Friday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1962. The ad depicts a holiday dinner party, but I especially like the goofy expression on the woman in yellow dress staring at the man pouring himself a beer, as she’s about to shove some food in her mouth. Also, I love the ad copy copy from this period, using emotional adjectives to describe flavor and tastes. In this case, Budweiser tastes “cheerful.” I wonder what that tastes like?
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, from the not terribly distant time of 1990. But it’s a great retro-looking ad harkening back to a simpler time, and it certainly makes me wish for snow. Is that Santa driving the eight non-so-tiny clydesdales?
Monday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1947. With the tagline “Beer Is As Old As History,” the ad shows scenes from the beginning of civilization to the the present, with select points of history in between. I actually have an original copy of the ad framed in my office. It’s a pretty grandiose ad, especially with the conceit of the Budweiser and glass as the suggested result of all that history.
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, also from 1948. It’s yet another of Bud’s “Great Contributions to Good Taste” series, this one suggesting that it was James VI of Scotland who made country clubs possible, because he changed the laws to allow golf (which had apparently been prohibited by earlier kings). Having been to countless wedding receptions at country clubs, I’m not entirely convinced that it was such a great contribution to good taste.
Wednesday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1948. Another of Bud’s “Great Contributions to Great Taste” series, this one extolling the virtues of seafood and cold, whether from ice or refrigeration.
Monday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1943. In honor of Veterans Day, it’s a World War 2 era Navy ad. The tagline, “The Ammunition is being passed,” is a reference to “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” an patriotic song written by Frank Loesser in 1942. It was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked American involvement in World War II.
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1948. On a historical theme — and part of their “Great Contributions to Good Taste” series — the ad suggests that “Oysters and lobsters gave the trail its start,” and by trail, they mean the entire west coast. Apparently the Wells Fargo stagecoach first delivered food before diversifying into banking.
Wednesday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1958. It’s one from Anheuser-Busch’s long-running “Where There’s Like … There’s Bud” series. In this one, a smiling redhead is having her pilsner glass filled, but notice that it’s already full to the brim, but there’s still a stream of beer coming out of the bottle, plus you can see a fair amount of beer still inside the bottle, too. A lot of these ads show this impossible scene of a bottomless beer bottle where despite the fact that glass is full, the bottle that filled it is still likewise full. It’s magic. And check out the length of her painted fingernails. They seem pretty long for 1958. Of course, I was minus one that year, so what do I know?
Monday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1961. The ad shows a stylish woman in a pillbox hat, looking at the camera with pursed red lips, with two six-packs of Bud cans in her gloved hands. What could be sexier circa 1961?
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1946. The ad shows a happy bride cutting her wedding cake, and is “Beyond Words.” This, despite there being words all over the ad. I especially like the ones at the bottom of the ad. “Every sip tell you what words can’t.”
