Genuine Imitation Brand Fonzie!

August 9, 2006 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 2 Comments

Hey Kids! Be sure to have lots of Happy Days by wearings this 50’s look jacket.

Not sure if I’m more put off by the flagrant rip off or the dork trying to look cool.

I wonder how many guys went to school wearing a rip off Fonzie jacket thinking it’d raise their social standing. Most kids in my high school seemed to dress like Schneider from One Day at a time. Most of them probably still do…..

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Mantooth

AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others.

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Smurfwreck on September 22, 2006

Once again, not to sound like I’m 15 with this reference, but that is the side gag in a That 70’s Show episode where Kelso gets a Fonzie jacket but can’t quite pull off wearing it. That ad is freaking hi-larious.

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Steve_Architect on July 28, 2008

Any boy who wore that jacket to my school was asking to be beaten up.

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