Christian Savalas, son of Telly, Unleashes the Wild Wiener Mobile Game in Honor of His Squirrel-Chasing Dachshund, Lucy
Musician/app creator Christian Savalas guests on the Oh Behave Show to share his must-get new mobile app game called Wild Wiener just released by Fandomodo. It features his Dachshund named Lucy in pursuit of trying to out-canine wily squirrels up a tree. The game is wildly addictive and fun to play. Christian also shares what life was like going up in a large Greek family with his late dad, actor/musician Telly Savalas, who starred on the hit show, Kojak. Who loves ya baby? Your dog -- so be sure to tune into this special episode.
"I had the idea to take a swiffer sweeper handle... and duct tape a camera to one end and the other end to a platform. And I put the dog on top of the platform... And I shot her on burst mode for like 90 degrees and was able to scan her into the computer that way."
— Christian Savalas
BIO:
Savalas, son of Hollywood legend Telly Savalas, is known for building a dedicated fanbase approaching 400,000 users for his apps including SwiftScales Vocal Trainer and Perfect Pitch Pipe. In addition to mobile development, Savalas is a performing singer/songwriter, and his apps up until Wild Wiener have been geared towards fellow musicians and recording artists. The partnership with Fandomodo includes plans for multiple casual games and platforms to be released in 2018 and 2019.
“I set out to create something people can clearly identify with and easily relate to their daily lives,” said Christian Savalas, creator of Wild Weiner. “So making a game where squirrels mercilessly attack a little dog from all directions seemed like the obvious choice!”
Transcript:
Arden Moore [00:00:00]:
Welcome to the Oh Behave! Show on Pet Life Radio. I'm your host, Arden Moore. Now, what do you get listeners when you combine a very determined dachshund and an army of pesky squirrels and a crazy great imagination? You get a very awesome new mobile game called Wild Wiener. And you guys are in it for a treat today because the genius behind this game is on our show. I want us all to give pause and applause to Christian Savales. Hey, welcome to the show, Christian.
Christian Savalas [00:00:31]:
Thank you, Arden. How's it going?
Arden Moore [00:00:33]:
It's going great. Now, I did say the last name Savales. Now, as in the son of the famous who loves you, baby Telly Savales. Remember, he was the star of Kojak. Now, Christian is one of his sons. I guess you're one of, what, six siblings?
Christian Savalas [00:00:47]:
Yes, and two sons of an older half brother, Nicholas.
Arden Moore [00:00:51]:
Okay, that's. That's right. Right. And Christian has also got a awesome dachshund named Lucy. And that's the most awesome, the most awesome. And Lucy is the inspiration. He has helped win fans over. Christian, you create apps, and we're going to get into some of the other ones.
Arden Moore [00:01:10]:
But there's a must play app game called Wild Wieners. Folks. You got to go to wildwiener.com. And I have downloaded it, and you had me at Wild Wiener. Christian, I can't believe I'm going to say this all episode, but talk about what led you to create this app. And we're going to talk more about how you did it, what it's all about, after we pay for this show by taking a quick commercial break. So all you squirrel hunting canines and humans sit and stay. We're going to be right back.
Arden Moore [00:01:45]:
Welcome back to the behave show on Pet Life Radio. I'm your host, Arden Moore. I am delighted that our special guest today is Christian Savalas. Now, you have built up quite a fan base, I think, over 400,000 users for some of your apps, like swift scales, vocal trainer, and perfect pitch pipe. But.
Christian Savalas [00:02:02]:
Exactly.
Arden Moore [00:02:03]:
You got to credit your dog, Lucy, I guess, for inspiring you to do this just released mobile game called Wild Wiener. I mean, I love the pitch. Seconds to learn, hours to Master, wildly addicted. I spent most of last night after dinner trying to out canine the squirrels in your game. Christian and I only got to lazy lap dog scoring. I'm embarrassed. So tell us a little bit about the wild.
Christian Savalas [00:02:30]:
I'll take 2% credit. Lucy can take 98%.
Arden Moore [00:02:34]:
All right, that sounds cool. So tell us, what's one on Lucy? Your docs?
