For sure! TV ads used to be fun, tuneful, goofy, or at least kind of interesting. Now, they are excruciatingly tedious, uncreative, and woke, like the actual shows. I never watch TV anymore because of this.
Me too!! Michelob beer at 16!! If it wasn't for Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" over the "The night belongs to Michelob" commercial, I would still have my original, God given liver!!!! Had a wild life, made some incredibly wild and crazy memories and made and had more than a few beautiful and gorgeous ladies.... Be that as it may, in retrospect, I wish I had never drank my first 🍺 beer, the price tag was way too high when it came time to pay the bill.... Now, I follow God's word and follow Jesus, and it's so much more of a wonderful life than I could ever have imagined. Think twice about that booze before you take that painful, depressing and DANGEROUS road to the Valley of Death....
11:15 I miss the days when we could drive a Jeep drunk through the wilderness with a drugged-up bear riding shotgun to it's home that you just finished clearcutting then getting the entire jobsite drunk on Hamm's, without OSHA, PETA, and the EPA complaining.
Even so that these are beer camercials they seem to bring warm feelings from our past from when we were a family , our parents ,our kids . These old camercials even though there beer camercials reminds me of really good times with family and friends ,times that even didn't include beer or alcohol just real honest and real good ol times .
@@shiftyhenry5133my dad doesn’t like beer but I remember my grandfather and I drinking a beer on the porch when I turned 21 n that is the best moment because my grandfather n I have been close since I was a baby n it’s a real honor to drink a beer with him
The Hamm's dude with the bear dropped that pull tab right in his can! I remember hearing not to do that because it was a choking hazard when I was a kid!
Nope...you have it backwards. Those old macro beers were swill (still are). Modern craft beers are what beer is supposed to taste like. You don't have to be a beer snob to know the difference.
@@shannonhenson609 you couldn't be more wrong bud. IPA is some foul stuff. Give me, or any other red blooded American an ice cold Natty light or a Busch and keep your craft swill.
@@bobsmith-ru7xp Unfortunately....most older Americans got used to watered down macro brews that were sold in this country for many decades, made mostly with cheap corn, rice and barley....and very little, if any hops. Hops is what real beer requires. Now, it is true that some craft beers have too much hops...and i don't like that either. But Natural Light and Busch are just junk beers. Natural Light isn't much more than carbonated water.
@@shannonhenson609 Idk man, this Natural light I'm drinking rn sure tastes good. Not to mention they brought back the vintage cans which just makes it hit like it's 1985. Of course I wasn't born until 1998, but damn if 1985 doesn't taste like a goddamn good beer. I've tried a few crafts and never liked anything that wasn't supposed to be an American lager, which just tasted like a normal beer, just not as good and at a higher price. I haven't found a beer that's not a normal American beer, or a Mexican cervesa that was worth drinking.
@@bobsmith-ru7xp Craft beer is something you have to adjust to....or acquire a taste for. If you are used to drinking things like Natural Light and Busch....then you WILL have and adjustment period. Try something like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale instead of the REALLY "hoppy" craft beers....for a start.
Those Hamms commercials were very clever and guaranteed to give the viewer a chuckle. PBR was certainly cashing in on the nostalgia for the past during the 1970's/1980's. What I like about these commercials is that in most of them people are doing things with their friends such as camping, fishing, going on a picnic
this is awesome! I turned 21 late oct in 2023 and i wanna try all of theses beers!! And also fun fact my grandfather was one of the first employees of the Merrimack Budweiser Brewery back in 1970 so Budweiser has a big part in my family history!
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 My Dad and a few Uncles. The beer commercials from back in the day were about Fellowship and the end of a hard day's work. My favorites always came around the Holidays. The music and the jingles gave me a certain feeling as a kid .I myself never developed a taste for beer but the 70s and 80s beer commercials had a warm feeling to them.
If I don't turn this off I'm going to be across the street buying a 12 pack soon. I hadn't planned on drinking any beer this weekend at all but now I'm wanting a 6 pack.
Love beer commercials....the one I like is takes place in a bar, and then they are transported back to 1800's Canadian wilderness and they start singing.
In my mind it is always the 70s, 80s, and a sprinkling of the 90s so I just set back and watch all these young folks talking progressive world and coming up short in my opinion.
The good old removable pull tabs. One commercial actually showed why can makers changed to safety tabs. People used to pull the tabs off then drop them IN the can before drinking. Too many people were choking on the damn things or cutting their mouths and tongues.
I've been looking for this one, so far without any luck. It's from the late 1960s or early 1970s, and shows a father talking to his (off-camera) son: Dad: "Son, sometimes we as we go through life..." Son: "Aw, Pop! Not another lecture..." Dad: "OK, I'll get to the point. Son, when you go out with your friends, do you ever...drink beer?" Son: "Aw, Pop!...." Dad: "Son, now just be honest with me! DO YOU DRINK BEER?" Son: "Of course I drink beer, Pop! (Walks into camera view.) I'm twenty-nine years old!" Dad: "OK, son. I just want to make sure you're drinking GOOD beer..."
