Once upon a time, in the land of South Philadelphia, a strange green bird/reptile/goofball creature named the Phillie Phanatic was born. He's the sort of mascot that one loves to hate. I remember thinking at one point in my life in the middle of a baseball game "this guy's lame," until he had me cracking up doing a priceless (and somewhat crude) dance with the 2nd base umpire to Alicia Keys' "Falling."
If you have no idea who this crazy guy is, check out what he does to the cotton candy boy!
A mascot Hall-of-Famer in fact... But what if the Phanatic one day, God forbid, died. Who would replace him? I think any creature or animal would be unfairly compared to the Phanatic but what about a human mascot? The Brewers have Bernie the Brewer and the Mets have Mr. Met. Why can's the Philadelphia Phils have... Phil Collins!? He could have a portable plush drumset sidekick.
Or perhaps they can resurrect Ireland's heavy soul metal king Phil Lynott from the dead.
What about Phil Donahue? You could make a pretty squeshie huggable version of Donahue.
What other worthy "Phils" could be the Phillies new mascot in the event that the Phanatic moves on to mascot heaven?
How about John Phil-ip Sousa?
Now that would be classy.
1 comment:
donahue. all the way
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