Friday, February 5, 2010
BRING BACK HIDY AND HOWDY! Meet your 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascots: Quatchi, "a young sasquatch from the mysterious forests of Canada;" Miga, a "sea bear" who likes salmon jerky and BC rolls; and Sumi, a hot cocoa drinking "animal spirit [who] wears the hat of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty thunderbird and runs on the strong furry legs of the black bear."
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Shockingly, the Whatizit rollout at the end of the '92 Games remains online -- FF to 6:00 in:
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We love the Octonauts books by the same artist.
ReplyDeleteSumi is the shaman from The Terror, right?
ReplyDeleteSoooooo...Vancouver has al large manga artist population? OK then.
ReplyDeleteWears the hat of the orca whale? I don't get it at all. And I did jfgi.
ReplyDeleteFinn -- I know it was a joke, but yes, Vancouver has a large manga artist population.
ReplyDeleteIt is wrong that my first thought when I read "sasquatch" was "Oh, Marshall (from HIMYM) will be pleased!"?
ReplyDeleteWhen you mouse over Sumi, it's sound like she says "Sue me!" If only all the names sounded like snarky comments.
ReplyDeleteThe sasquatch is not a fictional charater!
ReplyDeleteI feel compelled to add:
ReplyDeleteMuno! He's tall and friendly!
Foofa! She's pink and happy!
Brobee! The little green one!
Toodee! She likes to have fun!
Plex! A magic robot!
Actually, I kind of knew that; I just didn't figure they were on drugs like the artist of these. oy.
ReplyDeleteGive it up to Whatizit. No Olympic mascot will ever have to worry about being the worst Olympic mascot evir, thanks to the heroics of Whatizit. Imagine what would have happened if Atlanta had chosen Blaze the Phoenix for the Olympics, instead of for the Paralympics---other cities would have to worry when they selected a new mascot for an Olympics. Now? They can choose whatever they want, secure in the knowledge that their selection will almost certainly not outdo Whatizit on the Craptometer.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought!
ReplyDeleteThe weird thing is, there's a fourth one, Mukmuk - he's featured with plush toys but is getting the shaft on the main page. What up with that?
ReplyDeleteOkay, not the only weird thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a horrible website to click over to. Also, why do the "Olympics" need mascots when there are no teams from the "Olympics" competing?
ReplyDeleteYes. How else are you to addict the small children to your sporting events? I mean, other than, you know, the sporting events themselves?
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