Electric Football has another television commercial from the past to ad to its lineup. This was forwarded to us by sportswriter and fellow Electric Football aficionado Greg Eno. It’s from Gib Shanley’s Quarterback Club, which was a Cleveland Browns’ review show … Continue reading
Baltimore writer Tom Flynn gave The Unforgettable Buzz a terrific review on his blog the Boxer Journal last week. Here’s a sample: “Authors Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia have done such a brilliant job of using the game as a lens … Continue reading
By 1976 the Sears’ Christmas Wish Book was down to two Electric Football games (the Sears NFL Super Bowl and the Tudor No. 500), while the Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog was down to a single Coleco model. Only at J.C. … Continue reading
Electric Football will be visible in the Philadelphia area during the Christmas shopping season. On Saturday, December 21, Earl Shores will be signing The Unforgettable Buzz at the Chester County Book Company between 11 am – 3 pm. It’s a perfect way to … Continue reading
WOW…Do The Knee Jerks know and love Electric Football!! We had an Epic conversation with Greg Eno and Al Beaton that lasted almost 45 minutes – by far the most in depth Electric Football interview we’ve ever done. The amount … Continue reading
Electric Football, for most people, evokes memories of Christmas. That what makes our reaction to the game so visceral. Because for so many of us Electric Football was the best Christmas present ever. And we’ll never forget that thrill…just like … Continue reading
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 history was chronicled by the Christmas catalogs of Sears, Montgomery Ward, and others for over 30 years. These catalogs were a vital source of information to us as we wrote The Unforgettable Buzz. Not only did they give … Continue reading
Our publisher, One Way Road Press, is what is known in the publishing trade as a “small” publisher. So one of the things we had to come to terms in going the small publisher route was that the The Unforgettable … Continue reading
Eric Clark is author of The Real Toy Story: Inside the Ruthless Battle for America’s Youngest Consumers. It is really a seminal work on the modern toy industry, and was published by Simon & Schuster. He is a renowned investigative … Continue reading
(Note: The bulk of this text originally ran on Memorial Day.) Electric football and Veterans Day wouldn’t seem to have much of a connection. But there is an electric football story that does connect electric football to this day of … Continue reading
There are so many points in Electric Football history where a change occurred and the path of the game was forever altered. One of the truly momentous changes happened when Electric Football began appearing the in the Christmas catalogs of … 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
Note: We first published this blog post in August of 2012. We had no idea at the time that it would become part of one of the coolest looking pages in The Unforgettable Buzz (it’s at the bottom of this … Continue reading
We had the good fortune of getting Christopher Byrne to give us a comment for the back cover of The Unforgettable Buzz. Chris is known throughout the toy world as “The Toy Guy,” and is the content director for Time … Continue reading
It’s an exciting morning for us at The Unforgettable Buzz. That’s because Buzz co-author Earl Shores will be talking with PBS Antiques Roadshow Appraiser Gary Sohmers on his radio show “Calling All Collectors.” Gary is the cheerful appraiser in the … Continue reading
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 put up a PDF excerpt of The Unforgettable Buzz that is available for download. It’s Chapter 1 in its entirety. It introduces all the characters in our story, and sets the stage for the most important happenings in Electric … Continue reading
I had a great time talking to Seth Everett about Electric Football and our book The Unforgettable Buzz this past weekend. Seth had me on his nationally broadcast Saturday morning Fox Sports Radio show. It was such a pleasure as … Continue reading
Electric Football will be hitting the Fox Sports Radio Network first thing tomorrow morning. Earl Shores of The Unforgettable Buzz will be talking about Electric Football on the nationally broadcast Seth Everett Show tomorrow just at the sun rises. The … Continue reading