Word: mascot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FESTIVAL'S highlight is the complete version of Ladislas Starevitch's The Mascot, a fairy tale of innocence astray in a wicked world. The film, made in 1934, is a classic of puppet and object animation. A dew-eyed puppy puppet--who bears a vague resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock--is brought to life by the tears of a dollmaker who is too poor to buy her sick daughter the oranges she dreams of. The dollmaker sends the puppy to be sold in a toy store. He manages to escape his new owner there as well as his fate...
Congressman Elan Bright: A flamboyant fellow, he hires Liz at taxpayers' expense as a kind of sexy mascot, occasionally has her chaperon one of his girl friends shipped in from the home district. But her prime job is to take care of other important legislators-sometimes at orgies staged by him-so that he can win political favors from them...
...excitement on the field matched that of the crowd. Only 9400 fans attended on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Despite the efforts of a strolling Dixieland Jazz Band and the presence of the mule Charlie O, the team's mascot, the crowd was unmoved by the A's all-too-typical performance...
...agitating for change. At first he turned to gimmicks to pull in crowds and feed his starveling team: greased pig chases before the start of a game; a mechanical rabbit popping up behind the umpire, holding a supply of new balls; half-price tickets for bald men; a mule mascot named Charlie...
...film even offers a bonus - a few minutes of the Pink Panther, a creature that is a sort of mascot for the series, cavorting in animation along with the titles. The art work was done by the Richard Williams Studio and is a spectacular...