ColeJ Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 when i was a little kid, living near poughkeepsie, new york, i had a truck toy similar to this one. Not until years later did I learn that Hess has absolutely nothing to do with the New York Jets. The color scheme and two stripes, and general wordmark look made me conflate the two in my toddler mind. i still think of Hess trucks every time I see the New York Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 13 hours ago, EddieJ1984 said: For me it's... @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJosh Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ColeJ said: when i was a little kid, living near poughkeepsie, new york, i had a truck toy similar to this one. Not until years later did I learn that Hess has absolutely nothing to do with the New York Jets. The color scheme and two stripes, and general wordmark look made me conflate the two in my toddler mind. i still think of Hess trucks every time I see the New York Jets. I wouldn't say they had nothing to do with each other. Leon Hess, founder of Hess, was also an owner of the Jets. Not sure if that's why they look like Hess trucks but could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ColeJ said: when i was a little kid, living near poughkeepsie, new york, i had a truck toy similar to this one. Not until years later did I learn that Hess has absolutely nothing to do with the New York Jets. The color scheme and two stripes, and general wordmark look made me conflate the two in my toddler mind. i still think of Hess trucks every time I see the New York Jets. Ummmm . . . Leon Hess, the founder of the Hess Corporation, was the owner of the Jets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Hess That said, the color connection is probably a coincidence. Per the Wiki article, he was part of the consortium that bought the Jets in 1963. However, he was one of five partners and didn't become the majority owner until 1973, so I would assume he didn't have sole authority to select the Jets color scheme. Giants Stadium had a large Hess sign for many years. I'm pretty sure that was not a coincidence. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ColeJ said: Not until years later did I learn that Hess has absolutely nothing to do with the New York Jets. Hess has plenty to do with the Jets, as the company's founder, Leon Hess, was the Jets' owner for several decades until his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Bolton Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Obvious answer but when I was a kid I legitimately thought this logo was angry Pacman. I had no idea why they were called the Hawks, I couldn't see a hawk in this logo for the life of me. I was not a smart kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 17 hours ago, 2001mark said: Insta... I swear to god, the flavour is in my mouth every single time. Part of me wants to throw those jerseys in the blue box for recycling. All the flavor...none of the calories. Good deal. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Regarding the Pac-Man Hawks logo...it certainly reminded me of Pac-Man, though I knew it was a coincidence. But it was years before I saw the Hawk's head. I just could not shift my focus from the backwards-C with a dot in it... Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yippy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Those awful And 1 shirts the boys in my middle school wore always reminded me of the Warriors logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 learn something new every day. so maybe there was good reason why they remind me of each other. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DustDevil61 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 3/20/2017 at 9:00 PM, EddieJ1984 said: Don't think I can post what I'd compare the browns too lol I got it covered: Specifically, the early 1980s look with the near-matte orange pants remind me of the Reeses packaging, specifically the older-style packaging for a Reese's ice cream packaging (which I can't seem to dig up) almost completely devoid of yellow. Their classic brown-over-white, white-over-orange, and white-over-white looks also remind me of this to a lesser extent...but I can't help you with their current set. AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silent Wind of Doom Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 0:05 PM, ColeJ said: when i was a little kid, living near poughkeepsie, new york, i had a truck toy similar to this one. Not until years later did I learn that Hess has absolutely nothing to do with the New York Jets. The color scheme and two stripes, and general wordmark look made me conflate the two in my toddler mind. i still think of Hess trucks every time I see the New York Jets. Other people already beat me to the Hess thing. I never made the comparison, and when I read about the ownership of the team, I couldn't believe I didn't notice before then. I mostly quoted you because holy crap, you apparently lived, like, twenty minutes away from me. As for the Browns, I never understood the talk about this bringing them into the future, because the lettering and stripes on the pants reminded me of a pair of old workout pants my dad had had since the 80's. The style looks dated to me, if anything. Others... EDIT: Apparently the original Bart image I used was replaced by the website with a download link. Sorry about that. Fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 12 hours ago, Silent Wind of Doom said: Other people already beat me to the Hess thing. I never made the comparison, and when I read about the ownership of the team, I couldn't believe I didn't notice before then. I mostly quoted you because holy crap, you apparently lived, like, twenty minutes away from me. As for the Browns, I never understood the talk about this bringing them into the future, because the lettering and stripes on the pants reminded me of a pair of old workout pants my dad had had since the 80's. The style looks dated to me, if anything. i actually lived in Wappinger's Falls, New York... during the whole Tawana Brawley ordeal that was all over the headlines nationally. Lived right next to her family. I don't remember a ton from the trial or anything though. I was a pre-schooler in 1988. I just say Poughkeepsie because no one at all has ever heard of Wappinger's Falls. But since I derailed the conversation a little, I'll come back with another on-topic contribution. those helmets with the raised ridge down the middle certainly don't NOT help the association in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Berlin Wall Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mingjai Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 11:50 PM, DustDevil61 said: I got it covered: Specifically, the early 1980s look with the near-matte orange pants remind me of the Reeses packaging, specifically the older-style packaging for a Reese's ice cream packaging (which I can't seem to dig up) almost completely devoid of yellow. Their classic brown-over-white, white-over-orange, and white-over-white looks also remind me of this to a lesser extent...but I can't help you with their current set. Credit where credit is due, this was submitted to Uniwatch by a reader Phil, who visualized most succinctly what many of us were already thinking: Visit my store on REDBUBBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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