Archive: February 2009

On Saturday night, February 7, 2009, roughly 25 Xavier basketball fans made the road trip to Duquesne in their Snuggies. Here is a monogrammed Snuggie.

NOTE TO THE SNUGGIE PEOPLE (and a hint to those out there that wonder if this is an official Snuggie company website): Do Sports Licensing and Customization options for Snuggie 2.0. I am hearing this request a lot and am passing it on.

Props to Pete for sending these pics, and to the Xavier Hoops fans. If anyone else has Xavier Snuggie Sightings, please send them in to get added to the Xavier channel on this site. And next time you plan a Snuggie Mob, be sure to mix in the Complimentary Booklights. Perhaps that's why the game didn't go Xavier's way.

...and then there's this from King5 in Seattle. Attack of the Snuggies
SEATTLE - Through almost seven decades of marriage, 90-year-old Marcia Burns and her 94-year-old husband Bernie have seen about everything, until they laid their eyes on the Snuggie.

As if this couple weren't cozy enough, the 94 year old man just happens to have the name Bernie Burns. You can't make this stuff up, people! And you cannot make it on the local news in a blanket.
Read the rest of this story here.

You've read about the Snuggie Drinking Game in USA Today. We've covered it here. Although we have yet to see a Snuggie in an episode of 'Intervention', we can now report that the Snuggie Drinking Game Rules Committee consists of Barry, Mike, Kevin, Heath, Chris, and Doc.

They've been putting in long hours at the local pubs, working overtime to get the Snuggie Drinking Game rules just right. Pictured above are the guys, waiting in anticipation for the next Snuggie commercial to air. I think they are raising a toast to all the imitators out there - but here we have the original Snuggie Pub Crawl.

After three years of sending ALL CAPS EMAILS, the Snuggie King discovers his CAPS LOCK key and the meaning of the word 'toggle'. Morale is high and the Oatmeal is flowing out of the corner office once again. All Hail, King Snuggie.

Snuggie Guitar Hero, not to be confused with Snuggie Air Guitar Hero, is the new craze sweeping the nation. Exhibit A: Dale

We caught up with Dale just after he completed his six song set. He tossed his axe to a roadie (it actually bounced off the couch, but in Dale's imagination his roady restrung the Les Paul with stickers, and all was right with the world). He swilled down an energy drink (named 'Dale' in his imagination). He wouldn't say, but the twinkle in his eye told us one thing - "Snuggie Encore".

Pulling a guitar pick out of his earthy Longaberger Basket, Dale produced a felt tipped pen out of a Snuggie Sleeve and proceeded to autograph it and throw it into the first row of the family den. Straight up - Dale would not be able to sign that pick in a blanket.

Dale quickly started nuking a bag of Orville Redenbacher's and then kicked in the encore, hoping to finish in the three and a half minutes that Orville requires. I waved my complimentary booklight in the air, which was a fortunate choice as the microwave blew a breaker halfway through 'Crazy Train'. Being the consummate Snuggie Guitar Hero, Dale shadow played the remainder of the song from memory as I sang and hummed along in falsetto..."We're going off the rails of the Snuggie Train".

You cannot contain the Snuggie Restless Arm Syndrome, you can only hope to contain it. The Snuggie Restless Arm Syndrome has been noted previously here, here, and here.

Pictured above is Michael as he is released from the hospital. He suffered from Snuggie Restless Arm Syndrome - the inexplicable urge to raise your hands when wearing a Snuggie. His syndrome has gone into remission, thanks to a steady diet of Star Trek Voyager episodes and stuffed animals. Of course, if you really want to keep your hands down, you could lay underneath those notoriously restrictive blankets.

Attention Nashville Snuggie Lovers: 96.3 Jack-FM is giving away Snuggies. View the video for details or go to 963Jackfm.com.

Liana goes bullet time to avoid the odor emanating from Agent Flip Flops. There may indeed be no spoon, Keanu, but Agent Flip Flops is for real. "I need an exit!"

NOTE TO WORLD: The Snuggie has you.

[This YouTube video has since been removed by its owner.]

Thank you to everyone that has sent in their Snuggie Sightings during month #1. Many thanks as well to all of the Emails, Tweets, Links, and Media Coverage that has given me more 'Warm Fuzzies' than I could ever return. This short walk down memory lane is a small token of my appreciation to each and every one of you. I could never do this without you, and I could never do this in a blanket!

The video was created using the amazing online tool Animoto, with music provided by Jay Condiotti - "I Made You Smile" (aptly titled, for this is the goal of the site).