My email box exploded.
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Steelers
If that event which shall now be known as The Reassignation of the Chief of Making Shit Up to the Old Geezers Office wasn’t enough for the email box, this surely put it over the top:
The new Steelers mascot.
I see. You take the scariest puppet you can find, give it The Chin’s chin, slap some of Ken Rice’s eyebrow hair on it, and BAM! Ugliest. Scariest. Grossest. Kids are going to vomit. Mascot. Ever!
WTF???
There’s a contest to “NAME THE MASCOT”.
I think I’m going to mass produce about 1,000 entries suggesting we name this badass “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO!!!”
If this thing even comes near me at a Steelers game, I’ll kick it in the nuts. Swear to God.
Thanks to all of you who emailed me.
44 Comments »
on 27 Apr 2007 at 2:56 pm 1.Bram R said …
I’m pretty sure that’s the new Chief of Making Shit Up.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 2:58 pm 2.DW said …
It’ll scare the kids…let’s call him Stevie Steel.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:01 pm 3.Woy said …
I wonder if he’ll whistle and make catcalls to all the mulleted women that sit in the stands.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:03 pm 4.mer-man said …
My suggestion: Dui McDrunk
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:05 pm 5.Dano said …
Oh sweet mother of Jane…next thing you know we’ll have cheerleaders…or better yet…a dance team….kick him in the nuts indeed! Rock on most liveable city…rock on
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:08 pm 6.BC said …
Why is he a jaundiced yellow? Why the plaid shirt??? Why the 5:00 shadow!?? Just why?? Yes, a kick to the testicles would be deserved.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:11 pm 7.BC said …
Why not a revival of Joe Magarac?
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:14 pm 8.mer-man said …
His yellow skin is obviously from I-ron induced liver failure.
Did Ravenstahl fire Huddle too?
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:24 pm 9.GeeO said …
How will all the drunks at the Steeler games even be able to see this through their drunken stupors?
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:29 pm 10.Sofa King said …
The only way I’ll support this mascot is if they do it the right way- he should make his entrance in an ‘84 Camaro with T-Tops, blasting Molly Hatchet and chain-smoking Marlboro Reds.
Honestly, though, it does sort of look like he wants to eat your soul.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:30 pm 11.pittgirl said …
Hah, hah, and HAH! You guys are killing me.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:42 pm 12.spoon said …
he’ll be Steve. Steve the Steeler. Name is already picked. The Steelers are just toying with Yinzer Nation to make them think the Steelers give a shit about their opinion.
besides, that mascot needs some Buddy Holly glasses and a beer gut.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:44 pm 13.wshicldtel said …
Is anyone else having a problem with the uniform and helmet that Hines is wearing (see pics on Steeler website 75th Anniversary Press Conference). I am not sure which one is worse, the mascot or the new uniform.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:46 pm 14.NY Luvs Pitts said …
PG, Girl you are tooooooooooo funny.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:50 pm 15.harvey burghman said …
the real question, how exactly did they convince matt groening to design a mascot? he must love dem stillers too. this is only the latest in a series of mascot disasters in this town: iceburgh, the new bucco ‘a$$ pirate’ the parrot getting caught naked in a public pool, etc etc.
mascots must not have been included in the ‘most livable’ criteria…
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:58 pm 16.ishmael said …
Stush, we should call him Stush. Maybe South Side Stush. No, that’s too much. Just Stush.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 3:58 pm 17.mer-man said …
The photos of the mascot actually look like a mugshot!
http://news.steelers.com/article/75934/
How appropriate!
on 27 Apr 2007 at 4:23 pm 18.Scott said …
Seriously, WTF?
This is the best they could do?
This could be worse than the Steelerettes…
Scott
on 27 Apr 2007 at 4:23 pm 19.Bram R said …
Seriously, the longer I look, the more I see Ken Rice.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 4:38 pm 20.Aeran said …
holy living hell.
he’s jaundiced, unshaven, and overall-wearing –
We officially can’t say we’re better than the Browns anymore.
how about we name him ‘you’re blocking my view of Polamalu in spandex’?
on 27 Apr 2007 at 6:20 pm 21.mer-man said …
He looks like a the mascot for a communist-bloc country.
“Pittsburgh is the 2nd greatest
Source for Potassium;
All the other midwest cities
produce less coal tonage per capita”
on 27 Apr 2007 at 6:41 pm 22.K said …
I like it.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 8:16 pm 23.Still A. Fan said …
hold on, hold on, hold on…..
i’m not sure this is really a new mascot, per se. they used to have a steel worker walking on steel way before the current logo. yeah, this is the mascot they never had, but the charcater may be from that logo…
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sportslogos.net/images/teams/primaries/yg3ajf7lt77h2agajh81.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php%3Ft%3D156&h=100&w=150&sz=4&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=NL7Be6xLR34d8M:&tbnh=64&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsteel%2Bworker%2Blogo%2Bsteelers%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den
on 27 Apr 2007 at 9:45 pm 24.Meg said …
Yeah, the people on kdka saw the resemblance too and Kenny says that he wants his brows back… stupidly hilarious
on 27 Apr 2007 at 10:05 pm 25.bucdaddy said …
I was going to say Steely Dan (what? that’s taken?), but I think now I like Stush Steeler better.
on 27 Apr 2007 at 10:28 pm 26.gunn lino said …
This is all a bad dream, right ?
on 27 Apr 2007 at 11:28 pm 27.Pinto Alegre said …
I’m don’t want to go to sleep tonight because I’m afraid that this God forsaken mascot will be standing over me when I wake up in the morning.
