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Before Gritty, we had this guy



I have some memories of going to flyers games when I was a kid and I’ve just thought of him recently

by hottrash123

17 Comments

  1. roastedhambone

    What did he do that the team ended up firing him?

  2. guyfromphilly

    I remember seeing that he moved to Vancouver after Spectacor fired him. Anybody have any idea what he’s up to?

  3. SwimmingSwim3822

    I always wondered… was he an employee BEFORE he started dancing, or did they make him one after?

  4. Groovicity

    When Gritty first appeared and I stopped seeing this guy, I thought for sure it was him.

  5. realdeal411

    He was a bit of a tool after his popularity exploded and before the Wings incident

  6. _pinnaculum

    Same guy. He just grew out his beard and put on a couple pounds.

  7. GravyBoatWarrior

    Holy shit, Shawny Hill. What a blast from the past.

  8. Evrytimeweslay

    That’s funny, when I was at the game a couple weeks ago I said to my wife, “I wonder whatever happened to that fat dancing dude”.

  9. Equivalent_Goose_226

    The Flyers firing him for his unintentionally insensitive (but milquetoast) comment was ridiculous. Dude immediately apologized when he realized the context of the “snip the braid” comment. I’m pretty sure this happened around the same time they got rid of the Kate Smith statue because she sang covers of (admittedly) racist songs back in the 1930’s.

    The race hysteria stuff is and was out of hand.

  10. samuelmercanti

    I actually went to high school with him. He’s a pretty good guy IRL

  11. JerkyNips

    Like him or not, good dude, he’d occasionally hang out after games at the pavilion. Since he left, the in game presenters have been straight up terrible, like chuck fletcher hired them or something. I still do his grocery store dance sometimes.

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