Part of Mommy's work on the new Olympics-themed display case is an ordered item, a plush version of the London 2012 Olympic mascot, seriously one of the strangest mascots since Izzy in 1996. Wenlock looks pretty much like a Cyclops Gumby (which would be a great rock band name), and looks a little more like something you'd find in a test tube versus your traditional cuddly little mascot. Here, take a look at the guy - he's in Madison's clutches:
That one good eye is staring right at you, analyzing your weaknesses! Like I said, Wenlock is bizarre, but doesn't quite take the cake as worst mascot ever. That dubious honor would have to go to Izzy, and I'm sad to say that Izzy represented our 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Here he is, for those of you who attempted to repress his imagery from your memory:
No one was quite sure what he was, which was part of the concept. People asked, "What is he?" Hence the term "Izzy." And thus, a legend was born! The thing was, most of us were asking "what is he?" in a not-so-cute sort of way. It was almost a "Okay, so what on earth is this weird looking thing?" Looking at it right now, I'm so ashamed to be from Georgia! This would be okay if we were doing some sort of kindergarten sporting event for a local county festival.
And that's probably some people are saying about Wenlock right now in London. You British people: I feel your pain. It's the pain of having a really odd mascot. Just four years ago, we had some pretty epic mascots from China. Remember these mascots?
Yes, now those were cool. There's Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini. I remember being in China with Madison when there were actual cartoons with these characters in them. Sure, there were five, but are five rings so it sort of made sense. And each one was uniform with the others, yet different enough that you could tell which one was which. Obviously, I couldn't spout out their names right now, but there's no denying these were good mascots.
Madison has a stuffed version of each, although we don't play around much with them. They were purchased in China when we were there to meet her for the first time, so they're pretty valuable in our minds - although they were probably made pretty cheaply. It's funny how much value something gets just because of the association it has with an event in our lives. We could have picked up a rock while in China, and the thing would have been priceless to us because it was picked up on the day we met Madison. Speaking of which, guess what tomorrow is? It's a big day!
That one good eye is staring right at you, analyzing your weaknesses! Like I said, Wenlock is bizarre, but doesn't quite take the cake as worst mascot ever. That dubious honor would have to go to Izzy, and I'm sad to say that Izzy represented our 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Here he is, for those of you who attempted to repress his imagery from your memory:
No one was quite sure what he was, which was part of the concept. People asked, "What is he?" Hence the term "Izzy." And thus, a legend was born! The thing was, most of us were asking "what is he?" in a not-so-cute sort of way. It was almost a "Okay, so what on earth is this weird looking thing?" Looking at it right now, I'm so ashamed to be from Georgia! This would be okay if we were doing some sort of kindergarten sporting event for a local county festival.
And that's probably some people are saying about Wenlock right now in London. You British people: I feel your pain. It's the pain of having a really odd mascot. Just four years ago, we had some pretty epic mascots from China. Remember these mascots?
Yes, now those were cool. There's Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini. I remember being in China with Madison when there were actual cartoons with these characters in them. Sure, there were five, but are five rings so it sort of made sense. And each one was uniform with the others, yet different enough that you could tell which one was which. Obviously, I couldn't spout out their names right now, but there's no denying these were good mascots.
Madison has a stuffed version of each, although we don't play around much with them. They were purchased in China when we were there to meet her for the first time, so they're pretty valuable in our minds - although they were probably made pretty cheaply. It's funny how much value something gets just because of the association it has with an event in our lives. We could have picked up a rock while in China, and the thing would have been priceless to us because it was picked up on the day we met Madison. Speaking of which, guess what tomorrow is? It's a big day!
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