tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post6711423771925340385..comments2024-03-23T18:12:39.782-07:00Comments on wacky tacky: Crazy Crafty: Beaver's Sweatshirt MonstersMr. Tinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-46451367609375699572014-06-12T08:43:12.642-07:002014-06-12T08:43:12.642-07:00I'm with you. I think many of us need an exam...I'm with you. I think many of us need an example of what to strive for as a family. While Ward and June are a little dull (and just a little corny), there is definite comfort in their solid parenting and obvious love for their children! Thanks for commenting; I'm glad you like the sweatshirts!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-17775081843943929872014-06-11T11:35:37.795-07:002014-06-11T11:35:37.795-07:00PS. I didn't mean to leave the impression that...PS. I didn't mean to leave the impression that I didn't have a father at home. I did. But my dad worked nights and wasn't around often enough to clobber us kids or straighten us out. My mom handled most of those unpleasantries.GCangemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234411209487305573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-6947338744613480702014-06-11T11:32:40.981-07:002014-06-11T11:32:40.981-07:00I remember that episode well. But I take issue wit...I remember that episode well. But I take issue with the cornball comment. Leave it to Beaver only appears corny in retrospect to people who never took family values very seriously. In its day the show was very popular and much loved by kids my age at the time. My brothers and I never missed an episode and enjoyed it even more in reruns. Some people dismiss TV portrayals of families like the Cleavers as unrealistic. To me, they were the ideal, not what I experienced in reality, but they made me feel good. When Beaver got reamed out over the sweatshirt incident, I would envy him for having a father that would take the time to take him aside and care enough to make sure he understood why what he did was wrong. How many kids today even have a father at home, let alone one who would go through all that trouble? It's cool though that you would take the time to commemorate those gloriously gruesome sweatshirts. GCangemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234411209487305573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-22605285204651674372013-09-21T22:15:50.886-07:002013-09-21T22:15:50.886-07:00That is freaking awesome!!!!
That is freaking awesome!!!!<br />59KUSTOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602003613372191384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-49750317593150344222013-09-21T10:57:16.560-07:002013-09-21T10:57:16.560-07:00Mr. T~
You did an awesome job on those sweatshir...Mr. T~<br /> You did an awesome job on those sweatshirts!!! Wow! You are one talented fella, I can't say that enough! I didn't happen to see that episode in 1962 (I think I was too busy drooling over the guys in Route 66 and that Corvette! LOL), but if it's reminiscent of 1962, then it's a piece 'o my heart!!!<br /><br />XO SandieRetroSandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148972559036739050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-78338506296145182422013-09-19T23:33:12.450-07:002013-09-19T23:33:12.450-07:00I'm so cool???? You're SO COOL!!! Thank ...I'm so cool???? You're SO COOL!!! Thank a million Eartha! We're going to try and find a good way to produce them and then make them available! "FLY"...you slay me!!! Thanks again!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-71793814672564877892013-09-19T23:29:51.583-07:002013-09-19T23:29:51.583-07:00Thank you!!! Hopefully, we will figure out a way ...Thank you!!! Hopefully, we will figure out a way to do just that!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-82067591420944313942013-09-19T23:27:22.072-07:002013-09-19T23:27:22.072-07:00I mean, I know it's Leave It to Beaver, but is...I mean, I know it's Leave It to Beaver, but isn't it odd to see the violent reaction the sweatshirts get in 1962 when they are pretty tame by today's standards. I can't repeat the slogan I saw on the t-shirt of a twelve-year-old kid the other day but I will say that I was shocked (and so was everyone in my group). Plus, the kid was with his mom - indicating that she approved of the craziness! It is funny that it is so easy to be snobby about television programming when most of it is pretty lame. Nevertheless, I do feel a certain level of misguided superiority for not watching those reality shows! Hahahaha!!