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anarchicq ([info]anarchicq) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2009-10-26 13:15:00
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Current mood:Righteous
Entry tags:ruining your childhood

This wanklet was brought to you by the letters T & A...
Caution: There are some NSFW links in the forums.

So!
A while ago on the ToughPigs forum, there was discussion about American Apparel making Sesame Street shirts.

Most of the comments were "...huh..."

One such shirt was, as I call it, Big Metro Bird. Then most of the comments became "...ew." followed by a rousing chorus of "hipster douches!"

One poster asks how this is any worse than this Miss Piggy center-fold. (Yes, you read that right.)

So, ToughPigs bloggers look around while the forum talks about the merits of Sex Sells and how America just have to get over Naked Boobies. Finally ToughPigs comes across an ad featuring a girl with her snootchie hanging out, while wearing a Sesame Street T-shirt. They blog, with some scathing words to American Apparel.

And then, it turns out Sesame Street, in fact, did NOT agree to do this team up with AA, even though the spokespeople for AA insisted that they did...

Comments are generally amusing and shocked (Shocked!) and of the "My childhood!" variety.


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[info]vitalitat
2009-10-26 11:56 pm UTC (link)
A+ subject.

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(no subject) - [info]malleo, 2009-10-27 01:26 am UTC

[info]mer1973
2009-10-27 12:03 am UTC (link)
Oh no, Sesame Street, no!

Someone needs to pay more attention to their sub-licenses. So much more attention.

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(no subject) - [info]wtf, 2009-10-27 12:55 am UTC

[info]phosfate
2009-10-27 12:19 am UTC (link)
Those shirts look like state fair midway bootlegs.

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2009-10-27 12:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2009-10-27 12:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2009-10-27 12:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2009-10-27 12:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2009-10-27 01:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]perletwo, 2009-10-27 01:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2009-10-27 02:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-10-27 04:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]anarchicq, 2009-10-27 09:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2009-10-27 04:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2009-10-27 10:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-10-28 03:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2009-10-27 02:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]erinny, 2009-10-29 01:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2009-10-27 04:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2009-10-27 04:41 am UTC

tetradecimal
2009-10-27 12:31 am UTC (link)
AA: Now you, too, can channel the 80's!

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(no subject) - [info]anarchicq, 2009-10-27 12:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]evening_rose, 2009-10-27 06:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beejium, 2009-10-27 06:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-27 08:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]spudsey, 2009-10-27 09:08 pm UTC

[info]reeve
2009-10-27 12:33 am UTC (link)
And then, it turns out Sesame Street, in fact, did NOT agree to do this team up with AA, even though the spokespeople for AA insisted that they did...

Given that this is American Apparel we're talking about, I am so not shocked at this revelation.

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[info]frequentmouse
2009-10-27 12:39 am UTC (link)
You'd think after the Woody Allen settlement that Dov Charney would have learned caution, but apparently ot.

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(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2009-10-27 02:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2009-10-27 03:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]evanwaters, 2009-10-27 04:28 am UTC

[info]misswitch
2009-10-27 12:52 am UTC (link)
I never realized that Big Bird was a 17 year old girl before.

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[info]waterfall8484
2009-10-27 12:55 am UTC (link)
"And then, it turns out Sesame Street, in fact, did NOT agree to do this team up with AA"

I can't be the only one who read this and thought of Alcoholics Anonymous, can I?

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(no subject) - [info]finchbird, 2009-10-27 02:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lexin, 2009-10-27 03:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]becktionary, 2009-10-27 07:37 pm UTC
It's "Bare", like the models.
[info]chaos_theory
2009-10-27 12:58 am UTC (link)
...showing an unnecessary amount of skin, and otherwise bearing their assets."

I can't help but picture the American Apparel photoshoot in someone's creepy woodpaneled basement with lots of pantsless models wearing nothing but Sesame Street shirts and trying to strategically place their stock portfolios and jewelry to hide their goodies.

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[info]hallidae
2009-10-27 01:20 am UTC (link)
Ah, AA. Nothing like a clothing site that made me think the feds were going to take me away whenever an ad for it popped up. Thank God for Adblock.

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(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-10-27 04:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alienist, 2009-10-27 05:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2009-10-27 10:09 am UTC

[info]gusty
2009-10-27 02:24 am UTC (link)
Big Bird obviously doesn't look too closely at the names on the royalty checks — which then granted a sub-license to American Apparel.

