Gritty mania: How a new mascot won the Internet - and his city's support

[@mhfromnh1421]

Gritty looks like he would beat a Salvation Army Santa with a car battery in a Wawa parking lot and I love him for it.

[@Alex-jg2bc]

MH from NH that is the best description of Gritty I have ever heard.

[@mila6568]

And he would walk away, badass stuffing his face with Wawa pretzels.

[@maskedmarvel]

Best description

[@amadislugo5334]

Yeah. After he'd lie drunk on a sidewalk in front of a tattoo parlor with a 40 in a paper bag in hand.

[@bman041]

I’m having a tough time envisioning someone being beaten with a car battery, but a D-cell in a sock, oh yeah, for sure.

[@Chief4Army117]

When Gritty was introduced: Philly: WTF is this? Everyone else: WTF is this? Philly: SHUT UP! HE'S A NATIONAL TREASURE! God, I love Philly! XD

[@LemSat87]

'Sleep with one eye open tonight, bird' that sold me, I LOVED Gritty after this.

[@Chrisstrohm14]

@@LemSat87 that got me right behind its Philly vs everyone

[@joeheid4757]

@@LemSat87 That "Bird" would beat the crap out of Gritty.

[@LemSat87]

@@joeheid4757 lets petition the NHL to have these two do a no holds barred slugfest during an intermission of one of the next meetings and have bets placed :D

[@joeheid4757]

@@LemSat87 Watch Sudden Death. It's a horrible movie. Maybe Jean Claude Van Damme's worst. But in it there's a fight scene between Iceburgh and JCVD. Iceburgh near beat the toughest SOB on the planet. Gritty would be Child's Play.

[@SCDSlimShadow]

"I've been in the business of professional idiocy for 40 years." There are few people that can lay claim to that.

[@Mr.Pants45]

Um, every politician that has been around for 40 years?

[@CreightonRabs]

Professional idiocy is what both WaPo and the Flyers are experts in.

[@logosofgame4273]

Really? I was thinking anyone over the age of 40 could lay claim to that mantle!

[@jash6105]

Donald trump

[@Jay9999]

Lol and he really made it work for him

[@SkyhookArt]

Gritty forever! Thanks for using my face/cosplay as the opener for this video LOL.

[@VorAbaddon]

I literally first discovered your channel because someone dropped your NightmareFuel emote in... I think it was Goobs channel, and I was like "I HAVE TO HAVE THIS!" So glad I found my way there

[@whosregis]

@Sean McGuire dude be careful, what if gritty shows up and likes it?

[@kevhollywoodgamer7634]

ur so hot

[@yungdash4852]

marry me

[@thomasc.5219]

@-Tcáf- classy

[@PaulGuy]

"Sleep with one eye open, bird." I think that as soon as this happened, every sports fan accepted him.

[@scazermazz]

Philly's motto......you don't say s**t about our guys, only we can say s**t about our guys. Once someone on the outside said something about Gritty, the whole city rallied around him

[@chrisdurso3325]

That and the Flyers sucked this year. Gritty was the only positive thing this year

[@johngraham5693]

Being from philly that is true we are one in that way we can bash on our city as much as we want someone from outside the city does the same thing and that’s down right rude plus it gives us something to do

[@DanTheCaptain]

I'm not even a Philies fan! I'm a Toronto fan but Gritty is by far one of the best mascots I've seen! the look, the persona is perfect!

[@288theabe]

I thought gritty was the dumbest thing ever when I first saw his photos. But then when I saw his act, I saw the whole thing come together and thought it was genius. Dude needs his own cartoon

[@AJR-zg2py]

I always loved the blue-collar identity of a place like Philly - the guy at 4:05 said it best: "You're not comin' after our boy like that." I love Philly because the place has an IDENTITY that is so distinctly theirs.

[@thomasc.5219]

Yeah thugs and idiots. Only Boston can challenge you guys for those titles.

[@brinjoness3386]

Looks like a sesame street character on mushrooms.

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

HAHHAHA

[@MichaelJW72]

I was thinking Animal from the Muppet Show after chugging a 12 pack of Red Bull. Orange edition of course.

[@ladymaiden2308]

Sesame Street character on acid, or maybe I'm the one who took the acid. Before I realized it was double-dipped.

[@ryanford9705]

I am a bruins fan and I love this mascot. Hilarious.

[@Vilgotczky]

Ryan Ford Same

[@SatansPooper]

i second this

[@andyasbury]

Yep. Same here. How much fun would it be to see Blades Vs. Gritty for some sort of charity event? :)

[@LarryKoopa64]

Ryan Ford I’m a penguins fan!

[@stevenconnors5799]

Yeah I’m a penguins fan and I LOVE gritty

[@robgregory5136]

His Twitter game won me over

[@ItMeT0ken]

Same

[@uyd]

Gritty is the offspring of a yeti and an orange snow cone.

