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Nike are releasing limited edition Pee Wee Herman trainers as part of a new 'fallen heroes' range, that includes footwear tributes to Milli Vanilli, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice. I like the way they've put a hidden story of the featured celeb's undoing on the insole.
This shoe tells the story of how Pee Wee got caught masturbating in a dirty movie cinema, an unfortunate tale that crippled his career when the media got hold of it.
I think the reason this idea is so interesting is because it zooms in on our negative associations of the featured celeb (with his permission or otherwise?) instead of the tried and tested positive stuff that usually makes endosements so samey and cliched (see Beckham etc). Pee Wee wasn't even sporty.
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Pee Wee wasn't sporty? Come on! Didn't you see Pee Wee's Big Adventure?
His cycling prowess was such that it took no less a man than James Brolin to portray him in the movie that was eventually made about his cycling adventures.
But for the ill fated cinema 'issue' I reckon Pee Wee could well have given Lance a run for his money in the Tour de France.
Posted by: Stan Lee | September 04, 2006 at 01:35 AM
Hi Stan,
Fair comment, I hadn't done my homework.
Do you know anything about the sporting credentials of Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli or MC Hammer?
Posted by: David | September 04, 2006 at 09:56 AM