covered
in a top four.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I love it, I I but I do. I do.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
It does remind me of my friend who went to
A and M. This is my favorite story that involves
dog juice. What your favorite of a long list? But
this guy's he's studying to be a vet. He's going
to A and M. And he goes in to see
his professor, and his professions like, yeah, throw on some gloves,
(04:45):
I need your help with this. And he has him
work up a dog to get a sample like that
lady in that dolphin, like yeah and uh. The guy
is visibly shaken and and like uncomfortable with the story,
but his friends always make him tell it at bars.
Tell that story about you and your professor again, What
(05:05):
do you do when you're in that position?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Do you look the dog in the eye? That's hey,
that's what interns are for, to make contact. They don't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
They say, want a dog's taking a poop and it
turns around and looks back at you. You're not supposed
to make eye contact with it. Now, you're supposed to
give it the knowing nine because you've got it's bad.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
You shame him and scar them for I don't think
you're supposed to make eye contact though I don't think
so either. It's like a dominance thing. No, I do
finger guns at my dog. All right, There you have it.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
There's everybody has been wondering what's going on with that
air bud story coming up next just over three minutes.
Over three minutes today game right here on the eagle.
Before we get there, I want to say thank you
to Frankel and Frankel, Mark, Frankle, Scott Franklin, Jeane forget
three and Franklin Frankel. No laughing matter. If you're involved
(05:59):
in a wreck, it's not your fault. You're gonna need
uh someone Why did that guy do that with air
bud stuff? Why do he freeze it?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And Mark?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Scott and Jean helped me with that, right, that was unnecessary.
There's plenty of dogs didn't need. The dog was not special.
The dog was just a good looking dog. Goes in
a movie.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
It's a handsome movie dog. Now like it's some dog
that was gonna save the world. He died of cancer.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Oh oh right, there there's an update.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Update is this Franklin Frankle spot all right? Pause? You
said pause? He said, Gene, say pause, don't just call
for Jane. All right.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
We did get to see Gene last night. Uh saw
Scott Frankel as well. Mark turned us back on listeners
and that incredible experience last night.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
But now he was busy and couldn't make it. But
thank you to Franklin Frankel.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Good friends of ours, partner of ours, and they've been
all over this air bud story trying to get to
the bottom of it as well themselves. But if you're
involved in a wreck that's not your fault, reach out
to the Frankeles two one four, three three three, thirty
three thirty three two one four all threes for the
greatness of Franklin Frankel. If you're injured and it's not
your fault, if you're involved in a car wreck, especially
one of these big trucking companies, reach out to the
(07:19):
Frankeles two one four all threes.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Yeah, And look, they've been doing this for thirty years.
They've got an incredible reputation, a long history of helping
people get what they deserve after they've been injured. And
I'm talking about big cash settlements to take care of
all the issues, the things the insurance companies do not
want to pay you for. So why I would say,
call the Frankeles first two one four, three three three
thirty three thirty three also works with eight one seven
(07:42):
three three three thirty three thirty three. Call the Frankels first.
Franklin Frankel are chosen by the people and feared by
the insurance companies
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Fire NK e L Call, Frankel first
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