Lillehammer 1994

The Norwegians could not be bothered putting any imagination into their mascots and you can really tell, “Haakon and Kristin” were the runners up in Norway’s 1994 “Rosie and Jim Idol” compertion.

Nagano 1998

How did the country that gave the world Pokemon, Transformers, Sonic the Hedgehog, and The Super Mario Brothers manage to come up with “The Snowlets”. Mind you “The Snowlets” were later the inspiration for South Park “Oh My God! They Killed Tsukki! You B*******! “

Salt Lake City 2002

Finally in 2002 the marketing guys start to get on the right lines. Salt Lake City had three mascots each one represented one of the words of the Olympic mottp, “Powder” – Faster, “Copper” – Higher, and “Coal” – (Stronger). Just one question what does a boxing bear have to do with winter sport?