This dancing robot that took over Fox Sports was ... a kid's idea?

[@SecretBaseSBN]

Sorry there's no video of Beatus his UFC cousin, we were told we'd likely get in trouble if we showed him. It’s probably for the best we don't promote that robot-turned-ghost though. Thanks for watching, if you like what we're doing it means a lot if you subscribe. We can show our boss how many friends we have and they can get us new friends to make more stuff with. Your call, love you, bye

[@GreenTeaTheTea]

make a video spelling icup i double dog dare you

[@dmhawley13]

Anyone have a link to a beatus clip?

[@FluteWarped]

How about Diabeetus, Beatus's long lost Creepy Uncle

[@theseattle2062]

“In trouble” like they’d make u take it down? That’s not in trouble. In trouble would be prison time

[@kaihaken5200]

You guys forgot to mention that they made cleatus into an action figure and sold him in stores lol

[@marwill25]

Seth: “...Is Cleatus a Baddie?” Will: “...Cleatus is a Baddie” oh word?

[@SavageGreywolf]

I mean he works for Fox, so...

[@-K_J-]

Sentences that hit different now

[@withercrux]

When I was a kid, my dad and I would watch every Chicago Bears game each Sunday. Without fail, every time the football robot came on the TV I would get up and pretend to be it. Nothing's wrong with me that I know of.

[@beenieweenie1986]

I can think of at least one thing. You watch bears games

[@withercrux]

@@beenieweenie1986 I knew that was coming. 😔 You know it's bad when the best QB you've ever rooted for is Jay Cutler.

[@prisonmike2274]

TheZestyCrocodile Don’t be to sad... at least you got to watch Brian Urlacher in his prime. Edit: I must include Devin Hester

[@TheDanrox110]

When I was a kid I used to mimic cleatus watching the giants with my dad, he thought it was hilarious

[@ashypharaoh8407]

Get a hypnotist. They'll find something wrong deep in your unconscious

[@lewismilun7556]

They should make a baby robot named fetus.

[@MsKimba18]

Lewis Milun that’s a perfect pun because feet-cleat

[@Jqwerty38]

@@MsKimba18 Yeah I thought feetus was the MLS TV mascot

[@SavageGreywolf]

don't encourage Fox to bring up fetuses

[@jessewheinrichs]

Sponsored by planned parenthood?

[@jpmnky]

Who's the mother?

[@bonwei]

LOL Kofie's reaction when the name "Digger" was uttered

[@Flamingbro69]

bonwei I’m a NASCAR guy so yeah I know who you’re talking about. Damn Gophers

[@willcarroll9762]

bonwei 5:15 for anyone wanting to see it

[@linguineboy69]

The south gonna say something different

[@lcoryalvarado9]

@@Flamingbro69 Remember when Cleetus was advertising a NASCAR race 😂

[@Flamingbro69]

Lukas Cory Yeah I remember, I watched NASCAR a lot from 2012-2015, I also went to 4 NASCAR races between 2012-2017.

[@bentaphid44]

You guys didn't even get in to the the best parts of Cleatus lore: 1) He fought the Terminatior during the Superbowl 2) You can buy physical action figures of Cleatus, in any team color, in both his original and 2.0 design. You can also buy Baseball Cleatus action figures. They also sold a "generic" Cleatus, but he was just the Steelers one with the logos scrubbed off.

[@MegaZeta]

Same with me and the logo thing

[@brunoleal5440]

Kofie is still repping the AAF, Respect

[@ThunderWolf535]

Why did you have to remind me of Digger in 2020, SB Nation? Also props on the AAF shirt Kofie

[@lcoryalvarado9]

At least we got the ground cam out of it

[@genius179]

Here are some ideas: 1. How Magic Johnson ended on the Lakers through Gail Goodrich basically or on how the Lakers won the title and then drafted Worthy number 1. 2. How Reggie Bush made over 10$ million from the Rams even though he never played for them. 3. When Don Mattingly took his closer by mistake with two mound visits in an inning. 4. How Anthony Carter's crappy agent not sending his contract over to Miami in time in 2003 led to Miami getting Odom, which led to Shaq, and eventually an NBA Championship

[@mmamusic9634]

Donald Chavis good ideas 👌👌👌

[@andrewstewart1464]

In the vein of Cletus's weird equipment, I also remember him having a collapsible transparent riot shield. I guess it was to invoke an impenetrable defense. He would hunker down and do a mild shield bash with it and stuff.

[@MegaZeta]

I had that thing dropped on me one time when they were taking it back to him in the VIP lounge. Entirely fake and lightweight, it broke against my body

[@NameIsRey]

Shout out to Samus Aran’s gunship!

[@junkyardjim]

thought that was familiar

[@mcj88]

I remember Digger; they had the audacity to give him a whole 5-minute weekly cartoon as part of the pre-race show! Not surprising that he didn't last very long.

