UPDATED ~ Dear Portlandia: Really?

Do they own all the angry birds, too?

I love number one. LOVE IT!

Snort. Watch they’ll take issue with these too.
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I think you now owe the Portlandia people money, since their ridiculousness inspired you to become EVEN MORE CREATIVE.

I LOVE “Put a herd on it.”

I love the Beyonce one too, but “put a herd on it.” is just genius.

Oh, btw, I recently purchased/watched all 6 episodes of Portlandia (which I LOVE) solely because you talked about it. So there, IFC.
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My blog site name is portlandiamom so you know I loves me some Portlandia too. Life in P-Town is exactly like the show, replete with organic chicken farms and lesbian bookstores and it is rad as shit! Fred Armisen is a regular at the food cart next to my office so I tend to stalk him. . .but just a little. . .and not in a restraining order kind of way.
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My fav? The combo Beyonce/bird bag. I would put a bird on my bag!

Sounds like they put a legal nerd on it
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I love option one so much. I like to think of it as Portlandia’s douchebag.
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I just can’t even, with you… right now… because of all the tears from all the laughing. You will always be my favorite thing about the internet. Besides looking at real estate. And streaming movies. That I pay for. Because unlike some people I don’t steal. Except for porn, but really they just give that away anyhow.
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baha

You should have told them to “put a bird on it” http://flipthatbird.com/wp-content/themes/StudioPress/images/middle-finger-retro.jpg
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I was not aware that Joe Biden was now the CEO and Chief Cock at Portlandia. But clearly fire must be fought with fire, or, technically, birds. We suggest a 2 out of 3 Texas Chicken Death Match. Beyonce and Biden. Rules? There are no rules in a Chicken fight! Beyonce cracks a low, savage chicken kick to Biden’s dangly bits. End of legal issue. And of Biden’s residual manhood. Yay.
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“Put a herd on it” is definitely the new “put a bird on it.”

“Put a bird on it” is officially dead. And shame on you Portlandia!

Oh and Robin has the best idea ever. “Put a nerd on it!” I’m making my nerd husband work on this later.
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Personally, I like anything with Beyonce.
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Or you could “put a Byrd on it” http://www.sundriesshack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Robert-Byrd.gif
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I’m going to need you to take down Option 2. My grandpa’s farm owns the rights to all “herd” photos. Maybe try to put a turd on it instead.

I’ve never heard of Portlandia. But hey, can you satirize Missoni? Because I can’t get that shit on Target.com anymore.
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I don’t think you can blame Portlandia – I’m pretty sure it’s Zazzle that pulls things pre-emptively without waiting for notification. I once tried to make a Twilight shirt that said “Team Jasper” with a picture of the constipated looking vampire, but it got pulled in minutes. *shakes fist at Zazzle*

(Sadly, no. It was actually the company representing Portlandia that submitted the complaint. I even got an email from zazzle explaining who the the company was and what they’d complained about. ~ Jenny)

Never seen Portlandia, but the bags are awesome!
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OMG. I fucking love you. Seriously.

The first bag can be interpreted it as, you liked your porch, so you put Beyonce on it.

I hope you realize that with this burst of creativity, you’re going to get Beyonce and Portlandia sending you cease and desist correspondence. And maybe to each other.

~~if you liked it, then you should have put a bird on it, if you liked it, then you should have put a bird on it~~

The Portlandia folks could take a lesson from the musician, Beyonce, since she seems totally cool (or oblivious) to being the namesake of your chicken. I like Beyonce. Even though I don’t like birds.

I think they need to look up the word satire as it relates to copyright law. And, Joe Biden is the king of plagiarism. So, if he was the CEO and Chief Cock of Portlandia, he probably would have let all this slide even if it was infringement, which it is not since there is a pretty clear exception for satire.
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I would have never heard of Portlandia but for you and this post. They should be thanking you. I don’t understand why they aren’t thanking you? They should be autographing pictures of themselves using your bag with the bird just like Wil Wheaton. Don’t they get it?
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The Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put a ring on it)” reference is being completely overlooked here.

Fucking. Brilliant. Is it limited to ONE bird that you’re not allowed to put on it? What if you put two birds, fucking… like the way the Portlandia legal reps are fucking up satire/parody?

number one is the best….:)

Careful with the “herd” one. The Pioneer Woman will sic one of her rodeo-ropin’ cowboys on you. Or one of her kids – not sure which is worse.
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man, they are total douche-canoes!!

I’m reading your blog in England, and my fiancé also reads your blog. No one here is watching this ‘Portlandia’ fellow. I think you know who has the most global reach her.

Oh… they are *totally* angry birds. The whole bunch of them. The pigs are hoarding their eggs and now they’re PISSED and taking it out on us. Thanks, Portlandia. Way to run with a good joke that makes people actually interested in you. Fail.
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I never seen the show but from what I can gather, these Portlandia people are responsible for killing the dodo and they don’t want merchandise out there because it could be used as evidence against them when this shit goes to trial.

Love option #1! There’s probably a whole bunch of other crap they own too… give them time, they’ll let you know for sure.

Coming from the Uk I have no idea what Portlandia is and as it is my.bed time I shall not investigate untill the morning. But clearly they are in danger of becoming Dodo’s passing up on the free marketing and advertising that your endorsement brings to them. Maybe your next design should have the image of their ceo with his head stuck up the arse of a large Texas Turkey!

They put a turd on it. Holy shit, there’s a bird perched on a tree in my yard, I gotta go wave some legal paperwork at it.
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*screams like a fan girl* Option 3!!!one!!!!eleven!!!
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What if you were to “give” them the bird, instead of “putting one on it”?
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Was having one of the worst days of my life – and you still made me laugh! THANKS!!!!!!
Option 3 – love it!

Someone above mentioned “put a nerd on it” – you could use Wil Wheaton collating paper for that. It would be awesome.

I cannot decide if their issue with your parody is ironic or just stupid.

