- Playing
- The Mascot
- From
- Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Meet Tim Chalmers, professional mascot. He's Crackers for the Portland Pirates hockey team. When not dressed as a parrot he's an acorn -- Oakie the mascot for Oakhurst Dairy. In the summer, he's Slugger for the Portland Seadogs baseball team. But just in case his career as a mascot doesn't work out, Tim has a back-up plan.
More from Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Moving Beyond
(07:17)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."
Missing Kim
(07:27)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.
Strategy Not Strength
(05:16)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.
The Last Word
(06:49)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Members of the Passamaquoddy tribe are working to prevent the imminent disappearance of their people's ancient language.
356 Years Later
(05:36)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic Church’s troubling past.
From This Point On
(07:12)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started learning how to sign and ...
Silent Seekers
(06:41)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.
Moving Closer
(06:24)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.
15 Minutes of Shame
(07:35)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
A small town's shocking scandal becomes national news, but no one is really sure why.
Bruised
(06:32)
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public have started to take ...
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Meet Tim Chalmers, professional mascot. He's Crackers for the Portland Pirates hockey team. When not dressed as a parrot he's an acorn -- Oakie the mascot for Oakhurst Dairy. In the summer, he's Slugger for the Portland Seadogs baseball team. But just in case his career as a mascot doesn't work out, Tim has a back-up plan.
3 Comments
|
Review of The MascotA nice look into the life and thoughts of a man who wears a "funny costume" for a living. Starts out funny and interesting and by the end of it you're really engaged in the guy's story and what he plans to do for a living by the time the story ends. Good piece. |
|
Review of The MascotThis is a mildly interesting piece, though we don't get much of a sense of the personality of the guy who is the center of it. It may be because he is not that interesting. The only reason I come to that conclusion (rather than suggesting that the piece is not more interesting because of some fault of the reporter) is because mid-way through the piece we hear from another mascot and that guy is very engaging. Some technical points: The natural sound does not have much presence and there is a really nasty edit right near the top. Overall, I wish the reporter had gotten out of the way. She seemed to be trying to impose some sense of attitude on the piece. I would have loved to have heard her try to put this same information across without being such a personality in the story. She almost over-shadows poor Tim who -- as I mentioned is not the most sparkling personality. |
Related Website
Of 4 purchasers of this piece...
- 3 also bought:
The Zen of Cappuccino (03:17) - 3 also bought:
Heroin (08:10) - 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:
Dead Animal Man (07:49) - 2 also bought:
Bill McKibben
Posted on October 15, 2004 at 06:18 AM | Permalink
Review of The Mascot
this is a nifty piece--especially as the reporter draws out the similarities between being the Portland Sea Dog Dog and being a funeral director. The sound is a little weak in spots--you really wanted the noise of the ballgame in the background at some point, for instance. and it tails off a bit at the end--but what a fine short feature!