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The Unforgettable Buzz....
Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia have spent over 15 years on The Unforgettable Buzz, which is now complete. Interviews were conducted with major “players” from Tudor, Coleco, and Munro, and months were spent paging through toy journals, catalogs, and newspaper archives. Preparations for publication of the book are in the final stages.
Uncovered during the process were many rare and "lost" electric football items, images, and events. The result of these efforts is the most comprehensive story of toys, sports licensing, and pop culture ever put together. In the pages of The Unforgettable Buzz readers will discover:
Ultimately, though, for many of us, electric football represents one thing: The best Christmas present...ever. In 2012, The Unforgettable Buzz will tell the definitive story of the game we've never forgotten. Christmas Morning 1968 |
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Norman Sas and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle - November 1971
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle (second from the left) examines NFL Properties’ top moneymaking item – a Tudor NFL electric football game. Standing with Rozelle (far left in the photo) is Tudor Metal Products president Norman Sas. Norman and his company were being presented with the coveted Sears Excellence Award during a luncheon at the 21 Club in New York City. This meant that Tudor’s Super Bowl electric football game was one of the top selling items in the 1970 Sears Christmas Wish Book.