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Beer In Ads #876: I’m Guarding That Gold—Rheingold

April 30, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Rheingold, from 1956. The ad features actor Gregory Peck in Western setting, driving a Wells Fargo wagon. But the joke is he’s guarding liquid gold, in this case Rheingold beer.

Rheingold-1956-guarding-peck

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