I saw this on Reddit. The boys were talking about it, mostly in relation to Mike’s cock. You know how that goes. If you’re at all familiar with the homosexual community, anyway.
So there’s a shirt that was being sold on Ebay purporting to be from an episode of James & Mike Mondays. It was originally being sold for $130, I think, and then it was lowered to $100.
Mike then tweets about it. Or, BlueSkies about it.
“One of my twitch mods told me there is a shirt of mine for sale on ebay. I looked. Pretty sure thats not my shirt. I drove home after filming with my clothes on me. Theres no reasons it would have been in an auction. We did auction costumes like bugs bunny. But not my fucking clothes. Lol”
I find it odd that Mike has to make clear that he only learned about this through a Twitch mod. He wants to make it clear that he doesn’t go to Reddit, or at least not that homosexual subreddit. And I can believe that. I mean…why would Mike want to get all of the latest updates about that penis picture from ten years ago? But it seems a little pathetic that he’s at pains to say it was from his best buddy: a Twitch mod.
Anyway, Mike claims that the shirt isn’t his. But it clearly is. The story given on Ebay is totally plausible.
Offered here is a great find for any fan of one of the greatest podcasters of all time The Angry Video Game Nerd! This is Mike Matei’s screen worn shirt from James and Mike Mondays!
This was obtained from an auction which James Rolfe donated items from Cinemassacre & AVGN. This was part of a lot with some costumes and props from The Life of Black Tiger episode of AVGN. However this was clearly not used in the episode. After watching some clips this was matched to Mike Matei in the Kid Chameleon episode of James and Mike Mondays. It’s possible this was used in other skits/episodes as well as I imagine AVGN likely has a wardrobe selection they pull from as needed.
This is AWESOME! It is very rare to find props or wardrobe from Podcasters as most of their items are privately owned and only surface when they’re donated. AVGN/Cinemassacre are easily some of the most iconic podcasts ever!
If you want this great piece act fast!
I find it astonishing that somebody went through the effort to match this shirt to an episode of James & Mike Mondays. And for a $100 shirt. This was clearly done out of passion, not for profit.
The Ebay account also has 100% positive feedback, they specialise in movie props, and they’ve sold over 2000 items. This is all legitimate. They (or somebody) won an AVGN auction and this shirt happened to be in there, probably be accident. These James & Mike Mondays videos were filmed in batches, on the same day, and they would change shirts after each episode to simulate it being on different days. The shirt somehow got left behind and ended up in this auction lot.
But Mike is adamant that it’s not his shirt. What kind of a lunatic would go through the effort of finding a vintage shirt from SIX YEARS AGO that exactly matches the shirt that Mike wore and sell it for a hundred bucks?
So anyway, the fags on Reddit are all like, “Who would pay $100 for one of Mike’s old shirts?”
How much do these people think that shirts cost? That shirt probably cost…I don’t know…$30 new. That seems like a reasonable price for a Walmart shirt, which is probably the type of place that Mike got the shirt from. Let me look this up.
Jesus Christ. The price for button down short sleeve shirts range from $7 to $30. Who the fuck is buying $7 shirts?
The shirt that Mike is wearing is thin and probably not any kind of designer shirt. So let’s say that he spent $25 on it. Still, $100 for a new shirt, from a semi-reputable brand, isn’t unreasonable. But these fags think that it’s crazy money to spend on a shirt.
This is a piece of history. The Kid Chameleon James & Mike Mondays shirt.
Joe from Gamesack left a comment. “Wait, so that underwear I bought wasn’t really screen-used by you?” Oh, you witty devil. Keep trying to steal the love of Mike’s life from under him.
But yeah, clearly his shirt. And it got me thinking, these “Youtubers” are leaving money on the table by not selling their clothes and whatnot.
How much money could Erin get for the Powerpad in that video? Or her fucking clothes from that video? Those tiny shorts that kept riding up and she had to constantly re-adjust? Shishi, were he still alive, would empty his bank account for that shit.
You wouldn’t even have to wash them. Advertise them as unwashed and you’d get MORE money.
Or what about that black and white striped shirt that Erin wore for a few videos and was the basis for my banner? Or that “retro” jean jacket that she wears a lot? Or any of those shitty zero-effort Halloween costumes that she wears?
But it doesn’t even just have to be the “iconic” episodes and outfits. Somebody paid a hundred bucks for a shitty shirt worn in some throwaway episode of James & Mike Mondays. You can sell ANYTHING and people will buy it.
Sure, people would get bored of it pretty quickly. The novelty would wear off. You’d get fewer bids. But there would still be diehards. And as long as you sell it for more than the item cost, you’re making a profit.
These are people who give Erin (and Mike) money for NOTHING. The subscriptions, the gift subscriptions, whatever. How much more would they pay for something? Even if it’s just a shitty shirt.
What about that Pac-Man shirt that Mike wore in a video years ago that he says Erin got for him that looked like a woman’s blouse? I mentioned it in some article but I think it was on Reddit and it’s gone. People would pay a hundred bucks for that.
Oh, breaking news. Mike responded to a tweet as I was writing this. Somebody said:
- “Have you tried looking for the shirt? I looked extremely close and compared it to the one in the J&MM and it’s identical. Plus it’s from a legit source.”
Mike responds with, “That was probably 5-10 years ago. I dont think i have ANY of the same clothes.”
Oh sure. Mike is a real clothes horse. He’s always wearing the latest…plain black shirts. He has to keep up with the plain black shirt trends, after all.
But the fact that he claims to throw all of this shit out or give it to Goodwill or whatever is all the more reason to sell it. You too can get one of Mike’s black shirts.
Oh, he mixed it up in his latest video. He’s wearing some kind of…jacket I think? Must be an unseasonably cold July in New Jersey.
But after a break, he takes the jacket off and you see that he’s wearing a white t-shirt. Maybe a five pack from Hanes? Total cost: $10. That’s $2 a shirt. How much would Games & Movie pay for that shirt? Games & Movies “gifts” like $50 every stream. This is a mentally challenged man, bear in mind. Fifty bucks in exchange for NOTHING. He’d surely pay at least twice that for the shirt.
I don’t know why people aren’t doing this. Mike will sometimes draw something on stream or if he’s playing a game where it helps to draw a map, he’ll draw a map. He could sell those too. People seem really interested in those maps.
He probably doesn’t need the money but it would surely help. He might be able to pay for Erin’s twice-monthly trips to Disneyland just with this shit. Erin might be able to pay for her own trips if she did this. She could start pulling her own weight somewhat.
As for the investment value…I don’t know. Are movie props generally a good investment?
I remember the Mystery Science Theater 3000 auction when that show ended and I wanted to get something but I didn’t have any money. But I’ve looked up those props subsequently, and it’s a lot of “This shit fell apart shortly after I got it” or “It got destroyed during a house move” and shit like this.
I was looking at Propstore dot com a few months ago but it’s just a lot of overpriced trash from forgetable recent movies that nobody would give a shit about. Nevertheless, this company has been around for a while. People are obviously buying. And movies today must sell absolutely everything that they have to companies like this, no matter how inconsequential the item is.
But as far as resale…surely, the item has to be somehow iconic from a popular movie to have any hope of getting a return on your investment. The American flag jacket from Easy Rider. Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. Shit like this.
I can’t imagine the guy who bought Mike’s Walmart shirt hanging on to it for ten years and then selling it for even $200. But I suppose it’s more personal than that. The guy who bought that just wants to have something of Mike’s and maybe rub up on it at night. Not everything has to be about money.