Tag: Times Square Mascots
Two parents, one of whom unironically describes himself as an “thinker, disruptor, innovator, dad,” have launched a rather soulless Indiegogo campaign to cater to the whims of their 6-year-old daughter, seeking to “Get greedy Elmo & others OUT of Times Square!” The idea came from little Kamila, who got sad that Minnie Mouse or Elmo […]
With the high profile arrest of an unruly Spider-Man in July and other well publicized instances of bad behavior by mascots in Times Square as of recent, the NYPD is cracking down on the fuzzy hustlers and they’re starting to feel the pain. According to the AP, the police effort is starting to take a […]
A New York’s City councilman has drafted a bill to create a licensing system and background checks for the people who wander Times Square in costumes posing with tourists, to the dismay of brands like Viacom and Sanrio reports the Wall Street Journal. There are currently over 70 mascots — many of them immigrants — […]
His days of dressing up as Elmo, dishing anti-semitic rants to tourists, running rape porn websites, and extorting Girl Scouts are over, at least for the time being. Dan Sandler–also known as Adam Sandler–was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail for his plot to get $2 million out of the aforementioned organization for young […]
The latest in the seemingly endless barrage of Times Square mascots (and Sesame Street characters) behaving badly came this weekend, as a Cookie Monster named Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez allegedly punched a two-year-old in the face. The exchange came to blows came after the tot posed for a picture with Quiroz-Lopez and his mother refused to cough up […]
