NYDailyNews gives some coverage (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/11/16/2009-11-16_couple_creates_brooklyn_jews_baseball_shirt_and_finds_its_a_hit_in_neighborhood_.html) to the family Ugarte's recent venture.
Thanks! Shirts are available here (http://www.cafepress.com/stayfree/6885537).
So, is Jeff Wilkins a friend of yours? Either way, it's a nice bit of free advertising.
You've got to love headline writers. "An instant hot commodity" when "sales are slow". Hopefully the news speeds up sales.
Quote from: KeithKSo, is Jeff Wilkins a friend of yours? Either way, it's a nice bit of free advertising.
You've got to love headline writers. "An instant hot commodity" when "sales are slow". Hopefully the news speeds up sales.
It is a nice bit of free advertising. Kind of interesting to see it happen from the inside. We posted it on our neighborhood blog (http://hawthornestreet.com), told a larger Brooklyn blog (http://www.onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com), who posted about it. The Daily News saw it there and wrote about it. Gothamist saw it there, as did a couple of other sites and the local news. There was a short feature on Brooklyn 12, a channel only available on local Cablevision. There was also supposed to be a feature on WPIX (the local WB affiliate) but they never showed up (particularly annoying because I left work early for the interview.)
Among the comments:
"... a gaptoothed, couch potato Joey Ramone"
"Look at this fagala... send his candy a-s-s to the Golan Heights and put an M16 in his hand. Sick of these girly NY Jews who refuse/scared to serve in the Israeli army. Defend Your Homeland Coward!"
"Shouldn't the guy's shirt read "Brooklyn Jew (with a thing for Shiksas).""
"Great, a racial supremest t-shirt. Well, I guess it would be okay to support one's own folk, but I wonder if people would have the same reaction to a t-shirt reading, "Upper East Anglo-Saxons" or "Westchester Aryans"."
And I loved this exchange (on Gothamist):
"I can't wait to get my Brooklyn Non-Jew shirt. That's one I'd buy and wear with pride. I'm sure everyone would respect my choice to wear it, too."
- "Right because that's the exact same thing."
- "Nope, it's actually the opposite. But thanks for trying!"
- "So you were using what sounded like sarcasm but you were being serious. Thanks for not making sense!"
"....said Star, 38, a lawyer who is Jewish and moonlights as a standup comic."
Could you *be* any more of a stereotype?:-)
Quote from: Roy 82"....said Star, 38, a lawyer who is Jewish and moonlights as a standup comic."
Could you *be* any more of a stereotype?:-)
I wouldn't mind actual wealth.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: Roy 82"....said Star, 38, a lawyer who is Jewish and moonlights as a standup comic."
Could you *be* any more of a stereotype?:-)
I wouldn't mind actual wealth.
Or, say, control of the means of production.
Quote from: BeeeejQuote from: ugarteQuote from: Roy 82"....said Star, 38, a lawyer who is Jewish and moonlights as a standup comic."
Could you *be* any more of a stereotype?:-)
I wouldn't mind actual wealth.
Or, say, control of the means of production.
Me? I'm waiting for the motion picture he's producing.