All posts containing the tag: "statue"
Posted Oct 15th 2009 6:20PM by TMZ Staff
After several traumatic days away from home ... the missing Thurman Thomas statue finally returned to Buffalo today -- where he was greeted by his flesh-and-bones counterpart.
The woman who sculpted the statue of the NFL legend went all the way to Canada to pick up Wooden Thurman from a guy who claims he rescued the 1000-pound beast from pyro-maniacal vandals last weekend.
But the statue won't return to its perch outside Buffalo Bills stadium -- too dangerous. But its new home won't be too far away ... Thurman Thomas plans on keeping it at his official training center.
Finally, a victory in Buffalo...
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: football, nfl, photo, picture, pine, statue, thurman thomas, ThurmanThomas
Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:45PM by TMZ Staff
UPDATE: TMZ just received the following statement from Thurman Thomas -- the real Thurman Thomas, not the wooden statue version:
"I'm grateful for Orchard Park Police Dept for finding my carving, and I'm glad no Cleveland Browns fans took it and burned it."
A 1000 pound wooden statue of legendary NFL star Thurman Thomas has just been found -- one day after it was reportedly stolen from its perch outside of the Buffalo Bills stadium.
The story is insane -- police in Orchard Park, NY tell TMZ a Canadian dude has fessed up to taking the statue ... but says he only took it to save the 8 1/2-foot carving from grave danger.
Cops say the Canadian claims he saw a bunch of hooligans trying to light the giant pine statue on fire -- so he loaded wooden Thurman onto the back of a pick-up truck so he could drive it to safety.
BTW -- the statue had only been unveiled on Sunday.
Now, we're told the Canadian has contacted the owner of the statue to arrange the carving's safe return.
No word if the Thurman Thomas statue was able to locate its helmet in the melee.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: bills, buffalo biklls, buffalo bills, BuffaloBiklls, BuffaloBills, nfl, statue, thurman thomas, ThurmanThomas
Posted May 26th 2009 10:25AM by TMZ Staff
Everyone's favorite evangelical Christian dandy boy band, the Jonas Brothers, posed with their biggest fan ... Jesus Christ.
The purity ring clad trio visited the famous Christ the Redeemer statute in Rio this weekend.
Thou shalt not poke fun at the Jonai.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Jonas Bros.
Tags: Jesus Christ, JesusChrist, Jonas Brothers, JonasBrothers, Redeemer, statue
Posted May 27th 2008 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
Milwaukee plans on honoring Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli by erecting a bronze statue of the greaser along the Milwaukee River. Heyyyy!
Chances are the statue will not be of the Fonz riding a motorcycle -- since the bike he rode on "Happy Days" is British and Milwaukee is the hometown of Harley Davidson. That's good news for fans who are hoping for a statue depicting the infamous leather jacket-wearing, water-skiing, shark-jumping Fonz which birthed the term, "jump the shark."
The unveiling of the Fonzie statue has been set for August 19.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: arthur fonzarelli, ArthurFonzarelli, happy days, statue, the fonz
Posted Dec 20th 2006 12:20PM by TMZ Staff
No character in science fiction is more despised than Jar Jar Binks. George Lucas' attempt at humor in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" was panned by critics and fans alike. If there were only a way to exact revenge on Jar Jar for sullying the Star Wars franchise...
An eBay auction is here to make your Jar Jar-icide dream come true! A lucky eBay seller won this life-size Jar Jar statue from an Albertsons supermarket when Episode I was released. How the seller was able to control his urge to completely destroy the thing is beyond us. Now you can take care of something that should have been done a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
May the force be with you.
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: albertsons, auction, ebay, episode one, EpisodeOne, jar jar binks, JarJarBinks, star wars, StarWars, statue, the phantom menace, ThePhantomMenace
