Madison East High School in Madison, Wisconsin, is the proud home of the Purgolders. That school mascot resembles a golden puma in purple attire, with a portmanteau name that combines those two colors. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Madison Purgolders”
Here is a really weird mascot.
This one was sent to us by Max Winter Osterhaus, who went to Madison East High School in Wisconsin. He says, we were the purgolders.
Purgolders.
P-U-R-G-O-L-D-E-R-S.
Purgolders.
That’s a pretzel?
Purgolders.
Is that a pretzel?
No, it sort of looks like a cat, but he said it’s just a mashup of purple and gold.
Oh, I see.
Okay.
Yeah.
We were the purgolders.
Sorry about the name.
I don’t know.
They probably have a great record.
Yeah, there we go.
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