Showing posts with label merchandise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label merchandise. Show all posts

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Week 50: Pocket Full of Quarters t-shirts

In late 2012 or January 2013, Buckner & Garcia opened a new Café Press store. It contained a series of items, all featuring the same graphic on them.


Yes, they all said "I've got a pocket full of quarters and I'm headed to the arcade" (the opening line of the song) in a handwritten-style font and "http://BucknerGacia.com" printed underneath. Items include many, many different styles of shirts and a puzzle.


I am as surprised as anyone to discover this store STILL EXISTS! But it now only features shirts. The puzzle is no longer available.

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Week 40: T-shirts

The album t-shirt was covered earlier, but these Pac-Man Fever t-shirts were probably the most ubiquitous use of the phrase "Pac-Man Fever" outside the song. It came in a variety of colors and, like many t-shirt of the day, the design sparkled.



The design on the t-shirts was also available on other items, like this cap.


Bonus item: Camp Saginaw T-shirt

Over the years, a couple of these "Camp Saginaw Fever... catch it" shirts from the '80s from Camp Saginaw in Oxford, PA have hit eBay. (Hat tip to David Latterman for confirming the location.) I have serious doubts they were licensed by Midway.



Saturday, July 9, 2022

Week 39: Buttons

Buttons were all the rage in the '80s, at least for a time. So naturally there were Pac-Man Fever buttons of various sorts. And probably mostly unlicensed. Here are some examples.








Saturday, December 25, 2021

Week 11: 2016 Christmas t-shirt

In 2016, Jerry Buckner offered Pac-Man Fever Christmas t-shirts on Cafe Press. In both English and Spanish!

Christmas Bonus: 2021 t-shirt

And this was this year's Christmas t-shirt. (No, he hasn't produced one each year.) Merry Pac-Man Fever Christmas!!!



Last play on American Top 40

Forty years ago today, "Pac-Man Fever" was played for the last time on American Top 40. It was a "Long Distance Dedication...