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Beer In Ads #2724: If Michelob Were A Ghost …

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Monday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features a bottle of Michelob dressed as a ghost for Halloween. The punchline, or at least the answer to the tagline, is “all the other spirits would be out of business.” Funny. Not true, but funny.

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Beer In Ads #2723: If It’s Your Serve …

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Sunday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features two mugs of beer, and a bottle of Michelob sitting on the grass with a racket and tennis ball.

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Beer In Ads #2722: Next Picnic, Why Not Do The Unexpected?

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Saturday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features six cans of Michelob — five full and one freshly poured into a mug. Laying over top of the cans is a skewer with a cooked hot dog on one end.

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Beer In Ads #2721: Shoot The Works

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Friday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features a can of Michelob and a full mug of beer sitting in the grass, with a sparkler stuck in the ground next to them. Yeah, that seems safe.

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Beer In Ads #2720: Surprise People

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Thursday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1971, and features someone playing poker who appears to be discovering he’s about to have a royal flush. Presumably, that’s as much of a surprise as being served Michelob.

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Beer In Ads #2719: Bowl ‘Em Over

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Wednesday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features 10 bottles as stand-ins for bowling pins.

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Beer In Ads #2718: What’ll You Have With Various Dishes

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Tuesday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1954. Starting in the early 1950s, Pabst started a new ad campaign with the tagline “What’ll You Have” which lasted for a few years. They were colorful ads, and often had the tagline spelled out in creative ways. Since this is the last day of July, I have several more of these ads, so here’s four of them to finish out the month. In these ads, “What’ll You Have” is written on various objects surrounding different dishes. First, on a salad bowl with skewers, then on the tool for cracking a lobster, around the metal stand for a bowl of stew, and on the wooden carving board with big, thick steak on it. In each ad, there’s also a full glass of beer and a bottle Pabst Blue Ribbon on the table.

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Beer In Ads #2717: What’ll You Have With Shrimp Salad

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Monday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1954. Starting in the early 1950s, Pabst started a new ad campaign with the tagline “What’ll You Have” which lasted for a few years. They were colorful ads, and often had the tagline spelled out in creative ways. In this ad, “What’ll You Have” is written on the handles of the salad tongs sitting in a shrimp salad. In front of the bowl is a Pabst bottle being poured into a glass.

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Beer In Ads #2716: What’ll You Have With A Bucket Of Beer

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Sunday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1952. Starting in the early 1950s, Pabst started a new ad campaign with the tagline “What’ll You Have” which lasted for a few years. They were colorful ads, and often had the tagline spelled out in creative ways. In this ad, “What’ll You Have” is written on a large wooden tub filled with ice and beer bottles. Although one of those Pabst bottles is being poured into a glass.

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Beer In Ads #2715: What’ll You Have With Fried Chicken

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Saturday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1954. Starting in the early 1950s, Pabst started a new ad campaign with the tagline “What’ll You Have” which lasted for a few years. They were colorful ads, and often had the tagline spelled out in creative ways. In this ad, “What’ll You Have” is written on the napkin sitting next to a big basket of fried chicken and fries, which is served with a glass of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

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