Today’s infographic for the start of this year’s baseball season is an irreverent look at each team and a humorous choice of a beer, or similar drink, with a sarcastic, snarky description why it’s that club’s favorite.
Beer In Film #80: The Muppets Share A Beer With Sylvester Stallone
I’m off to see the new Muppets movie which opens today. I’ve been a huge fan of the Muppets since I was a kid, so today’s beer video is an odd one, from the original Muppet Show, which was a pun-filled variety extravaganza that ran for five seasons between 1976-1981. Each show featured a celebrity guest star, and this one come from Season 3, Episode 20, which aired in February of 1979. The guest star was none other than Sylvester Stallone, just a few months before the release of Rocky II. In one of the segments he sings (yes, sings, and his musical abilities are every bit the equal of his thespian prowess!) a rendition of “A Bird in a Gilded Cage,” while holding a mug of beer. Accompanied by Rowlf on piano, with Fozzie, Gonzo and some additional Muppets singing along, at least a couple of them also have mugs of beer. Sadly, no one takes a drink during the sad song, but I’m amazed they were even allowed to show beer at all on television in the late 1970s.
Beer In Film #66: Beer The Musical
Today’s beer video is the trailer for Beer: The Musical, which is apparently a 30-minute animated musical that was created by Marshall Slayton in 2008. Here’s the description from YouTube. “Two friends locked in an epic struggle to fight the evil powers that seek to over tax their sole source of solace…beer. Oh yeah… there are songs too…” ANother sourcs says it’s “about two friends who are fighting against a corporate slum-bag’s attempt to overtax alcohol and bring their favorite pastime (drinking) to an end.” Ever heard of it? Me neither.
Beer In Film #53: One More Beer
Today’s beer video is a short little animated film by Pedro Conti entitled One More Beer! Shot and sweet, and pretty funny.
One More Beer! from pedro conti on Vimeo.
Beer In Film #50: Now That’s A Lot Of Hops
Today’s beer video is a fun little PSA created by Dogfish Head. It’s called Now that’s a lot of hops! and stars Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione and actor Ken Marino showing why you shouldn’t drink and drive.
Beer In Film #33: Newcastle’s Not-Super Bowl Spots
Today’s beer video is twofer in honor of the big game that’s being played later today. It’s a pair of non-ad ads created by Newcastle Brown Ale that were never meant to be aired during the way-too-expensive football game. They’re part of a series of non-ads under the umbrella title if we made it that poke fun at the bombast of the game and all of the hype surrounding it. The first one is Anna Kendrick: Behind the Scenes of the Mega Huge Game Day Ad Newcastle Almost Made.
The second one, The Mega Huge Football Game Ad Newcastle Could’ve Made, is a storyboard for an ad that was clearly too expensive not only for Newcastle but possibly for anyone to make, even for an event so mythically big as the Super Bowl.
The whole series is actually pretty funny. Take a look at some of the others at if we made it.
Beer In Ads #1089: When You’re Out Of Schlitz, Punt.
Saturday’s ad, to get your ready for tomorrow’s Super Bowl, is for Schlitz, from 1969. It’s a funny one. Showing an upside down can of Schlitz held up by a finger, ready for the kick … wait a minute. What’s wrong with this picture? How did this get published? Figure it out yet? Somebody at the ad agency must have known something about football, or maybe not. Check the headline again. “When You’re Out Of Schlitz, Punt.” Whoops. Hilarious.
Welcome To My Nanobrewery
I’m behind the curve on this one, which, although it made a splash last year, I just stumbled on this morning. It’s a pretty funny piece by Denver novelist Jenny Shank that appeared on Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency back in April of last year. Welcome To My Nanobrewery is a hilarious look at an office where every cubicle has its own tiny brewery. Beer Advocate also did an interview with her after her piece was published, and her first novel, The Ringer, won the High Plains Book Award. So if you’re as behind as I am, give it a read. It’s pretty damn funny.
Schwarzenegger To Appear In Super Bowl Ad For Bud Light
This is almost funny. According to the New York Post, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a $3 million deal to appear in a Super Bowl ad for Bud Light. Schwarzenegger is a longtime beer drinker, having once quipped. “Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” When he first became California governor, when many called him “The Governator,” Portland Brewing even created Governator Ale. Despite him being a public figure as governor, Arnie’s legion of lawyers sued, claiming that they had engaged in “unauthorized exploitation of what they considered the governor’s right of publicity” and production ceased after only 3,200 cases of the beer was produced. I still have a bottle in my office.
According to the Post article. “The former California governor has agreed to a deal to star in the humorous beer ad, despite his personal focus on health and fitness.” It won’t be the first time he’s shilled for beer companies before, having done a couple in Japan years ago, a few of which can be found on YouTube, although the quality of most of them isn’t very good. Frankly, they look more like an energy drink than a beer, but apparently an unnamed source told the Post. “Arnold has shot a series of ads in Japan but pretty much hasn’t done anything in the US.” YouTube also has a compilation claiming to show Schwarzenegger’s complete Japanese ads.
Schwarzenegger Beer Ad #1
Schwarzenegger Beer Ad #2
Schwarzenegger Beer Ad #3
Beer Film #17: Shit Beer Geeks Say
Today’s beer video was originally created last year for Good Beer Week in Melbourne, Australia, and I think I may even have posted it before. But given the positive response to yesterday’s humorous Hipsters Love Beer, I thought I had to post this one again. Shit Beer Geeks Say was a ” short film by Good Beer Week and Bridge Road Brewers about the beer geeks we all know and love who might sometimes take their craft beer a little too seriously!” Enjoy.
GBW – SHIT BEER GEEKS SAY from GOOD BEER WEEK on Vimeo.