ChicagoNow Staff Blog
Mike Pence fly bobblehead unveiled
Below is a press release from The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.
MILWAUKEE – Today, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a Mike Pence Fly bobblehead. The bobblehead commemorates the viral moment from the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. The fly spent a little over two minutes on Vice President Pence’s hair during the debate setting the internet abuzz and even inspiring a special fly swatter that was available from the rival Biden/Harris campaign.
The bobbleheads are only available through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store. They are $25 each plus a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order and are expected to ship in January. On a base bearing his name, the bobblehead features Pence in his debate-night suit, wearing a white shirt and red tie, with a fly on his head. The bobblehead also incorporates a plexiglass-like barrier and includes a removable mini fly swatter.
Political bobbleheads were some of the earliest bobbleheads available for purchase starting in 1960. John F. Kennedy was the first politician captured in bobblehead form and bobbleheads of presidents, candidates, and other political figures have remained bobblehead ever since. Bobbleheads of all 45 United States Presidents have now been produced with the “Neglected Presidents” Series filling in the missing president bobbleheads.
“Social media has been abuzz with talk of the fly at last night’s debate, and when we received several requests for a bobblehead with Pence and the fly, we knew we had to get to work,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “We think this will be another fun bobblehead to put a smile on people’s faces as they look back at 2020.”
This is the second bobblehead featuring Vice President Mike Pence that the Hall of Fame and Museum has released. Bobbleheads featuring Pence and Harris were recently added to the 2020 Presidential Candidate Bobblehead series and are expected to ship in November. Bobbleheads featuring President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are also available in both the traditional series for $20.20 each as well as a special caricature series. The caricature bobbleheads are available for $25 each or $45 for the interlocking set.
Filed under:
Uncategorized
-
Advertisement:
-
Advertisement:
-
Welcome to ChicagoNow.
-
Subscribe by Email
Completely spam free, opt out any time.
Latest on ChicagoNow
-
Artist BRYANTLamont presents the SOFAseries
from The Red Cup Adventures by Deanna Burrell
posted today at 5:26 pm -
Biden’s contemptible message to voters and the media: It’s none of your business.
from The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor by Dennis Byrne
posted today at 3:22 pm -
Mask up with the Chicago flag
from ChicagoNow Staff Blog by ChicagoNow Staff
posted today at 2:39 pm -
UBS: Chicago Homes Most Affordable Among 25 Major Global Cities
from Getting Real by Gary Lucido
posted today at 1:48 pm -
Surviving Remote Learning and Working
from Mom About Town by Anne Marie Williams
posted today at 12:59 pm
Posts from related blogs
-
Eye on Chi
Most recent post: 10 years ago today from the Trib and Sun-Times: the Bears reach the Super Bowl
More from News: Media
Read these ChicagoNow blogs
-
Cubs Den
-
Pets in need of homes
Pets available for adoption in the Chicago area -
The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor
Chicago writer, editor and author blogs about today’s political and public policy issues.
Read these ChicagoNow Bloggers
-
Teppi Jacobsen
from When You Put It That Way: -
Chris O’Brien
from Medium Rare: -
Barbara Revsine
from A Bite of Chicago:
- About ChicagoNow
- •
- FAQs
- •
- Advertise
- •
- Recent posts RSS
- •
- Privacy policy (Updated)
- •
- Comment policy
- •
- Terms of service
- •
- Chicago Tribune Archives
- •
- Chicago Internet Marketing Services
- •
- Do not sell my personal info
©2020 CTMG – A Chicago Tribune website –
Crafted by the News Apps team