[@Clay3613]

He's also in the Alvin and The Chipmunks Sqeakul.

[@jacksonm2073]

Is that an AAF Atlanta Legends shirt? I guess the league lives on

[@jordanw5833]

Jackson Marko I have a Hotshots hoodie, sad that the league folded

[@armadillolover99]

Well even in death, it’s the closest thing to a pro football team that Atlanta has.

[@kvngirvng9475]

@@armadillolover99 Hawks, Falcons

[@PuchuKt]

@@kvngirvng9475 i think thats the joke

[@howardbaxter2514]

It's sad to see what happened to the AAF. They had potential as there was a legit following. Just look at San Antonio and Atlanta.

[@DaDualityofMan]

I remember I as a kid I used to like watching Fox games the most because of the theme, Cleatus and the fact that Fox had this cool video game-like scoreboard.

[@maliklyttle]

before i knew calvin johnson i thought this was the megatron my dad was always talking about

[@steinerstine2845]

Yess

[@harrisonlee9585]

Childhood really shielded me from how amazingly corny The NFL on Fox was.

[@DaDualityofMan]

My childhood wouldn't have been the same without it.

[@LonghornsLegend]

@@DaDualityofMan mine either but guaranteed social media would have ruined it

[@restreven4455]

Yeah new football fan. Trying to watch it now and I can’t even

[@TachyonKing]

I’m a British guy who was introduced to the NFL by my American flatmate, I saw Cleatus and commented that was a weird generic robot, then he laid into me about he’s this national institution... America, keep being weird.

[@MegaZeta]

He wasn’t

[@SixDrums]

“How often do you guys think about Cleatus the robot?” What a question to ask someone

[@AlbertQian]

Some other ideas * The evolution of the scoring bubble/tracker * Why FOX changed their MLB opening jingle to the NFL one * The act of going through athletes' old tweets to somehow try and discredit them * Why people boo the NFL/NBA commissioner when they announce draft picks

[@restreven4455]

The third one: everyone goes through that. Don’t know why

[@jdixie2010]

*side note: why did FOX use Round Ball Rock for their CBB coverage

[@mitchellrussavage6033]

I’m glad Digger for NASCAR does not exist anymore

[@TheAlfrulz]

I used to imagine Cleatus was a continuation of the robots used on the NHL on Fox from '96-'99. There were cgi versions at the beginning of the telecast, and animated cartoonish types after a team scored a goal. I figured they just waited a few years to put a little distance from the failed NHL period.

[@PorkTips]

👆this👆

[@DasNordlicht91]

Fox’s NHL coverage was just weird and video game like, between the robots and laser pucks everywhere.

[@richardtherichard26]

Foxs nhl coverage was the best thing to ever happen in my life. Specifically nhl championship 2000 for the original PlayStation was the best thing that ever happened in my life.

[@thompsonkollie5567]

His prime was 2010 - 2014

[@KidTonyGaming]

Before 2010

[@antonym24]

I associate cleetus and the fox theme song with the 2015 panthers lmfao

[@veezythebot6195]

I love when kolfies in a vid

[@KofieWhy]

@@calypso Oh look a fan!

[@Tipzyyy]

kofie is great with jon bois but his comedy doesn’t go well with these guys. his humor is way too dry

[@kgames9403]

Ive always felt there is some connection between Cleatus and Tom from Toonami

[@oranim12]

Oh dude, SAME. They're both robots and they're both from the US. To be honest, I kind of imagine a scene like in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days...Y'know when Roxas, Axel and Xion talk about their mission together while eating ice cream at the top of the clock tower in Twilight Town? I can definetly imagine that with Cleatus and Tom talking about their respective jobs and personal stories.

[@kaegerator]

Big up Kofie with the Legends shirt!!!

[@msolec2000]

Painful as it would be, we need an Untitled episode for Donovan McNabb

[@kirstynloftus826]

mainly Andy Reid. for some reason he just can’t win championships (other than the one he just did). they made the playoffs so many times and just... couldn’t get there. as an eagles fan it still pains me

[@denistuohy2535]

IDK personally I love Cleatus and all his kookie dance moves I’d love to see him in a suit for the political debates

[@rodrigogabriel7121]

My son is 15 now, when he was young before he understood the game he would always stop playing when the robot came on to imitate him. I didn’t know he had a name. Thanks for memories Cleatus

[@antonym24]

bro ur son is in the comments above i think lmfaooo

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

SB Nation is teaching me bits of history I didn’t know I needed to know.

[@TheAlfrulz]

I hated the Fox bot! My favorite moment of him was from Super Bowl 42 (2008) where he gets beat up by the terminator as a promo for the new "Sarah Connor Chronicles". Now I find out it was all apart of Fox's plan to hate it. 3:22

[@jphasson]

I cannot believe you guys didn't bring up Cleatus in the war room for the WWE draft when Smackdown on FOX!

