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Beer In Ads #2038: The Man In Black Listens

September 19, 2016 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Miller High Life, from 1960. In this ad, one of a series featuring a nearly black and white ad, with only the beer in color, and the same man engaged in various activities. This time, his activity seems a lot more passive, as he’s sitting on the floor in his smoking jacket, beer in hand of course, listening to his newfangled Hi-Fi stereo. He’s even left one of the records lying directly on the carpet, which is never a good idea. That’s how you get scratches.

Miller-High-Life-1960-stereo

And here’s another version with a little more definition and color, but it’s a lot smaller.

Miller-High-Life-1960-stereo-sm

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History, Miller Brewing



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