Name: Krazy George. Given name is George Henderson.

Nickname: Nothing says “crazy” like misspelling it!  Look: Mykkül Rand. That’s CRAZY!  No, wait: that’s KRAZY! Ah ha!

Claim to Fame, Minnesota: back in the halcyon days of the 1980s, the Vikings thought it would be a capital idea to pump up the Metrodome crowd by hiring Krazy George to beat his drum and start the wave.  The Vikings also thought it would be a good idea to trade 11 players for Herschel Walker and draft Dimitrius Underwood in the first round.

Claim to Fame, Everywhere Else: Krazy (as I like to call him) is alleged to be the inventor of the Wave, which may actually be more annoying than a loud, bald man in jean shorts beating a drum. The University of Washington has disputed this claim (klaim?), saying that the cheer originated with UW alum and former Entertainment Tonight host Robb Weller.   If your self-loathing is such that you want to know more about this kerfuffle, Krazy discusses it exhaustively (and I mean exhaustively) at his website.

Where He Is Now: according to Wiki, he can be seen pitching products on Northern California television.  He’s also available for corporate meetings.  Imagine: “THUMP THUMP THUMP!  Let’s get this Accounts Receivable meeting FIRED UP!  THUMP THUMP THUMP!”

Glorious Randomness: other famous male cheerleaders include this guy.  So, yeah.

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