[@fake._]

I really wished they made it more into a character like Toonami did

[@bigmacmovies1]

I was always into transformers as a kid and whenever my dad and I would watch football I would beg him to get me a cleatus toy that transformed into a football.

[@rgndsnali]

Before watching: YEEESSS YES YES! I wondered about this robot so much, like what has he to do with Football?!?!? Why is he there? Was he forgotten by Optimus Prime and then fox enslaved him so he must dance and look cool for their broadcast? After: He is everything I feared him to be.

[@saltymel0n537]

Cleatus was probably one of the early things in my life that really made me think that football was cool

[@alexanderwood7854]

Seth is right can we get some.sports graphics vids

[@Verlisify]

1:20 Hol up. I saw that

[@tellmewhenitsover]

As a kid the fox sports robot was the coolest part of football, that and the Monday night song

[@caesar_19]

Mad Respect to Kofie repping the AAF. RIP

[@TornaitSuperBird]

CLEATUS. he needs a friend for every sport, including baseball and basketball

[@omicMonkey]

I'm just now imagining one for golf & how funny that would be.

[@GaviLazan]

I was just ranting about Cleatus at the SB party, it seemed most people didn't know he had a name.

[@megaascension2748]

I thought when it started that it was publicity for the movie "Real Steel" because it starting being used around the same time the movie came out, and it looked like Atom. Then it was used the next season, and I didn't understand why.

[@rogerszmodis]

I would have thought Beetus would be the Nascar mascot.

[@natedogwilder2137]

Cleatus is my favorite Transformer.

[@zachrywd]

It took me all day to watch this 7 minute video because I had to keep pausing it, looking up whatever was being referenced, and then forget that I was watching this video only to later rediscover the tab was till open in my browser. I'm not sure if I'm more impressed with myself for finishing it, or more impressed with how terrible the format of this video was to not include more visual aids about the discussion.

[@NascarRacingFan5]

There should be a video solely about Digger. They even went so far that there were little shorts called “Digger And Friends”

[@rohitvarghese723]

I’ve been waiting for this my entire life

[@corbingarber7765]

OK, I HAVE AN IDEA FOR CLEATUS. Here me out: you know how the NFL recently added super advanced football analytics into certain bits, like the probability of a catch and stuff like that (I may be confusing that with the MLB, but Cleatus also does baseball)? HAVE CLEATUS PRESENT THE BITS!! IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!

[@charredolive]

The side jokes they come up with during the video kill me every time 😂😂

[@mattigus]

Watching early Cleatus spots gives me really strong BonziBuddy vibes. Like the tv screen is my desktop and im trying to read a spreadsheet about football stats and this dumb robot is dancing with a sword in the background.

[@loosecrash]

Whenever Cleatus would pop up my dad used to say, “You need to find an arcade game called ‘Cyberball’, it’s whole teams of Cleatuses playing each other!” Lol.

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

That game was badass.

[@TonyArechiga]

I know that robot was made by Blur studios, and they went on to make all sorts of bad ass cinematic cut scenes for video games. They even worked on Avatar! One of their directors went on to direct Deadpool! I wonder if he had any say in Cleatus. haha

[@tbyrd012]

Nine-year old me is thrilled that you mentioned Digger from NASCAR on Fox.

[@SirMixALotRareMusic]

Talk about the talking Fox Sports baseball "Scooter", it lasted from 2004-2006 and appeared in World Series games. Voiced by Tom Kenny also known as the voice of Spongebob.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

Oh yeah, the Mayor of Townsville from The Powerpuff Girls!

[@Ghricreen]

I remember fox doing the name contest but I never actually cared to figure out what was picked until I watched this video

[@TheOddMindofSamBo]

Seth’s “triggered much” face had me dead

[@Earthshaker513]

I freaking love Cleatus.

[@jrm78]

On the topic of earlier football graphics, Fox also innovated the use of the always-there scoreboard with the time, score, and down & distance displayed in the early '90s when they got the broadcast rights. Before that, they would only show the clock, with down & distance coming at the beginning of the play and the score shown coming in and out of commercial breaks. First down lines? Forget about it.

[@corngreaterthanwheat]

I would watch an entire episode about that short-lived NASCAR Gopher.

[@walkerj.7895]

I used to love this robot while watching football as a kid, this episode as brought back some good memories of me watching football as a kid every Sunday after church

[@KofieWhy]

Oh hey that’s me!

[@mikeyrivera7589]

I never thought in my life. Someone would talk about the Fox robot. This is awesome.

