On Friday, I wrote about how ABC News used ‘Twin Peaks’ character Laura Palmer as an example of the dangers of cheerleading (she was murdered, wrapped in plastic and dumped in a river … but, you know, on television). I thought that was going to be the last time I saw modern sports tied into 90s pop culture, but now we’re doing it in reverse.
Amy Heckerling’s seminal 1995 comedy Clueless was on TV this weekend, and my good friend and Tampa Bay Rays fan Lex Lybrand (of directing me in a feature film fame) noticed something weird. Near the end of the film, when Alicia Silverstone’s Cher and the late Brittany Murphy’s Tai are making up and settling in to watch Breckin Meyer do some l33t 90s skateboarding, Tai is wearing a what appears to be a Tampa Bay Rays polo. In their current colors. No, seriously, look at it.
The problem with that is that the Rays didn’t exist in 1995, and didn’t switch to that font or color scheme until 2008. There’s an easy explanation — it’s a coincidence, and the TB could represent anything. I’m not an encyclopedia of mid-90s clothing brands, and they could’ve just whipped up a random fake brand logo for a long-forgotten polo in a throwaway scene. Better theory: Brittany Murphy is a time-traveler, which explains the Rays gear and why the girls in gym class look so much like the Brooklynettes. It’s bat-shit, sure, but at least in this theory, Brittany Murphy wouldn’t be dead. She’d just be in the future.
Further evidence (and more 1990s Alicia Silverstone) is below.
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Possibly just Tommy Bahama? I think they were around then (though not nearly as popular).
If I can recall my life back in 1995, I believe that is the logo for the Unionbay brand. It’s a U, not a T. I prefer to think this is all Chuck Lamar’s fault though.
Trying to figure out what it actually is, is totally missing the point. :P
+1
Lunatic, that was way harsh.
It’s impossible to be harsh on the internet with a smiley face tongue emoticon. It’s in the internet bill of rights.
….please tell me I don’t have to point out the Clueless reference in a Clueless post.
Also, just to throw a wrench in my own theory… this looks most like the logo they used in 2007 but with the 2008 colors. Joe Madden is up to something. That much, we can be sure of.
I came for the 1990s Alicia Silverstone, I stayed for the chance to use sporadic in a sentence.
Now that you mention it, Alicia Silverstone was wearing one of the new Reading Fightin Phils ostrich logo t-shirts when she jumped off the bridge in the “Cryin” video. That is just freaky.
All joking aside, Brandon I know you’re something of a minor league baseball connoisseur. Have you seen those f***ing ostrich monstrosities yet? The f***.
Guess they weren’t so “Clueless” after all.
(has never watched clueless)
YOU NEED TO GET ON IT! IT’S GOT TURK BEFORE HE WAS TURK!
“PRE-TURK” TURK! Will now look for this movie on Netflix, thanks :D
So was this a side-effect of Farnsy’s wish for “ugly uniforms” for the Rays? Like, okay, you can have uniforms that look like the Rays played in the 70s, but they are current, but we’ve got to put current Rays clothes back in time to the 90s?
Something-something, DugOut reference.
i used to have such a boner for Silverstone until i found out what a non-meat eating (possibly religious) freak she was
People who do not eat meat are not freaks. People who feed their babies like a mama bird are freaks. That’s what you should be condescending on Alicia Silverstone for.
And her crooked mouth.
I feel like she breastfeeds her cats.
As a girl who grew up in the 90′s, I can confidently say that the “ub” is the logo for clothing brand Union Bay.
I had a try-out with the Devil Rays. They cut me for Wade Boggs.