Also torn between bags 2 and 3… but I carry a lot of stuff around so perhaps I should get both.
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Kate @ Savour Fare: Yours is hands down the best comment! I’m still laughing! <3

Who, or what, in the hell is Portlandia???? I guess now, I’ll have to Google them.

Guess what Portlandia you just missed out on a huge marketing opportunity; HUGE!

And Option Three? TOTALLY IN LOVE! I WILL own one, someday soon!
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OMG…I love you!! The world seriously needs more people like you. XxxOoo!
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…And somewhere in the distance, the sound of 400 lawyers heads exploding…
Serves ‘em right, taking on The Bloggess!

What if you put an image of Fred Armisen in a chicken suit on the bag?
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Portlandia should be thanking you for the free advertising. I’m now curious to know what all this bird shit is all about, but since they want to be douches over your bags, I’ll pass. Keep your birds, motherfuckers!
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As soon as I am paid again, I need to buy one of the We Own All The Birds. I then need to make it my default zoo shift bag. Because I work with birds of prey, and my coworkers (and the birds) all need to know this.

You should sell ALL THREE OF THEM. Also, maybe you could have a fourth, showing a flock of birds flying over a city dropping off flaming bags of poo, with the caption “Put a TURD on it”.

~EdT.
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William Shatner is involved somehow. I KNOW IT.
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Clearly the intellectual property is owned by my client, Sesame Street, e.g. their popular Big Bird character. And we at the Street have no issue with you using the phrase “Put a Big Bird Turd On It.” This advice was sponsored by the letter T and the Number 2.
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You’re like the Lorax but for birds rather than trees. You noble, noble woman.
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Truly, option one had me spitting my diet Dr. Pepper. Then I saw the other two and couldn’t decide which one was more awesome and clever. Your cleverness quotient is through the roof. : )

What *wouldn’t* be improved by a herd of cattle? Seriously.

I totally agree with those who’ve suggested “Put a NERD on It”. I’d buy the hell out of that bag.

Dear Ms Bloggess

We do hereby claim all rights to any birds. Including the bird you call Beyonce. We expect proof you have melted that metal bird into a shape not resembling a bird… like a few hundred hair pins for example. Further to that, we expect that you do not attach feathers to said hairpins should you choose this option because then you may adorn yourself with plumage and look like a bird. Looking like a bird is also an infringement of our intellectual, spiritual, monetary and satirical rights – as is the use of any word that rhymes with bird. Thus, you must remove your reference to a herd. You may also not try and infringe on our property and rights by using the words nerd, turd, curd, or word. In fact, don’t even use vague references to these words. Don’t make any product with these words. And certainly do not attach plumage to these words. Come to think of it, you should avoid use of the words port, land or ia. We’re staking a claim on those too. If it’s any consolation, we’ve served notice to the state of Oregon that the name of Portland shall be terminated and the city shall henceforth be known as ‘Beyonce’.
Thank you for your attention in this matter and we are so happy you enjoy our program. We create this for our fans like you and value our viewers immensely. Really.
Sincerely, The Pordlandia People In Charge*

* not really. Any resemblance to persons or companies is purely coincidental.

You should add a silhouette of Oregon with a star where Portland is to the 1st bag!

Your second bag “Don’t put a bird on it” shouldn’t have been banned as that phrase is not trademarked as far as the trademark database goes (unlike “Put a bird on it” which is).

Number 1 is genius!

Option 4! Option 4! Can’t we have one like others suggested with the finger bird on it?? Or the Turd… Maybe Bag #5 is Put a Turd on It like Kathy suggested with an outline picture of someone….
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wouldn’t it just have been more cost effective for Portlandia to just ask you for a portion of your profit made from the Bird products? i mean come on! It’s free advertising for them and Cash in their little executive pockets…isn’t it obvious?!

BTW, they should now pay you for all the advertising you are doing for them…just saying.

I laughed so hard doing this: http://twitter.com/#!/punchmyballs/status/113749362525478913/photo/1

You are so fucking awesome.

Oh my good golly gosh that is AMAZING.

I like #1 best.

Never give up the good fight Jenny!
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All of them. I have money like, tomorrow. And I want ‘em. Also, I live in Portland. It’s war, Portlandia. WAR.

My (14 year old) son just read this, laughed out loud and said “She should make one that says ‘put a turd on it.’”

You even make my kids laugh, Jenny.

(p.s. call me.)
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Down with Parody Police!
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As far as I’m concerned, local Austin writer Howard Waldrop has a lock on Dodos. Read “The Ugly Chickens”.

http://www.lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/waldrop/waldrop1.html

ALL THE BIRDS. all of them. and you can’t have ‘em unless you’re here in portlandia. (but really, i’ll gladly share. because you’re awesome.)
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seriously? fuck them. you *had* piqued my interest in the show, which i now refuse to mention by name, but i now also refuse to watch the show i refuse to mention by name.

even though it sounded full of the awesome. fuckers.
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Soooo. I really need to see this show because I’m confused about the whole bird thing. Are we minions allowed to watch it still?
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What the eff is wrong with people who don’t get how cool you are and that anything you touch turns to internet GOLD? Even if you are told to stop touching it, and then you are compelled to touch it even more, and then it still turns into an internet gem although not gold because gold is too pure, more like diamonds because I’ve heard there’s blood in those or something. Or something.
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Dear Ms. Bloggerress,

Speaking arbitrarily and with no particular authority on behalf of the City of Portland, where I happen to live, but only since late 2009 (and technically not “in” Portland but close enough to spit, not that anyone in Portland would spit, in public, I mean, especially not over a municipal line), having moved here from Massachusetts which is another story I will tell you sometime,

I hereby, henceforth and hincewith extend to you the CITY OF PORTLAND HAND OF FRIENDSHIP HAND…
(…what do you mean, it’s not defrosted yet!! OK, WHAT SOON-TO-BE-FIRED ASSHOLE PUT THE FUCKING HAND OF FRIENDSHIP HAND BACK IN THE MORGUE?!). .