[@andrecallender9437]

yall gotta do one on the best music going to commercial break during the various sports broadcasts. That NBA on NBC theme deserved Grammys

[@bentucker1107]

Excited for the sequel about the breakdancing March Madness dudes in a few years

[@philperson9896]

I could watch these guys talk about cleatus for an hour

[@tonyhaack8329]

Because of the lighting being right over seths spot of the couch, kofie looks a lot darker than usual and seth looks like he had never been in the sun

[@TheHuskyK9]

Gonna need that Cleatus fanart real quick lol

[@romajimamulo]

Nice touch with the spaceships being the one Samus has in Super Metroid

[@davidsolecki4782]

If Cleatus was both smashed by Iron Man and danced for Peter Griffin, does Family Guy take place in the MCU?

[@jordanleighton6893]

I’m intrigued by this fanfic, sounds wild af.

[@BC-is9kw]

He made his way to the NHL too! Or a weird cousin thing. Just recently, the NHL posted a video on FB from the 98 All Star Game on Fox. It's a thing of retro beauty by itself (in the eye of the beholder), but after goals, there was a 2 robot animation that played. It was the same one every time. I couldn't figure out what the point of it was, but this video opened my eyes.

[@BC-is9kw]

I wish I could shut them

[@ianj454]

I remeber robots doing animations during goals in NHL games but it was definitely in the mid 1990's as a kid

[@genius179]

This is one of the dumbest yet fascinating things I've seen by you guys. Great job on that and that robot does get annoying but now if he goes away I'd miss him

[@CruelSpirit]

When I first saw Cletus as a kid I thought it was a promo for a new video game that was like a cyborg futuristic Madden. I was really disappointed when it didn't turn out to be the case

[@Stratplayer05]

If they ever make Cleatus talk, they can only reasonably do so as the beginning of a long-running, multi-chapter story arc mirroring that of Dwight Schrute's "Recyclops" character from The Office.

[@blobulous3500]

in 2 or 3 years can you make a collapse on the golden state warriors

[@explodingporpise]

Several more of these please and thank you

[@Barista.Nathan]

I only saw him once in my childhood: the 2009 SB, the last year my dad was a Colts fan. We didn't watch much American football otherwise

[@stereo_future]

All the time. I often wish that I could watch several Cleatuses (Cleati?) play instead of actual football players.

[@camrynrussell6292]

This robot makes my dad irrationally mad whenever he comes on screen to the point that it’s become an on going joke lmao

[@kylenorthcutt2749]

I have an action figure of him styled up as a Chicago bear robot

[@breezecardenas3941]

These guys are absolutely right! I could never figure out why TV networks LOVE displaying these futuristic, mechanical graphics for their sports brosdcasts?! What does a dancing robot or factories have to do with soorts?!

[@twopoundsofbeef]

He was used recently in WWE when they signed their deal with FOX

[@MillRunner]

Beatus sounds like the mascot for an insulin company.

[@marcusbacco6567]

If he talked he’d be like Tom from Toonami

[@Machtyn]

A web search for Beatus ufc returned a video. I gotta say, I'm impressed with the costume.

[@JoeBushOnline]

Appreciate Kofie not letting the dream of the AAF die

[@BBoyd-bt3hy]

Couldn't help but notice that Seth looks like a hybrid of Rick Strom and Michael Brooks lol, which actually makes a ton of sense now that I consider it

[@xerxes9405]

does anyone else wonder where all of these rooms are that they film in

[@SHAd0Eheart]

Watched episode, had thought: What about a weird episode about “bud bowl” commercials? As a child I was as engaged by the game of bud bowl as much, and sometimes more perhaps, as the Super Bowl. More than a decade prior to achieving the drinking age.

[@MorningDusk7734]

Cleatus would sound like the robot from Toonami

[@nolanhayward3548]

Your next segment should be about how an English referee named Graham Poll in the 2006 World Cup in a game between Australia and Croatia, he showed Croatian defender Josip Šimunić 3 yellow cards. Poll was meant to be the best referee in the world he was initially thought to be the referee for the World Cup final, the greatest honor you can get as a referee, and he just made this huge mistake and ruined his career.

[@djohns808]

Weirdest thing for me was him being in the Fox War Room during the WWE Draft last October.

[@calebcutlip1448]

Was in tears laughing at this one great video good combo of people

[@Clay3613]

I hear Beatus and Cleetus have done some unnatural experimenting!

[@noxebop]

Ah yes, Digger....the NASCAR mascot. Did no one at Fox think of who their audience is?

[@RaiderDadBod]

Not to mention that the Fox NFL Sunday jingle sounds like a Christmas song.

[@ziadeissa3_]

Attempt 11: Collapse: Miami Heat Beef History: Dwyane Wade vs Dirk Beef History: Curry vs Beverley Beef History: Dame vs Westbrook!

[@TheRamboIV]

We need to accept that Cleatus is a silent badass.

[@tcbobb1613]

I remember him shooting at cops cars. And getting pull over by cops when he was drunk. If I'm right TV has changed so much wow!