Description: Glenn Danzig originally planned Samhain as a side project with Eerie Von, though after the Misfits' contentious 1983 dissolution, Samhain became Danzig's full-time band. Samhain is the least-celebrated of Danzig's major musical outlets and catalogs a transitional period in his musical career, bridging the gap between the punk rock of the Misfits and the dark, heavy metal, and blues-influenced sound of Danzig.
Description: Danzig is the self-titled debut album from Glenn Danzig's bluesy hard rock band that was released in August of 1988. The album was the first release on producer Rick Rubin's new label, Def American, and was slower, harder, heavier, cleaner, and more sonically spacious than anything Danzig had recorded with his previous bands. The album was reissued in the United States and the United Kingdom in 1998 and it remains the band's best-selling album to date, having been certified Gold in the U.S. in 1994, and having since been certified Platinum. Danzig promoted the album with a successful world tour in 1988–1989.
Description: Commodore was a North American home computer and electronics manufacturer. Commodore development of the home–personal computer industry in the 1970s and 1980s. The company developed and marketed one of the world's best-selling desktop computers of all time, the Commodore 64 (1982) and released its Amiga computer line in 1985, both of which still have extensive legacy followings to this day. This version of the Commodore C shirt features a nice dose of vintage wear and tear to make it look like it's been around since the 80s.
Description: R.A. and F.D. Stranahan are essentially the founders of Champion Spark Plug Company. Sort of. At the very least, they ended up with the patent on the Champion name which they legally and wisely used to eventually create the largest spark plug manufacturing company in the world. But it certainly didn’t start out that way. More than 20 thousand dollars in debt, and with a company that was fledgling along at best, the brothers had little choice but to move to Toledo when Willys-Overland Motor Company offered R.A. and F.D. a contract under which Champion would become the exclusive spark plug of automobiles manufactured at Willys-Overland.
Description: Johann Braun opened City Brewery in 1846. Valentin Blatz established a brewery next door in 1850 and merged both breweries upon Braun's death in 1852. After a fire destroyed much of the original brewery in 1872, Blatz was able to enlarge and update his facilities with new brewing technology. In 1875, Blatz was the first Milwaukee brewery to have a bottling department to package beer and ship nationally. It incorporated as the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company in 1889. In 1891, the company sold part of its brewing interests to an English syndicate. By the 1900s it was the city's third-largest brewer. During Prohibition, Blatz produced non-alcoholic beverages such as malt soap, sodas and near beer, from 1920 to 1933.
Description: WKRP’s station manager believed that he had come up with what was “the greatest promotional idea of all time” for Thanksgiving. This promotion involved hiring a helicopter to drop live turkeys at a local mall, but apparently, nobody involved was aware that turkeys are flightless birds: “Something just came out of the back of the helicopter. It’s a dark object. Perhaps a skydiver. A second. A third… No parachute yet. Oh my God! They’re turkeys!” They’re crashing to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! This is terrible! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! The crowd is running for their lives!”
Description: “Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?” — Ash Williams S-Mart was the department store that Ash and Linda worked at. Its slogan is: "Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart." S-Mart only appeared on film in the third installment of the Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness, but it went on to become a major setting for the Army of Darkness comic books based of the Army of Darkness film published from 2004 to 2013.
Description: When I said where do you wanna go on vacation, where did you say? Rusty? "Hawaii?" Shut up Rus, Audry? Not every vacation is going to be a winner, but how bad can it be when you choose Walley World? This version of the Walley World tee is nicely aged with hand distressing to give it a souvenir shirt kinda look.
Description: The Man-Thing is a large, slow-moving, empathic, humanoid swamp monster living in the Florida Everglades near a Seminole reservation and the fictitious town of Citrusville in Cypress County, Florida. A young biochemist, Dr. Theodore Sallis, is working in the Everglades as part of the Project Gladiator team, a group of scientists attempting to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. Dr. Sallis is transformed into The Man-Thing through the synergistic interaction of mystical energy and swamp mutagens, coupled with a dose of the Super Soldier Serum. Though the beast now lacks a normal human intellect and has shed any desire to communicate with human society, it nevertheless often becomes an accidental hero as it stumbles upon people in need.
Description: Strickland Propane is a fictional propane and propane accessories supplier in the animated series King of the Hill. Buck Strickland runs the company, headquartered at 135 Los Gatos Road in Arlen, Texas, though he delegates most of the day-to-day responsibilities to his 41-time employee of the month, assistant manager Hank Hill. This versions of the Strickland Propane Delivers design is the new/clean version, but I've got another one that includes a nice vintage wash to give it a nice old-school look.
Description: The Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium and were a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Pilots" name originated from the owner's part-time job as a harbor pilot and the city's association with the aviation industry. The team colors were royal blue and gold. Seattle had long been a hotbed for minor league baseball and was home to the Seattle Rainiers, a successful team in the Pacific Coast League (PCL).
