Captain Kirk Yellow Shirt Star Trek

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Text on Button STAR TREK
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Color photograph of Captain Kirk in a yellow shirt with white text in the upper right corner

Curl Text AVIVA ENTERPRISES INC. SAN FRANCICO CA copyright 1978 P.P.C.
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Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and go "where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

James T. Kirk is the captain of USS starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk was a charismatic leader and pioneer of space exploration who sought out new civilizations. Kirk became Starfleet's youngest captain when he received command of the USS Enterprise for a five-year mission. Starfleet is a deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping, and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets in the fictional universe of Star Trek.

Catalog ID EN0189

Captain Kirk Star Trek

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Text on Button STAR TREK
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Color photograph of the star trek character Captain Kirk

Curl Text copyright 1966 PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP Under License To BUTTON-UP CO 22120 RYAN WARREN MI 48091
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Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and to “boldy go where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

William Shatner originally played James T. Kirk, the captain of the starship USS  Enterprise. In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is a deep-space exploratory, peacekeeping, and military service maintained by the United Federation of Planets. Captain Kirk had a tendency to ignore Starfleet regulations when he felt the end justified the means.

Catalog ID EN0188

Captain Kirk Blue Star Trek

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Text on Button STAR TREK ™
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Photograph of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) walking in the hallway of a ship. The words "STAR TREK"  listed on the bottom center of button in white letters with black trim. Entire photograph is tinted blue. 

Curl Text AVIVA Enterprises INC. San Francisco, CA ©1978 P.P.C.
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Star Trek is science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. The show follows the crew of the starship USS  Enterprise as they explore space and go "where no man has gone before". The show takes place in the 23rd century in the Milky Way Galaxy. The original show lasted three seasons and spawned many other television series, movies, and books.

James T. Kirk, originally played by William Shatner, was the captain of USS starship Enterprise. Captain Kirk was a charismatic leader and pioneer of space exploration who sought out new civilizations.  

Catalog ID EN0095

Cap'n Jim Channel Eleven

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Text on Button Cap'n Jim Channel 11
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Illustration has blue text on a white background. Button reads Cap'n Jim across the top, Channel 11 across the bottom. Image of Popeye is in the center.

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Cap'n Jim refers to Jim Sanders and later Ted Eckman (aka Ted Niemi), who ran Cap'n Jim's Popeye Club on WIIC Channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The children's show ran in the late 1950s through the mid-1960s and featured live hosts, Popeye cartoons, and other segments. A second version ran for a few years starting in 1970.

Catalog ID EN0203

Bullwinkle I'm So Confused

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Text on Button I'M SO CONFUSED
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Color illustration of Bullwinkle with a confused expression. The words "I'm so confused" listed on the top of button in capital red letters. Words and illustration over white background. 

Curl Text ©1984 P.A.T.-WARD BUTTON-UP CO. 22120 RYAN, WARREN, MI 48091
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Bullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character from the animated television series Rocky and Bullwinkle (later called The Bullwinkle Show), produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott which ran from 1959-1964. 

Bullwinkle was characterized as being kind though dim-witted. He was frequently referred to as the "moronic moose" and was juxtaposed by his intelligent friend Rocky the squirrel. The pair shared a house in a fictional town called Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, which parodied the real town of International Falls, Minnesota. There Bullwinkle attended college at Wossamotta U on a football scholarship. Rocky and Bullwinkle were featured in a half-animated half-live-action film in 2000 called The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Catalog ID EN0116

Buckwheats the Breakfast of Rascals

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Text on Button BUCKWHEATS THE BREAKFAST OF RASCALS
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Buckwheat, the Little Rascal, is wearing a blue coat and a blue hat and is leaning on a black, slanted object; the lettering is white and black; all images and lettering are printed over an orange background.

Curl Text ©1988 KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS, INC. BUTTON-UP CO 2011 AUSTIN TROY, MI 48084
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This is a button featuring Buckwheat, a member of the Little Rascals, a gang of kids from Our Gang, a series of comedy short movies. Our Gang was produced between 1922 and 1944 by many different companies. The actor featured in the photo is Billie Thomas, the second person to act as Buckwheat; the original actor was, in fact, a girl. Thomas became Buckwheat in 1935 while the character was still considered a female. The character was referred to as "he" starting in 1936. 

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Wikipedia (2015 July, 31). Our gang. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Gang#The_MGM_era

Wikipedia (2015 July, 29). Billie Thomas. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Thomas

Catalog ID EN0182

Brave New World

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Text on Button Brave New World
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Yellow text on a black background

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Brave New World is a dystopian fictional novel published in 1932 by Aldous Huxley. The novel is set in London in the year 2540. Huxley plays with ideas of futuristic developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning. Additionally, a central theme to the novel is the division of society into five tiered castes. Each caste has a different economic role within society with lower castes being chemically manipulated to manage their levels of intelligence and physical growth.

Catalog ID EN0134

Bob and Doug McKenzie

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Text on Button [Gre]at White North
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Two men wearing plaid shirts, jackets, and winter caps (or "tuques" to most Canadians) sit at a coffee table littered with mugs. Behind them is a mural or poster of North America, with Canada in light blue and the United States in pink. Over the map of Canada is text in a slightly darker shade of pink. On the left, leaning against the background, is a pair of snowshoes.

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Bob and Doug McKenzie are characters portrayed by the comedians Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, respectively. The McKenzie brothers originated on the third season of SCTV, Second City's sketch comedy show, after it had moved to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1980. Due to demands by the CBC for a quota of content relating to Canada, Moranis and Thomas created the "Kanadian Korner" sketch series (later renamed "Great White North") as a venue for their stereotypically Canadian characters. The duo became popular in both the U.S. and Canada for their antics and catchphrases such as "Eh?" and "hoser," which they called anyone they didn't like. The duo went on to record a comedy album in 1981, the film Strange Brew was released in 1983, and they have since reprised the roles in various iterations until the present. 

Catalog ID EN0156

Bite Me Fan Boy

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Text on Button BITE ME, FAN BOY
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White text on black background

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Promotional items were given away with the release of DC Comics' Lobo's Back #1, such as T-shirts and buttons featuring the phrase "Bite Me, Fan Boy," primarily in the 1990s. The character Lobo is an alien humanoid from the planet Czarnia with tracking powers, an analytical mind and extreme strength. Lobo first appeared in 1983's Omega Men #3. Lobo made guest appearances in other comics such as Superman and Batman, and also had his own monthly series.

Sources

Rettig, Craig H. (2009). Lobo: Frequently-Asked Fraggin’ Questions. Bastich, Inc. website.

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