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Beer In Ads #788: Cool Off!

January 23, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Old Vienna, the Canadian O’Keefe’s brand, from 1953. While painting the floor red — why?, only heaven knows — the family dog knocks over both the painter and the can of paint. What to do next? The ad suggests that you “cool off” and “open a bottle of sparkling, light-bodied Old Vienna Beer. Is that before or after you smack the dog with a rolled-up newspaper?

Old-Vienna-1953

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



Comments

  1. Moe Peppers says

    January 26, 2013 at 10:40 am

    Dig those crazy red socks! Did he paint those,too?

    • Jay Brooks says

      January 26, 2013 at 10:41 am

      Maybe, it wouldn’t surprise. What I can’t get out of my head is that goofy expression on his face.

  2. beerman49 says

    January 26, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    The whole drawing’s somewhat incongruous – the guy’s falling backwards, & the dog’s running the other way; the dog’s tail is also wacko.

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