Izzys Quest for Olympic Gold
I was helping my father clean out his garage when I came across an old VHS of what is apparently considered to be a piece of lost media, so I figured I d upload it and make it unlost. I kept all of the extremely 90s commercials in there. From Izzy s Quest for Olympic Gold is a 30minute animated TV special on TNT. The short film was produced by ACOG and Film Roman to promote and provide a backstory for Izzy the Whatizit, the mascot of the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. Izzy debuted during the closing ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and was immediately met with a backlash. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games continued to promote the character over many media, including through the video game Izzy s Quest for the Olympic Rings for the SNES and Sega Genesis game consoles. Amidst criticism and ridicule over the character s design, ACOG approached Film Roman to revamp Izzy s appearance, as well as produce a 30minute animated TV special. Izzy s Quest for Olympic Gold deb
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