In a bold effort to repair the damage caused by Bud Light’s commercial featuring trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, parent company Anheuser-Busch hustled out a TV commercial to give you patriotic, knuckle-dragging rubes what IT thinks YOU want. The result is a commercial many considering to be more insulting than the one that started it. Hey, Anheuser-Busch: Pander Much?
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Since A-B was such a big contributor t Republicans, I wonder if this female VP was planted by the sewer rats to deliberately destroy A-B
No other place to put this comment, so I think this is the best topic….anyone seen the latest VRBO “commercial”. Watch it closely and don’t click “stop ads” button until the end. it’s like, I never gave a damn about VRBO anyway, but this ad is so in your face on inclusivity and “our people” and ….whatevs…..
Back in the 80s when A-B wanted to increase their reach of the Michelob brand, this is who they chose as a pitchman.
Talk about a fall from grace.
And yes, back then I drank Michelob. If it was good enough for Frank, then it was good enough for me. I also thought Jack Daniels was great whisky. We all learn things.
Wonder what the Chairman of the Board would say to the CEO of A-B.
“They’re one of the most pro-republican large donors out there”
Well, they made a giant anti-republican marketing ploy.
“Flop” is a gross understatement. And the “inclusive” people are going to stick to their White Claws, anyway.
If the ad with the Clydesdale horses had aired and the Mulvany had not, the Clydesdale ad would have been great. As it was, it was an insult.
Admit the mistake. Fire those responsible publicly. Vow to not follow controversial trends and stay out of politics….and maybe make better beer. The Bud Light brand I think is dead. Create a new one.
And on a personal note. Way back when dinosaurs ruled the earth (ok, the eighties) I was up close and personal to Budweiser Clydesdale horses. Touched ones muzzle. Had to reach up to do it. I’m 5 ft 10 1/2.
Big is an understatement. So majestic, and so calm. Its like they know they could take you out, and go “Eh, why bother? Can’t really hurt me. And if hurt them, my easy life would be over.”
My grandparents had Belgians. Also large horse. They love to work. Pulling was their thing. Hitch a team of two to a stump and tell them to pull and they’d pull, chests almost touching the ground until it came out or you told them to stop. Won many pulling contests. They actually put me on one. My fear of heights almost kicked in. ( Probably about 5 or 6 then.) When one died, the other died shortly after. They never got any more.
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At least the memesters are having a great time.
Courtesy of Weasel Zippers:
I would definitely NOT touch that one!
Is that the sort of thing they’re calling a “furry” now? I’m a little out of touch with all these nutty notions that seem to have become so popular with some people all of a sudden.
LOL! Mocking is the best response.
Hmmm … Anheuser-Busch ad with horses. I like horses. The flavor’s a little strong but nothing a decent BBQ sauce can’t mask.
Of course you have wash down the aftertaste of a Budweiser Clydesdale with a good, strong Scottish ale. I like the “Dirty Bastard” brand of Scottish ale, from an ale horn, to go with my horse steaks. Then a good, strong cigar after the meal.
You have to admire Scott’s ability to maintain a stoic non-emotional face through the whole episode. 🙂 Come home soon Scott, we miss you.
Kinda creepy how he never blinks though … Just sayin’.
Just doing an add where they fire the marketing director doesn’t go far enough. They ought to do one where a guy with a hangover wakes up next to a clown with a voiceover that says “things happen when you’ve had too much.” Now that I think about it, that might make a good bit for The Babylon Bee.
I’m not much of a beer drinker here, but I have always admired the Clydesdales, their whole training and travel program. If this wokester and the trans-Barbie have destroyed them, no hell is hot enough. The Clydesdales not only promote Anheuser Busch, they widen the exposure of the heavy horse community and its heroes to the world at large.
Part of a commercial was made several years ago here in the high desert of Southern California. Film crews and video makers are not news here. But I’ll never forget the excitement when the Clydesdales were coming.
Watch the PBR commercial with Wade Boggs [AKA Cool-Blue]
Plus, Blue Velvet Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth & Kyle McLaughlin as Jeffrey Beaumont:
Frank Booth: What kind of beer do you like?
Jeffrey Beaumont: Heineken.
Frank Booth: [shouting] Heineken? F*ck that sh*t! Pabst Blue Ribbon! That’s what you’ll drink tonight.
I love posting links to that quote from Frank!
Surprised Steve did not quote him.
What?!?!? No “A country with men who kill Nazis and Commies” or “Bud, Bibles, and Guns!” No “Real men ride horses and drink Bud.” No “Women can’t look away from a man with a Bud.” No “Red, White, Blue and Bud”.
The reason Bud is a dying brand is just as y’all say, there’s real, good-tasting, well-brewed beer out there. Mrs. Jaknoz liked Creature Comfort’s Lager yesterday. I’m a sucker for a fairly pedestrian Modelo Amber or Dos Equis Amber. On a really hot day I’ll do a Belgian grapefruit ale (never thought I would say that).
These guys screwed up way worse than New Coke because Real Coke is too good to abandon for long.
I am surprised no one noticed that In-Bev took over Anheiser-Busch in a hostile acquisition. The company appealed to DOJ to fight it and the George Bush administration did nothing to keep this iconic brand in American hands. Globalism uber alles. Now it is run by a Euro-Brazilian booze cartel that is interested in their ESG score more than the product. They could care less about the American beer drinker or Americans in general.
When they took over ownership, the first thing they did was pull all sponsorships from Indy car, nascar, and the NHRA. Some of those race teams had been sponsored by Budweiser for over 30 years.
That was their first mistake.
Ah yes, the Budwiser 410 winged sprint car! Loved that thing!
I’ve been a fan of drag racing for 50 years now, and when it was announced that Budweiser was dropping it’s sponsorship of Kenny Berstein’s top fuel team after 30 years of sponsoring them, it made a lot of people angry.
Heck yeah!!! (what’s that you say??? I can’t hear you, my ears are broken!!!)
In-Bev eliminated the Clydesdale hitches around the country, including at their huge facility in Colorado. No more parades, no more breeding program, no more Stock Show. I still have a piston from an engine rebuild at Bandimere in the 80s when we watched the King roar by. I’ll miss Mich Ultra, though.
Budweiser took their horses, OUR military and OUR history and turned them ALL into joke upon OUR nation. The heads-up-their- a$$ corporate honchos have made us all be sadder Budweiser
Maybe that woman VP was actually a corporate hitman and her job actually was to destroy Anheuser-Bush because that company contributed more to Republicans than Democrats. If so, she succeeded big time!
Whoa…beyond 4d chess…
What’s the saying about a company being controlled by a cabal of their enemies? As industrial espionage is a thing, maybe corporate assassination has become one too.
Either that or these wokesters are so in the bubble and so without consequences that being able to brag about their ESG scores at parties is more important than the company’s market cap. Hard to believe that with the tricks they have to pull to make the stock go up so they can make big on the options.