…as I was saying, The CITY OF PORTLAND HAND OF FRIENDSHIP HAND is a token of our appreciation for your appreciation for the show, Portlandia, which is a satirical show based on the city of Portland, named (the show, not the city) after the sculpture, “Portlandia”, by Raymond Kaskey, which stands (well, kneels, actually) above the entrance to the Michael Graves building in downtown Portland (the city).

Portlandia (the sculpture) is the second-largest copper repoussé* statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty. According to Wikipedia, the ultimate authority on copper repoussé statues (in the United States, anyway).

A word of caution, Ms. Bloggerress.

Before you get too excited and, in your hasty excitement, put an image of Portlandia (the sculpture) on a bag and try selling it on Zazzle, with the words, “PUT THE SECOND LARGEST COPPER REPOUSSÉ STATUE IN THE UNITED STATES ON IT “, please note that, unlike the Statue of Liberty, Portlandia (the sculpture) may not be reproduced for commercial use without the express permission of its creator, sculptor Raymond Kaskey. Who will not grant you such permission. Who do you think you are, anyway?

Ahem. As the script I have been reading says, without all these scribbled notations in the margins, it has been calculated** that the figure of Portlandia, if standing, would be 50 feet in height, thus making Portland the true home of the 50-ft. Woman.

Not to be confused with brilliant singer, actress and performer Storm Large, who sings “My Vagina is 8 Miles Wide” http://stormlarge.com/8-miles-wide-video/ and who is, in fact, over six feet tall.***

(True story–I saw Storm Large perform yesterday with Pink Martini, the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Youth Choir’s Chamber Choir, and Ari Shapiro, NPR’s White House Correspondent, who, in addition to flying around with the President of the United States in Air Force One, is also one hell of a baritone (and a Portland native), and nearly as tall as Storm Large. Who is one HELL of a singer. Surprise guest during the first of two encores was Emilio Delgado (“Luis” from Sesame Street), who joined Storm Large in singing Sesame Street’s “Sing a Song” (which they sung. Together). True story. Did I say that already? Also the only concert I have ever attended in a symphony hall with a full orchestra that concluded with a massive conga line on both orchestra level and the mezzanine/balconies.)

If you are beginning to detect a theme of greatness (or, at least, tallness) in Portland (aka “The City of Roses” – many of them quite tall, in fact), I’d like to correct any misconception that the band “They Might Be Giants” are a Portland-based band. They are, in fact, from Massachusetts, which is where I moved from (to Portland). However, I am pretty sure that, at some point or other in their careers, They Might Be Giants did perform in Portland (the city), and it is certainly possible that at some point, during one of their visits, they, or one of their members (members of the band, not–nevermind) might have seen Portlandia (the sculpture), who, being a 50 Foot Tall Woman**** I’m sorry we’ve run out of time.

In any case, please remember that Portlandia (the TV show) has guest-starred, among others, Gus Van Sant, another resident of Portland (the city) who is a true***** giant. Also, Leverage is filmed here. Unrelated, but true.

Come visit sometime. Cool city. True story.

* Repoussé (French pronunciation: [??puse] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Fr-repouss%C3%A9.ogg
** Using a calculator.
*** Ms. Storm’s vagina is reportedly not actually 8 miles wide. The statement in the song is meant to be metaphorical. This report is not, as far as I know, the product of first-hand observation. Nonetheless, it is considered reliable, given the source (Ms. Large herself).
**** Or a sculptural facsimile thereof. She is not, in fact. real. Well, she is a real sculpture, but not a real “real” person. Although she might have been based on a model, likely not a 50 ft tall model, though.
***** Nevermind. Why do I post these comments under my real name? One knows it will come back to haunt one. Or, in this case, me.

1. That show is amazing.
2. Your bag(s) is/are amazing.
3. I live in Portland, therefore, I’m clearly feeling a kinship right now. Warped as it may be.
4. To elaborate on the last comment, “You are the wind beneath my wings”.
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Dear Jenny, you make me happy every day. Thank you.
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Geez-o-Pete…you’ve GOT to be kidding.

They should be happy you’re bringing attention to their satire, so they could be making more money. I had never heard of Portlandia and might have gone to check them out but now I hate them and I don’t even know anything about them! What a ridiculous mindset some companies have…

All Your Bird Are Belong To Us

http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/index.php?title=All_Your_Base_Are_Belong_To_Us&oldid=211498
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
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Being a Lawyer are what happens to you when you lose your sense of humor and perspective. Its a horrible fate and we should all feel very sorry for them.
I’m sure someday a cure will be found. But in the meantime, its best to just nod your head in sympathy and then ignore them entirely.

I’m loving the little disclaimer. The one that says the bag is based on your true life story. I’d say that’s a pretty solid alibi.
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You are officially now my idol. I have never even HEARD of Portlandia before that tweet last week, and it made me look it up! They should be grateful to you for raising awareness about their stupid show!
You should sink Copernicus on them. Totally.
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I totally love you. You make me smile. You make me snort crap out of my nose. Today was a particularly shitty day….you just turned it around for me. Thanks for that. And frankly, they are a bunch of turds for claiming ownership over the word bird. Screw them! In fact, flip them the bird! Keep it up, girlfriend!

EPIC WIN! I love the one with Beyonce. Aw hell, we all know I love them all. Take that Corporate America! >:P

Had never heard of Portlandia, but I don’t like the way they’re/it’s behaving. Stupidheads.

Put The Byrds on it: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Byrds

Put “The Birds” on it: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Birds_%28film%29

Give them the bird on it.

I’ll bet ya money that the people complaining and pulling your bags are the same people telling you via twitter that you’re cool. Left hand and right hand not in sync, and all that.

considering this is apple season and in turn drunken moose season you could always tell Portlandia to “Put A Moose On It”
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This means they think you are influential enough to be a threat to their empire
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Is that a puffin?
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you, fred armisen, and william shatner in a cage match. Wil Wheaton officiating – unless he would give Shatner some sort of unfair advantage due to the whole Star Trek connection. Ya think

I think Beyonce should have a tote that says, “if you like it then you shoulda put a bird on it”.
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@David Galiel #140…I think I just fell in love…

HAHAHAHA! #1 made my life. However, I don’t think Beyonce will take too kindly to being owned. She seems ver independent.
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Option 1 is my favorite. As the granddaughter of a dairy farmer, I also really like the cow one. I am laughing so hard right now. Thank you.

