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I would like to apologize in advance for the lovely thread. Somewhere between 1992-1995, I would say, I remember a commercial of Hulk Hogan advertising a certain pair of shoes. Inside the sole there was a drawer-like compartment in which one was supposed to keep small pieces of meat such as beef jerky or ham. This meat would be kept warm while they walked. I have asked roughly twenty people if they remember this product, none of them do. Someone suggested that due to the outrageousness of the product, it's possible that I am remembering a spoof commercial from Saturday Night Live. That is most definitely a possibility. But I remember seeing this commercial on more than one occasion. Certainly my seven-year-old self couldn't have been having reoccurring dreams of Hulk Hogan shoes. Help me, Internet. Here is a picture of what I vaguely remember it to look like: 
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 21:58 |
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| # ? Feb 09, 2010 15:15 |
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/fo...php?forumid=171
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:00 |
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I think you just ate a lot of paint chips when you were a kid. Either that or saw some comedy sketch show. Terry Hogan would never endorse a product like that.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:00 |
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No, but I do seem to remember a commercial where the Ultimate Warrior was selling shorts with an extra pocket in the crotch to keep your fried chicken warm......
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:01 |
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atticus posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/fo...php?forumid=171 Ah yes, the Hulk Hogan forum.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:01 |
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What the hell? Why would you keep meat in a shoe??? The more I think of it the more my head hurts. I have never heard of this in my life but I want to own a pair right now
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:01 |
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sounds like you fell asleep during Nitro and had a hosed-up dream.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:02 |
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Handen posted:Ah yes, the Hulk Hogan forum. ah yes, a sarcastic retort back at you for somehow defending the fact that this was posted in the completely wrong forum
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:02 |
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I'm wearing a pair right now, my meat should be warm soon.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:03 |
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If you make this you'll earn a million dollars.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:03 |
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I'm a guy on the go and so tired of cold meat...this is brilliant!
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:06 |
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No, but I do remember Hulk Hogan talking in a faux English accent while painting and hawking deodorant.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:06 |
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You are out of your loving mind.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:07 |
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Tiny Fistpump
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I had shoes with little pockets in them as a kid, but I usually put a quarter or something in there, not meat. They also weren't Hulk Hogan shoes. There WERE Hulk Hogan vitamins, but my mom would never buy those.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:11 |
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Looks like you dropped acid, watched some TV, and assimilated a Macho Man Randy Savage Slim Jim commercial into a shoe commercial. Either that or you're the next incarnation of Leonardo DaVinci. Enjoy your newfound fortune and fame.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:12 |
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X-Sgt. Zypygski posted:I had shoes with little pockets in them as a kid, but I usually put a quarter or something in there, not meat.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:15 |
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I will always remember this day as the first day I ever heard of meat warming shoes. And yes you are completely insane.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:34 |
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I'd think keeping beef jerky near your crotch would be alot more effective in warming it. Also, who the gently caress eats warm beef jerky?
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:36 |
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I had those shoes! They were white with some yellow stripes, I used to wear them all the time and roam the streets, slyly grabbing bits of jerky from my feet mid-stride.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:47 |
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Could have been a comedy skit. It just doesn't make sense at all. I want a pair.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:52 |
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"You want some of this beef jerky?" "Yeah I'm starving, where the hell did you get the from?" "My shoes!" "..."
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:53 |
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no... but you gotta patent that quick! That product is borderline insane/genius. Maybe you can add some of those roller things on the bottom that kids like and hook it up to a heat coil in the compartment to make your meat medium rare while you're on the go?
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 22:56 |
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Dirp posted:Also, who the gently caress eats warm beef jerky? Bizzaro Hogan, apparently.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:04 |
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There are plenty of places that showcase the stupid products that have come from professional wrestling. I promise you if this had ever existed, it would be the centerpiece of every single one of them. So, no... although if someone does patent this, make sure you use "hide the salami" somewhere in your advertising.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:06 |
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Wow, that's awesome! I really hope that these shoes somehow exist. If not, someone should carve up a pair of shoes to add a meat compartment and maybe paste on a Hulk head. Bonus points for red and yellow color scheme.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:10 |
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Loooogan posted:I can't stop loving laughing at the concept of these things. Oh man, I wish so much they were real. There's no way in hell they are though.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:12 |
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Whacked out pot/meth/LSD head.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:25 |
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I'm pretty sure I remember these as well, but the beef jerky part, that's insanity.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:29 |
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It was not Hulk Hogan. It was a comedian whose name escapes me. He kinda looked like a thin David Crosby. But it was a fake commercial possibly on SNL of "The Broiler." It uses the heat of your feet to cook the meat, at least that was the tagline.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:32 |
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The hulkster does have a grill, maybe that's where the meat comes in. And at some point or another, there must've been endorsed sneakers. 'tis yer brain that's cross wired OP. ^^ edit: or that. I still maintain that you are crazy 
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| # ? Oct 11, 2007 23:33 |
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The Hulk Hogan grill is perfect for all my hulkamaniacs BROTHER.
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HulkaMatt
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Kalash posted:Whacked out pot/meth/LSD head. I was just thinking this. What a retarded concept.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:20 |
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I haven't laughed this hard at a thread concept/execution for since... gently caress, I can't remember! Tears running down my face, whole nine yards. Holy gently caress my sides hurt. I'd buy those shoes in a heartbeat.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:33 |
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Rings a bell, but I can't really tell from that image. Can we maybe get a more detailed mockup? It's not getting the Hulk Hogan brand across successfully. (thread of the day for sure)
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:39 |
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This sounds vaguely like something that Comedy Central aired many moons ago. Maybe it was a Carrot Top gag?
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:40 |
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FarticusRex posted:It was not Hulk Hogan. It was a comedian whose name escapes me. He kinda looked like a thin David Crosby. But it was a fake commercial possibly on SNL of "The Broiler." It uses the heat of your feet to cook the meat, at least that was the tagline. Sounds like Bruce Baum.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:42 |
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Yup Bruce Baum that was him. I've had no luck finding a video of it though.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:46 |
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That's ok man, keep searching. I couldn't convince anyone that The Noozles existed for like ten years before I found it on a old cartoons web page. I didn't remember the title and the premise sounds so hosed up nobody would believe I wasn't imagining it. For reference: It's about refugee magical koalas from an evil Outback dimension (Koala-Wala Land) with (apparently) a police state and a wallaby gestapo. On Earth, in exile or whatever, they stay with this kid, spending most of their time as stuffed animals, becoming their real animate selves again only when 'noozled', or Nose-nuzzled. What a mindfuck of a series for a kid to watch. Actually, I just checked wikipedia for my facts and it appears this show was originally Japanese, which I didn't know but explains A LOT.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:49 |
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This is awesome. You should go ahead and produce these shoes. I don't think Hulk Hogan will care.
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| # ? Oct 12, 2007 00:50 |
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Nathilus posted:That's ok man, keep searching. I couldn't convince anyone that The Noozles existed for like ten years before I found it on a old cartoons web page. I didn't remember the title and the premise sounds so hosed up nobody would believe I wasn't imagining it. haha, I actually had to look this up on wiki because I was sure you were talking out your arse. The Koala in it was actually named Brinky. I cannot work out if Blinky Bill ripped off Brinky or if it was the other way round. Edit: Blinky Bill was created in 1934 so I think I know who was created first. Meanwhile, Until I am eating warmed foot meat I dont beleive in these shoes.
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