Description: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band, also known simply as "The Nightmare," rose to fame after being added as a the last-minute act to the Annual Waterville Talent Show which they ended up winning after an over the top performance. Shortly after their first single went triple platinum, it was discovered that the band had rigged the talent show by making a deal with the devil.
Description: G.I. Joe's initial 1964 product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (U.S. Army), Action Sailor (U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (U.S. Air Force), Action Marine (U.S. Marine Corps) and later on, the Action Nurse. The name derived from the usage of "G.I. Joe" for the generic U.S. soldier, itself derived from the more general term "G.I.". The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure". In 1982 G.I. Joe came back in a big way with a line of 3.75" action figures coupled with cartoons and comic books.
Description: The general synopsis goes something like this: a young girl named Wisp is brought to a gray, desolate land with the mission to bring color to this fictional world by locating the Sphere of Light. Along the way, she befriends a furry creature named Twink and a magnificent horse named Starlite and finds a mysterious baby who turns out to be the key to her mission. Wisp is renamed Rainbow Brite in honor of her new role as leader.
Description: Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken restaurants founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO, John Y. Brown, Jr. While the restaurants were relatively short lived in America, they continue to flourish in Asian countries. This design is based on one of the original '91 logos (yes, there were several) and is coupled with the fictional "It's the wood that makes it good" tagline made famous by the '96 Seinfeld episode, aptly titled 'The Chicken Roaster' in which a Kenny Rogers Roasters sets up shop across the street from Jerry and Kramer's apartment building. Unfortunately, their unusually large chicken sign causes problems for everybody as it's warm glow fills their apartments with 'red death.'
Description: Heavyweights is a '90s comedy that focuses on a group of plump kids who get lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times. The kids quickly learn that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor, Tony Perkis, and that they are now subject to his over the top 'Perkis Power' fitness program.
Description: Peaches Records & Tapes was a Los Angeles-based chain of record superstores, some as large as 15,000 square feet. They were known for its vast selection, with many locations in buildings the size of a typical grocery store, reportedly stocking $500,000 in inventory. Peaches were also known for in-store events with bands and artists, huge murals of the latest album covers on the side of its buildings and for selling records from fruit-crates. The first store opened on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1975 and later that year, a second was opened in Atlanta.
Description: The Montreal Expos was a baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. The Expos' logo was one of the more unique in baseball history, featuring a stylized "M" for Montreal, also forming a red "e" for Expos, and a blue "b" for baseball, coming together as "Montreal Expos Baseball" though it's often said to read "elb" as and stand for "Expos League Baseball" which despite its popularity, is incorrect.
Description: Manny's Musical Instruments and Accessories, Inc., or more commonly, Manny's Music, was a New York City music store that claimed to have 'everything for the musician,' and from what we've heard, that was very true. Whether you were a local looking for your first guitar or a drummer in town on a national tour in need of a few new cymbals, Manny's was the place to go until they sadly closed their doors for good in 2009.
Description: Late Night with David Letterman was an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman. It premiered on NBC on February 1, 1982 and remained there until 1993 before making the jump to CBS where it was renamed Late Show with David Letterman and ran until Dave's retirement in 2015.
Description: Firefly Ship Works Ltd. was the primary designer and manufacturer of the 03-K64-Firefly-class transport ship. They were stationed on Hera and produced 4 series of Firefly-class Mid-bulk transport ships including the one later known as the Serenity. They also manufactured the Sandfly-class transport ship, which was designed to replace the series 1 Firefly. This design looks like it's been to Hera and back across the 'Verse and is a perfect addition to any Firefly/Serenity fan's collection.
Description: Felix the Cat, created by animator Otto Messmer, made his 1919 theatrical debut as one of several cartoon components in Paramount Screen Magazine split-reels, then graduated to a standalone series in 1922. Felix's adorable appearance, witty personality, love of high living, and comically versatile tail helped him achieve a level of popularity that he maintained until 1929.
Description: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was an American animated television series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert and himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985. The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Fat Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends who routinely gathered in a North Philadelphia junkyard to play a song on their cobbled-together instruments.
Description: Elsinore is the fictional brand of beer that the 1983 Canadian comedy movie Strange Brew is centered around. The story focuses on two unemployed brothers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, who place a live mouse in a beer bottle in an attempt to blackmail the local beer store into giving them free Elsinore beer, but are told to take up the matter with management
Description: Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG). D&D's publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry. D&D departs from traditional wargaming by allowing each player to create their own character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Master (DM) serves as the game's referee and storyteller.
Description: Five tales of terror are presented. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach. The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college. The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches.
Description: "Bluth's Original Frozen Banana" is a frozen banana stand started by George Bluth in 1953 as part of the Bluth Company. It is located on the Oceanside Wharf boardwalk, on Balboa Island in Newport Beach. This version of the Bluth's Original Frozen Banana design includes a nice vintage treatment giving it a well seasoned look.