[@shutinpaladin6811]

Gritty is so horrifying and stupid that he circles around to become endearing.

[@Booyakashasha]

I managed to fall in love with Gritty in less than 30 seconds.

[@joeclayton2121]

Gritty was an Original Bully..... Dave Shultz

[@Sumguyinavan_]

Gritty wants Trump to know it was him and his people.

[@aidancollins4887]

Gritty had the greatest welcome to philly since Santa

[@moosehockey0989]

Lol the kids voicecrack at the end was so damn funny!

[@Raldo5324]

Being from Columbus, I love Stinger, but Gritty is no doubt the best mascot in the NHL.

[@alajibril]

Gritty won me over the minute he ventured to overwatch league he proved to me that he is a legend in the making

[@rahbean5083]

Caps fan, but in love with Gritty

[@MistressGlowWorm]

RahBean Bean Kings Fan here, but Gritty is growing on me. I like what he stands for.

[@KixMusaid]

I am a Sabres fan and I absolutely love Gritty!

[@TheLittlebrokenheart]

When I first saw the mascot I was like wtf, but now I love it. They're right, I loved the tweeting between gritty and Pittsburgh.

[@tamaracesar1931]

TheLittlebrokenheart it’s just like the girl said. I thought it was horrifying until people from other cities started making fun of it, and that’s why I embraced it 😂

[@DodgerFan1988]

Gritty needs to get into a fight with Iceburgh.

[@charliechuckandpuck.hockey7366]

Talk about a home run by the flyers!

[@littlered6340]

Fucked around and found out. Gritty 2020

[@piggyroo100]

Looks like the unholy love child of Yukon Cornelius and the Bumbles.

[@lycaon7871]

Underrated comment, this deserves more likes

[@jakeferguson2942]

I'm a huge Penguins fan but Gritty is awesome and hilarious!

[@terppu]

National Meme Champion

[@greyvilleian8620]

We are all just waiting for the rangers to get a mascot

[@mattkominsky7308]

As a ranger fan gritty is the best mascot in hockey

[@Chrisstrohm14]

Like the flyers were laughed so was gritty but then Philadelphia defended him as our own

[@expertexcavatinginc]

Here because of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and his piece on Brett Kavanaugh. Best Gritty commentary ever first 3 minutes of video if you missed it. Free on KZbin.

[@trenthulkinberry7526]

I like gritty, He's not some silly animal. He's a silly bastard.

[@rainbowwriter672]

Gritty is SO CUTE!

[@garyp1705]

Kids love him. Dont change, gritty!

[@supernovachampions]

Go Gritty! Lets go Flyers!!

[@Quole1234]

0:00 damn, can that girl be the new mascot?

[@cameronheidelauf9623]

Gritty really really reminds me of cookie monster with those googly eyes that moves and bounces around 😊

[@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co]

As a Bruins fan, we love Gritty. The guy fights for his team and that's what this game is about.

[@Ronsalhhy]

Gritty go on chapo

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Gritty is to mascots as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are to pro cheerleaders.

[@joanthomas840]

I'm from new York 😁 and I love gritty I took to him when he first came out that's my gritty

[@kittychatalot]

I dressed as Gritty for Halloween, and I am a Bolts fan! I love Gritty!

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

0:00 i lost... thats my kind of mascot

[@reggie93441]

I love Gritty

[@kiwifortnight]

gritty is a worker

[@coachsean9982]

We agonized on what to come up with, and settled on a Muppet version of Jacub Voracek

[@Warioda]

Hey, hey, hey! Gritty errrrryday!

[@myindigoblues5796]

I love Gritty 🥰🧡

[@DuckOfRubber]

Tommy Hawk actually fights fans in Chicago, so Gritty has a little more work to do before he's the ultimate mascot, but he's well on his way.

[@vasthockey4382]

Stars fans can kind of relate

[@se03kazana]

As a Stars fan, I agree

[@stonefruitmedia]

There is no way to Gritty. Gritty is the way.

[@kidnamedfinger6323]

There's some sort of weird Mandela effect going on with gritty. I feel like I've seen him well before 2018.

[@topcatmatt]

Noted anarchist thinker, Gritty

[@leelantern805]

I hate the flyers but we love gritty

[@politecat4236]

Gritty looks a lot like the Honey Monster from Sugar Puffs

[@mikedavis8872]

It's been said Philadelphia fan's would boo the Easter bunny

[@johngraham5693]

Mike Davis Easter bunny Santa clause the pope our mascots we get bored to quickly

[@709mash]

The NHL ows the Flyers big time.

[@indierockyhockey]

I was at work on break when it all went down. Totally aghast at this abomination. disbelief and disgust. WTF was this sh$t? Tool. Only when that weird Penguin mascot made fun of him did the dream became real. Don't touch our Mascot!! 😂 🧡🖤

[@Bentmatchstick]

whos the performer?

[@diamondkonk1196]

Owl league is where I found em

[@DavidSnoopyOfficial]

And now Gritty has been beaten up by the Miz

[@angiadiamonte4632]

Pretty Gritty

[@IronWolf277]

Whats not to like about Gritty? He came out of his cave and loves America!

[@comicozy8786]

Canucks fan here. Love Gritty

[@coIakat]

Same here!

[@chad_b]

Well Philly now has the best mascot in the league, too bad the team still sucks right now lol

[@zmhmusic]

Chad B big fax

[@matthewoconnor5975]

Aren't they on an 8 game winning streak right now? The problem is their inconsistency, not exactly their ability to play.

[@oyeahjustcomenting]

GTFO NJ 😈 pulls of looking Italian like alot of NJ and perfect with kids and when playoffs came around he rallied so hard

[@dtoxnotbotox]

9-1-1 in the last 11 games. Stolie and Hart with a combined 9.40 save percentage...

[@chad_b]

@@dtoxnotbotox yeah, remember their win streak last year? How'd that turn out? Lol

[@EaglesMan710]

That’s Philadelphia for you, when somebody attacks one of our own, we step in and fight for them.

[@maximnicola4182]

The antihero of working people everywhere!

[@ultrakool]

I blame the san diego chicken for starting all of this bs

[@hillhead11]

You know your season and organization is in the shiter when your mascot is the highlight

[@invertedname3099]

I just wanna know more about that one stacked hot fan lol.

[@leothehero4629]

Philadelphia makes you believe a liitle more then usually

[@shannon6000]

“ professional idiocy”

[@johnpatrick5297]

Prison orange.....fitting

[@audreyconfer7678]

I’m a caps fan, hate the flyers, follow gritty on instagram and like all his posts. Only good thing about philly (I’m from pa, I know!!!!!!)

[@Jay9999]

Oh I like the the super hot gritty girl

[@Quole1234]

ya damn. I am surprised no one is talking about her.

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

@@Quole1234 she replied elsewhere in the comments

[@stevenconnors5799]

By rigid, does he mean classless

[@Jay9999]

He Looks like bobby clarke

[@bobsmith-ov3kn]

I've never wanted to have sex with something more in my life

[@bryantmoore204]

I'm sorry but I figured out who the flyers were inspired by to grittys looks. JAKE VORACEK. No? Look at Jake right now with that out of control beard and his beady eyes.

[@borismuller86]

They decided not to call their mascot Monster D? What’s wrong with that name?

[@Colbycunha40]

You are funny

[@JBTriple8]

Avs fan here Love was the face of the Election 2020 when Philly sealed for Biden-Harris

[@DevilFish69]

I thought it was a Satanic muppet.

[@Bleedinflyers84]

gritty makes our team look like a complete joke

[@missycollins1890]

PHILLY FLYERS FOR LIIIIIFFFEEE

[@mejackandreyd1245]

Cool

[@baubret]

When you attack Philly.... Bad things happen, just ask Donald Trump

[@BauthorFowler]

The funniest part about Gritty is how every, and I mean EVERY American yt channel refuses to even ACKNOWLEDGE how protesters and Antifa appropriated him to be their Anti-Trump.

[@westcoastflyers144]

The Flyers have been around for 52 years not 42. 2019-1967=52.

[@adamclabaugh1945]

West Coast Flyers I think we had a mascot those first 10 years and got rid of it. I think that is what they’re referring to

[@kourii]

Yeah we had a mascot briefly in the '70s, Slapshot

[@danmatasa6648]

🤦‍♂️

[@mejackandreyd1245]

Lol

[@depooly2k858]

🤪

[@ziggymorris8760]

Wtf is gritty? A homeless person?!?!?

[@dangc8315]

As a fan since 83, I am shocked that an abortion of a mascot is now more important than the 40+ year cup drought. This franchises fan base has sunk to a new low

[@mattb121395]

As a fan since my birth, piss off clown. I wanna see a cup win as bad as the next person. Doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the mascot too dummy. I bet you hate the Phanatic and ice cream too

[@moonglow630]

Gritty’s cool, but SJ Sharkie is still better!!!

[@relentlessdfzr6322]

Nobody out side of Philly likes him

[@bludhound73]

Relentless DFZR I’m a Bruins fan. I think he’s one of the best mascots in sports.

[@prod.geeekdup]

I’m a canadiens fan and he’s personally the best mascot ever

[@relentlessdfzr6322]

Just because he is Goofy doesn't mean he's the best now that's mine opinion but whatever

[@nicolem9827]

“No one likes us, we don’t care”

[@prod.geeekdup]

Nicole M facts

[@kobyschechter8163]

Worst mascot in the league

[@user-vu6lb1px1s]

Koby Schechter Your crazy!