It looks like the Portlandia people may or may not have anything to do with this. From what I’ve read, Zazzle does this frequently of their own accord. As they cannot claim to have copywritten a phrase that has, doubtless, been uttered before.

Okay, the second bag made me almost snerk my ramen noodles into my sinuses. Awesome.
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The herd one made me laugh.

Oh crap, I just got a tattoo of a dodo bird on my vagina today!
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I’m a big fan of number one and two. That’s ridiculous that they keep pulling it. If anything its advertising their show that I had never heard of until you put a bird on it!
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I love them all! I can’t pick a favorite. Wait. YOU are my favorite!
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I am a freelance promo writer for “said” bird network. Hilarious!!!! Portlandia will be back soon!!!

I can’t decide whether I like #1 or #3 better. I’ve never seen Portlandia, but I’m going to check it out — it’s going to be tough to be amused and resentful at the same time, but I’ll manage.
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There’s a difference between satire and cashing in on someone else’s satire. Your RESPONSE is satire…simply copying the Portlandia phrase is copyright infringement.

Another example. When the show Family Guy remakes a clip of the Simpsons (yes, I know they’re both owned by FOX) that features “family guy-style” script and art-work – that’s a parody/satire. If Family Guy was to simply play a portion of The Simpsons, that would be theft…or, what you did.

OMG, this post made me laugh and laugh. Thank you, Jenny, for sharing your sense of humor. And satire. (Can one have a sense of satire?) Anyway, this was hilarious. I might go buy the Beyonce on the Porch one.

Option one is killing me! Love it.

Given the evolution of the story, #3 is the funniest joke here. Love it!

It does sound to me like the protections of satire were on your side, but we all pick our battles. Never understood why companies fight so hard against free publicity, though.
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You are more understanding than I. I would have a different kind of bird for their micromanaging of my zazzle store products.
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My husband is a legal nerd (here in Tx, if you ever need representation) and says all’s fair when it comes to satire. Take that Portlandia lawyers!

Greetings from the real Portland! And frankly, my dear, we don’t give a damn what you put on anything else. But here are some suggestions for more bags:

William Shakespeare: Put a Bard on it!
William Byrd: Put a Byrd on it!
Barn wood (see Regretsy for back story): Put a Board on it!
Scrabble fans (me!): Put a Word on it! (and make the tiles spell BIRD)
Musicologists: Put a Third on it!
Dyslexics: Put a Drib on it!
Carpenters: Put a Brad on it! (or fans of Mr. Pitt, I suppose)
Sesame Street: Put a Bert on it!

If you come to Portland I will bake you a (gluten-free) cake.

Elizabeth
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I’ll take one of each -
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All your birds are belong to us?

The funny thing is you are dominating their Twitter feed. I see those bird bags coming back REAL soon.

What happens if Beyonce complains about naming a bird Beyonce. Can Beyonce own all of the Beyonces too?!

This makes my head hurt.
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I’ll alert the estate of Edgar Allen Poe. Maybe we can get a counter-suit going.
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Number 3 just made me almost pee myself.
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I love your tote bags! I want to buy one and walk around with it in Portland. And I might start putting Beyonce stickers on random stuff, to contribute to the “put a bird on it” movement.

It’s like they’re giving the bird to free advertising. Talk about douche bags. They obviously have no idea how influential you are.
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In Portlandia, you put a bird on it. In Soviet Russia, IT puts a bird on YOU.

But in America, you apparently just get it removed from your shop…….

Corporate America needs to relax a little. Sheesh.
I LOVE option #3. I mean, legally, it is YOUR bird. Right?
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Wow, it strikes me that the folks at Portlandia are seriosuly insecure and uptight. How about “shove a bird up it” until they relax a bit.

No, I’m pretty sure parody is protected speech. I love Portland, but seriously? SERIOUSLY?

You are brilliant!
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I love you. Truly. And I’ve never even seen Portlandia.

I LOVE YOUR LIFE. LMFAOOO PUT A HERD ON ITTTT.

FREE BIRD!

(Holding out a lighter for you m’lady!)
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Every single punny comment I’ve concocted has been used. Portlandia, I’m giving you the BIRD. This woman is genius.

I like the poop in the bag on the porch idea. Maybe you could do one for French people. Put a merde on it. And then, for Quebecois, since they like there poutine so much, you could Put a curd on it. But that would require fries, and they may not be healthy enough. Call ‘em pomme frites and maybe everyone will be happy.
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I see Kate @ Savour Fare’s “If you like it then you should have PUT A BIRD ON IT”, and raise you a “If you like it then you should have PUT A BIRD ON IT MOTHERFUCKER”. But I’m sad to see the dead dodo go.
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I am getting obsessed with this now and its so fun! How about:
Place a feathered creature on whatever

No way! You should ask when they are finally going to make some new episodes, too. Gawsh.

Steph
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So, when are you going to impinge on the intellectual rights of that popular iPhone app, and Put An Angry Bird On It? Woo hoo! Two lawsuits for the price of one!

I seriously just spit my wine all over my desk when I saw option #3. LMFAO!

Cuz if you like then you shoulda put a bird on it!
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Put Big Bird on it.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Big_Bird

Maybe it was really just zazzle? Either way it is stupid. You should be allowed to do whatever you want, in my opinion. The second bag is really hilarious, though!

I will be buying the first one and taking it to my typical Portland workplace. Please make matching panties.

<3

I like option 1.

I think I need to pop an Advil now.

Oy!
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I have a hugely obnoxious cockatoo who
screams,”Hi Bird!!” everytime I get on the
phone. Please post Portlandia’s address as it
seems I need to forward this bird to it’s rightful
owners. She mostly just bites men. And lawyers.

