Dave Raymond - CEO, Hero of Happiness, The Original Philly Phanatic & Mascot Incubator
11/03/22 • 59 min
0:00 Episode Introduction
1:50 The meaning of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series
3:00 How Dave grew up in Maryland and being the son of Hall of Fame College Football Coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond
5:55 Where Dave got his work ethic
7:50 How he became the Phillie Phanatic
11:00 How quickly the Phanatic had success and passing it along to Tom Burgoyne
13:25 Wearing the costume was physically demanding for Dave
17:20 What he did to create, sometimes unintentional, the personality of the Phanatic
22:30 How he developed the character and how Dave drew inspiration from his mother
25:45 What some special moments for Dave was being the Phanatic
32:20 How Dave created mascot characters and how he feels a part of the Phanatic after all these years
35:38 How valuable a mascot can be to a professional sport team and how his company creates them
40:00 What justifies a mascot being paid upwards of $625,000
44:00 How Dave uses the stories of the mascot to help train people how to have fun
49:30 The Tommy Lasorda “incident.” youtube.com/watch?v=vX4L2LHGs98
52:50 Dave’s relationships with MLB umpires
54:15 His most memorable skit youtube.com/watch?v=kxfA72OTOXA
56:00 His most memorable item from the Phanatic
57:30 Don’s autographed picture of the Phanatic
58:15 Episode Close
0:00 Episode Introduction
1:50 The meaning of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series
3:00 How Dave grew up in Maryland and being the son of Hall of Fame College Football Coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond
5:55 Where Dave got his work ethic
7:50 How he became the Phillie Phanatic
11:00 How quickly the Phanatic had success and passing it along to Tom Burgoyne
13:25 Wearing the costume was physically demanding for Dave
17:20 What he did to create, sometimes unintentional, the personality of the Phanatic
22:30 How he developed the character and how Dave drew inspiration from his mother
25:45 What some special moments for Dave was being the Phanatic
32:20 How Dave created mascot characters and how he feels a part of the Phanatic after all these years
35:38 How valuable a mascot can be to a professional sport team and how his company creates them
40:00 What justifies a mascot being paid upwards of $625,000
44:00 How Dave uses the stories of the mascot to help train people how to have fun
49:30 The Tommy Lasorda “incident.” youtube.com/watch?v=vX4L2LHGs98
52:50 Dave’s relationships with MLB umpires
54:15 His most memorable skit youtube.com/watch?v=kxfA72OTOXA
56:00 His most memorable item from the Phanatic
57:30 Don’s autographed picture of the Phanatic
58:15 Episode Close
Previous Episode
Highlights From First 19 Episodes
A recap of the first fourteen episodes of Sports In The Making and includes short sections from some of the most memorable responses.
Recap Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to Episode
1:40 Episode 2 - Scott Hecht talking about a make-or-break moment in his tv career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkgyVd4XSs&t=10s
6:40 Episode 3 - John Howard shares the most intense moment of his career as technical director on the Super Bowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7h2US1BANk&t=8s
10:51 Episode 4 - Chris Farrow talks about how he would find announcers for ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZI3oYGmmo&t=9s
17:10 Episode 5 - Jenny Cavnar shares her experience making Major League Baseball history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ikmvR0Roo&t=13s
24:10 Episode 6 - Paul Kirk on what it was like working Super Bowls in media relations with the Denver Broncos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYoU335niE&t=11s
31:38 Episode 7 - Carlos Alfonso reluctantly took a Major League Baseball coaching position with the San Francisco Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLW109AkKQ&t=16s
34:58 Episode 8 - Dennis Spencer talks about how to get viewers when there is a lot of money spent on media rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LXqDuqc7c&t=11s
38:10 Episode 9 - Dean Walker's biggest challenge in his career was overseeing the Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KSqMBujpE&t=13s
42:20 Episode 10 - Jimmy Serrano on how minor league players think about contracts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtq2zVDBQDg&t=7s
44:40 Episode 12 - Ben Bouma shares his story of helping build the Pittsburgh Pirates' stadium and helping a billionaire purchase an NHL team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfCwuyOqEk&t=77s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1qG2z2Wes&t=13s
55:30 Episode 13 - Brian Nupnau explains how tv truck engineers keep shows on the air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpKlM0yIzY&t=11s
58:30 Episode 14 - Heather Novickis on how building relationships with athletes is important in representing her clients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoO3RZWzEfY&t=13s
1:01:30 Episode 15 - Mary Kate Shea describes what happens the week leading into the Boston Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLh_Bivgbnw&t=11s
1:08:00 Episode 16 - Ato Boldon shares what he learned from Dr. John Carlos about protesting during the 1968 Olympics
1:12:21 Episode 19 - Nick Gismondi on how he found work as an announcer and what an announcer needs to do to create their own opportunities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nK4MZa7IE&t=14s
1:17:44 Episode Close
Next Episode
Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN
00:00 - Episode Introduction
01:45 - How Terry and I met working in the Dominican Baseball League for ESPN (with some pictures)
03:15 - Terry’s thoughts about Dominican Baseball
04:10 - Terry’s memory of visiting with Baseball HOF Pitcher Juan Marichal
05:55 - What an Operations Producer does
07:45 - How Ops Producers are able to save a show and what the preparation is to make sure a show goes off well
09:40 - How Terry got into the sports tv business
14:15 - One of Terry’s first events with ESPN was on the World Cup
14:55 - Terry’s reporting days dealing with sheep
16:40 - Why Terry chose operations instead of other jobs in television
18:50 - When an Operations Producer’s job begins once the network gets the rights to an event
22:12 - Most significant change in tv production from Terry’s perspective
23:55 - How each event dictates what goes into the operations
26:15 - The number of events Terry has worked on outside the U.S. and how tv is the same or different
28: 55 - Of the many high profile sports Terry’s worked on, which is his favorite
33:05 - What an Ops Producer does once the event starts
35:10 - Some notable people Terry has met
36:40 - Meeting the Phillie Phanatic mascot
37:55 - What goes into winning an Emmy from the operations side
39:35 - How the operations department prepares for the worst scenarios
43:55 - How operations teams work in all kinds of weather and need to have the right skills
46:45 - The difference between remote production operations and studio production operations
49:30 - What qualities are good for people to have when working in production operations
51:15 - What his favorite credential is from all of the events he’s worked on
52:45 - Wrap of episode
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More Episodes: Dave Raymond, The Original Phillie Phanatic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emA-0xQ4jws&t=1427s
Andrew Irvine, MLB The Show Producer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwM9CGHRz_0&t=3s
Marc Rowley, Inventor of Pylon Cam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC5cMC3JkdA&t=9s
Claudia Trejos - Boxing Broadcaster & Hall of Famer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntXcgXajOw&t=10s
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