Whereas watching Episode 8 of HBO’s The Final of Us, Kingston, Ontario wool farmers, Jacob Murray and Rach Hawkshaw, seen one thing acquainted draped over Joel (by way of CBC).
Simply seconds into the episode, the pair took observe of a really familiar-looking inexperienced and gray checkered blanket offered by their firm, Topsy Farms. In response to Murray, an leisure trade props purchaser reached out about buying the blanket earlier this yr.
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After seeing the inexperienced and gray blanket within the episode, Murray says he contacted the prop firm, and as he anticipated, it was his model. In complete, the blanket seems roughly 30 instances within the episode.
In response to Murray, within the time since Episode 8 aired, the blanket has grow to be a sought-after merchandise, however sadly, just one was left in inventory. Nevertheless, as an alternative of promoting it, Topsy Farms gave it away via a latest contest on social media.
“If you need a blanket that’ll survive to the apocalypse, you want Canadian wool,” mentioned Murray in a latest interview with the CBC.
This isn’t the primary time cloth and The Final of Us have mixed forces to grow to be a information story solely worthy of a Friday weblog submit. Final Friday, we coated Pedro Pascal, who performs Joel in The Final of Us, strutting round Hollywood sporting a pair of socks from Calgary-based Friday Sock Co.
The Final of Us is now streaming on Crave in Canada.
Picture credit score: HBO
Supply: CBC