Bizarre But Real Mascots

See if you can tell which of these. bizarre college mascots actually exists. Let's talk about that. [Music]. Good mythical morning. We do this every. Monday through Friday. Why don't you. tell a friend about it? I mean, you need. to find out something to talk to him. about anyway. You're having difficulties. in the relationship. This will be an. opportunity to talk about something. Talk about Good Mythical Morning. It'll. make you a better friendship. Maybe. you'll even get to date somebody because. of it. That's right. And if your friend.

is a mascot, they'll be really into uh. this episode. Hello. Segue to mascotage. You know, Flula was a mascot. That's. right. Yeah. At the Tarheelss. Yeah. Yeah. I don't hold it against him. He. was a Ram. Um listen, here's the deal. There's all types of mascots at all. types of college and some of them are. really reaching for something crazy. And. I I maybe good reason so that people. will talk about it like we're going to. do. I've rounded up a whole bunch of and.

I'm not going to tell you how many, but. I've got nine that I'm going to present. to you and you're going to tell me if. they are real, legitimate, actual. mascots college in college or if they're. not. True or false? All colleges. Yes, I know my colleges. Well, it's also. community colleges. Oh, that's my. specialty. Play along at home. Uh, you. too can win an honorary induction into. the mascot guessing hall of fame. Is.

that easy? I want this to be my thing. No. Well, they they'll win along with. you. Okay. It just makes it more fun for. them to play along. How many do I have. to get right? Six out of nine. Oh, yeah. That's easy. Okay. So, here here I've. got the Dios on some bizarre mascots. You tell me. Can I just look at the. computer monitoring? Not look at this. Oh, this is going to be more difficult. than I planned. Uh, the Webster Groves, Missouri, Webster University.

Gorlocks. Uh, the Gorlock is a mishical. creature, mythical creature with the. paws of a cheetah, the horns of a. buffalo, and the face of a St. Bernard. Real or fake? The warlocks. You heard it here. It's real. That's right. Go Gorlocks. It. is real. And they're really yellow. All. right. You're off to a good start, Rhett. Worth, New Hampshire. Walworth.

University Yeti Lobsters. Ed Yeti is his. is the particular name of Not true. This. seaside liberal arts college named their. school master seaside liberal arts after. the crawfishlike crustation known for. its lack of pigment and furlike site. covering on its legs. Even though I am. really into seaside liberal arts. In. fact, that's going to be in my. retirement. I'm going to be solely. devoted to those. You think this is. fake? You're right. It's fake. I know my.

colleges, man. But would you like an. additional fake fact about the Yeti. lobster? Yes, I would. The Yeti lobster. is technically not a lobster at all. It's much more closely related to crabs. Oh, and it does not exist. Oh, that's. good to know. All right, so you're two. for two. Good job. How are you doing at. home? Hall of Famer. Whittier, California. The Whittier College poet, Johnny Poet. Their mascot. Listen to me. You can't. Their mascot was originally. the Quakers, but they sought to change. it to something more edgy and became the.

poets. Johnny Poet wields a scary ink. pen. wittier. They're. wittier. So, it's true. It's wittier with an H, dude. It's a. place. It's not. Yeah, but they're. wittier than the other colleges. They. use a poet. So, you think it's true? Yeah, it is true. All right, that's pretty good. You're. just blindly guessing. Yes, but I'm a. great guesser. Well, I I I appreciate. your honesty. Tucson, Arizona. Oh, I'm a.

big fan of Tucson. The Tucson Tech Tom. tomatoes. Tegan tomato. Known for their. ripe and delicious tomatoes that grow. year round, Tucson's technical schools. Tucson's technical schools team mascot. is Tigan tomato. Well, that's not true. because Tucson's a horrible place or a. terrible place to grow tomatoes. Have. you ever been there? Yeah, although the. climate is bad for tomatoes. The. tomatoes in Tucson, they don't even grow. them there. That's not true. They grow. cactus. Do you know why that's not true? Not true. Do you know why it's not true?

