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Happiness thought leader Dave Raymond spent two decades entertaining more than 60 million people as the original Phillie Phanatic. With "The Power of Fun," he's parlayed his experiences into a simple, life-altering process. Meet Dave Raymond.
Moving directly from college student to campy green furball, Dave Raymond pioneered the field of sports mascots as the first person to go out on the field as the world-renowned Phillie Phanatic. Leveraging the unique lessons he learned from the inside out literally! Since starting Raymond Entertainment Group nearly 20 years ago, he has designed and rehabilitated hundreds of character brands for Fortune companies, sports teams, and colleges and universities.
In , he founded the Mascot Hall of Fame. In the The Power of Fun! While others have studied how to unlock the power of fun, Dave actually lived it.
Now, he shares his simple-to-implement F. Then, like a lightning strike, his year-old mother was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Eight months later, she passed away and his first marriage dissolved at the same time. However, during the most difficult time in his life, Dave continued to put on the green furry Phanatic costume, despite wanting to call it a career.
And Dave is thrilled he stuck with the Phanatic, who raised his happiness vibration and taught him about overcoming personal adversity. Source: Twitter.
Of course, the Phanatic would be nothing but an empty costume without the person who brings him to life. Dave Raymond, the original Phanatic, was raised by a deaf mother, and had to talk with his hands, making him a perfect individual to be the expressive character, and Raymond trained his successor, Tom Burgoyne. He is a mischievous mascot, which is probably part of the reason that he is beloved by fans.
In between innings, the Phanatic rides around the field on an ATV, and performs a variety of routines for fans. Some of these routines are designed to taunt the visiting team; for instance, he dances provocatively in front of their dugout, mocks the other team members, and smashes objects representing the team. He is also known for dancing on top of the dugout during the seventh-inning stretch, shooting hot dogs at fans from his ATV, playing pranks on the broadcasters when he visits them in the broadcasting booth, and buffing the heads of any bald fans within reach.
Not everyone loves the Phanatic though, and Tommy Lasorda attacked him on the field while the Phanatic was mocking him. Dancing on top of the dugout. Source: The Comeback. According to federal law, copyright agreements can be renegotiated after 35 years. In , when the agreement expired, Harrison and Erickson threatened termination, stating that they would make the Phanatic a free agent and asking the Phillies to pay them millions to retain the rights to the character.
The Phillies responded with a lawsuit, arguing that the Phanatic owes his fame to the Phillies and that the sale of the copyright was "forever. The new Phanatic is lighter green, his hands lack fur, the blue around his eyes is a bit lighter and there is more of it. He also has stars around his eyes, wears blue socks and red shoes, and under his arms, he sports a scale-like trim. He has also lost a bit of weight and has a new blue tail.
So that if you put a performer or a human being in it, it was going to be funny just because of the way it moved. I took [the Phillies Phanatic slogan] as wanting to have a megaphone. And on the back, we wanted to give him a sort of logo of his own, so we gave him a five-pointed star.
Erickson further explained that, like with the puppets she created for Henson, she produced a biography and accompanying personality for the Phanatic.
Because, we figured, who could contest that? This seemed to be the perfect background for a character that nobody could describe. It's a purely fantasy animal. On behalf of their company, the couple sued the Phillies in for copyright infringement. Copyright Office a registration for the Phanatic. However, as the Phillies stress, the copyright was not for a costume. The Phillies have registered various trademarks for numerous products associated with the Phanatic.
Those products include: headwear, shirts, cloth bibs, infant ware, footwear, socks, hosiery, stuffed toys, plush toys, soft sculpture foam toys, foam novelty items, namely foam fingers, puppets, toy figures, dolls, bobbing head dolls, playground balls, baseball bats, inflatable toys, Christmas tree ornaments and decorations, action figures, trading cards, posters, stickers, decals, temporary tattoos, bumper stickers, books featuring baseball, memo boards, mounted and un-mounted photographs, pens, pencils, art pictures, and art prints.
Further, the Phillies employ the Phanatic for a wide-range of activities. In addition to baseball games, the Phanatic appears at charitable events, schools, clinics and exhibitions. The Brills detail several incidents involving the Phanatic that led to litigation. One occurred during a game in The Phanatic was accused of kicking a pregnant fan in the back and shoving her head forward. She suffered back and neck injuries in this incident.
The letter was dated June 1, A derivative work is one that is based at least in part on a pre-existing work in this case the Phanatic but that also possesses sufficient elements of originality to distinguish it from the pre-existing work.
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