On September 24, 2018, the Philadelphia Flyers unleashed their new mascot into the world. Almost immediately, Gritty was deemed a failure. But 24 hours later, he was on his way to becoming a viral phenomenon beloved worldwide. Barry Melrose sits down with Gritty and uncovers the surprising story of how he came to be.
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“SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN TONIGHT, BIRD.”
"lol ok"
@@umbreonhaunts101 3:49
So the Penguins ironically may have saved the Flyers mascot
Technically it was a accidental save
@@sadayukinaga9363 much like most of the pens saves over the years. Goalies always looked as shocked as the other team.
The creators of Gritty: OH NO! He has mild serial killer energy (derogatory) The city of Philadelphia: Oh Yeah!!! He has mild serial killer energy ( affectionate)
It’s so philly I could cry
Once we got over the fact that he eats the souls of children, he really grew on us 😄
I felt sad but then In saw Gritty tackle a little kid and everything made sense again.
I feel like gritty is just dead pool in a mascot costume
Gritty is like the best thing ever! 😀
*worst
@@nerdknight111 Stfu.
That was great! He really did wiggle his way into our orange and black hearts. He is not on drugs....he is naturally high on life. Now we can't do without him. FEAR THE GRITTY ISLANDERS....HE'S COMING WITH US!!!
3:31 "60 minutes into his existence, the world declared Gritty a failure." ☹️
It's really frustrating as a person whose hard of hearing, close to deaf cannot watch and enjoy this clip because KZhead and ESPN cannot or will not provide closed captions or subtitles. Why some videos have the auto generated captions this does not.. Thanks A lot ESPN and KZhead..
Use ear buds.
John Oliver brought me here. Need more Gritchard.
I'm a Sabres fan, but i love Gritty too. he reminds me of Animal from the Muppets.
Ey! Sabretooth is a pretty cool mascot though
As so often happens, out of pain and suffering (Flyers not joining in the Eagle’s Super Bowl celebration) comes re-birth!
Jackets fan here but I just bought a Gritty plush because he the goat
Gritty is the TRUE hero of America!!
Happy 4th, Grit!
Gritty, savior of America.
Stay Awesome and keep it Kickass Gritty!! Even though the Fanatic is a Lil more Badass 😎
his popularity continued in this years election
Philly Fans: You can't abuse him! Only we can abuse our teams!!!
Jim Henson would be proud.
I’m crying and so are you
I'm an Avs fan that loves Gritty!
Gritty baby
What a champ.
GRITTY RULES
Wait. Gritty won a Webby?!! 😱 King!
Anti-fascist icon does hockey, too.
ikr, madness
i wasn’t into sports, then i found gritty
same lmao
Anyone else here over a year later because you needed to see a Flyer with some true GRIT, after watching their mid-season collapse (before fixed it and won the Stanley Cup 🤞)
125 and chose the one someone drew when on meth
Didn't even know hockey teams had mascots
ummm...30 of them have a mascot
4:59
Who is the Person in the Gritty Suit ? He's So Funny,the Person should get some Recognition...👍
Don't blow it. Keep it Gritty. Count your eyes.
Gordon Ramsay when he eats store bought gravy 2:44
Gritty is life.
a gritty documentary
30 in 30 WITH GRITTY
This is some Mandela effect BS right here. I thought Gritty was always with us.
Don't stress it too much. It's hard to gauge time when you're dealing with an unknowable yet somehow lovable eldritch monstrosity that exists outside of time and space .
If your not first your last
Am I the only one that thinks gritty is cute 😂 he looks like a muppet
This is all just one big oooooof
Who?
To the very few amount of humans reading this right now, I hope you achieve all your biggest dreams in life! My dream is to make as many people as possible laugh through my videos ;)
😴
Gritty is philly.
Fly eagles fly
Gritty is the worst mascot of all-time... Even worse then the SF Giants crazy crab from the 70's.
You jelly
Gritty is the worst mascot in the history of our sport