Show Notes
Shouldn't corporate mascots be kind and cute?
SO MANY of them are literal monsters! Like the Gobbledok from Australia, or the SLU mascot THE BILLIKEN (a literal GOD).
Hey, also: WHY do they keep MANGLING them!?
Jack in the Box, and a certain elderly dancer...MAIMED!
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Sources:
Digem Frog from Smacks: https://cereal.fandom.com/wiki/Dig_%27Em_Frog
Wally the Smacks Bear: https://boxprintify.com/untold-story-behind-the-honey-smacks-frog/?srsltid=AfmBOopTXWd5Cu2EXlGAcRN87BclQESlMxxxssgE3PLX-gMy_efqR_Ze
Trix Rabbit: https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Trix_Rabbit
Jack in the Box Guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Box
Jack Box destroys stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGeUl7h5Kcc
Jack Box Prison Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkRn2AfNCc
Jack Box Bus Accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqT_5f08Nxs&pp=ygUcamFjayBpbiB0aGUgYm94IGJ1cyBhY2NpZGVudA%3D%3D
Jack Box in the Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5i0O2PNS4
Six Flags guy commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTLjO860Y7I
Mr. Six dies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtVlsfGgsIU
Mr. Six Rises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooi6Fr1hpf0
Last sighting of Mr. Six: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r4sYNZZpn40
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken
https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/the-billiken-dolls-racist-history/
https://www.stlpr.org/education/2016-09-22/new-slu-billiken-mascot-gets-cheers-and-a-lot-of-jeers
https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/an-oral-history-of-the-gobbledok/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUbDDhB2sE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0EUP6wtjo&pp=ygUMZ29iYmxlZG9rIGFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vIaCXCkkrs&pp=ygUMZ29iYmxlZG9rIGFk0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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