People put birds on everything. What gives them a right to stop you from putting a bird on a bag. Are they going to stop everything on all products with birds on them. Your bags are cute. Give the show the bird mentally. They are crazy. WordPress featured a blog and they show the cutest bird ever. Scroll down to the Puffin. http://nicoleishida.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/newport-oregon-day-two-the-aquarium/
OH NO, maybe Portlandia will have it taken down because they put a bird on their blog.
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As a former patent secretary, I wd suggest having Beyoncé planking and then you cd claim a design differentiation. And i commend your followers for not having brought up turd. Oops, that sentence was wrong on a couple levels…

Oops. That’s me up there. Incapable of typing my full name. Please moderate with a “Fuck, yeah.”

Thanks.
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I think the answer here is to get the makers of the Dodo Pad involved. That shit is covered in Dodo’s, it’s made by some rare survivor called Lord Dodo (not sure if there’s a Lady Dodo but there might be an opening for both bird and title of nobility there for some ambitious young lady) and I have a feeling Lord Dodo and Portlandia could get down to some real my lawyer will call your lawyer excitement for us.

Also, if they own ALL the birds, could you tell them to come collect the two pigeons that are trying to turn the fig tree by my trash bins into their home sweet home. They scare me to death flying out at me cooing so the bin bags are piling up.

OMG Please don’t let these get pulled before payday!!!!! I’m in love with the Put a Herd on it version!

If I was Chick-fil-A, I would so totally steal “Put a Bird on it.”

It would be on my take-out bags today. Seriously.
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I had two pet birds growing up, and I hated them, so I wasn’t even sad when they died. This isn’t really relevant.
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Two more suggestions: “Satire is protected, bird brains” (obviously featuring the same dodo) and “Put a bird on it” with a nice sketch of the middle finger? =)

I laughed quite loudly at the “Put a herd on it”. It woke up the baby. Oops.

You Tell’Em Girl!!

If I ever need a lawyer….you be the girl!! LOL

LOVE IT! T:)
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“Put a bird on it” will now be my new “put a sock in it” . I think understanding satire and having a sense of humor have just been placed on the extinction list. And apparently our next evolutionary advance is a ‘pole up the ass’. Just a thought.

Maybe Portlandia will thank you when they see a sudden spike in their ratings due to you introducing your readers to them. Then they will have to let you sell your bags.
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How sad that a company who has nothing to lose and everything to gain by you promoting their show/product has to be an asshole about it. I say put a turd on it.
Michele recently posted..Shooting Bambi

Put a cock in it?

Now I want a book bag with Shakespeare and “put a bard on it”.

You are one persistent fucker Jenny, I like it.
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Oh my God, do they not realize that they are now benefiting from The Bloggess Effect? How many of us really ever watched Portlandia? I’ve seen previews, but never put it on. But now, because The Bloggess has proclaimed her undying love for it, even through the suffering and torture of having to recreate fabulous Bird Bags, I am going to give it a shot. As are many, many others. Get a grip, Portlandia lawyers. Jen did you a HUGE FAVOR.

And I, for one, want to own a bag with Beyonce on it. And maybe a pair of matching earrings. Yes? Giant chicken earrings? Ones that aren’t so heavy that they make my earring holes get all stretchy and gross, though. I’m 35 years old. I make it a point to keep my holes as tight as possible.
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I had not seen that clip! And you know, I was recently in a craft store, looking at stencils, as I am wont to do, and saw a whole lotta birds one and thought, hey – that could be cool. Annnddd, now it’s ruined. Damn you, Portlandia! Damn you to heck! Oh and also damn you for being mean to the bloggess. Alright, seriously though – stencils. Bad? Good? I can’t decide. I’m thinking bad though. Damnit.

Option 3. Hands down. Anything with Beyonce on it, I’m down.
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A Beyonce bird bag? I am there!
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I established an Adult Hide-n-Seek league out here in western New Jersey and the cops were all over us like white on rice. My court date is next Tuesday…..I only WISH I had just stuck to putting birds on shit….

Hi there! Your site is amazing.. I am constantly linking you up on my FB page and laughing with tears!!

I would like to link your page to mine , but wanted to make sure it was okay with you first…

I just launched yesterday and so far am having a BALL!!

You can check it out at
http://hotmessmom.com/

Let me know either by comment or email if it’s okay with you for me to add you to my links.. .
Thanks!

(No problem. You don’t even need to ask. Thanks! ~Jenny)
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I don’t think the issue was is making it, the issue was in selling it and using it for (potential) commercial gain. Personal use, satire, fair use…it’s all a sticky ball of lint.

You can make fun of copyrighted material if it’s satire. Clearly, these people, like much of Portland, are assholes.
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re: yvonne – I just don’t really want a bag that says “put a cock on it”. But I’ll take herds, nerds, words, and swords (slant rhyme, anyone?)

Put a Word On It might actually get pulled as well, if it that word was bird.

Oh, the tangled web we weave.
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Wait a minute. Which came first? The chicken or the dodo? Because if you had Beyonce first, then *they* owe *you* an apology and you get to claim ownership of the birds.

If not, maybe they need a knock-knock visit from Beyonce. And her sharp points.

my wife flipped me off and I yelled “I’ll report you to Portlandia for that!”
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I’ve always said dodo’s were underutilized in fashion.

re: Jordan Actually I wrote, put a cock “in” it – meaning, tell those stupid people to stuff it.

–>I love option 1 even though I have no idea what Portlandia is about except they crap on all birds that don’t belong to them, which apparantly, is zero.
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I NEED a put a herd on it bag. I don’t know why that’s my favorite, I just know it to be true. I should probably order one now before the Cattle Herder’s Association of America contacts zazzle & makes them take it down. They’re gonna have to wait though because I’m sure all of zazzle’s phone lines are tied up right now with the calls from Beyonce’s people (as in the one married to Jay Z, not the giant metal chicken one).

