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On 12/3/2017 at 1:32 PM, LAK74 said:

The movie jersey crest doesn’t look like a pinhead to me.  It looks more like a rare variant crest only used on a couple of gameworns around 88/89 (when the movie was being filmed) which looks like this:

Hawks crest

The above crest looks more like the movie one than the pinhead does:

http://siamtradingpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Clark-Griswold-Vacation-Blackhawks-Jersey.jpg

And I’d agree with HockeyBob; if you found one as rare as this, you wouldn’t want to commit a crime against the hobby and screw it up by making a Griswold jersey out of it.  

There was one of these on Ebay or maybe somewhere else awhile back.  Not to long ago.   I tried to make a deal with the guy but communication was lacking.  

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Tbh, I’m really not sure on this at all.  It seems unlikely they would use an authentic with a rarely seen crest in a movie, but then again I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a replica with that kind of crest either.  I wish that picture of Chevy Chase on the stairs was clearer so we could see the details better.

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15 hours ago, Hawks2797 said:

There was one of these on Ebay or maybe somewhere else awhile back.  Not to long ago.   I tried to make a deal with the guy but communication was lacking.  

I picked up a red one back in August that has the same crest, shoulder patches and double elbows and the fight strap. 
Mine has a Crosby stamp on the left hem and small block CCM on the right.

The movie was on last night and I think the best shot of the jersey details were the images that LAK74 and Brilliant posted.
I didn't see anything showing the hem or if there was a fight strap.

My best guess is it was a retail jersey from the mid 80's

 

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Didn't CCM have kind of a hybrid authentic-replica jersey in the '80's?  The jerseys have double shoulders and double elbows, but no fight strap.  I don't remember ever seeing a Hawks version, but it almost sounds like this.  Double elbows, but a crest and shoulder patches you see more with a replica. Maybe it is something weird like this.

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31 minutes ago, spudrock512 said:

Here is a pic that shows the back.  I don't really see a fight strap.  Other interesting thing is the incorrect font and I don't think there is a nameplate that was used.

So if you want to be on-film accurate, you would have to be on-ice inaccurate. 

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1 hour ago, spudrock512 said:

Didn't CCM have kind of a hybrid authentic-replica jersey in the '80's?  The jerseys have double shoulders and double elbows, but no fight strap.  I don't remember ever seeing a Hawks version, but it almost sounds like this.  Double elbows, but a crest and shoulder patches you see more with a replica. Maybe it is something weird like this.

I have a Leafs one like this.  Double elbows, but no fight strap, with a thin, replica-like crest, and shoulder patches which were heat-pressed but not stitched down.

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6 hours ago, tomtucker said:

Then it's easy OP....... just give chevy a call, or track his address  down

Funny enough. I delivered a mattress to his Westchester home back in the 90's when I was a kid working for 1800Mattress 

Only person home at the time was a spanish maid.

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9 minutes ago, Richter9377 said:

Funny enough. I delivered a mattress to his Westchester home back in the 90's when I was a kid working for 1800Mattress 

Only person home at the time was a spanish maid.

Bow-chicka-bow-bow.

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19 minutes ago, Richter9377 said:

Funny enough. I delivered a mattress to his Westchester home back in the 90's when I was a kid working for 1800Mattress 

Leave off the last S for Savings. 

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14 hours ago, Hockey Bob said:

I picked up a red one back in August that has the same crest, shoulder patches and double elbows and the fight strap. 
Mine has a Crosby stamp on the left hem and small block CCM on the right.

The movie was on last night and I think the best shot of the jersey details were the images that LAK74 and Brilliant posted.
I didn't see anything showing the hem or if there was a fight strap.

My best guess is it was a retail jersey from the mid 80's

 

Oh so your the reason his communication with me stopped.. Those were only worn for a hot minute I believe.  Well if you want to move it you know who will buy it.

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13 hours ago, jsh139 said:

Great. Now that dam song is in my head ?

Do you remember Rockaway Bedding?  Or is that a NJ/NYC area thing?

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2 minutes ago, Devilsguy said:

Do you remember Rockaway Bedding?  Or is that a NJ/NYC area thing?

I remember that. 

I also remember when you could call up 1800Mattress and ask them to deliver a mattress COD. Or possibly 10 mattresses to your high school principal's house. Allegedly. 

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1 minute ago, mfitz804 said:

I remember that. 

I also remember when you could call up 1800Mattress and ask them to deliver a mattress COD. Or possibly 10 mattresses to your high school principal's house. Allegedly. 

They allowed you to do COD for that?  different times.

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6 minutes ago, Devilsguy said:

Do you remember Rockaway Bedding?  Or is that a NJ/NYC area thing?

I remember the name, but not any jingle associated with it. 

Here’s one we should all know:

800-588-2300...Empire, today!

 

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1 minute ago, jsh139 said:

I remember the name, but not any jingle associated with it. 

Here’s one we should all know:

800-588-2300...Empire, today!

 

I remember faintly the Empire one.

You don't know Rockaway bedding?

"Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rockaway bedding yeah!"

 

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19 minutes ago, Devilsguy said:

They allowed you to do COD for that?  different times.

Not after I was done with them lol. 

17 minutes ago, jsh139 said:

I remember the name, but not any jingle associated with it. 

Here’s one we should all know:

800-588-2300...Empire, today!

They are still running that one today!

13 minutes ago, Devilsguy said:

I remember faintly the Empire one.

You don't know Rockaway bedding?

"Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rockaway bedding yeah!"

Hours of excruciating effort obviously went into that song. 

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18 minutes ago, Devilsguy said:

I remember faintly the Empire one.

You don't know Rockaway bedding?

"Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rock Rock Rock Rockaway bedding

Rockaway bedding yeah!"

 

Have the Rolling Stones killed!

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