Sunday, October 17, 2004

Bud Light Presents...

For years, Bud Light has been running a series of commercials saluting the unsung heroes and anti-heroes of American males. At first, it was called "Real American Heroes," but they changed it to "Real Men of Genius" after 9/11. I prefer "Heroes..." I mean it's a joke, people. Anyway, I found a website that has collection of mp3s of them. Act fast, Budweiser's been shutting other sites down for some reason. Among my favorites is still "Mr. Hawaiian Shirt Pattern Designer."

3 comments:

Maurice Mitchell said...

MAN those things are funny. I'm not sure what it is...is it the psuedo-serious voice saying things like "twig and berry" or the swellingly inspiring music? Or maybe the background vocals puctuating each intro ("Mr-Athletic-Groin-Protector-Inventooooor!") or adding a quick puchline ("That's right mother-****er!"). Whatever it is, I salute you "Mr. Bud Light Commercial Writer" (Mr. Bud-Light Commercial Writeeeer!). You get us to drink more beer (chug-a-lug now!) and that is the greatest gift of all.

Nigel G Mitchell said...

Well done...especially the salute at the end. I think the background comments are my favorite parts ("gettin' sloppy!"), but the whole series is brilliant and surprisingly consistent. I'm so happy I found the mp3s, I want to burn them all onto a CD. Now all I need is to find somewhere to download the Red Stripe beer commercials.

And here are more of my favorite Real American Heroes:
Mr. Chinese Food Delivery Guy
Mr. Losing Locker Room Reporter
Mr. Fake Tattoo Inventor
Mr. Footlong Hot Dog Inventor
Mr. Giant Foam Finger Maker

Nigel G Mitchell said...

And one more late addition:
Mr. Male Football Cheerleader