Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-77295.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Arizona State helmets drop their demonic homage to Walt Disney</b></a> <p>Yahoo.com's Rivals reports the Arizona State Sun Devils have changed their football helmet logos to a pitchfork instead of the former devil motif. What's this got to do with Disney? Here's the relavant section...</p> <p><i>The only major casualty of the redesign: The cartoon Sun Devil himself, Sparky, who was originally incarnated in the late-'40s by alum Bert Anthony, a former Disney artist who allegedly (and probably apocryphally) modeled the Devil's features after his old boss as retribution for being fired.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><i><img src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20110415-1.jpg" /></i></p>
Originally Posted By basil fan Although I also see the resemblance, do you think it might be just a coincidence?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Regardless of any real or imagined Disney connection, the little dude is quite dated. I'd hate to see him go altogether, but as the main "mascot"... it's time for an update.
