Bucky Badger Bug
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Owner:
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TurkeyFarm Tom
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Released:
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
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Origin:
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California, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In Root Beer
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Bucky needs to return to Madison, Wisconsin – specifically the Memorial Union Terrace for some beer and pretzels. Please take a photo of Bucky if you have the chance.
Q: Where did Bucky come from?
A: Bucky's ancestors started gracing the Wisconsin state seal one sesquicentennial ago -- in 1848, a badger was put atop the state seal, where it still resides today.
When the University of Wisconsin began playing intercollegiate football about 41 years later, a badger quickly became the mascot and appeared at home football games, traveling either in a cage or on a chain. Those visits ended after the badger broke free and started snapping at fans and cheerleaders. Cited for delay of game, the badger stayed home on subsequent game days.
In 1940, commercial artist Arthur C. Evans drew the first cartoon of the "traditional" Bucky as we've come to know him. And the 1941 Badger yearbook was the first to feature the upright, personified Bucky. The athletic- looking badger came next, wearing a black sweater and carrying, what else, a football.
The "life-size" Bucky made his first appearance on the steps of Memorial Union at a pep rally in 1949, where he was introduced as "Buckingham U. Badger." And Bucky's life has never been the same -- or better -- since.
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