I don’t usually pay much attention to TV commercials, but the other night I was watching the Mets and caught a quick glimpse of what appeared to be a Viagra …
Category: Uniforms in Movies/Advertising/Etc.
Uni Watch Movie Review: ‘The California Golden Seals Story’
I recently had an ESPN piece about how Alex Ovechkin was about to become the first NHL player to wear custom-painted skates. A few hours after that story was posted, …
Some Thoughts About Mary Tyler Moore’s Vikings Jersey
Mary Tyler Moore died yesterday. For those of us who grew up watching her eponymous sitcom, which was set in Minneapolis, one indelible image of her will always be the …
Pharmaceutical Ad Includes Clever Logo-Centric Reference
A TV commercial for an anti-stroke drug called Xarelta, featuring NBA legend Jerry West, began running back in August (see above; it seems to play better in Chrome than in …
A Look at a 1965 Mets Program
Reader Brian Sullwold’s mother was recently going through her attic and found something cool: a 1965 Mets program, apparently purchased and saved by Brian’s grandfather half a century ago. His …
How a Uni Watch Reader Was Almost in a Bill Lee Movie
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Michael Clary, who’s going to tell us about a near-brush with stardom involving former Bosox/Expos pitcher Bill Lee. ”” PL] By …
A Very Close Look at NFL Captaincy Patches
As we all know, Uni Watch readers like to “go deep” on certain uni-related topics. But some readers go deeper than others. A good example of that is this missive …
Some Thoughts on the Pacers and Their Hickory Uniforms
Click to enlarge Big news yesterday out of Indiana, where the Pacers announced that they’ll be wearing Hickory uniforms from the movie Hoosiers for select games next season and beyond …
MLB in 3D
[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent guest entry by David Firestone, who’s provided a close look at a unique element from MLB uniform history. ”” PL] By David G. …
I’ll Drink to That
I had meant to mention this on Monday (and I thank reader Nik Streng for reminding me): As many of you probably saw over the weekend, Pepsi was running a …
Major Blast From the Soft Drink Past
Click to enlarge Oh baby, check out this amazing 1930s ad for Celo soda featuring Dodgers pitcher Dazzy Vance, courtesy of reader Bruce Menard. Interesting uni detail: We’ve seen plenty …
Kap Kontroversy
Click photos to enlarge What you see above, from top to bottom, are an original game-worn Brooklyn Dodgers cap, circa 1940s; a Brooklyn Dodgers cap made for use in the …
Pig with the Pigskin
As the outrage over Monday night’s NFL game spread across the nation yesterday, I wondered what the local reaction was like in Green Bay, so I went to the Green …
The Story Behind the Commercial
. On Monday morning I mentioned and embedded the “NFL Timeline” commercial that ran during the Super Bowl (and, as you can see above, I’ve embedded it again today). It’s …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Great game last night, and I’m really happy for the Giants (and also for weekend editor Phil Hecken and webmaster John Ekdahl, both of whom are lifelong Giants fans), but …