This is just another example of corporate America ruining it for the little people. I think you should fight this. I actually did manage to stay awake during some of my IP law classes. I’m with you on this one. We”ll take it to the mattresses!
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AWESOME!
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I love those totes. Also, Zazzle is run by a bunch of douchebags who delete merchandise for the sole purpose of being total twatwaffles. We’ve had nearly all our merchandise deleted by Zazzle for coypright infringement, never mind that the logos were, um, created by my co-writer’s husband. ZAZZLE OWNS EVERYTHING, MOTHER FUCKERS.

That reminds me, I haven’t tweeted them any hate-tweets lately. BRB.
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OH my gosh. Those are so full of awesomely awesome awesomeness. Must have. Must.

I love Portlandia, but this dispute is stupid.
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As a librarian, I deal a lot with issues of “fair use”, and in my very non-expert opinion, this definitely falls within the bounds of those rules.

(1) Your use was transformative- The riskiest one here would be the first bag, because you used the slogan word for word, but the later ones are definitely far enough off to be allowable.

(2) Your use was minimal- did you place a video player within the bag with the entire skit on looped playback? Duh. No. You only used a very tiny smidgen of the skit.

(3) One of the major criteria used in determining what is fair use and what is not is the new product’s (or copy’s) effect on the market for the original. In this case, if anything, you increased Portlandia’s market (I definitely want to watch more now, even if the production company does consist entirely of idiots).

So I say FAIR USE! And Portlandia lawyer fail.

Also, option three. Makes my life awesome.

Well, I got lucky — Hubby ordered the original bag for me and it arrived last week! So, it’s limited edition right? So cool.

And I confess I had no idea of the tie in with the TV show, I thought the reference was pure Beyonce (“put a ring on it”).
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LMAO!!! Best bags, ever!

LOL! My friend just hooked me up to your site and said I would love it. She was right!
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Thank you for always giving me a reason to LOL at work! Totally awesome.
Amy recently posted..The results are in!

I will be finding a way to get this story to Carrie Brownstein. This is unacceptable.

And I will find a way to order a Beyonce bag. I will.

In February, right after Portlandia premiered, my boyfriend and I were in town there overnight. We skipped the streets singing “The Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland”. *And* they had little toy horses on random street corners. I will post pics. It was amazing.
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You should put a Larry Byrd on it.

Bwhahahaha fuck corporate America!
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P.S., now we REALLY have to present the real Beyonce with your design number 3 on a T-Shirt so she can post herself wearing it and caption it “I put a bird on it….. and I liked it.” (Sorry Katy)

You are my new favorite person.
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I tried to read every comment to make sure someone didn’t already think of this, but I totally lack that level of motivation. So if I am stealing a commentor’s intellectual property right now, sorry.

Go with option #3 and create your own empire called PORCHLANDIA. I think you own it. We’ll all go to teh mat for you. Beyonce needs to be on a beer label before this is over.

Fantastic!
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OMG I am going to roam the streets of Portland and give Fred & Carrie a hug! I KNEW they could not possibly be against this. Also, I am with Julie on requesting a 2012 Bloggess calendar.

I’m not sure Fred scares easily. We gave it a try yesterday when about 40 members of our local soccer supporters group was on set. He’s a good sport, as is Carrie. Can’t say enough nice things about them both.

Dude, a Bloggess Calendar would be awesome!+1 for Julie

If I infringe anyone’s copyright on my blog I am naming you as co-defendant then I know I will be OK!

The Bloggess for World President – I’ll vote for you

The thing is, Zazzle™ is overtly oversensitive to copyright infringement and will pull stuff that even smells as if it might be slightly related to something that reminds them of that time they saw a giant © under a mug while waiting line at Starbucks™. They’ve removed stuff from my store that is purely textual and makes no reference to anything except being moderately and self-referentially funny, which is apparently a service mark of BBC One and/or Stuff on My Cat. So. I like your attitude about it. A lot. Except that you will have to remove your entire post at some point when it is discovered that this exact attitude is allowed only at the sole discretion of the Cheezburger Network.

Blessings and best wishes,
Terry?

Also, if you had one of those 395 days calendars which had fabulous quotes from your website I would totally buy it and put it on my desk at work.

Imagine my glee when I flip the page and the quote staring up at me “a hug is like a strangle you haven’t finished yet”. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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I would buy that. Maybe two. One for my bird and one for my crack.
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The best thing about these bags? I can buy them in bulk. Holy awesome (so is Portlandia).
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I’m laughing so hard I’m crying…
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Holy crap! That is the best update ever! Jeals as hells. I also think that “Put a bird on it” should mean the same thing as “This bitch deserves an award” since that’s how I use the phrase. Well, really, I use it whenever I can, in whichever context I think it could possibly fit. So, in that spirit, PUT A MOTHA FUCKIN GOLDEN OSTRICH ON FRED ARMISEN’S HEAD!
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You rock (as always Jenny!) Portlandia rocks (fell in love with it at Webvisions in Portland this year – where the creators & producers talked about it)…
But Fred Armisen now absolutely rules for emailing you!

I’m afraid that you, Fred and Carrie are not allowed to be in the same room though – the rest of us would be laughing so hard we couldn’t breathe and probably pee in our pants… So no. No. Don’t even think about it.

My husband calls his *ahem* his bird. No way in HELL am I giving it up to the Portlandia folks, don’t give a shit what they claim they have rights to!

best update EVER because now i can get your awesome bag for my bday!! win win win!!
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Im seriously cracking up at “put a heard on it”!! That is just hillarious!! You are awesome.
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I’m with Kristin, totally in love with David Galiel now. And #217 Elizabeth cracked me up!
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I like that Terry? is unsure of his/her name.

Oh Fred & Carrie… could they BE any more awesomer??! I super love that they responded. I got to meet Carrie earlier this year & she is the sweetest badass. Have you heard of her band Wild Flag? They just released this video http://vimeo.com/27624987 & it makes me want to hump the screen a couple times. At one point they put on animal masks & mow the lawn. You will (probably) love the shit out of it.

Classic beyond belief! The “We own all the birds” had me laughing so hard I choked.