Christian Savalas [00:02:38]:
Yeah. So you've been around dachshunds, obviously.
Arden Moore [00:02:41]:
Oh, yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:02:42]:
You know how singular they are in their focus and single minded they can be.
Arden Moore [00:02:48]:
Right?
Christian Savalas [00:02:48]:
So I grew up with dachshunds, and Lucy in particular, her one obsession. As I said, every dachshund has one. Hers is squirrels, and more specifically, trying to climb trees. So, as you know, that is what's going on in the game. Climbing an endless tree with squirrels with different weapons, boxing gloves and airplanes and whatever. That part is fictional, but the reality is the dog, anytime she's outside, is trying to climb a tree and get squirrels every time.
Arden Moore [00:03:19]:
Now, how old is Lucy?
Christian Savalas [00:03:21]:
She actually just turned 4 April 1, so a few days ago.
Arden Moore [00:03:24]:
Oh, my God. My cat, Casey, who is an orange tabby. I'm a pet behaviorist, and I teach pet first aid. So I have this cool orange tabby named Casey, who travels with my dog Kona, and we teach pet first aid and behavior. And Casey's birthday was April fool's day a on. And Casey thinks dogs are cool. So I don't know how Lucy thinks about cats, but he's an orange tabby, and they're usually pretty know with canines.
Christian Savalas [00:03:50]:
Well, it's actually funny because I did forget she has one other obsession. And if it is not cats in general, it's one cat that lives down the street from my mom. I was trying to escape the house to go visit.
Arden Moore [00:04:04]:
You had me at meow. You had me at meow. Well, I'm guessing she just doesn't have any squirrels as bffs, right? Has she ever caught a squirrel?
Christian Savalas [00:04:11]:
No, luckily. I'm not sure what would happen exactly. Better.
Arden Moore [00:04:14]:
That's probably made even more so because she's like, oh, come on, who gave me these short legs? I have the drive of a rotie, but the body of a dachshund, right?
Christian Savalas [00:04:25]:
Yeah. But they do help climb the trees, though, because she can legitimately get up some trees depending on the angle. Looks ridiculous, obviously.
Arden Moore [00:04:33]:
Well, we're going to talk about wild wiener the app in a minute, but give us a little background on yourself. I mean, you're definitely in the field of music. And everybody, after the show, please go to christiansavalis.com and check out some of the things that our special guest, Christian is doing any given day. You have a music video. If we did it all again, I mean, how did you get into the music field? I know your dad had a little bit. Everybody knows him as an actor, but he was quite of a musician, too, right?
Christian Savalas [00:05:02]:
Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I think he actually had a gold record in Europe at one point.
Arden Moore [00:05:07]:
Really? Okay.
Christian Savalas [00:05:08]:
He did.
Arden Moore [00:05:08]:
So what about yourself? What motivated you to this field?
Christian Savalas [00:05:12]:
To music or to the app?
Arden Moore [00:05:13]:
Yeah, to the music.
Christian Savalas [00:05:15]:
Oh, I couldn't even say motivated. I guess it's one of those things that you either feel compelled to do or not. So ever since I was a little kid, I wrote music. My grandmother, actually, she just passed away a couple of years ago, but she was an unbelievable musician, and she is the one, her and my mom, that taught me piano at a really young age.
Arden Moore [00:05:34]:
Oh, really?
Christian Savalas [00:05:34]:
And my sister and I would sing Phantom of the Opera and that sort of thing, put on performances for my parents. But, yeah, no, that's when it started, so there was no moment after that.
Arden Moore [00:05:45]:
Wow. And now you're in California, in LA, or. Where are you?
Christian Savalas [00:05:48]:
Yes, I'm back in LA. I've kind of been all over the place in between, but I'm from here, and I'm back here.
Arden Moore [00:05:53]:
Okay. And how did you ever meet Lucy? And you said, happy belated birthday, Lucy. But how did you meet this dachshund? Because it sounds like you're quite smitten.
