If you are such a lame-o that you don’t know who Shepard Fairey is, there’s a pretty good chance (like, 100%) that you’ve seen his work all over the place. Shepard is the man responsible for the now-iconic Obama ‘HOPE’ image that was probably your computer wallpaper for the six months leading up to the presidential election. But waaay before that, Mr. Fairey was the originator of the ‘Andre The Giant has a posse’ sticker campaign that eventually led to an OBEY brand that sells everything from clothing to skateboards to prints.
Then last year, the Birdland fellas and I “borrowed” the Andre The Giant has a posse idea and made some fancy tees and sweatshirts with Charlie Manuel’s likeness instead of Mr. The Giant’s. And since I’ve heard Fairey has a bit of a reputation for taking legal action against those who “borrow” his work, I kinda hoped he’d never find out about the Cholly shirts. But then I received an e-mail yesterday from a Phillies fan (and The Fightins reader) named Jeremy who not only works for Shepard, but purchased the Cholly shirt, wore it to work, and sent along a picture of him wearing it while standing next to him.
I guess that means he’s a supporter!
Here’s the e-mail with the accompanying pic:
Whats happening fellas,
I wanted to send this along, thought you might enjoy. The man that started the “Andre the Giant has a posse” (OBEY) campaign, my boss, Shepard Fairey, got a kick out of the uncle cholly shirt. I am a big phils fan, and live and work in LA very close to Dodger Stadium, and always am showing my colors.
-Jeremy
and the photo:
Thanks, Jeremy, that was pretty fucking cool.
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Is that Casey Blake?
haha that’s great. I remeber seeing them Andre the Giant stickers on stop signs all across the city
Awesome. Remains my fave TF X BL design, aside from maybe the simple 2008 pennant.
Other than wishing I had never heard of Obama and the hopes that he has dashed, that was a pretty darn cool story. I knew about your wrestling connection, but never understood it till this article. Congrats !
Dash, get out of my head.
That was actually the next sweater I wanted to get.
I can almost hear the lawsuit in the mail… enjoy your picture!
I was hoping my first lawsuit would come from Rich Dubee, just so that image of Doobs with the pot leaves for eyes would be all over the place. Word on the street is (I heard it from a “reliable source”) Doobs not only knows about the shirt, but wants one to wear under his jersey.
The first lawsuit against us actually came from Comcast for our “Barkann & R.Diddy & V-Heb & The Guv” post game eagles shirts. Thankfully, that’s the shirt we sold the least of.
Meech: Time for a “Comcast Sucks” t-shirt me thinks.
Shit, DP, they never say anything about me boosting video from their network and putting it on here. I don’t wanna test them.
Cool article. Not a cool belt buckle though
That guy looks like Jaws aka Richard Kiel from such classics as Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Happy Gilmore…
…with an epic beard.
Also Meech:
Be careful about posting pictures of 2 dudes standing in front of a picture of a drawing of a naked baby. The Feds (Chris Hanson) are (is) already following (behind) the Fightins (you). haha (busted!).
A little off-topic, but GTO, there isn’t much better TV than “To Catch A Predator.” That moment when Chris Hanson comes out, is pure gold.
@Maria: are those pop rocks?
@ Maria
True, but the sobering fact is that there IS ‘To Catch a Predator.’ It is sad that a show like that even exists.
That does not however stop me from finding it painfully amusing while utterly maddening and depressing.
Easily the only show that can rev up all emotions to red-line, and then implode your soul and conscience until you pass out with a nose bleed.
I find that being drunk, lit, or a combination of both effectively reduces some extremes of the show, but almost always increases the laugh factor to a level I like to call “collapsed lungs.”
Guacamole chips, which were delicious.
I feel creepy watching the show but it’s too entertaining to stop.
i met chris hanson once, he was standing in my kitchen. i was like whaaaaaa so i ran
Nice shmedium, Shep.
I thought the way it worked was that other people sued SF for stealing their work. meech you should sue him first just to be safe.