Come on, give the guy a break, he's only six you know.

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(no subject) - [info]cyndra_falin, 2009-10-27 02:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gusty, 2009-10-27 02:54 am UTC

[info]puipui
2009-10-27 02:28 am UTC (link)
>.>

<.<

>.>

*saves Miss Piggy centerfold*

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(no subject) - [info]gusty, 2009-10-27 02:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]finchbird, 2009-10-27 02:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ravenbell, 2009-10-27 03:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-10-27 04:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2009-10-27 05:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mochibuni, 2009-10-27 06:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-10-27 08:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sarracenia, 2009-10-27 06:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2009-10-27 08:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ghostmaster, 2009-10-27 01:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleganceliberty, 2009-10-28 02:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-10-28 07:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2009-10-28 11:20 pm UTC

[info]dragonfangirl
2009-10-27 03:27 am UTC (link)
And then, it turns out Sesame Street, in fact, did NOT agree to do this team up with AA, even though the spokespeople for AA insisted that they did...

Classic. *sits back to eat popcorn*

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[info]alcesx2
2009-10-27 03:55 am UTC (link)
I remember this popping up on, um, ONTD ((I think)) a couple of weeks ago. AA - the Lady Sybilla of "fashion" houses.

**sits back with her homemade pumpkin seeds**

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2009-10-27 09:30 am UTC (link)
And then, it turns out Sesame Street, in fact, did NOT agree to do this team up with AA, even though the spokespeople for AA insisted that they did...

Does this make AA like SVA/RDR, in a way?

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(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2009-10-27 11:26 am UTC

[info]greenling
2009-10-27 12:39 pm UTC (link)
The Onion has articles for everything.

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(no subject) - [info]reeve, 2009-10-27 04:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2009-10-27 07:07 pm UTC

[info]lilitu93
2009-10-27 03:42 pm UTC (link)
This isn't the first time that Sesame Street characters have ended up on kind of inappropriate adult clothes. Top Shop in the UK had some Sesame Street knickers for a while. The characters would be on the front, and a slogan on the back. The had at least 3 characters: Cookie Monster ("Cookies!"), Big Bird ("Natural Blonde") and Elmo (didn't look, don't care, Elmo's not part of my childhood). I bought the Cookie Monster ones, as they were kind of cute, but the Big Bird ones rubbed me the wrong way, mainly due to the slogan.

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(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-29 06:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lilitu93, 2009-10-29 06:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-29 07:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lilitu93, 2009-10-29 09:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2009-10-30 10:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2009-11-03 07:29 pm UTC

[info]eleganceliberty
2009-10-27 07:52 pm UTC (link)
.... Oh boy.

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[info]tehrin
2009-10-27 08:19 pm UTC (link)
I'm more bothered by this then Big Metro Bird.

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(no subject) - [info]tofuknight, 2009-10-27 09:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]inalasahl, 2009-10-28 07:49 pm UTC

[info]maximuski
2009-10-27 09:23 pm UTC (link)
WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN.

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[info]pope_shane
2009-10-28 12:40 am UTC (link)
So, ummm, anyone got an uncensored version of the snoochie hanging out pic?

Just for curiousity sake.

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Reposted because I can't spell the Count's name
[info]sisterelwood
2009-10-28 12:59 am UTC (link)
Um, wow... Those are some UGLY-ass shirts. Where's Count Von Count?

One, two, three- THREE ugly shirts ah ah ahhh!

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Re: Reposted because I can't spell the Count's name - [info]justjenn, 2009-10-29 08:42 pm UTC
Re: Reposted because I can't spell the Count's name - [info]snarkhunter, 2009-10-30 03:58 pm UTC

[info]istaerlus
2009-10-28 02:59 am UTC (link)
Stay classy American Apparel

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[info]jerel
2009-10-28 05:39 am UTC (link)
Maybe I'm just (as usual) out of touch with current fashion trends. But if I'm going to spend money on a character shirt, I want one that doesn't look like someone heat-transferred a blank coloring book page on to it. Is this the new "thing"?

Next up for AA? The Peanuts characters! Starting with Schroder and his strategically placed piano. Oy vey...

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(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-10-28 07:46 am UTC

[info]chibikaijuu
2009-10-30 10:08 am UTC (link)
Oh, AA. How much do I dislike thee.

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