Christian Savalas [00:06:03]:
Yes, I have had many a dog. And what's funny is Lucy is actually not my dog. It's my mom's dog. But I have an inexplicable connection with her specifically. I don't know why, but her dachshund of 17 years, Lola, passed away. And she was heartbroken, my mom. And she was trying to. I mean, this sounds totally ridiculous, but she was hoping that Lola would kind of reincarnate into another doctrine.
Christian Savalas [00:06:28]:
And she was looking at Google images. And as you know, Google Images is a complete pile finding everything in there. So, long story short, she actually found Lucy on Google Images, a tiny puppy by this little mom and pop breeder, Barb's doxies or something, in North Carolina.
Arden Moore [00:06:46]:
And that picture called to. Huh?
Christian Savalas [00:06:48]:
The picture called to her. She saw the eyes, and she knew that was her. And that's the thing. The likelihood of something on Google images actually being current and something that's available to. It's just crazy.
Arden Moore [00:07:00]:
Oh, my gosh. So what other kinds of dogs have you had with your family?
Christian Savalas [00:07:05]:
So, labradors, long haired dachshunds, and german shepherds. That was before I was.
Arden Moore [00:07:12]:
Okay, okay. All right. So how hard is it to create an app? I mean, I went on and went on Google Play and was able to download it for free. And like you said, folks got to go check out wildwiener.com. But sometimes Lucy in that video does get a nice dog bone, too.
Christian Savalas [00:07:31]:
Yes.
Arden Moore [00:07:32]:
So there is some hope. Is there any inside tips you can give some neo fights like ourselves that are only at level two, the lazy lap dog level.
Christian Savalas [00:07:41]:
Okay. Yes. There is a huge hint I can give. When the boxing glove squirrels come out, you need to duck instead of moving left to right, and that'll get you a lot further.
Arden Moore [00:07:53]:
Okay. But you got meteorites and everything. Were you sipping something or smoking something when you came up with some of these little obstacles and you don't have to.
Christian Savalas [00:08:01]:
No comment. No, I'm kidding. I haven't smoked anything like that in a long time.
Arden Moore [00:08:08]:
But what do you think? How did you just say, I'm going to create an app in honor of my mom's dog. I mean, seriously.
Christian Savalas [00:08:14]:
Well, you'll think this is funny. So the way that it actually all came to be, I had written. I should mention I wrote the theme music, and that's my sister and I singing. I don't know if you had the volume on when you were playing, but that goofy squirrel music with the kind of chipmunk voices.
Arden Moore [00:08:29]:
Yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:08:30]:
So that's actually me singing with my sister. I just edited the voice and. What's your sister?
Arden Moore [00:08:35]:
Which one are you?
Christian Savalas [00:08:36]:
Ariana Savalas.
Arden Moore [00:08:37]:
Okay, good. Okay.
Christian Savalas [00:08:38]:
Yeah.
Arden Moore [00:08:39]:
All right. You get your.
Christian Savalas [00:08:40]:
I don't usually say, like, my sister's last name, but some of my sisters are half sisters, so they don't have the same one. But anyway. Yeah, the song. Oh, right, the game. So I had written that song, I don't know, six years ago or something. And I always imagined it would be like a funny video game song, but never had a video game. And I was sitting with my sister once at my house and looking at Lucy. Did you ever see the I love.
Arden Moore [00:09:05]:
I love him in that? Yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:09:07]:
Yes.
Arden Moore [00:09:09]:
This is radio. I have to do sound effects. Yes.
Christian Savalas [00:09:12]:
Oh, yeah. I keep forgetting no one can see us. There is a thing they did where they'd pan around people like Trinity when she was jumping in the air and kicking and the camera would kind of go.
Arden Moore [00:09:22]:
Yeah, that was one of the movies with doing that technology, I think.
Christian Savalas [00:09:26]:
I think it was the first altogether. Yeah. So I had the idea to take a swiffer sweeper handle. I know it sounds unrelated, but duct tape a camera to one end and the other end to a platform. And I put the dog on top of the platform. My sister held prosciutto or something to keep the dog still. And I shot her on burst mode for like 90 degrees and was able to scan her into the computer that way. So that's actually her in the game.
Christian Savalas [00:09:53]:
It's not an animation.
