Apparently GM thought it was OK for your dog to be a hood ornament in 1935

Honestly, I don’t have much to share here beyond possibly an emoji with the little yellow face’s mouth agape. There are just so many questions. The big one, of course: how serious is this? The GM Heritage Center, which posted this to YouTube, calls it a “Chevrolet-centric human interest story” that ran as a promotional newsreel in 1935.