I’m checking into whether or not I can get lawyers involved on that.
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I feel you could make a tote with a hand flipping the bird saying ‘Put a bird on it.’

You know they would take it down, but you’d get to give them the finger when they go to look at it

OMG, and just as I was going to suggest you do a shirt/bag with a middle finger and the words, “Bird? On it.”

Yay Portlandia. How cool.

I wonder how Made in Oregon gets away with selling these >> http://www.madeinoregon.com/Put_A_Bird_On_It_Shirt.html

they have birds all up in their stuff!

Don’t worry, Jenny. He’s probably just checking out your bona-fides with Wil Wheaton. And Will Shatner.

~EdT.
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You continue to be my heroine. Not to be confused with heroin. I wouldn’t shoot or snort you. Thank God someone asssociated with that shit came to their senses!
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I am now convinced to watch Portlandia. Good work spreading the love through, well you know, being banned

1) If you ever do make a “put a nerd on it” bag, the font should probably be Helvetica.

2) If you REALLY want to start some trouble, use a picture of a roast chicken. “Put a bird on it – his name is Brandon and he grew up on this really great organic farm outside of town, here’s his dossier…”

I live in Wisconsin. “Put a herd on it” is freaking genius! I’m going to write my congressman to see if we can make that our state motto.
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It’s funny to live in Portland where birds abound and appear on EVERYTHING- yet to SAY you’re putting a bird on it is to mock a show that apparently owns the rights to put birds on things. Or at least to say that a bird is on something. I think Portland should own the rights to put a bird on something. It was our idea, after all.

I really like your blog and it’s really cool that you’re thinking about those poor birds who need help getting out of the crack houses. Those poor birds.

I’m from Wisconsin (although I now live and sweat in Texas). No potluck is complete in Wisconsin without cheese curds. So …
I’m thinking ….

Put a curd on it.

Love you. You are why the internet is awesome.

Just read the update – AWESOME! I’m glad Carrie and Fred aren’t douchebags who want to get every little cent possible (unlike their lawyers, apparently).
Samantha M. recently posted..30 Before 30: Accepting my FULL nerdiness.

I love Option 3 the best.
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This is just not quite fair! Your life is far more exciting than anyone I know!!! Damn!!!

Only YOU would have the creators email you back. You are awesome!
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I love the ‘put a nerd on it’ request; I agree. And then I thought, mix it with Beyonce, you need to make it a shiny or sparkly nerd. Which lead me to think abou Twilight, and I realized that any of this kind of awesomeness would totally get pulled, so that was a pointless thought.

I think getting birds out of crack houses is a project that has been far overlooked. I teach in the ghetto. Those birds are everywhere, their molting feathers get stuck in your mouth when your walking outside, and they are making a huge poopy mess in the streets. Get those birds outta there!
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AHA! see, i knew i could still love Portlandia – and especially its stars!

the moral of this story is – blame all the lawyers.
maybe you could make some dead lawyer tote bags – “put a lawyer on it!”

Aww…I’m glad they loved you for at least 30 seconds.
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I have to go with option 3:-). You really made my day! I wish I could write such genius things too.
By the way, I have been to numerous Home Goods stores in a 50 mile radius….I have purchased many items but no Beyonce.
Jenny recently posted..Did you really just ask that???

There are a couple of good bird charities- The Oasis takes in rescues that have special needs ( Some of them could have come from crack houses). Or there are organizations working to cure Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease.

Just in case they get back to you on that idea.

I fucking KNEW this would happen. See? Everything ont he internets turns to gold/bloody gems. Wait, what? Also, of course you scared him. But he’ll like it.
Annadanna (from Canada) recently posted..An Open Letter to Hungry Hobo

I’ve heard and read a butt-load of complaints about Zazzle yanking things without warning and for no good reason or citing completely ridiculous IP reasons, then refusing to discuss it with the person whose stuff they yanked. I bet your loyal readers would happily suggest a good, new supplier if you asked!

I LOVE that you got a response! Portlandia made the right decision – they must have known, somewhere deep within their subconscious, that if they didn’t give you what you wanted you’d send Copernicus out to get them.

Smart move, Portlandia. Smart move.
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you are so famous.
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and this is why i love you.

I wonder if the dodos are just leaving because you didn’t put a ring on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlGqN3AKOsA
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I have never laughed so hard at a blog post before. Love the charity auction idea!

Tell Fred that if he and Carrie sign the bags AND send you a picture of themselves holding twine then all will be forgiven.

i think i just fell in love with you.

(option 3 is my fave. if i could afford anything at all, i’d buy one in a heartbeat!)

Oh, see? There you go. Perseverance of the Bloggess Rules.
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Well I’ve never heard of this show, but I do like Fred Armisen. And if you scared him, I will be VERY disappointed…in HIM.

How the hell can anyone be afraid of a woman who has a homicidal stuffed monkey named Copernicus, a giant metal chicken named Beyonce and makes horror themed doll houses?

Oh and who’s also on crack.

What the fuck is there to be scared of? You’re COMPLETELY NORMAL and kind of vanilla.

Fred Armisen is a pussy.
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If these people are really asking zazzle to pull the bags, they must be dumber than a bag of hammers, because you can’t get better free publicity than to let Jenny silkscreen your intellectual property onto her products.

By the way, I got “dumber than a bag of hammers” from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, so Jenny, you can probably expect a call from George Clooney asking you to remove this comment.
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Genious. I live in Portland and find this post hilarious! That show is so true to Portlanders. I loved your bag and am sad it got taken off but makes for a good story!! Love it.
http://www.nicolemariewho.com
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I’ve never heard of Portlandia, but that’s some funny stuff right there!
I wonder what zazzle would say about the signed bags??
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I think I’m in love with you, errrr if I was gay, which I’m not, err which there’s nothing wrong with, but I’m not, but I do think I’m in love with you. You make my days so much better (and they were pretty ok to begin with, not that there’s anything with bad days, err, but they’re not). ok …. i’ll quit rambling now…. really I will… err…. (awkward silence).
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Love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

Also, holy shit, you have almost 500 comments. You should really put in some non-flat rate ads.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR YOUR BLOG.
BECAUSE MY OWN BLOG IS SO SUCCESSFUL AND EVERYTHING.
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I hope they really appreciate the ton of free advertising they got by this. I never heard of Portlandia prior to reading your post. In fact, I’m not sure I had ever heard that Portland was an actual city before. So double bonus!