Arden Moore [00:09:54]:
You're kidding. That is really clever. You should get switcher as one of your sponsors now. We just said the word.
Christian Savalas [00:10:00]:
I know.
Arden Moore [00:10:01]:
Come on, guys. Listen in. Listening in. We got to help out our friend Christian and Lucy. All right. Done.
Christian Savalas [00:10:08]:
Yes.
Arden Moore [00:10:08]:
You get a sponsor. Yeah. Lucy first. Okay. So that's pretty creative. So how did you reach out? I guess it's by up to do this.
Christian Savalas [00:10:27]:
Yeah, completely. Incidentally. So through a mutual friend. I was at a movie premiere here in LA, and it was an hour or so before the showing, and we started talking in the lobby and found out we were in the same space and basically went for there. And I think they have plans for this coming year. Know they're coming out with more apps?
Arden Moore [00:10:47]:
As far as I know, yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:10:48]:
I think we'll be working together on them as well.
Arden Moore [00:10:50]:
Excellent. So when did this officially launch? Wild wiener?
Christian Savalas [00:10:53]:
Oh, boy. Asking the worst person in the world with dates. It was a few days before April 1.
Arden Moore [00:10:59]:
All right, so very recent. Very recent. Okay. And the best way to get it.
Christian Savalas [00:11:04]:
Oh, yeah. Just came out.
Arden Moore [00:11:05]:
Yeah. So I know the answer, but you're the man. How do people get their paws on Wild wiener app? How do they do it?
Christian Savalas [00:11:11]:
Yes. So the easiest would be wildwiener.com. That's wiener.com. And you can also just search for it. It's on the play store and the App Store. So pretty easy just to search for it. I think just yesterday, it crossed 13,000 downloads on the App Store. Yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:11:29]:
People are loving it.
Arden Moore [00:11:30]:
Yeah. Well, I used to live in southern California, too, and they always had the dog wiener races, remember? And they would be at Los Alamos in Orange county. And some of these dogs took that serious. They would be the horse racetrack, and dogs would line up. It'd be a very short run because they have short legs and they would raise charities. But some of these dachshunds would be wearing, like, you know, and goggles and think, what do you think about the dachshund breed? You talked about their determination. They're very smart. And what other things can you say about dogs like Lucy?
Christian Savalas [00:12:04]:
Yeah, smart. You could also say cunning, I think. Vindictive. You know what I'm talking about with the dachshund. If they're upset with you, you will find out.
Arden Moore [00:12:15]:
Oops. There's a little present in my.
Christian Savalas [00:12:20]:
You're not. You're not kidding, though. They've done that. Our late dachshund, Lola did do what you. I can't I don't know. I'm supposed to allow to say on the radio, but she did. What?
Arden Moore [00:12:30]:
You're referring to drop a doggy deuce in your shoe. Hey, the show.
Christian Savalas [00:12:34]:
There you go. Into my stepfather's shoes. But she somehow got it into the toe. I don't know. So he didn't see it until he put his foot all the way.
Arden Moore [00:12:45]:
Yeah. That's a revenge move. I know. Well, they had Lola probably picked up the shoe a little bit and eased the deuce down south.
Christian Savalas [00:12:56]:
I don't know why, but some reason the word ease in that sentence makes it worse and funnier at the same time.
Arden Moore [00:13:01]:
That's right. So this is something that you're doing for fun, but your main stay is music and also creating some apps for musicians. Tell me a little bit about this perfect pitch pipe. And I guess it's called swift Scales vocal trainer apps.
Christian Savalas [00:13:15]:
Yes. Those came out of, I should say out of a lack of something being available because as we've mentioned, I sing, and there was literally no app to just do vocal warm ups the way you would do them at the piano.
Arden Moore [00:13:28]:
Oh, okay.
Christian Savalas [00:13:29]:
Which kind of surprised me. So I kept looking and looking, and when I never could find it, I decided just to make it myself. But I have been programming computers for a really long time. Just this is the first kind of stint with apps that I've had over the past couple of years.
Arden Moore [00:13:42]:
Well, congratulations. That's pretty good.
