Jeff Hullinger

I posted this four years ago, but here goes, one more time, this weekend marks the 81st anniversary of FDR’s death in Warm Springs and the response from the Atlanta team in charge.

The 30th anniversary of the Centennial Olympic Games approaches. In 1996 Atlanta, Wesley Boutilier was a toddler, his mother pushed him in a stroller downtown to meet the much maligned Olympics mascot, Izzy. The impact of the Summer meeting was lasting, today Wesley is a local documentarian and has assembled an affectionate film 🎥 on the computer generated blue blob. Here is my Georgia Public Broadcasting blog. I’ve included a YouTube link to watch his film. https://www.gpb.org/blogs/hullingers-musings/2026/03/27/izzy-at-30-atlantas-most-controversial-olympic-mascot-gets