Why? Because it's not real. Well, it. probably is true. Would you like an. additional fake fact about Tegan and. Tomato? I'm right. Yes, you're right. Four for four. Wow. Would you like an. additional fake fact about Tegan and. Tom? Yeah. I want to hear how you came. up with that. Tegan Tomato is also the. official mascot of Tucson's annual La. Tomatina tomato festival. They also. don't have that because they don't care. about tomatillos there. None of it. exists, right? Uh Scottsdale, Arizona. Scottsdale Community College fighting. artichokes. RT the artichoke. Though its.

team colors are pink and white, the. SEC's mascot is Arty, the green derpy. artichoke. An artichoke in. Arizona. That doesn't sound right. either. I'm going to say that's false. Nope. That's totally true, man. Really? Yeah. The derp eyes and everything. Oh, man. Okay. You can't I can't be perfect. All right. So, you've missed one. Yeah. Well, I got to make it interesting. West. Valley City, Utah. West Valley City.

Community College Man Bear Pigs. The Man. Bear Pig. An open competition was held. at the West Valley City Community. College to create their new school. mascot. Inspired by the popular. television show South Park, student Zack. Everard's submission of Man Bear Pig was. the winner with over 86% of the votes. U, this seems very plausible. I will say. that it seems very plausible, but I feel. like there would be rights issues. So, I'm going to say not true. That's right. Not true. So, you're good.

Would you like an additional fake fact. about the man bear pig? I thought you. were about to You sounded like you were. about to pull one over on me. No. Okay. No. Good job, Rat. Okay. Would you want. an additional fake fact? Uh, yeah, I do. I'm into this. Once school lawyers. understood the mascot's connection to. South Park, the school disavowed it for. fear of copyright infringement and. instead named their mascot Family Guy. Oh, you should have told me that. And. then I wouldn't said it was true. Witchah, Kansas, Witchah State Shockers.

Wooshock. Since 1904, Witchah State. mascot has been Wooshock the Shocker, an. intimidating walking wheat field. Okay. Well, first I know I'm going to throw. this one on purpose. Everyone knows that. this is real because they were they went. really far in the tournament. You know, everybody this I knew that. So, but I'm. going to say not real just to make it. interesting. Really? Yeah, because I. would be I would win right now if I said.

that was right. Legend has it that the. name first appeared in 1904. The team's. manager chose the Shockers because many. of the players earned money during the. offseason harvesting or shocking wheat. in the surrounding field. So when you. harvest, that's called shocking wheat. Okay. So I've gotten five out of seven. So I got two chances to to to be. inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hartford, Connecticut. Uh oh. Trinity. College Trolls. A religiously devout. bearded blue troll named troll with. medieval garb, a mono brow, and pink.

toenails. I just don't I don't see that. happening. It seems too clever. Nope. Totally real. Oh, it comes down to one question, Link. Yeah. And we're going to our home state. for this one, right? Oh, I know all. about my home state. Winston Salem, North Carolina. of the University of. North Carolina School of Arts. Fighting. pickles. The fighting pickle. A.

temperamental deal pickle dressed like. Shakespeare with a skirt made out of a. piano. True or false? They are very. creative at that school. Well, it's a. school of arts. What do you. think? True or false, man? Shakespeare skirt piano. [Laughter]. pickle. That's real. You're right. Yeah, I'm in the hall of fame. And I hope that.

you too won. Play some celebration. What. do I How do I How does it work? Where do. I sign up here? I've got I'm going to. pin, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to. in front of all of you induct my good. friend Rhett Mclofflin by pinning this I. get a bell tinkle bell onto your shirt. tinkle bell into the you're an honorary. member of the mascot guessing hall. of fame I got a little jingle.

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at the end of this episode also to get. honorable mentions of mascots and our. personal connections to bizarre mascots. What? Link hatches from an. egg. Well, well, I've been Oh, man. I got. this. Boy, it's tough to get this thing. warmed up so that it'll cracket. But my.

baby's in there, so I got to do it. Sitting on me. You baby, you ready to come out? Are you ready to hatch? Oh, this is the. moment I've been waiting. for. Well, hey, baby. Mama. Hey, mama. How you this? This is the world. You got You've got quite a beard for a. mama.

I mean, there was a little kid that. dressed up like a demon. Who was a m Do. you remember who the Mad Enzor was a. mascot, wasn't he? Was he? He was a. demon. Coach Royal's youngest daughter. was the mascot when we He dressed up. like a demon.