Sneaker Pimps

Remember Reebok pumps?

We're talking old school air-pump shoes that started out in the early 90s. Back when basketball shoes were first emerging on the scene and became really big. Jordans, Air Force Ones, and most importantly...Reebok pumps.

I got in an argument with a friend today about Achoo's shoes in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. (Which is arguably the BEST Robin Hood ever made; let's face it -- The Princess Bride's Cary Elwes was a hottie back in those days.)

The bantering started about the brand of Achoo's air-pump shoes. My argument was that the shoes were Nike. Because, honestly, most popular shoes from the 90s were Nike. His argument was that they were Converse. I consider myself to be a connoisseur of converse; I've worn them since I was two years old.

To settle this argument, we turned to the Holy Grail of answers in a pinch...Google. As it turns out, neither one of us was right. Reebok prevails.

In my defense, there ARE Nike pumps, but they do not have the basketball pump on the tounge of the shoe so I wasn't completely off.

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My dear friend, however, was ridiculously off point. Converse shoes do not come with a pump-function in any style. But I'll give him a few points for guessing Converse just because original Chuck Taylors were basketball shoes. But, Google "Converse pump" and this is the image you get:




...even though Robin Hood: Men in Tights pokes fun at the tights aspect of the Robin Hood outfit...I don't think this completes the costume.

Perhaps for Maid Marian?