Stu’s Hunt Down: Krazy George
Posted on January 24th, 2008 – 1:25 PMBy Michael Rand
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.


