The Bucket: acting dogs, dancing hippos, interactive feet, and more

(CBS) - Welcome to August, boys and girls! It's the dog days of summer and we're celebrating with the best doggy clips of last week. (Plus a few more of our favorite videos.) Grab a bib and get ready, because you're about to dive right into the Feed Bucket. Yum!

Oh, did you think we were talking about real dogs? Don't worry, we'll get there. First up is the world's most expensive hot dog. Minor league baseball team the Brockton Rox set out to break a record with their $80 caviar-and-truffle-oil-smothered ballpark frank. And break it they did. Though, to be fair, if you spoon out enough caviar you can make anything the most expensive [blank.] Does it taste good? We have no idea! Who pays $80 for a hot dog?

And the award for best dramatic performance by a canine goes to... this dog! As we mentioned in our original post, dogs playing dead is nothing new; but when this pooch plays dead, she plays to win. As one clever commenter pointed out, this puppy is basically the Meryl Streep of dogs.

From the world of doggy dramatics to the underwater realm of hippo ballet. Sorry, what? Hippo ballet? Really?Well, that's pretty awesome. Let's take a look.

Let's take a break from the Animal Kingdom and enter the Internet Kingdom. Microsoft created this internal video for their sales team to slag on Google's Gmail. We try to stay neutral here at The Feed, so we'll gloss over the implications of Google's snooping policy. But we definitely have to give props to the cheerfully shameless glee this "Gmail Man" takes in his job.

Last but not least (especially if you like crotch shots!) is this music video from the endlessly creative band Ok Go. If you haven't created your own message over at the project's website, you are missing out on some foot-letter magic.