# One creepy-ass company mascot... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938 "2014-11-06T23:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/1 "2014-11-06T23:48:17Z")
I’ve been meaning to post this for some time, but I just this week had a moment to take a photo to include. I make weekly visits to an office building that has a large regional dental office in it. This company has about 12 dentists and advertises a lot locally. Their mascot is everywhere: on vans, signs, ads, flyers and most especially as this [**4-foot cutout**](http://i.imgur.com/I5Yiwno.jpg) in the building’s main lobby\*\*. \*\* Is that or is that not the creepiest thing you’ve seen in a long time in the name of “family friendly” marketing? It gives me the heebies every time I walk past the van outside, the sign or this eerie presence. (My daughter will NOT let me throw it over the rail to the floors far below… little twerp.) I think what makes it so extra weird-creepy-disturbing is the extremely realistic eyes. If it had cartoony eyes, it would be merely dopey, but with **[Paul Newman’s baby blues](http://i.imgur.com/nzJamfd.jpg)** smiling at you… _shudder_. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/2 "2014-11-06T23:53:30Z")
The mustache. _The mustache._ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/3 "2014-11-07T00:12:45Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > The mustache. _The mustache._ Wilford Brimley crossed with Cthulhu. :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/4 "2014-11-07T00:53:32Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Wilford Brimley crossed with Cthulhu. :: shudder :: [/QUOTE] And he’s here to talk to you about gingi-vee-tus. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/5 "2014-11-07T00:57:44Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > And he’s here to talk to you about gingi-vee-tus. “And if you’re lucky, I’ll eat you first.” ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/6 "2014-11-07T00:58:12Z")
And after the mustache, the weird hand-like eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/7 "2014-11-07T00:58:42Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Wilford Brimley crossed with Cthulhu. > :: shudder :: Called it! That thing is horrific, and would give me a dental phobia if I didn’t already have one. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-creepy-ass-company-mascot/703938/8 "2014-11-07T02:57:05Z")
Reminds me of this [(in)famous Pink Panther scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOcFJHUnuo).