And the Best Pop Culture Dog Is . . .  

Who’s your favorite dog in movies and TV?  The website TheRinger.com decided to hold its own pageant.  Dogs were judged in four categories:  Utility, Cuteness, Relevance, and Intangibles.

And the winner was . . . Beethoven the Saint Bernard.

They disqualified so-called “legendary” dogs like Lassie, Snoopy, Old Yeller, Lady, AND the Tramp.

Beethoven’s runners-up were “John Wick’s” puppy . . . Frank the Pug from “Men in Black” . . . Chance the American Bulldog from “Homeward Bound” . . . Charlie the Labradoodle from “A Star Is Born” . . .

Buddy the Golden Retriever from “Air Bud” . . . and Olivia from both “Widows” and “Game Night”.

Other dogs that were considered included Disney’s Pluto . . . Santa’s Little Helper from “The Simpsons” . . . the Taco Bell Chihuahua . . . CatDog . . . Einstein from “Back to the Future” . . . Toto from “The Wizard of Oz” . . .

Hercules from “The Sandlot” . . . Fang from “Harry Potter” . . . Baxter from “Anchorman” . . . and Eddie from “Frasier”.