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Post by greenguy on Mar 25, 2005 18:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by scenario on Mar 26, 2005 1:44:51 GMT -5
I don't think I would have let the press know that I got my a$$ kicked by a 12 year old. The guy in the rabbit suit is just a kid himself at age 18, so I imagine he's the laughing stock of his teenage peers.
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Post by MelMac on Mar 26, 2005 3:23:48 GMT -5
Man, all I can say is "ouch."  I respect the guy for staying professional through the hitting, but also feel a bit sorry for him as he probably will get teased for dressing up as a rabbit. Nothing bugs me more than anyone who thinks its fun to intentionally hit someone in a character costume. It may seem like fun, but even with the padding in the suits, the person in the costume can get hurt. Having been a mascot in high school and college, I had my share of people who thought it would be fun to pick on the mascot. For example, when I was in costume, I had fans grab the suit head and jostle it around roughly. What they didn't realize is that when they did that, my own head would also move just as much because I kept the head securely fastened. I'd end up having rough spots under my jawline where the strap moved back and forth, and a sore neck. Wearing a character suit is difficult enough, as you wear a very warm costume, without the human factor involved. |
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Post by greenguy on Mar 26, 2005 3:43:54 GMT -5
He probably will get teased. I agree, I give the guy credit for not fighting back. I'm not sure why people are amused by hitting someone in a costume. I'd love to know the reason why the kid came back the next day to slug him.
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Post by scenario on Mar 26, 2005 18:07:31 GMT -5
I think people probably don't fully register a costumed character as having a human being inside. They appear to go into a Looney Tunes, Wylie Coyote mentality and feel they can start walloping on the character. Maybey they think the character is being overly cheerful to the point of being annoying, like Holly Hathaway or something. Regardless, actually getting violent like that is something serious and the poor soul inside can get seriously injured.
They need to give out some serious life insurance to anyone that dresses as a mascot at a high school or college football game. You add in liqour to already unruly fans, and wearing a mascot costume could be deadly. This kid will probably get teased for getting beat up like that. Adults have beat up a costumed character too, so it's not just 12 year olds.
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Post by MelMac on Mar 27, 2005 1:46:09 GMT -5
I think people probably don't fully register a costumed character as having a human being inside. They appear to go into a Looney Tunes, Wylie Coyote mentality and feel they can start walloping on the character. Maybey they think the character is being overly cheerful to the point of being annoying, like Holly Hathaway or something. Regardless, actually getting violent like that is something serious and the poor soul inside can get seriously injured. They need to give out some serious life insurance to anyone that dresses as a mascot at a high school or college football game. You add in liqour to already unruly fans, and wearing a mascot costume could be deadly. This kid will probably get teased for getting beat up like that. Adults have beat up a costumed character too, so it's not just 12 year olds. You're right, some people get into a thought mode that the character is real. When I've been to an amusement park, I have seen a human escort with the person inside the costume. I even had one when we traveled to other cities in college. Because most colleges we visited allowed fans to sit anywhere in the stadium, you didn't know if the person you were working with was one of your fans or not. That makes me wonder, why didn't the people who were there and not in costume try to stop the boy?  They could have pulled him off, and the suit wearer would have been all right. Both years I was mascot, I had people who protected me, so I never really felt in danger. In high school there was a team who had a player intentionally run over another team's mascot. We saw it on a video, and it made me worry. Some of the football players who knew me went out of their way and told me that they were going to make sure their opponent didn't come anywhere near me. Sure enough, the opponent didn't come close to the sidelines. To me, that was the best insurance I had, and thanked them the next Monday. You're also right about some mascots getting to the point of annoyingly cheerful like Holly Hathaway. I never liked this type of characterization, and didn't play either mascot that way. It gets boring quickly, even to kids, plus, you risk annoying someone to the point of being shoved. I'd stay apprised of what was going on, not only to react with the game and fans, but also for safety. I never got seriously hurt by fans either year, other then the aforementioned head shakings. The only times I came close to getting seriously hurt by an outside force were in college when a basketball player slid out of bounds and when the live mascot (buffalo) charged at a football game. The latter was my own fault, as I wasn't paying attention to where I was standing, and fortunately, only one of the handlers bumped into me. Needless to say, I didn't get anywhere near there again.  |
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Post by ThatGirl on Mar 28, 2005 0:09:31 GMT -5
I think the boy sounds pretty disturbed, and someone should be taking a closer look at him before he gets older and more dangerous.
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Mar 29, 2005 13:53:50 GMT -5
Is it wrong that I'm picturing how damn funny it would have looked had the guy NOT restrained himself and you would have had this ass-kicking Easter bunny scene? ;D
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Post by Dan on Mar 29, 2005 16:32:02 GMT -5
What makes this article even funnier is there is actually a guy named Bryan Johnson that works with Kevin at View Askew.
He plays Steve-Dave in some of the films. ;D
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Post by MelMac on Mar 31, 2005 5:02:58 GMT -5
Is it wrong that I'm picturing how damn funny it would have looked had the guy NOT restrained himself and you would have had this ass-kicking Easter bunny scene? ;D I'll admit, Maxwell - F.B.I., I also had the same picture and thought it was quite funny.  Unfortunately, in this day and time, if the guy even tried to throw a punch, the parents would have probably done what they could to get the guy in the suit fired, at the very least. After all, in their eyes, it would have been "The mean rabbit hit our darling boy." The one thing I think he could have done to stop the boy without risking his job would have been to catch his hand and given him a "Texan handshake," or a firm squeeze. If he couldn't get away, that was an option. That proved useful in my case once, since a kid tried to see if I was a boy or girl in the mascot suit. I have a firm handshake, and by just shaking his hand, I fooled him into thinking I was a boy, and he didn't bother me again. |
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I respect the guy for staying professional through the hitting, but also feel a bit sorry for him as he probably will get teased for dressing up as a rabbit. 
They could have pulled him off, and the suit wearer would have been all right. 
Unfortunately, in this day and time, if the guy even tried to throw a punch, the parents would have probably done what they could to get the guy in the suit fired, at the very least. After all, in their eyes, it would have been "The mean rabbit hit our darling boy."