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Olympic Mascots -  I don’t get it?

By Amy Wood
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Have you seen the latest Olympic Mascots? 
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Can someone please explain what the folks with the Olympics are thinking?  And its not just this year. 

Look at some others.  Remember IZZY from the Atlanta games? 

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Or what about the 1968 mascot?

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In 2006 the Italians gave us ....

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Shouldn’t mascots be huggable? 

Can’t figure out this one from 1992 either…

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Share your thoughts on what you think the Olympic mascot should be like….

COMMENTS

Annette Annette | August 09, 2008 at 6:41 pm

Dorky mascots are a tradition & no one wants to tamper with a tradition.

Evilpony Evilpony | August 11, 2008 at 2:18 am

in my opinion, a Mascot should represent the country. Like a mascot represents a sporting team.
China’s would have been cool if it was 5 different colored Dragons, the long snake kind, that to me would have made more sense.

Annette Annette | August 11, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Evil Pony’s idea is the best Olympic mascot idea I’ve ever heard.  Maybe he should be talking to someone in London before they botch it too.







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