On Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that will officially ban public schools and athletic teams from using the word “Redskins” as a team or mascot name. The move is a lovely gesture, just in time for Columbus Day—a holiday that traditionally celebrates the slaughter of Native Americans—and it shows…
This sunny, almost-warm Sunday morning, CBS put together a cheerful little slideshow featuring the most eccentric and, dare we say, demented breakfast cereal mascots. The slideshow featured retro iterations of Tony the Tiger, the homoerotic trio of rice-puffing elves, Snap, Crackle and Pop, Franken Berry, the Quaker…
Changing the names of high school sports teams to be less offensive to certain groups—like Native Americans, for instance—is nothing new, but now a school board in Utah has taken it to a whole new level. A high school is opening in 2013 in the town of Draper, Utah, and they wanted to call their team the Cougars. The…
The mascot for the Filipino fast-food restaurant Jollibee dances to Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson, Ke$ha, and Beyonce, all while wearing a sweaty costume. Yet Ronald McDonald expects us to buy fries just because he wears a red wig and giggles?
Some people have crushes on movie stars. Some on Bieber. Others on Rahm Emanuel. My heart has always belonged to Mr. Met. Sadly, it's unrequited.
The Sun-Maid has had yet another makeover. And apparently some implants. And a cleanse. Lorraine Collett-Petersen would hardly recognize herself. Even if the company claims it "has always stayed true to the original image." [TWS]
