EPISODE · Mar 31, 2024 · 1H 22M
Sporting Mascots
from Sport Shack · host Paul Tonner
Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss some of the well-known mascots of the sporting world, ie, team mascots and major sporting event mascots. In this episode some of what will be discussed includes - A Rugby League mascot that was sent from the field. - The role mascots have in merchandising. - Borobi the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mascot. - Sydney 2000 Olympics mascots Syd, Millie and Ollie and other Olympic mascots. - FIFA World Cup mascots - A large and well-known mascot used for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games which now makes its home outside a Queensland service station. - Mascots in American sports and the most popular ones. - The first professional mascot and what’s involved in working as a mascot. - Well-known AFL and NRL mascots. - A well-known mascot used for the 1980 Olympics that was used in various forms, went into space and the man who created it. Miss Olivia is back to do the Quiz and Who Am I? segments. We also have Where Are they Now? and Glenn wraps up the show with a crackin joke. Mascot sources 1. topendsports.com ‘sports mascots’, 6/4/24. 2. topendsports.com ‘major sporting event mascots’, 5/3/2024. 3. The rugby league digest ‘stanley the steeler sent from the field’, 25/6/2020. 4. Dailymotion, stanley steeler…backs his team, ‘stanley the steeler gets sent off, may 2022-illawarra mercury. 5. Wikipedia ‘list of australian sporting mascots’, 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youppi! 7. Topendsports ‘football world cup mascots’, 5/3/24. 8. Topendsports ‘olympic games mascots’5/3/24. 9. sportmascots.com ‘major sport mascots MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL’, 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_(mascot) 11. topendsports.com “winter olympic games mascots”,10/4/24. 12. theringer.com ‘a definitive ranking of every olympic mascot’, by shaker samman, 9/2/2018. 13. Planet football.com ‘ranking every world cup mascot ever: la’eeb.footix, world cup willie…’, planet football, 6/11/2022. 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha 15. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/mascot 16. abc.net.au ‘commonwealth games: matilda enjoys the quiet life after shining in spotlight as 1982 mascot’, by patrick williams, 4/4/2018. 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony 19. The olympians from 1964-2020, ‘the moscow olympics. Mascot misha the bear part 2: the creator at odds with property rights in the soviet union”, by roy tomizawa, 21/11/2016. 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chizhikov 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics 22. https://letitiamorris.com/product/olympic-bear-misha-1980-original-vintage-poster/ 23. linkedIn.com ‘where is the balloon mishka of the olympiada-2980 talisman been gotten the landing on’, by sergei bendin, 22/7/2020. 24. Dschinghis khan- moskau (ZDF Disco 17/9979) 1/11/23 Intro music- One Shot by Soundroll Outro music- Can't Give It Up by All Good Folks from Upbeat.
What this episode covers
Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining episode. This week we are going to discuss some of the well-known mascots of the sporting world, ie, team mascots and major sporting event mascots. In this episode some of what will be discussed includes - A Rugby League mascot that was sent from the field. - The role mascots have in merchandising. - Borobi the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mascot. - Sydney 2000 Olympics mascots Syd, Millie and Ollie and other Olympic mascots. - FIFA World Cup mascots - A large and well-known mascot used for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games which now makes its home outside a Queensland service station. - Mascots in American sports and the most popular ones. - The first professional mascot and what’s involved in working as a mascot. - Well-known AFL and NRL mascots. - A well-known mascot used for the 1980 Olympics that was used in various forms, went into space and the man who created it. Miss Olivia is back to do the Quiz and Who Am I? segments. We also have Where Are they Now? and Glenn wraps up the show with a crackin joke. Mascot sources 1. topendsports.com ‘sports mascots’, 6/4/24. 2. topendsports.com ‘major sporting event mascots’, 5/3/2024. 3. The rugby league digest ‘stanley the steeler sent from the field’, 25/6/2020. 4. Dailymotion, stanley steeler…backs his team, ‘stanley the steeler gets sent off, may 2022-illawarra mercury. 5. Wikipedia ‘list of australian sporting mascots’, 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youppi! 7. Topendsports ‘football world cup mascots’, 5/3/24. 8. Topendsports ‘olympic games mascots’5/3/24. 9. sportmascots.com ‘major sport mascots MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL’, 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_(mascot) 11. topendsports.com “winter olympic games mascots”,10/4/24. 12. theringer.com ‘a definitive ranking of every olympic mascot’, by shaker samman, 9/2/2018. 13. Planet football.com ‘ranking every world cup mascot ever: la’eeb.footix, world cup willie…’, planet football, 6/11/2022. 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha 15. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/moscow-1980/mascot 16. abc.net.au ‘commonwealth games: matilda enjoys the quiet life after shining in spotlight as 1982 mascot’, by patrick williams, 4/4/2018. 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony 19. The olympians from 1964-2020, ‘the moscow olympics. Mascot misha the bear part 2: the creator at odds with property rights in the soviet union”, by roy tomizawa, 21/11/2016. 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chizhikov 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics 22. https://letitiamorris.com/product/olympic-bear-misha-1980-original-vintage-poster/ 23. linkedIn.com ‘where is the balloon mishka of the olympiada-2980 talisman been gotten the landing on’, by sergei bendin, 22/7/2020. 24. Dschinghis khan- moskau (ZDF Disco 17/9979) 1/11/23 Intro music- One Shot by Soundroll Outro music- Can't Give It Up by All Good Folks from Upbeat.
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