Thanks to Benson for sending this over a few days ago. I'm lazy when I wanna be.
It's the second in Benstonium's "Withdrawal" series, titles "Denial." You'll remember the first one was awesome. In this, we've got a Pens fan who only sees the Black and Gold and thinks the puck is dropping. Yes, Pittsburgh once had a Bobby to go along with its Sidney.
HEY THERE HOCKEY FANS, YOU'RE SCREWED!
We'll get through this offseason together, friends.
Have you ever watched the Steelers and wondered what the organization tasted like? I won't fault you if I just described what goes through your head when you're watching games on Sundays, because TURKEY HILL IS ALL OVER IT, BROTHER!
"Blitzburgh Crunch is premium golden sweet cream vanilla ice cream loaded with smooth chocolate fudge swirl and chocolate cake crunchies. That's right, we've created a uniquely shaded vanilla ice cream in delicious Steelers' gold, which contrasts perfectly with the ice cream's chocolaty swirl and chocolate cake crunchies. In other words, it's the ideal snack at kickoff, halftime, and during the post-game show.
Speaking of kickoff, with every container of Blitzburgh Crunch you buy*, you can enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to a Steelers home game on December 23, 2010 vs. the Carolina Panthers, including access to a private tailgate party before the game. During each of our First Prize drawings, we'll also be giving away $25 Steelers gift cards. At the end of each season (2010, 2011 & 2012!), we'll select one fan to receive a Grand Prize — a pair of Steelers season tickets for the following year. That's right, season tickets."
Whaaaa? This ice cream rules. I've been all over Snickers ice cream cones and bars lately, but they aren't giving me shots at football tickets. Or providing Steelers colors to my stomach.
Stick tap to OneSmugPug for bringing these videos to my attention. It's been awhile since I heard the term Boystown in reference to the Penguins. These classic commercials rule.
That IS a very handsome Stroh's drinking mug, voiceover guy.
And the Pens need to figure out how to stitch an animated gif to the front of the sweaters rather than just a patch of a skating penguin. Cos exhibit A...
Yesterday, I highlighted the opening of WHATEVER IT TAKES, an art exhibition focused on Steelers fans. The display prominently includes a live Skype feed of La Botticella, a sick Steelers bar in Rome, Italy.
While we were at training camp, we spotted a La Botticella shirt making its way through the crowd. And after Dino's, it's the second unlicensed Steelers shirt from an eatery/bar that we saw at camp. I didn't catch the front of this shirt, so I can only comment on the back. The shirt's design features the officially-licensed Steelers name in the classic Gunplay font, but I doubt the NFL is patrolling the watering holes in Rome for a reason to send out a cease and desist. Then again, they've already tried to conquer Youtube and the virtual world, so who knows?
If you have any unlicensed Pittsburgh sports gear, or awesome generic sports gear from any team,
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and I'll post them.
*UPDATE* Thanks to Penshead for this. You can see the front of the shirt here. That's the bar owner in the hat. The shirt reads Veni Lusi Vici, which is Italian for I came, I played, I conquered. Nice. And then there's Roman numerals for every Super Bowl win.
Great shirt. Makes my Italian side proud.
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Previous unlicensed Steelers shirts from 2010 Training Camp
By now I'd like to imagine that if you're visiting PSAMP regularly, you're the type of person who likes to laugh at some random stuff even if that stuff only has a minor relation to Pittsburgh sports. Cos that's at least 60% of the content here.
Let's try and bump that blatantly fabricated number up to a healthier 61%.
Here's a video of a dog watching the Steelers-Broncos preseason game. You can't really tell it's the Steelers game unless you turn the volume up really loud to hear Joe Buck faintly announcing in the background. The dog is just chillin' there, sitting like a human. I'm still trying to figure out why there's no Primanti's sandwich and Iron City bottle in the dog's hands paws.
Plus the dog's name it Barklee, and that is awesome enough to deserve its own post here.
Above, you'll notice a mini replica of Heinz Field surrounding an electric football game. WHATEVER IT TAKES also features an unlicensed merch display that PSAMP happily helped with, and you can see that in the background. The classic He's One Bad Ma'afala shirt is shown on the video reel of generic shirts, which is surrounded by images of a number of the shirts seen on PSAMP and those submitted to the gallery by other fans.
Thanks to Dan for getting great pics, and the curators John and Astria for helping bring Great Moments In Unlicensed Pittsburgh Sports Merch to their fantastic display of Steelers fandom as art. I'm honored to be a part in the smallest of ways.
Thanks to Kat Vixen and Buck Hopper, the furries responsible for this masterpiece, for mailing me the original artwork along with some sketches. Here's another mini pony sketch from Kat. I'm honored.
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