Great stuff. Glad there was a good outcome.

Flocking hilarious! Love the Bloggess….but my bird of choice is the FLAMINGO!!!! So fun!

I hate to be the wet blanket here, but parody and satire certainly involve taking a concept or an idea and exaggerating its ridiculousness in order to expose what is silly about it. What you’ve done isn’t really parody or satire, it’s just a direct copy of what they’ve done, so if anything, it’s an homage. It’s an homage in the same way me recording a Beatles song exactly the same and releasing it in order to make money without any licensing is an homage. And I also don’t think they’re saying they own “birds”. They’re saying they frown upon people putting a bird on something IN CONJUNCTION with the exact unique and recognizable catch-phrase from their show; “put a bird on it”. I’m not usually the fun police, but I really don’t think they were wrong and I’m surprised no one else thinks so. However, I do think the other ones you made are very clever, and you’re not getting complaints about those from Portlandia’s representation.

If you like it then you should have put a bird on it….

Heh, yeah Zazzle does this a lot – they take down your shit and make up a story that some other entity complained, when in fact it’s just Zazzle inconsistently applying their nebulous intellectual property rules to make it look like they’re doing something. I had this happen on the very first day I had my Zazzle shop – supposedly Universal Studios complained about something of mine that had a 2-word phrase on it that had also been in a movie. I somehow doubt Universal has nothing better to do than stalk fledgling Zazzle shops for this stuff, especially when there’s still like 6 shirts for sale by different owners with the exact same phrase. Not that it was that great anyway. But still! *shakes my fist at Zazzle*

You could save crack from bird houses then sell it and use the profits to buy more oversized metal chickens. Beyonce MUST be getting lonely…

I like that the new bags have the “Approved” message on them. The bag I bought for my wife does *not* have it, as I bought it before it was pulled.

It’s like having those Spider-Man comics where Harry Osborne was on drugs and the comics code wouldn’t put the official seal in the upper right corner…!

With the type of power you have, you could cure cancer…or at least pay off my student loans.

Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com
Jenna recently posted..Baby Planking

I live 10 minutes from Zazzle’s HQ and personally know/party with a couple of their employees. They have a whole team of people (20-somethings who mainline redbull and fry their brain with sub-par dubstep all day) and their sole purpose is to go through new entries and flag anything that might remotely resemble something similar to another thing that may be copyrighted at any time in the past, present or future. Love those guys, but they’re total hipster-douchebags and therefore cannot distinguish between paying homage to one’s muse and simply (and cheaply) ripping off someone elses’ style.

I sent your blog entry to my friend who works there (who totally owes me) and told him to stop flagging you. Probably won’t help but it’s worth a shot.

Put a bird on it?! Seriously? Only someone like Fred could make that funny, and only someone like the Bloggess could actually sell it. I think I love you. Now go put another bird on it.

Totally zazzle, not the Portlandia people. I feel your pain. I just had a copyright thing with Zazzle this week too. Read on the internet that they are highly inconsistent on enforcement. P.S. One of my facebook friends just posted your bird blog post. I love that it is still circulating.

i keep checking back for more updates.

my birthday present hangs in the balance, here.
ann @ my life as prose. recently posted..marketing to women.

The “Get a Bird out of There” Auction is GENIUS. And I know a great place for the donations. The Iowa Parrot Rescue. Mike plays guitars and sings to the birds and finds many, many happy homes for birds that have been left behind, abused, or simply outlived their humans. Here’s the link: http://mikeoso.homestead.com/rescue.html

Love love option 3!!!! Seriously!!!

I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered your blog! Love it. Thanks for the laughs.

See, every once in a while, justice prevails. Congratulations!

Have you considered running for public office?
Susan Says… recently posted..Damn You, TV! I Really Tried…

They should be thanking you! I was not familiar with “Portlandia” at all until your posts. So, now they have an additional viewer — all due to you and that bird (or not)!

P.S. I put a bird on it…on our wedding invites, on the cake, on the bridesmaids jewelry….birds on it!

I just want to say I LOVE your blog. You crack me up every time! THANK YOU!
Elena recently posted..Maybe it wasn’t that bad – The Final Post

Lawyers and Legalities? This isn’t the voice of Portlandia… Thank you Fred and Carrie for taking to arms and defending free speech! I knew I liked you guys for a reason. Thank you @thebloggess for the awesome bag concepts. I will be purchasing at least one.

— Keep calm and put birds on things.

My favorite is Option 1, the big borther feeling is pretty funny, but option 3 is Beyonce AND Shes a bird, so thats pretty awesome too.
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ok, I just watched the clip. (what took me so long?? i know…) (also: how did i not hear of this show earlier??)
what i enjoy most about it is that my boyfriend tattoos and people really love his birds. so our joke is always, “hey what are you working on today, another bird on something?” so.. this is pretty perfect.
ima show it to him tonight. yup yup.
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I love Beoncee the best but she just pulls at my heart. the firt time I red about her I laughed until I was crying and I really needed it!! I forwarded it to many friends and they laugher too!
So funny, love your wit!

All your bird are belong to us.

Fred is the schizz-nit; as I shall tell him when I run into him YET AGAIN at the 4th Avenue Thai food truck here in P-Town. Yeah, Portlandians really are rad as shit like that. In fact, if I don’t see him perusing the Pad Se Euw this week, I’ll give a ‘Whazzup’ to the cast and crew of “Grimm” and “Leverage”. Much love to you from the Great Northwest, my dear.
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I fell in love with this post like Fred fell for Aliki. I am wearing a dress, and I have no idea where it came from.
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