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Beer In Ads #937: The Falstaff Gorilla Plays The Cello

July 23, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is another one for Falstaff, also from 1964. It’s the second in an odd series of ads featuring a gorilla that Falstaff did that year. This one shows the gorilla playing the cello while next to her a bespectacled woman kneels, hands folded in her lap, next to a music stand with a pile of Falstaff beer cans in front of her.

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



Comments

  1. Suurballe says

    July 24, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    I am reminded of Ernie Kovack’s Nairobi Trio. Even though the YouTube video has the Trio with drums, my vague (very old) memory has a version with a cello player.

  2. beerman49 says

    July 25, 2013 at 12:28 am

    Suurballe added an extra “k” to Kovacs’ name (he’s used to my nitpicking; we’ve been friends since the mid-80’s). However, Jay, no way in hell is that gorilla female (unless a female’s wearing the costume)! What I see is a bizarre take on the classic “American Gothic” painting.

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