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[[File:Snuggie product.JPG|thumb|proper|A girl putting on a blue Snuggie.]]
A \\\'\\\'\\\'sleeved blanket\\\'\\\'\\\' is actually a unisex body-length blanket with [[sleeve]]s normally made from [[polar fleece|fleece]] or Velux material. It\\\'s related in design to some [[bathrobe]] that is certainly meant for being worn backwards (i.e., with all the opening within the back again). The merchandise has become marketed by a variety of makes as the \\\'\\\'Snuggie\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'Snuggler\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'Doojo\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'Toasty Wrap\\\'\\\', and \\\'\\\'Slanket\\\'\\\', with various measurements, colors and attributes of components but comparable fundamental style.<ref name=CST>postscript=<!--None-->.date=July 2010<</ref>
The \\\"Snuggie\\\" manufacturer by itself also grew to become a phenomenon of [[popular tradition|pop culture]], outselling other brand names and becoming referenced or imitated by several [[comedian]]s or Television shows.

==Popularity==

In late 2008 and early 2009 the \\\"Snuggie\\\" model of sleeved blankets grew to become a [[popular lifestyle|pop culture]] phenomenon,<ref name=usacult/><ref name=revel> last=Yaniv</ref> sometimes identified humorously being a \\\"[[cult following|cult]]\\\".<ref name=usacult>publisher=USA Today</ref><ref name=sfcrawl>author=Reyhan Harmanci</ref><ref name=nytimessilly>date=2009-02-26</ref>

The product became popular after a [[direct response marketing|direct response]] commercial advertising the solution was aired. It had been showcased on tv courses like \\\'\\\'[[Today (NBC plan)|Today]]\\\'\\\' in which forged and crew donned Snuggie blankets for the segment which was described as seeking just like a [[gospel choir]].<ref>publisher=NBC News</ref> Other folks have explained mass-snuggie wearing as hunting like a [[Harry Potter]] convention.<ref>title=Snuggie Review</ref> The [[Associated Press]] likened it to \\\"...a monk\\\'s assortiment in fleece.\\\"<ref name=\\\"google.com\\\">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBLaJO2icr-H20cwclTxsuN38-HgD9CL88MO0 date= February 2011</ref> and proclaimed it the \\\"ultimate kitsch gift\\\". The Snuggie to begin with offered singly for $14.95, and later on in sets of two for $19.95.

The Slanket was talked about in an episode of NBC\\\'s \\\'\\\'[[30 Rock]]\\\'\\\' entitled \\\"The Ones.\\\" The item has also been ridiculed like a \\\"backwards [[robe]]\\\" or straightforward reinvention with the coat on radio and tv speak exhibits inside the U.s..<ref name=\\\"usatoday\\\" />  Comparisons have also been produced together with the [[Thneed]] - a highly-promoted, amorphous garment within the Dr Seuss story, \\\'\\\'[[The Lorax]]\\\'\\\'.<ref name=C11>url=http://culture11.com/article/36393</ref>

On January 30, 2009 a group organized a [[pub crawl]]<ref>[http://www.snuggiepubcrawls.com/ Snuggie Pub Crawls]</ref> donning Snuggies in Cincinnati, OH. Inside the subsequent months they went on to complete above forty a lot more throughout the nation. Later, a team organized a Snuggie [[pub crawl]] in Chicago to raise income for an African orphanage, which led to similar sanctioned and independent activities throughout the U.s..<ref name=revel/><ref name=sfcrawl/>  A worker at [[Americans for Tax Reform]], a conservative [[think tank]], commenced the [[Facebook]] webpage \\\"The Snuggie Cult\\\", and convinced fellow conservatives such as [[Joe the Plumber]], [[Tucker Carlson]], and [[Andrew Breitbart]] to pose sporting the robes.<ref>url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20558.html</ref>

The phenomenon resulted in sales from the Snuggie and its rivals that much exceeded their distributors\\\' anticipations: a lot more than 4 million Snuggies as of December 2009<ref name=\\\"nhregister.com\\\">author= Heher, Ashley M.
</ref> and 1 million Slankets as of February, 2009.<ref name=nytimessilly/> The phenomenon has even resulted in versions for example \\\'\\\'Snuggie for Dogs\\\'\\\'<ref>publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] bot=RjwilmsiBot</ref> and Snuggie with print - identified as the \\\"Custom Snuggie\\\"<ref>[http://snuggiehumor.com/ Personalized Snuggie]</ref>

[[File:Twins vs. Angels April six, 2010 - 02.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Spectators making an attempt to interrupt the [[Guinness Entire world Records]] record to the \\\"largest gathering of individuals sporting fleece blankets\\\" at [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim]] on April 6, 2010]]

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