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🗓️ 9 August 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A special surprise podcast today, it's our interview with Aven Helford and Diandre Fuentes, the designers who worked on the new line of Simpsons-style shoes just released by Vans (which, full disclosure, Vans sent us a couple of pairs)! They tell us how the shoes were designed, notes they got from Matt Groening, and ideas they wish made the cut! And if you enjoy this, be sure to check out our previous interviews all on Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons!!!
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0:00.0 | Wet Assassin. |
0:02.0 | Oh, you bet you. |
0:04.0 | You know, they got the Velcro straps, a water pump and the tongue, |
0:06.5 | built-in pedometer, reflective sidewalls, and little vanity license plates. plays. Ahoyoohoy everybody and welcome to another talking Simpson's interview. |
0:25.8 | I am one of your hosts of this one Bob Mackie and I'm mad about shoe frankly. |
0:29.4 | Well Bob I hope you'd like my NYPD shoes sketch because it's pretty much the same thing. |
0:36.0 | I love it and today... |
0:37.0 | I'm Henry Gilbert, yes. |
0:38.0 | We're talking all about shoes, specifically the new Vans line of Simpson shoes and other gear. |
0:43.7 | And today we are talking to Avon Helford and Deandra Fuentes who are both the designers behind |
0:48.8 | the new line of Vans Simpson's apparel and footwear, |
0:52.6 | very cool and now on sale. |
0:54.7 | Yes, yeah, and you'll find, you know, links to |
0:57.8 | where you can get it in the description |
1:00.1 | and it was really cool to speak to A |
1:03.4 | and D about this. And we just talked to them for about 10 minutes about the new line, |
1:06.7 | their inspiration, and other ideas that they had that didn't make the cut. |
1:10.3 | And full disclosure, we were bought and sold by the vans company. |
1:15.0 | We did get a free pair of shoes. |
1:17.0 | Yes, yes, yeah. |
1:18.0 | But they also do, I mean they look kind of cool. |
1:21.0 | And I will always take free things. Yes, yes yeah if you want to send it no no that you can but but yeah it was it was fun to talk to these designers about their shoes I do really like the the Mr Plow ones are pretty cool looking but but yeah so if you're |
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