a rec to johnny mac's sporting goods

I know I just saw this commercial on the internets recently, but I can’t remember where. Once I find it again, I’ll link to it.

Bob Plager and Noel Picard selling Hemi Mopars for the Dodge Boys. What a match made in heaven, 2 heavies selling elephant motors. It made my partner and me show up at the Dodge dealership on the the Rock Rd. to steal us one of them white Dodge Boys hats. We were unsuccessful and in the grasp of St. Ann’s finest when my partner’s brother the cop arrived to transport free us. I’d give up one of the twins for one of them vintage Dodge Boy hats, it would be the shining gem in my Blues shrine.

is also a HUGE sponsor for disc golf. Specifically, the St. Louis Disc Golf club and our local tourney’s.
So ya, SHOP Johnny Macs. They are a class act.
Unlike XM Radio and several other business I read about today from my twitter mates.
Panger hates Slingbox help desk for example.
I also fired Dell a year or two ago.

High-Five on spending your cash with companies you appreciate. So often these days, there’s little sense of brand loyalty, because the almighty dollar has us chasing after every two-bit (lol @ the irony) company who can sell us what we’re after for less money.

I frequently try to shop local stores, even if I have to pay more, so that I simply don’t lose the ability to do so. Big stores like Wal-Mart are great for saving money, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to ask a question and get an answer or product that doesn’t remind me of Idiocracy.

/Soapbox

Anyway, one of the earliest commercials involving the Blues that I remember was in the late ’80’s, and it was some local department store that probably doesn’t even exist anymore, and it involved Paul and Gino Cavallini. Details are sketchy past that.

Hell, just for access to KPLR on my cable. It’s been over 20 years since the dipshits at the cable company dropped KPLR from the local channels. It’s probably a totally different critter from what it used to be back in the 1970s and 1980s but it still seems wrong not to have a St. Louis local channel in Springfield.

slap shot taking out the arena is a commercial i remember that was specifically for the blues. but that aint that old. certainly remember a few magazine and print things (brett hull mcdonalds comic anyone?), but tv commercials seem like they are locked up in my brain until someone mentions them and then i go.. oh yea i remember seeing that commercail 1000 times or so

the “Hull Street Blues” promo that KPLR ran circa 1990? Might have even been just for the playoffs that year.
I remember that Hull was ‘The Sniper’ and Harold Snepts was ‘The Enforcer’, but the rest is a bit foggy.

Although I never saw it in commercial form, the Blues also had an ad campaign in the late 80’s called “Hull and Oates – Rockin’ the Blue Note”, complete with the boys rockin out on guitars and sportin some sweet mullets. Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford the Trapper Keeper featuring that picture, or else that would probably be my most fond item of memorabilia to date.

They are far and away more knowledgeable and helpful than Total Hockey. If I need gear thats where I head. They are also VERY good about custom ordering stuff.