adding this to my list of SB dynamic duos
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Uncle Robinson is kind of pushing the definition of mascot but this dude used to buy out hour blocks of tv on Sunday mornings to do those overly long loosely movie parody themed infomercials.
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As far as non TV mascots go National Coney Island’s chef guy always struck me as looking traced off of the Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong cartoon Mario.
The Hagopian carpet cleaning genie feels slightly uncomfortable
And when it comes to local sports stuff, I’ve seen Paws of the Detroit Tigers groping women while out of costume at a Van Halen cover show, and Wayne State University went from having a confusing mounted Tartar cavelryman to a generic Warrior, and finally to whatever the hell this green Cookie Monster thing is.
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Oh and let’s not forget the Thanksgiving parade Big Head Corps which includes mascot-afied versions of Rosa Parks, Henry Ford, Bob Seger, Magnum PI, and sainthood candidate Solanus Casey.
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I feel like plumbers always go really hard
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Also it’s never been clear to me what this is. Pringles cyclops?
White-furred Goof Trooper with a little black button nose and hat pulled over eyes?
A mystery
Edit:
And if we’re just posting legendary local ads:
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Rip to the elephanp
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The mascot isn’t particularly noteworthy, but I sometimes go out of my way to shop at this grocery store just because of how they spell the name.
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Totally. Are plumbers the most heroically perceived “blue collar” call up profession best captured as plucky cartoon characters dashing into the fray with tools in hand? I don’t see as many mascots for electricians/roofers/landscapers/etc. and is it a coincidence that the most popular video game mascot is a plumber by trade? hm
The fox of Fox plumbing & heating isn’t terribly inspiring as far as game ideas go
BUT what do we have here?
David Brown, I have six words for you: “Hydro Thunder on the Puget Sound”
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“is your pickleman” is a God-tier user title
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I live like a mile from a minor league baseball team’s park. I’ve never watched them play even though they were handing out free tickets after the pro-wrestling shows I went to. I regret not going, kinda.
Their name sucks though, I don’t like their hats either, fucking boring.
Their mascot is named Rascal. He’s a raccoon, which is good, but I do not trust his face. In all the photos I’ve found he looks like a small time politician saying there’s no truth to any of those allegations. Your tax dollars did not pay for his new above ground pool. On the Renegades website there’s a page that’ll let me book a visit from Rascal. “Non-profit” appearances start at $50 an hour. That seems cheap, to me. My current idea of luxury is having enough money to book Rascal to spend an hour in my apartment. Just me and him. Maybe his head gets stuck in the doorway. Maybe I try and earn his confidence, try to get him to take off the mask. Maybe we stream together and assemble a baseball mascot tier list. I’d put the Orix Buffaloes mascot at S+ tier, personally. Lookit how cute she is.
Oh no she had too much drinky and fell down 
I would not try to do any sex things with Rascal. Contact me if you would like to help make this dream of a mascot visiting my apartment come alive.
Dunno if I’d rank Rascal higher than D tier, personally. Don’t tell him I said that though.
There seems to be a line of lucha libre themed Rascal merch. This is a much better character, I’d pay $60 to spend time with him, I would not try and convince him to unmask, because I respect luchadores, and recognize the sanctity of the mask. I also would not try to do any sex things during such a visit.
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Perhaps understandably, Berkeley plumbers also have graphic design as their passion, and boy, they go hard in the paint.
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this was really upsetting me until i realised they were not from a place called Orix
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yeah sure I’ll take it
@mods make me your pickleman
EDIT: Thanks mods, I’ll strive to live up to the name and all it entails
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i know howdy doody was like a puppet on a tv show for children in the 50s and doesn’t really count as like, a truly local mascot, but like, this is not that howdy doody
they got a new sign like five years ago that’s just the actual howdy doody but it’s still really fucking creepy. despite dating at least five different people over the last decade that all lived within walking distance of this i’ve never been inside and i still have no idea why the only(?) howdy doody convenience store in existence (ever??) is right in the middle of a bunch campus apartments. i mean other than to sell alcohol to college students. thinking about this is making me miss trading gum for cigarettes at house shows i’m going to stop now
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