None! They were all dumb, distracted from the game and blocked my view. They SUCKED! A better idea? Three mascots, all midgets, painted blue and dressed as smurfs. They could do Zanny things! Run around the field at half time for entertainment. Smurf fights. Maybe we could get the frisbee dogs to chase them or Police dogs? Best thing about them? Being small, they'd never block your view!
Actually, no. The hints given do pertain to each of the three mascots in the poll, regardless of whether or not they supposedly distracted from the game or blocked your view. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Obviously Goodsport I was responding to the thread title not your questions. And I'm embarassed to say I know the answers to A and B and I just can't remember who I ran up to.
Welcome back, Q! Just make sure to have two stars above your jersey's logo crest this time like the rest of the team will. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Where is Krazy George? New York...surely he isn't happy there. If not him maybe the return of the Shakers.
Not to mention the stampede of rugrats everytime they came around, it was quite scary!!! Q in partucular had an uncanny knack for standing between me and the best action of the night on the pitch.
The San Jose Earthquakes may need to give up a DP slot for him, though. Not a return of the Shakers, but rather the beginning of a currently 18-25 (or so) year old generation of Shakers. But bear in mind that neither Krazy George nor the Shakers are mascots. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
I liked Q. He had an ability to either attract kids or terrify them. They almost always seemed transfixed by the hair.
I hope Q comes back. It is the only way that I can see him slowly burn to death, the horrible grimace frozen on his face until consumed by the flames.
Richter always had his tail pulled by urchins, and "now I guess" "shootheshirtinthecrowd" shiksas, plus that Cyber Gun was way too plasticky. Jose Clash was a constant topic of every kid 6 and under around me, whether it was a scorpion, turtle, lobster or mutant crab. Q by default - he was so "lovably ugly" , kinda like Mamadou Diallo after a year of "Supersize Me", although I would not let him sit next to me on a bus stop bench late at night.
HAHA! I was thinking 'Own Goal Marshall', but that'll do. Kids new to the games might well demonstrate to their horrified parents their knowledge of what "WTF" means as they get their first glimpse of this awful, Bonds-size-headed thing. Dogs chasing him at halftime would get me back to my seat (slap a Micheal Vick jersey on him).
Me too. I'll bet you a case of beer that it was more the former than the latter. I remember thinking for the longest time that if Q ever grew a mustache, he'd look like a blue Albert Einstein. So lo and behold, during the 2004 30th Anniversary game in which several of the Earthquakes players had grown out mustaches, Q did too... and as I'd predicted, he looked exactly like a blue Albert Einstein (though he lost the mustache by the next home game). GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
As I have said before and will say again, the only opinion on mascots that counts is the opinion of those under the age of 12. Mascots aren't there for adults. :bird:
They were all awful. If we're going to bring in anyone, let's bring in scantily clad cheerleaders. Typically I'm a purist, but cheerleaders are the lesser of two evils. I call blondie!
Going back to Markmcf8's question...what do you think the new Earthquakes mascot should be? Since the new FO probably wants to create a new image and Jose/Riktor/Q are most likely not in the cards Ideas?
I vote for Shakes the Clown. I mean, the name is in keeping with the Earthquakes Theme, and he's distinctly unsavory. A perfect mascot!
I think we should have a dog as a mascot. A new breed, even. How about the new breed known as the Canadian ScumKiller?
None. Mascots suck unless they're developed natually. These force fed once are pathetic. Lou Seal, Jose Clash, Richter, etc... Pathetic. Only real mascots I can think of off hand are the Philly Phanatic, Mr Met, and Stomper the Elephant. All have long storied histories that weren't contrived to sell plush dolls.