Christian Savalas [00:13:44]:
Yeah. We have more plans with fandomoto for more casual games this year and next year.
Arden Moore [00:13:51]:
Are they going to star Lucy or other things that I don't know.
Christian Savalas [00:13:54]:
But if this game does well enough, I'm sure there'll be a sequel.
Arden Moore [00:13:57]:
I'm in. I'm in. Hey, folks, we're going to talk more with Christian Savallis. We got to take a quick commercial break, so you guys know the drill. Sit and stay. We'll be right back. Welcome to the old behave show on Pet Life Radio. I'm your host, Arden Moore, and we're having a great time talking to Christian Savallis and his conniving but sweet dog, Lucy.
Arden Moore [00:14:22]:
Lucy's part of the big Savallis family. And I know you were young when your dad passed away, but I loved Kojak. I mean, did he come home after his, know, working and bring you guys all lollipops or what?
Christian Savalas [00:14:35]:
Lollipops were never in short supply at the house, that's for sure.
Arden Moore [00:14:39]:
So what's a fond memory you can remember about your man?
Christian Savalas [00:14:43]:
I was just saying with Kojak, I wasn't even allowed to watch the show until after he passed away because he thought it was too violent.
Arden Moore [00:14:49]:
Oh, okay.
Christian Savalas [00:14:49]:
But yeah. Fond memory there a lot. He was there at the time that I didn't have him.
Arden Moore [00:14:53]:
You had a big family?
Christian Savalas [00:14:54]:
Yeah. This is. Oh, huge family. Yeah. You've seen my big fat greek wedding.
Arden Moore [00:14:58]:
Yes.
Christian Savalas [00:14:59]:
So I was going to say like that butt, but just take the butt out. It's basically exactly like that. That's what, gigantic family party. Yeah, exactly. No, to answer your question, the thing that pops into my mind is my mom was really into healthy. I mean, she still has healthy eating and lifestyles, but back then we were kind of vegetarian and all organic, just nothing artificial ever.
Arden Moore [00:15:26]:
Oh, yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:15:27]:
And nothing. When my dad would sneak me out, we'd go off together and get some cornflake cereal with real milk instead of soy milk and all that. And by the way, she since changed her ways, but we had a little our secret.
Arden Moore [00:15:42]:
Oh, that's cool. Well, I know I used to watch Kojak because I'm older than you and I always was his character. He just wanted to confess to know his character. What did you think about now that you're older, you've gotten to see him as Kojak? What did you think of that?
Christian Savalas [00:15:58]:
Oh, I mean, the show is amazing and I totally understand why it became as popular as it did. And you actually just made me think of a story. I know about him at a bar one time because he had the tough guy thing on Kojak, so people wanted to fight him at bars a lot, especially in New York. Right?
Arden Moore [00:16:16]:
Yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:16:17]:
And he, I know this for sure happened once, if not more times, but he was there, know, typical thing. You know, Mr. Kojak, you think you're so tough. Come on, let's take this outside. All that kind of nonsense, right? And he actually was a psychologist. A lot of people don't know that. Oh, I didn't. And yeah, beyond that, just a really smart, intuitive guy in general.
Christian Savalas [00:16:39]:
I'm trying to think how this went exactly. But first of all, they didn't fight. That's what it was. Exactly. So I don't know, 1015 minutes passes and all of a sudden he's getting that guy a drink and the guy's like crying, telling him how his life story and all this stuff. So it's interesting when you mentioned the confessing thing that made me think of that.
Arden Moore [00:16:59]:
Well, it sounds like he had a way. Yeah. He's a very smart dude. I mean, I was looking, there's actually a website called. What is it called? Nine things. You never knew about Telly Savales. Did you know that?
Christian Savalas [00:17:11]:
I don't know if I've seen that or not. Tell me some of them.
Arden Moore [00:17:13]:
All right. One, he gave Howard Cosell his first job in television. Remember that guy, the sports?
Christian Savalas [00:17:19]:
I do. Yeah. I don't think I knew that, though.
Arden Moore [00:17:21]:
Yeah. And he shaved his head for the first time when he played Pontus pilot in 1965 for the greatest story ever told and then stopped growing hair because he said bald is beautiful.
