that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message t shirt hell type retail founded 2001 founder s sunshine megatron products t shirts slogan s where all the bad shirts go website http www.tshirthell.com type of site store registration optional available in english current status active t shirt hell is a website that sells humorous t shirts . the company is known for producing shirts that cause controversy due to their products being perceived as offensive and politically incorrect . history edit t shirt hell was founded by sunshine megatron in 2001 . originally named aaron landau schwarz 1 megatron legally changed his name in november 2006 following an online contest where users voted on his new name . 2 the site has been mentioned in publications such as playboy maxim stuff us weekly esquire ny post and on radio programs such as the opie and anthony show 3 and the howard stern show . 4 celebrities pictured wearing t shirt hell shirts include slash 5 mark cuban 6 robert smith of the cure 7 and danny carey of tool . 8 t shirt hell has received a number of cease and desist letters from such people as rick james mary kate and ashley olsen and christopher reeve over shirts related to the celebrities . 9 on may 28 2002 t shirt hell filed a 15 million dollar lawsuit against the osbourne family when the osbournes were found selling an original t shirt hell slogan ; fuck my family i m moving in with the osbournes through hot topic via a newly designed shirt . after several months the suit was settled out of court . 10 in 2005 megatron removed the worse than hell section of the website where particularly offensive shirts were sold . 11 he stopped selling these shirts due to him possibly being poisoned . 12 several weeks later he started selling the shirts again . in response to an incident where a passenger wearing a t shirt hell shirt was thrown off a southwest airlines flight due to its offensive content t shirt hell started to offer alternate transportation free of charge in case of such incidents . 13 on january 26 2009 it was announced that t shirt hell would close its doors in february due to megatron not wanting to deal with idiots anymore . 14 he had reportedly received a great deal of hate mail and threats . 1 old shirts that had been removed after sparking controversy were once again sold on the website . in early february it was announced that the site would stay open for another few weeks due to the overwhelming response . on february 16 megatron stated that the site was not closing and that the closure was a stunt aimed at boosting sales . megatron referred to the stunt as his own personal stimulus package . 15 references edit a b kemp emma 2009 02 10 . hate mail threats close offensive t shirt hell site . news.com.au . retrieved 2009 02 17 . leckart steven 2007 07 03 . catching up with the other megatron . wired . retrieved 2009 02 17 . the opie and anthony show december 9 2004 xm satellite radio t shirt hell in the press . slash on jay leno wearing soldiers need hummers on the jay leno show . mark cuban wearing i d rather be fighting the man . robert smith of the cure wearing this is my clone . danny carey of tool wearing slavery gets shit done . i m rick james lawyer bitch t shirt hell is in hot water again . 2005 01 20 . retrieved 2009 02 17 . internet t shirt company files 15 million dollar lawsuit against the osbourne family epic ... . worse than hell the worst of the bad shirts . archived from the original on october 26 2004 . despite possible poisoning t shirt hell brings back their most offensive shirts . business wire . 2005 06 07 . retrieved 2009 02 17 . t shirt company provides free transportation if you are thrown off plane . 2005 10 11 . retrieved 2015 12 03 . wallace lewis 2009 01 26 . t shirt hell is folding due to complaining idiots . wired . retrieved 2009 02 17 . wallace lewis 2009 02 16 . t shirt hell staying in business after stimulus stunt pays off . wired . retrieved 2009 02 17 . external links edit t shirt hell website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title t shirt hell & oldid 738593881 categories online retailers of the united statesclothing retailers of the united statesclothing brands of the united statest shirtsinternet properties established in 2001companies established in 20012001 establishments in the united statesunited states retail company stubsfashion stubshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2012all articles with a promotional toneall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 22 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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