oh brother the hard work it takes to reach gritty's of fame better than his creator, dave raymond. >>hen you've done a good job. gritty, when the rest of the mascots in the nhl are a little a little jealous, that's only going to level other people up. they're going to say, we need to be as good as and gritty as one of the placeholders. the phanatic is one of the placeholders. >> anyone who's anyone in this world knows dave raymond. >> i am the fanatic's best friend. i watch out for everything that he does. >> the original philly phanatic from 1978 to 1993. a pioneer who pretty much wrote the blueprint for all the mascots who followed the phanatic, was the first team created concept that they treated it like the most important marketing decision they could make. since then, he's been at the forefront of shaping mascots into a thriving career and business model. >> the first step always is show me the backstory. >> where are they from? how did they get here? the only way you can get people to care is to tell a story that comes right from you. how are you? nice to see you. >> creating th

) before it is time for seen and unseen when we reveal the stories behind the headlines, hello raymond davest annual white house tÜrkiye pardon. >> look only when you heard there was a presidential tÜrkiye pardon he stood behind the birds waiting for trump to show up here but he did think today was thanksgiving. >> president biden: we are also keeping our hearts, those who have lost so much, who will have an empty seat at the thanksgiving table tonight -- excuse me, thursday night. >> it is on the last thursday of november, lincoln by the way declared thanksgiving a national holiday and the tÜrkiye pardon even gave them his son ted who befriended the christmas turkey and staved the execution of the bird, and he did today, but callously executed his own speech. >> president biden: delaware had a long history, in fact, it is one of my favorite, the state desert, page weighs 41 pounds, hot dish, and tater tots and cross-country skis they stayed calm and gobbled on and are still gobbling perk. [laughter] [chuckling] listening to their favorite music. >> laura: are we even sure that is joe biden

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