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Beer In Ads #1417: Is This Something Special?

December 27, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s holiday ad is for Ballantine Ale, from 1954. “Is this something special? It certainly is … that’s Ballantine Ale.” There are three people at this tree-trimming party (note the three bottles of Ballantine) but only one person appears to be doing any work. The woman’s glass of beer sits unsipped on the silver tray, while the man on the left has started drinking his and the man on the right looks as if he’s just topped himself off. The woman is looking back at the the two dudes with an expression that says “you lazy chuckleheads.”

Ballantine-1954-xmas-tree

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Christmas, History, Holidays



Comments

  1. Beerman49 says

    December 28, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    When Male Chauvinist Pigs ruled & everyone in ads was overdressed!

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