Christian Savalas [00:17:34]:
That is true.
Arden Moore [00:17:35]:
So you've got hair on your. So why aren't you?
Christian Savalas [00:17:37]:
I do. I'm going to knock on some wood here. There you go.
Arden Moore [00:17:42]:
All right.
Christian Savalas [00:17:43]:
I think it comes from the mother's side, right? That's what heard.
Arden Moore [00:17:46]:
Yeah. Yeah, that's right. And then the first lollipop in Kojak appeared on episode eight. It was called Dark Sunday, and it was a replacement for cigarettes.
Christian Savalas [00:17:56]:
And the lady that is absolutely.
Arden Moore [00:17:59]:
You can, I guess, Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl on Batman, is also in that episode. But, yeah, hopefully he liked lollipops. Did he have a favorite flavor?
Christian Savalas [00:18:09]:
I don't know if he had a favorite flavor. I feel like initially he was coerced into it by his ex wife. I could be wrong. But then I think he grew to like them a lot once he started having them every day.
Arden Moore [00:18:21]:
And then it said in 1992, he finished 21st at the 1992 World Series of Poker. So if your dad's an actor and a psychologist and a musician, he must have been darn good at the poker table.
Christian Savalas [00:18:35]:
Oh, yes. I can only imagine. Ever played against him. But from what I've heard, he was a menace.
Arden Moore [00:18:40]:
And then the last one is, this is true. He's Jennifer Aniston's godfather.
Christian Savalas [00:18:46]:
Yes, that is true.
Arden Moore [00:18:47]:
Do you guys ever hang out? Do you ever say hi to Jennifer? She was on our show when she did the Marley and me.
Christian Savalas [00:18:52]:
Oh, cool. No, I have not seen her since I was a little kid, but I do see her father sometimes at greek events and stuff.
Arden Moore [00:19:02]:
Well, she's older than you, so was she nice to you when were a kid?
Christian Savalas [00:19:05]:
I'm sure she was. When I say little kid, I mean, like, pre memory little kid, so I couldn't say either way. But she seems really nice.
Arden Moore [00:19:11]:
I'm sure she know, she really loves dogs, too. In fact, she has a tattoo. She had a corgi mix named Norman, and she has a tattoo with the word Norman.
Christian Savalas [00:19:21]:
Oh, really?
Arden Moore [00:19:22]:
Yeah.
Christian Savalas [00:19:23]:
These are just the letters. Or, like, on picture of a dog or. What kind of tattoo?
Arden Moore [00:19:28]:
I think there's a paw. I can't remember, but she loves dogs, so I think it's a good know. So what are your plans now? Know you're a big success with the wild wiener app. This is so fun.
Christian Savalas [00:19:41]:
Your words to God's ears.
Arden Moore [00:19:46]:
Christian Savalis. What does that mean, wild wiener? So does Lucy. Has this impacted her attitude? Dogitude know, now being a canine celebrity? I mean, she's live with now that she's on an mean. How are you dealing with her?
Christian Savalas [00:20:01]:
Luckily, she's in oblivion. And I definitely would like to keep it that way because I can't imagine a dachshund being even more stuck up and temperamental. But no, joking aside, that dog is so sweet. I wish you were in the same time zone. I would introduce you. She's adorable.
Arden Moore [00:20:19]:
I would love to meet her. What is something that Lucy has done for you, made you a better.
Christian Savalas [00:20:24]:
Oh, that is a tricky question. Oh, you know what? Okay. I can easily tell you less quick to anger.
Arden Moore [00:20:30]:
Good.
Christian Savalas [00:20:31]:
Because there's something about her that if a dog does something bad, goes on the carpet or whatever, it's easy to get mad pretty quickly. And granted, that always happens, but for some reason, with her in particular, I have been things from her perspective better by the way she looks at me. And I don't know if that makes any sense to you or not, but maybe it does.
Arden Moore [00:20:52]:
No, it does. It does. It's the eyes. Remember? Your mom saw Lolo's eyes and Lucy. So maybe Lucy's telling you, hey, I know I messed up, but no yelling it.
