Archive for October, 2009
What’s wrong with your mascot?
RockMNation makes a very good point in a recent posting about mascots:
Pistol Pete, the mascot version, is super creepy. The Cowboy mascot is supposed to be a likeness to Frank Eaton, the real-life cowboy known as Pistol Pete. There’s just one problem. When it comes to mascots you got to go full-on caricature or not go at all. Okie St. ended up with a regular-sized guy, a super gigantic head and way too realistic facial features. It makes for a terrifying combination. There’s a lot of pain behind those enormous eyes.
IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT… BIG HINT TO WILLIAM AND MARY!
MSN is Updating College Mascot News
MSN has posted mascot updates. Run down includes updates on the William and Mary Mascot(-nothing revealed yet), the link to stories of Ole Miss Colonel Reb getting the boot, and reports of a compromise for North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux.
Happy Birthday
Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Ohio.com and Beacon Journal writer Bill Lilley posted what looks to be a 90th birthday celebration today for Richard Hansford who has many accomplishments to his name, but his proudest (and most important to Stories Behind the Fur) is the creation of the mascot Zippy the Kangaroo! (the Kangaroo being 60 years young).
Onion Mascot
from vidaliaonion.or
I was never a gal to go completely nuts over onion eating but I do know a woman that serves onions (especially Vidalias) sliced on a plate with almost any meal, and has been known to eat ‘em like apples!
So today, be introduced to Yumion the Vidalia onion mascot and enjoy my favorite burger of onion soup mix in the meat and grilled onions on top!
Great new commercials using Mascots
The catbox makes me laugh–Especially since working props for theatre and seeing that someone had to come up with a human sized litter box! Below is craziness to the Nth degree but really shows the spirit of Red Bull.
Lastly, this smack down is a favorite of mine.
