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Subject: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: 1313mockingbirdlane on 11/03/06 at 9:12 pm
In the late 60's I remember hitting the "mall" in the Bay area and getting a Golden Egg from a goose when we bought a pair of Buster Brown shoes. I can't for the life of me remember what the prizes were, I think they came out when you pulled the Goose's neck forward!!!
Another flashback were PF Flyers, EVERYONE had to own a pair if you were cool, if not,, http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/square/snooze.gif
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: hot_wax on 11/03/06 at 10:43 pm
I don't remember any golden goose thing, when I kid my mom took us to a shoe store on Ferry Street in Newark and bought us kids Buster Brown shoes, and to see if they fit correctly, they stuck our feet into box with an X-ray machine in it and check if the shoe fit right... would you beleive it?, having your feet subjected to X-Rays, who knows what it did to the rest of you. I think they outlawed those machines when the health inspectors noticed all their Buster Brown sales clerks hair would be falling out and they glowed at night.
Yes, a pair of PF Flyers were cool but I liked Keds too.
PS...the only way my mom could get me to wear those Buster Brown clogs was because of his dog Tag (Tieg?).
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: Fafner on 11/05/06 at 8:37 pm
I think the dog's name was "Tige". I definitely remember Buster Brown Shoes, but in Chicago in the early '60s we had a brand called "Red Goose" shoes - those are the ones I associate with the Golden Egg. Their slogan was "Half the fun of having feet is Red Goose shoes".
Sneaker-wise, I was a "Keds" kid - canvas high-tops. Problem was, they were so soft and pliable that you really couldn't attach your roller skates to them - and if you turned the skate key too hard it tore the sole from the rest of the shoe.
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: 1313mockingbirdlane on 11/05/06 at 11:21 pm
I think the dog's name was "Tige". I definitely remember Buster Brown Shoes, but in Chicago in the early '60s we had a brand called "Red Goose" shoes - those are the ones I associate with the Golden Egg. Their slogan was "Half the fun of having feet is Red Goose shoes".
Sneaker-wise, I was a "Keds" kid - canvas high-tops. Problem was, they were so soft and pliable that you really couldn't attach your roller skates to them - and if you turned the skate key too hard it tore the sole from the rest of the shoe.
[/quoteYou are right, it was Red Goose Shoes!!!
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: MidTennHitman on 11/09/06 at 8:19 am
Yeah I remember the golden egg and begged my mom to go there whenever we were gonna get new shoes.........but it didnt happen often, I guess the store (Family Booterie, I think it was) was more expensive than other outlets without the "golden egg". I also cannot remember a single prize so they must have not been stellar. In all actualities, probably along the lines of a Cracker Jack prize or so
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden E
Written By: Capt Quirk on 11/20/06 at 6:10 pm
I don't remember any golden goose thing, when I kid my mom took us to a shoe store on Ferry Street in Newark and bought us kids Buster Brown shoes, and to see if they fit correctly, they stuck our feet into box with an X-ray machine in it and check if the shoe fit right... would you beleive it?, having your feet subjected to X-Rays, who knows what it did to the rest of you. I think they outlawed those machines when the health inspectors noticed all their Buster Brown sales clerks hair would be falling out and they glowed at night.
Yes, a pair of PF Flyers were cool but I liked Keds too.
PS...the only way my mom could get me to wear those Buster Brown clogs was because of his dog Tag (Tieg?).
Thank you! I was trying to remember his dog's name the other day. But yes, I seem to remember a goose and eggs too.
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: star80 on 01/22/07 at 1:10 pm
Thanks everybody for sharing all the good memories here. Yes, I do remember the buster brown shoes :)
Subject: Re: I'm new!! Anyone remember Buster Brown shoes and the Goose with the Golden Egg?
Written By: Judy on 07/06/09 at 4:21 pm
In the late 60's I remember hitting the "mall" in the Bay area and getting a Golden Egg from a goose when we bought a pair of Buster Brown shoes. I can't for the life of me remember what the prizes were, I think they came out when you pulled the Goose's neck forward!!!
Another flashback were PF Flyers, EVERYONE had to own a pair if you were cool, if not,, http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/square/snooze.gif
The goose with the golden egg was red goose shoes. Jingle, half the fun of having feet is Red Goose Shoes.