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-21181680689846501842013-09-19T23:21:28.587-07:002013-09-19T23:21:28.587-07:00Thank you so much!!! Its nice to know that there i...Thank you so much!!! Its nice to know that there is already interest in these sweatshirts! If it happens, I will let you know!<br /><br />As far as no TV goes, I get it as an abstract concept, but in practice, I NEED the distraction!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-18738388729565844322013-09-19T23:16:24.409-07:002013-09-19T23:16:24.409-07:00Thanks Peter! Given the kind response, we might j...Thanks Peter! Given the kind response, we might just HAVE to!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-82146950170185920312013-09-19T23:14:28.113-07:002013-09-19T23:14:28.113-07:00The first thing I do when I walk in the house is t...The first thing I do when I walk in the house is turn on the TV and wash my hands; this may have a lot more to do with OCD than my need for entertainment, but the TV is basically ALWAYS on at my house - usually as background noise while we accomplish a lot of other tasks, but it is always on unless I am reading (and honestly, sometimes even then). Sometimes I wish I wasn't so attached to the TV but then I realize how I don't really get upset when I miss shows; my attachment is more to the noise and its ability to distract me from my brain that doesn't seem to shut off otherwise. When Rae & Travis were here, I kept referencing television shows; TV plays a bigger part in my life than I realized!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-4556590699940156702013-09-19T23:08:13.497-07:002013-09-19T23:08:13.497-07:00WOW!!! Thank you so much for all of your kind wor...WOW!!! Thank you so much for all of your kind words! You are too, too kind! I hope we can find a way to make more of these sweatshirts for everyone! Thanks again!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-34914938102483372792013-09-19T23:03:18.733-07:002013-09-19T23:03:18.733-07:00Thank you, thank you! Isn't TV great?! I'...Thank you, thank you! Isn't TV great?! I'll be the first to admit that there is plenty of programming with no redeeming value, but it doesn't discount all of the great stuff. Seriously, I blame most of my interests and education on The Disney Channel (when it was still old Disney films and cartoons), PBS, and the old movies that used to be played on broadcast stations. I traveled (geographic and time), cooked, created, and made music...all with that magic box in the family room!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-34998784175600912622013-09-19T22:58:54.309-07:002013-09-19T22:58:54.309-07:00We're working on it! Thank you!We're working on it! Thank you!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-36314369437858345742013-09-19T22:57:18.584-07:002013-09-19T22:57:18.584-07:00Thank you!!!Thank you!!!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-67137469104711137312013-09-19T22:56:26.943-07:002013-09-19T22:56:26.943-07:00Hahahaha!!! I'm not REALLY offended by non-TV...Hahahaha!!! I'm not REALLY offended by non-TV watchers; more than anything I am amazed that it is a possibility. I rarely ever just sit and watch TV (sewing, cooking, cleaning, blogging, etc. at the same time) but it is always on. Thanks!!! I hope the Japanese people like 'em too!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-5867825657530098162013-09-19T22:52:59.094-07:002013-09-19T22:52:59.094-07:00Thanks pal!!! I hope they like it and don't g...Thanks pal!!! I hope they like it and don't get offended!Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-67840647577385049452013-09-19T08:49:09.129-07:002013-09-19T08:49:09.129-07:00Oh my god. You are SO COOL. I remember those shirt...Oh my god. You are SO COOL. I remember those shirts! Your creations are dead-on too. It's so fun to see them updated in color. I wish that there was a way that you could sell these. I'd be ALL over them. Please? Won't you? Huh?! <br /><br />That shot of you posing on the plane is FLY!!!Eartha Kitschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189308677139650882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-68473552856865486612013-09-17T09:17:15.968-07:002013-09-17T09:17:15.968-07:00These are SO freakin' cool! Sell them, sell t...These are SO freakin' cool! Sell them, sell them, sell them. :)Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274399710388948522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-50052560254800849422013-09-17T08:31:35.360-07:002013-09-17T08:31:35.360-07:00I want a sweatshirt with Beaver's bug-eyed mon...I want a sweatshirt with Beaver's bug-eyed monster on it! You MUST sell them! That was always one of my favourite episodes, although my 1980's kid brain couldn't figure out what the adults' big deal was about the shirts!