Earl Shores of The Unforgettable Buzz will be talking about Electric Football with Greg Eno (Featured Columnist for The Bleacher Report) and Al Beaton (Bess You Boys) on Monday, December 9. Greg and Al are both Detroit area sports journalist who have … Continue reading
Electric Football in the 1978 Sears Christmas Wish Book. The Sears’ Tudor NFL Super Bowl model and the Tudor No. 500. Another installment in The Unforgettable Buzz Christmas Catalog Countdown!
Do you remember when the Greatest Games were played on your living room floor? Then you’ll want a copy of The Unforgettable Buzz, the first and only book ever written on the subject of Electric Football. It’s available now for the Holiday season from … Continue reading
The Action Figure Times recently reviewed The Unforgettable Buzz, and we are truly gratified by what Editor Glenn Harman thought of our book. Here are some excerpts: “Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia have written one of the most in depth … Continue reading
So here we are, a Monday Night Football game with my Vikings against my older brother’s New York “Football” Giants…in Prime Time! When I first saw it on the schedule I was thrilled. Another classic battle between Roald and I … Continue reading
A minute of Electric Football history from The Unforgettable Buzz.
Electric Football is mysterious for some people. They sort of politely nod when you talk about…if you’re lucky. Some get that far off look in their eyes, mixed with a touch a fear, like you’re a disheveled homeless person mumbling … Continue reading
We’ve been using our “Before Electric Football” posts to describe football games that were designed and patented before Tudor showed up with the Tru-Action model at the 1949 Toy Fair. Today’s post is about at game that was patented by E.H. … Continue reading
One of the first Electric Football mysteries we set out to solve in The Unforgettable Buzz was the year of the game’s debut. Was it 1947 or 1949? The 1947 date first appeared when Miggle Toys resurrected the game in … Continue reading
The first and only book EVER written about Electric Football is available NOW from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Here is some of the praise The Unforgettable Buzz has received: “The Unforgettable Buzz is a thoroughly researched and cleverly written study of electric football. … Continue reading
Electric Football is a very special item. It taps into to so many things that a great toy should be. It’s hands-on (setting up players), it’s problem solving (how do I make my player run to the end zone), and … Continue reading
It’s quite a relief to finally have The Unforgettable Buzz published. Yet there is some other serious and unfinished Electric Football business that we want to address. And it’s going to take the efforts of everyone involved in Electric Football to make … Continue reading
Here’s the final segment of the 1999 Rodricks for Breakfast Show in Baltimore.
Electric football and stadium architecture are very much intertwined. So that makes it especially hard to hear about the dilapidated state of the Houston Astrodome. How does a stadium go from being the “Eighth Wonder” to a step away from … Continue reading
Electric football was and is a game that fuels our imaginations. One of the players who added fuel to electric football was Deacon Jones. When you got your set of Rams, one of the first numbers you ever put on … Continue reading
Electric football has a rich heritage that is tied directly to the NFL. It’s this bond that keeps us coming back to the games, the players, the Rule Books, and the order forms. The Rule Books and the order forms … Continue reading
“I can’t stop thinking big, I can’t stop thinking big” – Lyrics from “Caravan” by Rush “Big” things are definitely not far away right now for The Unforgettable Buzz. Luckily, we never stopped thinking big, otherwise we wouldn’t have made it this … Continue reading
Electric football, from the early 1960’s on, was associated with the NFL. Actually, for most of us the equation looks like this: Electric Football = NFL There aren’t many other toys or games that carry such a strong association with … Continue reading
Electric football…this is where it all started. On the Tudor Tru-Action No. 500, which was first displayed at the New York City Toy Fair in March of 1949. By the fall, the No. 500 was being sold throughout the eastern … Continue reading
Posted below is an amazing account of a visit to the Tudor factory. It was written by John Morano in 1996 and appeared in a Miggle newsletter – we remember it well. This is a copy of the original text, … Continue reading