Alright, let’s jaw about this Michael Jordan fella and them Hanes ads, you know, the underpants and stuff. Folks keep tellin’ me he was a big deal basketball player, some kinda king or somethin’. Never watched a game myself, too busy with the chickens and the garden, but even I heard his name plenty. Seems like he was everywhere, sellin’ everything from shoes to cereal.
Now, this Hanes thing, that’s somethin’ I can understand. Everybody needs underpants, right? Rich folks, poor folks, even them fancy basketball players. So, this Michael Jordan, he starts doin’ ads for Hanes. Smart fella, I reckon. Gotta make a livin’ somehow, even after you stop bouncin’ that ball.
I remember seein’ some of them commercials. Mostly him just standin’ around lookin’ all comfy in his Hanes. Nothin’ fancy, just plain talk about how good them underpants feel. And that’s what I like, no fuss, no muss. You don’t need a bunch of fancy words to sell underwear, just tell folks they’re comfy and they’ll last. That’s all us regular folks care about.
One time, I seen this one ad where he had a funny little mustache. People got all riled up about it, said it looked like some bad man from history. I didn’t see what the big deal was, just a mustache. But folks always gotta find somethin’ to complain about, don’t they? He was just tryin’ to sell some underpants, not start a war or somethin’. Good grief!
Anyways, he kept sellin’ them Hanes for years and years, even after he stopped playin’ basketball. Must be good stuff, I guess. I never bought ’em myself, always stuck with the ones from the five-and-dime. But if Michael Jordan says they’re good, well, maybe they are. He seems like a fella who knows what he’s talkin’ about, even if he does wear funny mustaches sometimes.
From what I hear, he made a whole heap of money sellin’ them Hanes. Good for him, I say. Work hard, make some money, that’s the American way. And who knows, maybe them Hanes really are the best underpants in the world. I wouldn’t know, like I said, I ain’t never tried ’em. But a fella like Michael Jordan, he coulda had any underpants he wanted, and he chose Hanes. That’s gotta count for somethin’, right?
They say he was doin’ them ads for a long, long time. Thirty years or somethin’. That’s a powerful long time to be sellin’ underpants. He musta really liked them Hanes, or maybe they paid him a whole heap of money. Either way, he kept at it, and folks kept buyin’ ‘em. That’s what you call a good partnership, I reckon.
I heard tell that he did a bunch of other commercials too, for shoes and food and such. But the Hanes ones, those are the ones I remember. Maybe ‘cause they was simple, just a fella talkin’ about comfortable underpants. Nothin’ flashy, just plain and honest. And that’s what I like. Honesty is important, you know? Whether you’re sellin’ underpants or chickens or anything else.
- He played basketball good
- He sold lots of Hanes
- He had a funny mustache once
So, there you have it. My two cents on Michael Jordan and them Hanes ads. He was a basketball fella, he sold underpants, and he made a lot of money doin’ it. Seems like a pretty good life to me. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed them chickens.
And that’s the whole story, as far as I know it. Just a fella sellin’ underpants, nothin’ more, nothin’ less. And folks seemed to like it, so good for him. Now, I gotta get back to my chores. This talkin’ about basketball and underpants is makin’ me tired.
Tags: Michael Jordan, Hanes, Commercials, Underwear, Basketball, Advertising, Endorsement, Athlete, 1990s
