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Rb336
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:22 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I know, lame subject, but I am curious about odd sightings of Detroit-area specific clothing in various shows. the tiger's stuff on Magnum PI was a no-brainer, as the star was a Detroiter and the character a tigers fan, but there are other things that aren't at all obvious.

examples -

Ferris Bueler's Day Off: the only region-specific clothing is from Detroit, even though the movie took place in Chicago. these included a red wings sweater and (very oddly) a Birmingham Groves letter jacket

Scrubs -- the guys wear red wings jerseys when they watch games. as far as I know, the show has nada to do with Detroit

anyone got any insight regarding these?
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Chitaku
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:31 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the guy on scrubs is buds with chelios, Joey gladstone on full house wears tigers and wings gear and on hom e improvement of course also the george lopez show he wears a lolich 68 road jersey
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Jasoncw
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:41 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

For at least one of his concerts, Paul McCartney has a Red Wings sticker on one of his guitars. For the band The Wings of course.

I can't think of any good ones though.
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Chitaku
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:45 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

someone gave that to him in the 70's ad he sport it a lot
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Gingellgirl
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:48 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Quentin Tarantino wore a "Globy" t-shirt in Pulp Fiction. That's pretty esoteric.
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Gingellgirl
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:54 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)



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Mbr
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 11:54 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tim Allen on Home Improvement wore a different michigan college or high school sweatshirt in almost every episode.

Kevin Costner wore a "Mr. Stadium Coin Laundry" (Ann Arbor) shirt in The Upside of Anger
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 12:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Every time I see Pulp Fiction, I laugh about that shirt. R.I.P. Orbit.
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Crystal
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 12:06 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Eddie Murphy with a Mumford t-shirt in the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
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Rb336
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 12:08 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Upside of Anger is by Mike Binder, a Detroiter, so that makes sense. thanks for the Chelios connection.

David Hughes (FBDO) was born in lansing, but raised in chicagoland.
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Gnome
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 12:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

John (not David) Hughes
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Rb336
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oops. i have no idea why i said david, i don't even know who david hughes is. three nights of no sleep, most likely
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Lots of not-so-great movies are set in Detroit. There was the Hardy Family vehicle "The Hardys Ride High" (1939), which was notable for a skyline shot, a shot of City Airport and a "Paradise Club" that ultimately disappoints. And "The Black Legion" is an underwhelming cautionary tale of the shadowy right-wing political organization that swept the Midwest in the 1930s -- but at least it has Bogie in it.
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This isn't in the movies or on TV, but this May I took a trip to Italy, and in a clothing shop called Sisley in Rome, there were T-shirts and other apparel that said 'Detroit' on it.

Went to their store in Venice but was disappointed that they didn't have any Detroit clothes there.
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Aiw
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

Quentin Tarantino wore a "Globy" t-shirt in Pulp Fiction. That's pretty esoteric.



Wasn't he called "Orby"?
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Rax
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Exactly. That isn't "Orby" from the old Orbit Mag.
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Globy's from "Pee Wee Herman Show" Tarantino also put a xacto'd "Orby" sticker on the speaker of a boombox in the "ER" episode he directed. He was toying with making "Orby" his sorta Hitchcock cameo in all his films. Fish-in-a-barrel but Eminem wore an Ebbet's Field Flannels/Mitchell & Ness throwback Detroit Stars jersey in a video, now look, I gotta blow all my $$$ on this Detroit Cubs one(where did THEY play?);
http://www.ebbets.com/Authenti c_19429_Details.aspx
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Gingellgirl
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Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 11:25 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My bad. I meant Orby. Been watching too many Pee Wee's Playhouse DVDs lately. Gotta catch those mistakes within 1440 minutes, you know.
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Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 8:05 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On "Last Comic Standing" John Heffron wore T-Shirts from Pure Detroit.
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On the hit TV sitcom show 'Martin'...The character Martin would often wear Pistons gear (t-shirts, hats etc) and Cole(His best friend on the show) sometimes sported a 'Made in Detroit' racing stripe jacket and hat.

blksoul_atcha!
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Flyingj
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Ah yes Blksoul_x, there was some confusion when "Martin" debuted because there was another new show @ the same time, "Rhythm & Blues" about a white guy hired to work as a dj for a black Detroit radio station, it was WKRP-lite;
http://www.tv.com/rhythm-and-b lues/show/3870/summary.html
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Chitaku
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from the hardys ride high
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In Joe Dirt you can see Kid Rock's Old English "D" on his arm, even though he is supposed to be from a small town out west. In the Beach Boys music video for "Getcha Back" from 1985, Al Jardine is sporting a Tigers cap.
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Gnome
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Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 1:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tom Selleck and his tigers ball cap.
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Chitaku
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Al Jardine is from Lima, Ohio and attended Ferris State in 1961 before returning to the Beach Boys "good call Al"
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I saw "Detroit Jeans" in a York England clothing shop window... no emblem or logo, just the name.
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How about "Tiger Town" starring Roy Scheider? I suppose they shot the exteriors of Tiger Stadium but dunno about the rest of the film. I've never actually seen it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 86439/
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Gnome
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they shot the whole "Tigertown" movie in detroit, except some pick-up interiors after principal photography was completed.

During the filming of the scene at homeplate - not to ruin the film - but there is a crush of fans that spill onto the field ... during the early takes the extras ran onto the field and literally crushed the actors who played the roles of umpire and opposing catcher. The director called cut but the melee continued until Scheider started grabbing people and screaming for them to get off.

It was pretty intense. Without Roy taking control some people could have been seriously injured. For a little guy he was pretty strong, grabbed men twice his size and flipped them around.
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Philm
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Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 6:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Upside of Anger is by Mike Binder, a Detroiter, so that makes sense. thanks for the Chelios connection. "

Upside of anger takes place in the Detroit area

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