The reason that the Steelers are one of the most respected teams in the NFL is because we don’t have stupid mascots, cheerleaders, etc. It’s pure Steelers football and it doesn’t need any of this stupid shit.
Please tell me that the Steelers will reconsider and get rid of this mascot. Egads!
on 28 Apr 2007 at 12:11 am 28.bucdaddy said …
Wait … I got it: Joe Mullet. No? OK, how about: Yinzer. Not that one either? Then try: Lou Cravenstahl.
on 28 Apr 2007 at 5:08 am 29.whooozon1st said …
The Chin, The (Ken Rice) Brows,The Heart of Myron Cope…
Keep the name simple…as straight-forward as the Rich Union Pride that runs deep in the hollows of our great city, Pittsburgh——– Joe Stiller——— Enough said ynzrs
on 28 Apr 2007 at 8:38 pm 30.Rusty said …
I smell lot’s of sovuenir sales - at very high prices.
Oh, gotta work on the spelling.
on 28 Apr 2007 at 9:43 pm 31.Kimberly said …
Oh my…..make that “MR. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO!!!!” and I’ll see your thousand entries, then raise you five thousand more. This is awful. I’m all the way out in San Diego and I hate it!!!! First the Pirates add that ridiculous red to their uniform and now the Steelers take on this absolutely hideous mascot??!!! I’m afraid to ask what’s next.
PS - I found your blog while searching for all things Troy. I’m a native, but left at the wee age of five. Die hard Steeler and Pirate fan, though.
Cheers,
Kimberly
on 29 Apr 2007 at 4:22 pm 32.Evorgleb said …
Yeh we’ve been talking about the new Steelers mascot over at Highbrid Nation. Our readers don’t seem to care for him but I’m sitting on the fence. Its just hard for me to picture the guy lasting to long. My vote for his name though? Terrible Terry
on 29 Apr 2007 at 6:49 pm 33.honda driver said …
no. no. no. a thousand times NO! i leave town for a weekend and come back to see this! are they freakin’ kidding! what is this town coming to? i think i’m going to throw up.
on 30 Apr 2007 at 8:39 am 34.Sofa King said …
Terrible Terry…not bad.
I agree with Pinto’s post 110%…we don’t need mascots and such because Steelers football is just that…Steelers football. The game is the attraction and we don’t need any peripheral garbage to detract from it.
Cripes, try going to a Redskins or Ravens game. Those schmucks have mascots, cheerleaders, and even friggin’ marching bands because the football is so lame they need something else to entertain the fans. Hell, the Redskins even have these 4 old schmucks in the marching band that breakdance in the end zone in the 4th quarter. It’s like college football on meth minus the heart and soul.
on 30 Apr 2007 at 10:01 am 35.Jackie said …
I say the name is Yinzer…Ive already sent it in so dont even think about it!
on 30 Apr 2007 at 11:06 am 36.DW said …
Bushy Billy ‘Burgh
on 30 Apr 2007 at 1:16 pm 37.Zsa said …
wshicldtel - they’re only going to wear the new-old uniforms at two games, thank God. I agree that it’s super fug.
The Steeler mascot should be named “go away gross man who tried to hit on me at Matrix last week by showing me pictures of his 18 year old daughter.”
on 30 Apr 2007 at 2:41 pm 38.cate said …
they have forgotten the holiest of pittsburgh tough man characteristics: where is the STACHE? that guy needs a moustache pronto.
on 30 Apr 2007 at 2:53 pm 39.jason said …
How about Magarac the Maniac?
on 30 Apr 2007 at 5:51 pm 40.parking chair said …
I say we call him “John Dis.” He can walk around with his yellowy hue and hurl - insults, that is - at opposing fans.
on 01 May 2007 at 11:59 am 41.TRUTH TELLER said …
YIKES!!! How ’bout Hardhat Hank?
on 01 May 2007 at 2:22 pm 42.Butler Anthony said …
I refer you to the Doozers.[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Doozers]
If the Steelers must have a mascot, is it too late to adopt Crosscut [http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/0/01/Crosscutdoozer.jpg], or Cotterpin [http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/5/5a/Cotterpindoozer.jpg]? A couple of proud yinzers.
PittGirl can attend games as Red Fraggle. [http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/5/5a/Red.jpg/300px-Red.jpg]
on 02 May 2007 at 8:06 pm 43.Steeler Tom said …
I vote for Steeler Steve
Lay off the eyebrows
Real Stillers don’t “manscape”
No Metrosexual here!
on 03 May 2007 at 11:40 pm 44.Scott said …
I kind of liked the Steelerettes. I say we just ignore this ugly stupidity.