Gritty Talk Part III: Cleared after investigation into assault (Feb. 3, 2020)

[Cody Webster]

I was going to say its been awfully quiet on the Gritty front lately, but then I see those tweets. Gotta love him

 

[Expectations]

At the rate he is going, Gritty is going to be a convicted felon by the all star break. I love that rascal!

 

[Jtown]

(very) Free translation of an interview in French from good old Danny Brière about Gritty;

"I was there when Gritty was launch and I can tell you that a lot of people in the marketing department were nervous. At first, Gritty received a lot of backlashes and you could see many long faces around the office. Fortunately, things started to shift very quickly and by the end of the first day, he was "adopted" by Flyers fans. It seems that all his "flaws" made it very easy for people to relate to Gritty."

With close to 125K followers on Twitter, I bet that "I told you so" was the most used phrase in Flyers office of late.

when i first saw him i thought " oh god this is going to be a disaster" 2 hours later i was designing my gritty tattoo.

 

[Hivemind]

Please Touch Museum welcomes new mascot 'Squiggles'

 

[Danko]

I want Gritty Pads next.

 

[Beef Invictus]

when i first saw him i thought " oh god this is going to be a disaster" 2 hours later i was designing my gritty tattoo.

The tattoo is inadequate. You need to reconstruct yourself like that weird catdude

 

[Danko]

Seamstress mom makes daughter mini-Gritty costume

 

[Tripod]

I want Gritty Pads next.

The other side of the mask.

 

[Sawdalite]

This is absolutely unfrickin'believable.


... I'm now guessing that the Calandar Magnets that were always given out on Lpening Night will have Gritty on them, when they are handed out in a few Games... I wonder if the delay was to buy more time to create and make them.

 

[deadhead]

Too bad it's a joke, that would weird me out if I were to break in on him and have Gritty staring me down!

 

[Jtown]

The tattoo is inadequate. You need to reconstruct yourself like that weird catdude

I am becoming.....

 

[Jtown]

This is absolutely unfrickin'believable.


... I'm now guessing that the Calandar Magnets that were always given out on Lpening Night will have Gritty on them, when they are handed out in a few Games... I wonder if the delay was to buy more time to create and make them.

Pickard would win the hart

 

[mja]

Too bad it's a joke, that would weird me out if I were to break in on him and have Gritty staring me down!

But it needs to have actual googly eyes.

 

[Sawdalite]

Too bad it's a joke, that would weird me out if I were to break in on him and have Gritty staring me down!

News to me, considering the Source... Meltzer, who you usually can go to the bank on... Is he really punking us?

 

[Sawdalite]

Pickard would win the hart

That's Moose... but old mask and Home Jersey... FWIW.

 

[Sawdalite]

Gritty 00 Home jerseys on sale at WFC.

Don't have to worry about Player being traded. LOL

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Jtown]

Gritty 00 Home jerseys on sale at WFC.

Don't have to worry about Player being traded. LOL

You do have to worry about incarceration

 

[catbellysqueezer]

The only thing I have to look forward to this season is if/when they release a Gritty plush for sale.

I'm pretty depressed about the state of the team.

 

[ranold26]

https://lifehacker.com/im-david-raymond-creator-of-gritty-and-this-is-how-i-1829563481

I'm David Raymond, Creator of Gritty, and This Is How I Work

In 1978, Philadelphia Phillies intern David Raymond put on the costume of the Phillie Phanatic, and introduced the world to one of the best-known costumed mascots in sports. After 15 years as the Phanatic, Raymond went into business creating his own mascots. And now he’s created the most instantly famous mascot in years: Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty. (The working title for this post was “Gritty’s Daddy.”) We talked to Raymond about the path from Phanatic to Gritty, how to clean a costume, and why he switches to-do apps every two years.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Seeing the name David all big like that, actually just made me feel angry.

I am not making this up. Wow. I need to relax.

 

[pit]

https://www.tsn.ca/the-inside-story-of-gritty-s-rise-to-fame-1.1189102

 

[Amorgus]

Probably already said but if the guys running the team had half the creativity of David Raymond their team wouldn't be getting blown out 8-2.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]