Anyone else notice that the ugly bitch won the ballgirl vote? That shit HAD to be rigged.
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/community/ballgirls/index.jsp
Not alot of “talent” there, in my opinion.
Ed Wade just gave Brandon Lyon 3 years and $15 million and as far as I’m concerned the Phils dodged a bullet (or Ed Wade stepped in front of one)
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that whenever Pat Gillick feels like Amaro’s gonna make a bad move, he gets on the phone and gives good ol’ Ed Wade a hot tip…
“Oh, yeah, even Mike Arbuckle says this guy’s the next Nelson Figueroa, with the competitive fire of Jose Mesa. He’s got the jowls of a champ and he’s even pigeon toed like Tyler Green. A real winner, Ed.”
“Remember Joe Roa? Well rumor is, this guy’s his illegitimate son. I bet he’s got his dad’s rubber arm, the lil’ bastard. You sure loved Joe Roa. Didn’t Shawn Chacón try to kill you once? Well he’s available too. And Paul Abbott’s got Alzheimer’s but he can still throw a mean curve. He just kinda stares blankly when he does it.”
Don’t look now, but we’ve emerged as the front runners for Halladay. Apparently it could come down to a Happ and Brown/Taylor package. To shed payroll, Blanton may be on his way out as well. Leaves so many questions, but WOW if this happens…
According to mlbtraderumors, they’re saying that Cole Hamels could be included in a deal…Fuck that, absolutely no fucking way.
Rosenthal tends to be completely full of shit, though. If all the Jays wanted was Happ and Taylor the deal would probably be done. And that Cole Hamels rumor is terrifying but someone probably pulled that out of their ass (I hope)
That Cole rumor came from the fuckin NY Daily News, so yeah, out of someones ass…I hope.
I dunno…if we had Halladay, we get an unbeatable top of the rotation (losing Happ in the deal, and shedding Blanton for payroll perhaps) but a shitshow at the bottom. If we don’t get Happ, we have a good to great top of the rotation and a decent bottom. Would the wins even out over the regular season? I’d posit to say yes, but the bottom of the rotation doesn’t pitch the playoffs, and maybe thats why we make this deal.
No posts about the Jays and Phils talking RE: Halladay? Jays looking for Happ and Domonic Brown or Michael Taylor. Nothing on this? Facebook beat you to the punch, really?
Jayson Stark has an interesting thought via Twitter:
“Ruben Amaro Jr, on likelihood of a big Phillies deal (I.e. Halladay):’I don’t think there’s any lukeliness’ ”
So right now, no Luke Wilson. Fuck that.
http://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/6532704302
@dlhunter Pure value wise, a 1-2-3 of Halladay-Lee-Hamels and a 4-5 of whatever-the-fuck is, by a longshot, superior to a 1-2-3 of Lee-Hamels-Blanton and a 4-5 of Happ-some dude. Halladay was worth 7.3 wins above replacement last year. Happ and Blanton COMBINED were worth 4.
All this being said I really don’t see the Halladay thing happening. Fun to dream about though.
Plus beard value wise you’re gaining manly reddish stubble and losing that awkward just-the-chin growth
You started to lose me on the numbers thing, but the beard comment really brought home the point.
hotstove.mlbblogs.com just went nuts and posted a story too many times. Glad TF.C ain’t like that.
How about making it into a hoodie??? Ehhhh, ehhhhhhhhhh?
I was gonna buy that fucking CSN shirt the day it got taken off, fuck Comcast. fuck the mets.
There really is nothing redeeming about Comcast as a company
Just make a shirt with a whole bunch of iron pipes leading no where.
haha Watrick.
@JB
I thought Chrissy was the ugly one…?
Anyway, RE:Halladay. You make that deal, is there even a remote chance they extend both Doc and Clifton? If just one, who do you prefer?
