Get Me Mr Bucket

This is a great photo sent to me by Ben and a couple of his mates who participated in the 2008 Great Victorian Bike Ride.

Congratulations to the 4,200 riders that participated in the 2008 Great Victorian Bike Ride - particularly those that lasted the whole 590kms. Ben might have got Mr Bucket inspired to do the ride next year, meanwhile he has inspired a new t-shirt.

Mr Bucket reckons cycling is the way to go burn carbs instead of gasoline and reduce our carbon footprint - Mr Bucket is following the yellow brick road (he’s got a lot in common with the tin man).

We really appreciate here at Mr Bucket world when you give us a great idea, so thankyou Ben we will send you one of the first t-shirts shortly. Meanwhile the printed t-shirts will be available shortly in time for the Yarraville Festival which Mr Bucket will be attending on the 14th February.

Thankyou to Dan for this fantastic pic of Mr Bucket hanging out with a few friendly locals on Yanuca Island in Fiji. This photo was taking early in the day before they got down to the drums and the kava.

Mr Bucket gave us unprecedented access to his private world in September 2008. We bring you a day in the life of Mr Bucket, from his early awakening, even filmed him in the shower, to his adventures around the city we followed the man around Melbourne. We tried to look under the bucket and discover the truth beneath the bucket. After two days of filming we got over 40 minutes of footage which was edited down to a few minutes and posted on this website and youtube.

A photographer from MX magazine met with Mr Bucket in Bourke St. Mall, he tried to hide from the papparazzi however they got one lucky shot which featured this Wednesday.

A big heartfelt thankyou to all the film crew and Bucket supporters who made this possible.

Particularly Cecily Hearn for the cinematography and Jo Jones for writing/performing and recording the soundtrack.

For the purist, Mr Bucket is riding a 1962 BSA A7 Shooting Star with a hardtail section spliced onto the rear. Mr Bucket lived life in the fast lane, fast bikes, fast women.

Elvis sang a poignant song called “Long Black Limousine” about a lover returning in a fancy car as a corpse. This song epitomised Mr Bucket’s attitude to life.

Thanks to Marshall for this great pic. It’s going straight to the Mr Bucket Abroad page. Taken in Transylvania, I wonder what the Romanian’s make of Mr Bucket, the t-shirt does rely heavily on Russian propoganda. Marshall has some words of wisdom on his blog…

http://deregulate.blogspot.com/

Anymore great photos for the page, please send them in for a free beanie.

Recently there has been a lot of questions asked as to whether there should be a Ms Bucket.

Mr Bucket has influences as diverse as Monty Python, Cary Grant and Biggles, an amalgam which hearkens back to the innocence of the 50’s a sort of relentless optimism, he blunders on without questioning his limitations, able to do anything. We know this attitude has led Mr Bucket into trouble, it also give him a certain independence.

We imagine a man content to be alone with his simple pleasures, then settling down to watch old movies. Does he get lonely? Is this sadness part of his appeal?

Is there room for a Ms Bucket in his life?

Is she at home wearing a summer frock and apron - the 50’s housewife, sweet like Doris Day, or is she more of a Katherine Hepburn to Mr Bucket’s - Bogart? perhaps sophisticated like Bette Davis.

Doris Day never really did it for Mr Bucket… (a little to apple pie)… Somewhere in Mr Bucket’s past there is a Marilyn though, the starlet he left back in hollywood, she is still seeking fame in those B-grade movies.

We would like to produce a comic which introduces Ms Bucket, there romance as they gaze across the candle-lit table into each others buckets…

I would like to invite Mr Buckets loyal band of followers to contribute to this discussion, please send us your comments so Ms Bucket can arrive on equal terms declaring…

“Does my Bucket look big in this?”

Here at Mr Bucket we love tradition, the fine tradition of Aussie Surfwear. We remember when the t-shirts reminded us of Holden Ute’s and big dunga surfboards.

That’s why we have released “Mr Bucket In Search of the Endless Wave”, inspired by the Endless Summer (1966). In cool blue or porn star orange.

If Mr Bucket has got one thing he doesn’t like to talk about….
it’s the vegemite incident.
Nobody really knows what went on, Mr Bucket awoke on the side of the road, after a hard night - smeared with vegemite. He has been a reformed character ever since - giving up his wild lifestyle.

(True story: After we conceived of Mr Bucket - we thought a mannequin would be a bit of fun. That same evening, my neice Lottie rang to say she found a disassembled mannequin lying on the nature strip - smeared with vegemite, there was a note that read “I am the perfect man”)

There is a bit of confusion over who Mr Bucket actually is. There is the guy who sells Mr Bucket t-shirts, well I have had my Mr Bucket moments - however I’ve never been famous, never likely to be. There is the mannequin that looks like Mr Bucket - guess what folks - That’s a mannequin.

No, the real Mr Bucket is actually out there and lives in the imagination of everyone who buys a Mr Bucket t-shirt. He is a man of mystery, wears a bucket on his head and we don’t know why

We would love to hear your ideas for new Mr Bucket t-shirts.

(Any new idea will be published on the blog, good ones will then get supported by a graphic. Depending on the feedback and response we will produce the t-shirt and you will receive the original along with a gift pack of Mr Bucket products to the value of $100)