Christian Savalas [00:21:03]:
Yeah, exactly.
Arden Moore [00:21:04]:
Yeah, well, I think that's a good trait. I wish if we could sprinkle Lucy dust on all the people on this planet, there'd be no wars.
Christian Savalas [00:21:12]:
That is a true statement.
Arden Moore [00:21:13]:
There may be no squirrels, too.
Christian Savalas [00:21:15]:
Sorry, maybe in the reverse order of what you said, the squirrels go first.
Arden Moore [00:21:20]:
Yeah, that sounds good. Hey, I really enjoyed having you on our show, Christian. I just wanted to let you know. Oprah Winfrey, you know that lady, some lady named she, I think I've heard of.
Christian Savalas [00:21:31]:
Yeah.
Arden Moore [00:21:31]:
Yeah. She selected our show obey for the second year in a row as one of the top three pet. So. So you're on the show. I mean, now we just have to get Oprah. I'm sure you have connections, right?
Christian Savalas [00:21:42]:
We'll see what we can figure out for you.
Arden Moore [00:21:44]:
Okay, that would be cool, because she loves pets very much, too. But I want everybody to go to the Apple App Store or Google Play or just even go on the old URL and go wildwiener.com. And please download wild Wiener, the game that was created by our special guest, Christian Savales, inspired by his determined dachshund, Miss Lucy. And I'm looking forward to other mobile app games that you're going to be creating. Christian yes.
Christian Savalas [00:22:11]:
Look out for more announcements from Fandomoto in particular, because I think that'll be what the next projects will be.
Arden Moore [00:22:16]:
Okay, that sounds like a deal. I also, this time, want to give a shout out to my producer, Mark Winter. He is the Wizard of Paws. Pet Life Radio is the number one pet radio network on the planet, and we really, really treasure all of you. Listeners, please tell your friends about the Wild Wiener game. And until next time, this is your flea free host, Arden Moore, saying just two words to all you two, three and four leggers out there. Oh, behave.
Timestamped overview:
00:00 Must-play app game - Wild Wieners - wildwiener.com
04:33 Christian Savalas discusses music and background.
09:26 Repurposed swiffer handle to scan dog.
11:30 Dachshund races in Southern California for charity.
14:59 Family party, healthy lifestyle, vegetarian, organic.
16:17 Smart, intuitive psychologist with unexpected tough side.
22:16 Acknowledging fans and producer, promoting pet radio.
Key topics and bullets:
Primary Topic: Introduction to Wild Weiner and Christian Savalas
- Description of Wild Wiener game, its inspiration from Christian's dachshund, Lucy, and its recent launch
- Christian's background as an app developer and musician
- Christian's family and upbringing
Primary Topic: Inspiration from Lucy
- Christian's dachshund, Lucy, as the inspiration for Wild Wiener
- Lucy's obsession with squirrels and her role in the game
- Anecdotes about Lucy's personality and antics
Primary Topic: Creation and Launch of Wild Wiener
- How the idea for the app developed, including the creation of the theme music
- The process of bringing the game to fruition, including developing the character of Lucy
- The official launch date of Wild Wiener and how to access the app
Primary Topic: Christian Savalas' Music and App Development
- Christian's journey into music, including his family's musical background
- The development of apps like Swift Scales, Vocal Trainer, and Perfect Pitch Pipe
- Future plans for app development and collaborations with Fandomoto
Primary Topic: Telly Savalas and Family Memories
- Anecdotes and memories of Telly Savalas, including his TV series Kojak
- Fond memories of growing up in a large, close-knit family
- Other interesting facts about Telly Savalas, including his involvement in poker and TV history
Primary Topic: Impact of Lucy on Christian
- Personal growth and insights gained from having Lucy
- Lucy's role in teaching patience and understanding
- The unique bond and perspective gained from having Lucy as a pet
Primary Topic: Call to Action and Conclusion
- Encouragement for listeners to download Wild Wiener and support Christian's app development
- Appreciation for listeners and a shout-out to Pet Life Radio
- Signing off with a message to the audience