<br />I don't understand people who don't do TV. My boyfriend is one of them. His dad didn't allow them in the house when he was a kid (for reasons I don't KNOW, but I can guess...let's just say his Italian dad has a bit of a...ahem...'shady' background). He's grown up without it and, even though he'll watch it every now and then, he still thinks it's a waste of time you could use to be doing something 'productive'. Pffft to productivity, I say! You learn a lot from TV. Plus it's a way of connecting with people you've just met when you find a show you both enjoy. It's like finding out you have a mutual friend! It's frustrating when you make a joke or an observation about something related to a TV show that simply EVERYONE knows, and the Anti-TV Brigade don't get it at all while they judge you for wasting time and brain space on such trivialities. Of course, I get the same reaction to other people who go on and on to me about Honey Boo Boo or X Factor or The Voice...or American football. I get the same blank look on my face and look down my nose as I smugly say, "Oh, I don't watch THAT."Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-76693680794071219812013-09-17T07:24:31.666-07:002013-09-17T07:24:31.666-07:00Amazing! They're as good if not better than a...Amazing! They're as good if not better than any fancy 'designer' sweatshirys you see in snooty boutiques! I agree with the earlier comment - I would definitely buy one of these from the Wacky Tacky shop.<br /><br />And what's with not watching Tv? I just don't get that...Nicole Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609762787674447692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-4496708087447986502013-09-17T05:03:16.967-07:002013-09-17T05:03:16.967-07:00LOVE the sweatshirt -- so well done. Yes, you mus...LOVE the sweatshirt -- so well done. Yes, you must sell these!Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-24213389248086671312013-09-16T23:52:47.877-07:002013-09-16T23:52:47.877-07:00I love how niche this sweatshirt is. Although I wa...I love how niche this sweatshirt is. Although I watch a metric shit ton of TV new and old, I don't remember the sweatshirt monster episode of beav. However, I know you just made a bunch of people day/dream a reality. I have never understood people that don't watch TV. It's such a foreign concept to someone that was such an indoorsy child such as myself. My sister's boyfriend lived in Germany most of his childhood and never really watched American TV growing up and still doesn't watch much TV. I think I ask her once a week, "so what do you all talk about?" Seriously. So many conversations/relationships I form are somehow contingent upon a similar obsession with something TV wise. I feel like I would lose part of my identity if I lost TV. That's pretty pathetic isn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170910814856328134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-27743375989317764102013-09-16T23:19:28.489-07:002013-09-16T23:19:28.489-07:00MR. TINY! Aaahhhh!
I love your blog, as many of m...MR. TINY! Aaahhhh!<br /><br />I love your blog, as many of my comments have suggested. I do not know if I love it more because of the interest of the blog (if I found a shop called Wacky Tacky, you KNOW I'd frequent it, in fact I'm sure Mr. Tiny would be one of my most favorite shopkeepers) or the setting of the interest. I grew up pretending to fly the pictured airplane. It's like nostalgia on top of nostalgia for me and better than meatballs or sour gummi worms. <br /><br />You have great talent, Mr. Tiny. These sweatshirts be awesome. And by awesome I mean: well designed, well executed and needing to be replicated. <br /><br />Thank you, sir. Thank you. <br /><br />Tina D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16320028196406399667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215568693807799004.post-2610125323242899462013-09-16T22:00:01.106-07:002013-09-16T22:00:01.106-07:00Amazing!!! I am seriously in awe. Japan better app...Amazing!!! I am seriously in awe. Japan better appreciate you!<br />TV is awesome! It's taken me all over the world, to different eras and made me laugh when no one cared. TV! TV! TV!MmePolairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com