According to the Phanatic, Phanexor (his ancestral home) was the largest moon of the planet Lexor (a doomed planet wherein Lex Luthor was marooned in the '50s, he late revitalized that world's eco-system, restored it to prominence, renamed said planet and was thusly celebrated as its greatest champion and patron.) The important part about that says the Phanatic is that apparently Lex had left an intergalactic radio whilst on an expedition of the moon that would be Phanexor.
After Mr. Luthor had left, the Phanatic tells of himself, his best girl Phyllis, his mama, Pheobe, and his lil' bro Slyly (who is now a mascot for the Hiroshima Carp; good luck trying to find a picture) would crowd around and listen to baseball games and groove to the occasional rock n' roll tune. He told me specifically he was psyched the most about Jump Blues and Soul. He went on to exclaim that anything by the Funk Bros. (the studio band for Motown) gives him what he calls "the feelin'." It was these tunes that helped him to establish the tummy groove he delights fans with at Citizen's Bank Park (the best ballpark in the multiverse!)to this day.
Dark times came about on Phanexor as the hunger of Galactus precipitated Lexor to become a planet Marked for Death. The Phanatic had always questioned Luthor's alliance with Brainiac, and was perpetually suspicious about the handful of Skrull outposts neighboring Phanexor; but when he heard one word about Galactus:
"dude..., that's motherph*&#ing Galactus Ph^*k that sh*t! i'm not the one! and you know Lex ain't gonna do crap to help us Phanenites! so me, mom(Pheobe), my stupid lil bro' (Slyly), and honeydip (Phyllis) grabbed the radio, a bit if grindage (hot dogs, cheesesteak, and tastykakes) and we was out!"
Validating the Phanatic's fears, Luthor served Galactus the moon Phanexor in hopes of dissuading the planet-devourer. From his seat in a star cruiser he likens to a giant cheeseburger (seen pictured in last post; photo taken approx. 1956 Earth A.D.), the Phanatic says he watched as the Silver Surfer surfed on by and hooked up the matter transference system.
Bummed that he left some key baseball cards and Mad magazines behind, the Phantic says he passed the time listening to the likes of Richie Ashburn, Johnny Callison, and Robin Roberts. As the trip wore on, the Phantatic says the names may have changed to Schmidt, Carlton, and the secretary of defense, Gary Maddox, but "we kept it pushin'! Go Phils!" Furthermore, the Phanatic says that his favorite part of baseball is touching 'em all, stellar defense, and getting after it.
He went on to explain that he felt the same level of stoke during his his first live game (April 25th, 1978 a the Vet) as he did during his most recent (the Phils clinching the World Series, October 29th, 2008) and now he says one can barely even measure his stoke. Mostly, he's amped about Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, and Cole Hamels.
Where i was only nine months old when the Phillies won the World Series in 1980, the Phanatic was 622 Earth years old. He delighted in explaining how he was still kinda new to the scene back then. The way he tells it, at first he thought about coming clean about Phanexor and Galactus and all that. But then after watching Escape from the Apes, his tune changed quite a bit.
He's not afraid of humans per se, but "nobody wants to get killed by a gorilla in a zoo like Dr. Milo; i ain't goin' out like that! Ape must not kill Ape, but nobody said nuffin' about a giant green Phillies fan and his homies...i don't trust scientists!" So parading himself as a creation from the same sketchbook that spawned Big Bird, the Phanatic set about the task of procuring "killer seats and the right to act a fool at every ph@*king Phillies game!" He says his introduction on the show "Captain Noah and his Magicl Ark" was a real cool time and illustrated to him the importance of imagination. It's imagination that allowed him to name the Galapaggos islands as his "birthplace"; now he spends the off-season there with his friends. But still the Phanatic returns every season, sporting his "Paint the town Red!" tan, to watch his beloved Phils. Plus he says he can't stop, won't stop thinking about that Hatfield Hot Dog Launcher and hopes that some day they'll let him fire it 45.675 times. (a world-record for sure and a Hot Dog for every single ticket of a capacity crowd at Citizen's Bank Park)
And after two decades of being the greatest mascot in all of sport, the Phanatic is thankful for his two best friends, Dave Raymond and Tom Burgoyne. He says he was proud to be in the closing credits of Rocky Balboa, but would have liked better to be in Rocky V. He had wanted to be in a Rocky movie ever since his feud with Tommy Lasorda. He would also like to end all the talk of him being "a green transvestite."
The way he sees it, he's a big boppin' green party machine who loves the Phillies; and he says: GO PHILS!!!!

-the Main Man!