With the World Series ending in a Giants victory tonight, this will be the last baseball ad, at least for now. It’s for Stroh’s Beer and celebrates the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series in 1968 (though the ad ran the following year, in 1969).
Beer In Ads #232: Schlitz Pumpkin Carving
With the World Series and baseball ads plus Halloween this weekend, I’m doubling up on ads so I can highlight both baseball and Halloween-themed ones. Today’s Halloween ad is from 1956 and is for Schlitz, depicting some pumpkin carving for Halloween. And to help their creativity along, they’re enjoying a couple of cans of Schlitz, poured into tall pilsner glasses.
And here’s just the artwork from the ad.
Beer In Ads #231: Leo Durocher For Rheingold
With the World Series and baseball ads plus Halloween this weekend, I’m doubling up on ads so I can highlight both baseball and Halloween-themed ones. Today’s baseball ad is from 1942 and features baseball legend Leo Durocher, when he was a manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Durocher is saying that “My beer is Rheingold — the DRY beer!”
Beer In Ads #230: Hobgoblin, “Afraid of the Dark, Lagerboy?”
With the World Series and baseball ads plus Halloween this weekend, I’m doubling up on ads so I can highlight both baseball and Halloween-themed ones. Today’s Halloween ad is fairly contemporary and is for UK beer Hobgoblin, brewed by the Wychwood Brewery located in Witney, part of Oxfordshire.
Beer In Ads #229: Pabst Cool Blue Catch
With the World Series and baseball ads plus Halloween this weekend, I’m doubling up on ads so I can highlight both baseball and Halloween-themed ones. Today’s baseball ad is from the 1970s for Pabst. The “Cool Blue” Pabst baseball player is running to make the catch … of a mug of beer.
Guinness Ad #41: Twisted Tuba
Our 41st Guinness poster by John Gilroy features the largest, most twisted tuba ever made, whose playing is undoubtedly made possible by Guinness. That’s what gave him “Guinness for Strength” to be able to play such a big tuba.
Beer In Ads #228: When You Know Your Beer …
With the World Series and baseball ads plus Halloween this weekend, I’m doubling up on beer ads so I can also highlight a few Halloween-themed ones. The first of these is a Budweiser ad from 1953 featuring a truly scary mask and a witch holding up a glass of beer to toast a jack-o-lantern along with the tagline “When you know your beer … it’s bound to be Bud.
Beer In Ads #227: Schlitz The Ump
Friday’s beer and baseball ad is the ninth one featured going into the World Series. The ad is from 1951 and is for Schlitz. It features two players — or perhaps managers? — arguing about something while the ump keeps on smiling, as he pours himself a bottle of Schlitz.
Beer In Ads #226: Narragansett, Go For Two!
Thursday’s beer and baseball ad is the eighth one featured going into the World Series. The ad is from 1968 and is for Narragansett Beer. The spokeswoman is wearing a Boston Red Sox cap and urging customer to “Go For Two!” Just like the San Francisco Giants tonight.
Beer In Ads #225: Falstaff, This Is The One
Wednesday’s beer and baseball ad is the seventh one featured going into the World Series. The ad is our second for Falstaff and appropriately mentions the seventh inning stretch. The ad is from 1963 and starts out with “For your Light-hearted moments … This is the One.” I can’t tell if the ad is photographed or a hyper-realistic illustration. The pair just look so perfect that it’s hard to tell. The veins in his arms, the impish smirk, the perfect hair. Then there’s the woman behind him, throwing off her catcher’s mitt with tousled hair and a perfect come hither smile. The guy actually looks a little bit like a very young Ed O’Neil, the Dad on “Married with Children” and now on “Modern Family.” The text at the bottom begins “Seventh inning! Stretch for a Falstaff!”
