Rambling Rhoads: The Phillie Phanatic is 39 years old. Really.

As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Phillie Phanatic is 39 years old. Really.

“Thirty-nine years after one of the most impressive marketing births of history, he still had the energy and the intellect of an 8-year-old.” (from Donnellon article)

Two articles to celebrate the occasion. (The one from Cut4 includes video of some of his “greatest hits”.)

And he had a great party this past Sunday.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20170425_Phanatic_insider__Think_it_s_easy_being_green____Sam_Donnellon.html

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/04/25/225858226/the-39th-birthday-of-phillies-mascot-phillie-phanatic?partnerId=as_mlb_20170425_71841096&adbid=856877969196802048&adbpl=tw&adbpr=241544156