Fireman Ed’s triumphant return
I never made a comic about Fireman Ed, and it’s one of my biggest regrets. He retired back in the era of one comic a week so I missed it. So here is my Fireman Ed comic, since it’s July during the offseason and no one has any news anyway.
I always liked Fireman Ed. He got a lot of crap but I think it was from mostly jealous fanbases that don’t have the cool “superfan”. Super fans are cool devoted people. Maybe they are a little gimmicky, but I like that sort of thing. I like the 12th man, even if it gets completely overdone. I liked the Hogettes for the Redskins. Sea-Hulk. That vikings fan who always caught Randy Moss. The Giants have a Superfan, called License Plate Guy, but I think his gimmick is kinda lame. Back when I went to Orioles games the O’s had a fan called Wild Bill Hagy who was our “superfan”. Fireman Ed was a great fan. He got the crowd going. he had a great look. The endorsements and attention got kind of over-saturated, but I like fans like that. He never deserved the kind of vitrol he got for being a vocal supporter of a sports team. Unless I missed something he wasn’t going out being a dick, he was just a former fireman who liked yelling and liked the Jets. Why does that make him a bad person? He got called a wussy for quitting after the Buttfumble game, but if you are a regular Joe getting tons of hate just for being a fan, I can see how that might wear on you after a while. Besides, I have to imagine that Jets game broke a lot of Jets fans.
The Broncos had Barrel Man… you didn’t want to have an eye-down view of him. But I give mad props to a dude who shows up to every Denver home game in a barrel. We don’t have anything like that now.
And that is why we lost to the Seapigeons.
I remember Barrel Man! What a fan. Go Broncos.
If every comic you posted had a baby on fire, your popularity would skyrocket. First Jay Cutler, now Fireman Ed, give no shits about burning babies.
The baby doesn’t even give a shit
And why should he?
Honestly, I don’t blame him for quitting. I would have quit too after witnessing the Buttfumble
I don’t think we’ve really had anyone replace Dolfan Denny, have we?
I liked Fireman Ed too and I’m a Pats fan.
I don’t think it was the fact that he got a load of hate that caused him to quit, I think it was the buttfumble. You just can’t cheer openly for a team that fumbles in that way and pretty much hands the game to the Pats. They were quite evenly matched until Sanchez ran into Moore’s ass and caused the Pats to score the trifecta of touchdowns in such a tiny span of time. And it was prime time on Thanksgiving. If it were Brady that ran into Wilfork’s ass and gave the game to the Jets, I would have literally died of embarrassment. As funny as it was (I can watch that GIF all day) I got a newfound respect for Jets fans-the ones that stuck with the game, anyway. How freaking embarrassing must that have been?
Really? One play and you’d quit. Fireman Ed is still probably a big Jets fan, it was just time to step out of the spotlight as and just be a normal Joe again.
I’ve been a Bills fan all my life and I’ve dealt with a lot more embarrassment than one play. Lets not go feeling sorry for Fans for the buttfumble… Any Jets fan that quit watching after that have no respect from me.
I’ve been a Pats fan all my life too, born into a family of Pats fans.
I never said I would quit being a Pats fan if they made an embarrassing play-heck, I’ve been a fan through embarrassing seasons.
It’s just everyone has a tipping point and when that embarrassing play is everywhere and everyone’s talking about it and nobody will drop it, it must feel like some sort of nightmare.
And I said I respect the ones that stuck with the Jets. The ones that left, yep. Less than no respect.
As a Panther Fan I always look out for Catman/Big Cat each week either at the games or on the TV. I think Superfans are an important but small part of the experience, because they let everyone know that it is perfectly fine to be a fan. Plus, Sir Purr has to take breaks every now and then, so he’s a great substitute.
And let’s not forget rainbow wig John 3:16 man…
Actually you might want to. Because first of all, he wasn’t a fan of any particular team. He just showed up where the cameras were. And secondly, he turned out to be quite a nut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollen_Stewart
A lot of people like to forget that part of why he quit was people thought he was a Jets employee and started harassing him and his family. They also like to forget that the buttfumble was just the crowning moment of a 49-19 prime time thanksgiving massacre, and that particular play just one of three straight humiliating turnovers that led to a 35-point second quarter. Aside from snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against Tennessee to get knocked out of the playoffs, nothing anywhere near as embarrassing has happened to the Jets since. It also capped off one of the most embarrassing seasons I’ve ever seen. There was no valor or pride in the 2012 Tebow-Sanchez Jets. There was only shame. One of my best friends is a Jets fan, and even though I laughed at his team like a banshee, I have never seen a grown man as in need of a hug as that night. Poor guy was too tough to take one.
I never gained so much appreciation for a fanbase’s dedication in one season as that year. The fact Jets fans can still enjoy football is remarkable to me.
Also high five for the Wild Bill Hagy mention! O’s games haven’t been the same without him. It feels like mosteoporosis times I’ve met superfans, they’ve been really swell, down to earth people that just want to have fun and love their team. Every park or stadium needs a superfan.
What the hell is mosteoporosis and why did my phone auto correct”most people” to it
Looks like it’s just osteoporosis and they left an m in front of it.
Or, it’s the person with the most osteoporosis.
The Dawg Pound is basically an entire end zone of superfans, but if I had to pick one it would be “Big Dawg”- he’s always in the front with a 98 jersey, a rubber dog mask with eyes like Ren Hoek and a Browns hard hat. And if there’s one thing that can top (or is it bottom?) Bee-Wee’s dippity doo backhand flipper INT, it was the Buttfumble.
How are all these babies catching fire?
I dunno, you’re the goddamned doctor here
The Chargers have Boltman. He’s creepy but he’s ours
Don’t forget Banjoman!
All of this baby burning is seriously triggering me you shitfuck
The Saints have a few superfans. There’s Whistle Guy, who wears a giant whistle hat; Clown Guy, who wears a Saints themed clown outfit; there a guy that wears a black and gold Master Chief outfit from the video game; and two guys who go to games wearing black and gold body paint. They even got put on the cover of the Madden NFL Drew Brees was on.
🙁 god I miss that chant. It is just not the same.