Buster Brown

A mutant dog

Wasn’t he a shoe?

He lives in a shoe

As a kid I got a new pair of Buster Brown shoes every year before school started.

I'm old enough to remember the excitement of getting specially measured at an upscale shoe store for my very own pair. Now kids wear Crocs in whatever size mom grabs off the hook.

It’s been my hairstyle for years.

I remember the shoe store

That dog was clearly inspired by the Cheshire Cat

Oh yeah, I had forgotten all about that. Also there was a brand called Red Goose Shoes that had a machine shaped like a goose in the store that would lay a golden egg for any kid that bought a pair.

I always wanted a pair but never got them. The allure was that kids would get a free surprise in a package if they got a pair. The ad would show. Kid opening the package but not show what it was. I was so curious.

I remember them - and Thom McAn shoes as well.

He also had a line of paints as I recall.

The dog's name was Tige. I never had a pair either. Too expensive.

[quote]Too expensive.

My mom took me to the local Buster Brown. I thought Buster and that fucking dog were about the scariest things I ever saw.

We left quickly for just the reason you mentioned.

Here's Patty McCormack looking insane while shilling for Red Goose Shoes. Her mouth might be smiling, but the eyes are saying, "Get down here and buy these shoes, or I'm gonna tap-tap-tappa your head with the heel of this Francine."

R6 is Bruce Villach

Patty was pretty much the best child actress of the era.

Measuring your feet with the metal sliding guage?

Anyone else remember that?

Metal gauge? Wimp!

We used in-store x-rays

I'm just now realizing Buster Brown's dog Tige was a vicious pit bull.

"I'm Buster Brown, and I live in a shoe. That's my dog Tige, and he lives there, too."

A frequent commercial during Saturday morning cartoons.

[quote]metal sliding guage?

Oh, dear.

Apparently I was named after his dog.

Was Buster gender nonconforming? His/her wink is hiding big secrets. And the dog is scary.

The dog looks like something out of a Stephen King novel.

That dog needs to get his thyroid levels checked.

But yes, I do remember Buster Brown and shopping and getting different pairs of them. Were they really that expensive? We weren't rich and I had them? Or maybe I just was a kid and we shopped in a store that had that image on the wall and I thought I was getting Buster Brown. Maybe there were just Tom Mcan.

I was often called Buster Brown by the women in my family, my mom, grandmother, and aunt. "Watch it, Buster Brown, or get over here, Buster Brown."

Buster Brown isn't winking, that evil dog ate his eye.

I was wearing some brown shoes and stepped in between two teenagers who were working at the store and were on the floor. One of them said, "Nice Buster Browns". I was less surprised of him being cheeky than I was at him for knowing what a Buster Brown was.

[quote]Also there was a brand called Red Goose Shoes

🎶Half the fun in buying shoes is Red Goose Shoes!🎶

🎶That's Buster Brown; He lives in a shoe/ There's his dog, Rags; he lives in there too!🎶

What was in that surprise bag? Does anybody know?

It was a TV show?

I only remember the shoe store. We were too poor to shop there, only Sears or Hills for us.

R18 Ah, that article is interesting. I used to shop at Alamo Shoes a few years back. One of the last of the old style shoe stores.

Was it Tige or Rags?

Tige Andrews

Mary Jane shoes for girls comes from the name of Buster’s “girlfriend”

I have a small family keepsake stored in an old cardboard Buster Brown box. On the top are illustrations of two children with the phrase "Toe to Crown in Buster Brown!" This was back when they sold accessories and clothing, decades ago.

I remember the shoes but not TV ads. But then my family watched a lot of public TV.

Yup. Also remember Thom McAn stores, sitting down on a chair, putting your foot on kneeler/stool while the salesman measured it with that thingamajig at R18.

[quote]Here's Patty McCormack looking insane while shilling for Red Goose Shoes.

GIVE ME THOSE SHOES!!!

For R35

I remember the TV commercials for Buster Brown Shoes.

[quote]I remember the shoes but not TV ads. But then my family watched a lot of public TV.

Excuse me. We didn't have public television in Hot Coffee, Mississippi.

RIGHT HERE TO ME!!