Gotta extend Halladay. They’re both great, and I would love to extend Cliffy, but Halladay is the superior pitcher, and he’s only less than a year older than Cliff, and is the one they should extend.
No way they can afford both thoughq
I went out of style in 1992.
According to Jayson Stark, the Phils are looking hard at John Smoltz. How ironic would that be?
Oh shit, what’s up Regular Sweatshirts! I haven’t seen you in so long! Since like, ’92 I think.
John Smoltz wouldn’t cry about CBP…nahhhhh, not a chance.
“There really is nothing redeeming about Comcast as a company”
phylan, what about their rebel sky scraper that doesnt match the rest of ‘em… thats redeeming.
redeeming doesnt mean poopy?
Actually, I liked that we got a skyscraper that doesn’t resemble the rest. Most of the great sky lines do not revolve around certain style-that’s boring and almost a time stamp on when the city stopped growing.
There is no way we give up Cole for Halladay. I’m not sure we’re going to get him at all, really, but him for Happ and Brown/Taylor would be a steal. I’d be sad to se Happ go, though. He was scrappy this season, always working with ROB and getting out of it, something that I love. He may not be the best pitcher out there but he symbolizes what I love about the phils: scrappy homegrown talent getting the job done.
Packaging Cole in a Halladay trade would be retarded, and I’m pretty sure some NY Post dude pulled it out of his ass
Astros sign Pedro Feliz!
When we cut or fail to re-sign a player we might as well just buy them a plane ticket to Houston. Goddamn Ed Wade.
oliver, as much as id love to do it again with more homegrown talent.. the instant we win the world series i dont think my cheer will be dumbed down by “YAAAAAAAAAY, aww but a non-former reading phillie ended it. oh well, who wants a piss tasting pretzles, im out”
phylan whats comcasts VOPC
Well if you define replacement level as “FIOS” it’s probably negative a billion but I wouldn’t know because my fucking apartment building won’t wire the place for anything else but Comcast
Meech,
Shepard Fairey first job out of college was a “T-Shirt and Sticker Graphics business….where practically everything he did was ripped off someone else and slapped on a skateboard or a skate board T-shirt.
He actually might be proud of fightin’s for doing this….
4 AM last night:
Pat Gillick wakes in a cold sweat, he’s dreamed that Placido Polanco failed his physical and Juan Castro got deported, causing a panicked Ruben Amaro to turn to some familiar faces in a time of crisis.
He picks up his phone…
“Yea, Ed, I got a hot one for you. And he’s marketable as all hell, like Tiger Woo-I mean like Lebron James. His name, in English, means Pete Happy. At least, that’s what the kids are calling him! He’ll be huge in Houston. Oh, and you know that Pete Rose-in-the-making you let slip through your fingers a couple years back? Well, Eric Bruntlett is available now. Time to bring the World Series to Houston, baby, ’cause all that guy does is win. And take up roster space. And oxygen. He really doesn’t do much. So you’ll love him!”
Of course, Taylor + Happ + 1 or 2 lesser prospects is preferable, but I can imagine the Phils giving up Brown + Happ + 1 or 2 lesser prospects. Did you guys see this quote on csnphilly.com? It’s sure as hell interesting:
“One person with knowledge of the Phillies’ inner workings recently described Halladay as general manager Ruben Amaro’s ‘white whale.’ People close to the Phils’ GM say he began plotting strategy to get Halladay as far back as the summer of 2008.
“Nothing has changed.
“Halladay is still Amaro’s obsession, though he will only admit it to his closest advisers.”
http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/landing_09?Halladay-Season-Phils-Again-in-Race-for-=1&blockID=101662&feedID=704
That would be hilarious if true. He’s certainly kept it close to the vest, in that case.
No, Mr. Anthopoulos – I expect you to TRADE
@Phylan Wouldn’t replacement level be like dial-up or some other weak-ass Bruntlett-esque shit like that?
Yeah, good point. I guess my joke didn’t really work.
shepard faireys website http://obeygiant.com