There are certain points in time that people can look around at each other and ask “do you remember where you were when…?” For us in the hockey-meets-culture business at BarDown, the birth of Gritty is one of those moments.
There’s life before Gritty, and life after.
Since we were graced by the googly-eyed orange entity, he has been terrorizing opponents while bringing smiles to the faces of Philadelphians. While we’ve come to love Gritty for who he is, Netflix show Queer Eye decided it may be time for a bit of a makeover.
In the latest episode, the Phillie Phanatic enlists the help of Queer Eye’s “Fab 5” to give the Flyers mascot a new look. The only issue… well… apparently everything’s perfect?
Doesn’t look much different, but who really needed him to anyway? After all…
(H/T Netflix/YouTube)
