I actually have many important things to do, but none more important than doing the public service of furnishing the 10 finest reactions to Gritty thus far. Here's an illustrated reminder to jar your memory and imprint your nightmares:
1. He looks so full of life, and PCP
2. I think my wife said it best upon first laying eyes on Gritty: “That looks like an overweight, 40-year-old, just out of rehab version of a Sesame Street character.” We both really like Gritty.
3. He looks like the deadbeat brother of the porn-addicted muppet from Avenue Q.
4. [From Habs’ twitter account] - The cousin Youppi! doesn't talk about
5. The way the eyes move around randomly in different directions makes it look like its gotten hit too many times by Scott Stevens in the neutral zone.
6. Looks like Jakub Voracek had one hell of an off-season.
7. Looks like Flaming Hot Cheetos soaked in acid, In all honestly, it's actually kind of awesome that they went so far off the rails with this dude. We need more disgusting, horrifying and sadistic mascots in sports.
8. Actual quote from Gritty’s bio: His father was a “bully,” so naturally he has some of those tendencies So, to be clear, Gritty was both a victim of and is an ongoing purveyor of child abuse? This is the ideal mascot for Flyers fans.
9. This new multi-state killing spree muppet named Gritty sure is something else
10. What in the hell . . . he acts like the Phanatic on MDMA