That Arndeker beer advert, is a really clever advert. You may not have gone back to 3:45 and watched it again, but you will. Saying how expensive a product is, and then saying 'but it's worth it..' is a successful formula. You may not agree with me right now, but you will. Stella Artois did that also in the 80s, with a 'reassuringly expensive' tagline.
"You may not have heard of it, but you will." I never heard of that beer brand until now, I don't remember the ad at all, and I don't remember ever seeing it in a store. I would agree that your so-called "successful formula" worked with a brand like Heineken, assuming they used that "formula" (I can't remember).
Some of the beers weren't always 'imported' into some parts of the country. I never heard of Arndeker either, nor had I seen the commercial. Stroh took some time before it came into the Northeast even after they'd purchased Schlitz. I don't drink beer, but I will.
I love this video! Takes me back to the days of (mostly) classy beer commercials. When most of these commercials aired, I was too young to join in, but I'd raise my glass of grape KoolAid in appreciation. Now, I drink my Blatz in a Schlitz or Michelob glass while I enjoy this video.
0:26 Gary Merrill on the voice-over for Old Milwaukee. 6:53 Alan Bleviss on the voice-over for Pabst. 9:57 Eddie Barth: "Lite Beer from Miller. Everything you ever wanted in a beer. And less." 14:06 John Forsythe for Michelob.
A lot of neat commercials for a lot of nasty beers. American macro swill. There wasn't a dimes difference in any of them. I'm glad you can actually buy some decent beers these days.
Love these commercials, especially Bob Uecker's Miller Lite ads. PBR and Hamm's ads were better than their beer. I actually forgot about Stroh's, which really did taste like it was burnt. The Schlitz commercials were pretty good - always remember the "gusto" theme.
I've never seen beer sold in 15- and 30-packs, just 6-, 12- and 24-packs (the latter being a "case"). I wonder if the 15/30 packs are (or were) sold in Canada?
I've only had ONE sip of my beer from my uncle when I was like 4 or 5 years old. Other than that, I'm a teetotaler... nevertheless, I LOVED beer commercials growing up. Can't explain exactly why, but I appreciated the comedy, the direction and the music
does anyone remember beer ad in the 80s were it goes . a young australian man is walking down a deserted road on hot day when a limo pulls up and some rich old American guy offers him a drink . he takes a beer and the old man has whiskey. he tells the young man how a life of drinking whiskey has given him an ulcer. to which the aussie man replies " Ulcer . what's an ulcer ? . that advert was funny
pabst blue ribbon my grand pa favorite beer that was many many many years ago still remember he put salt own the beer opener first he used can opener to open it
I just watched 49 straight minutes of commercials, and it was far better than anything on TV in 2023.
i agree
TV has become dismal
For sure! TV ads used to be fun, tuneful, goofy, or at least kind of interesting. Now, they are excruciatingly tedious, uncreative, and woke, like the actual shows. I never watch TV anymore because of this.
In the '80's almost every woman I dated told me I lived my life like a beer commercial. They meant it as an insult, I took it as a compliment.
In the 2020’s, every girl I dated told me the same thing! Also, I’m currently recovering from liver damage. 🙁
If it wasn't for great 70's beer commercials, I never would have started drinking at 15. Ahh the good old days.
I agree. 70's and early 80's commercials were engaging and you wanted to watch them. Man the commercial's today can't hold a candle to those years.
They basically forced us to drink brewskis with the he commercials. I was getting hammered when I was 14-15
Yikes!! 😂😂😂
Bro same when i was 15 years of age took few beers from basement secretly
Me too!! Michelob beer at 16!! If it wasn't for Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" over the "The night belongs to Michelob" commercial, I would still have my original, God given liver!!!! Had a wild life, made some incredibly wild and crazy memories and made and had more than a few beautiful and gorgeous ladies....
Be that as it may, in retrospect, I wish I had never drank my first 🍺 beer, the price tag was way too high when it came time to pay the bill....
Now, I follow God's word and follow Jesus, and it's so much more of a wonderful life than I could ever have imagined. Think twice about that booze before you take that painful, depressing and DANGEROUS road to the Valley of Death....
I already drink beer, but holy shiit these ads are convincing
11:15 I miss the days when we could drive a Jeep drunk through the wilderness with a drugged-up bear riding shotgun to it's home that you just finished clearcutting then getting the entire jobsite drunk on Hamm's, without OSHA, PETA, and the EPA complaining.
This comment made me cry laughing at work hahaaha
I love these old beer commercials. Takes me back to my youth when I couldn't wait to grow uo so I could drink beer.
They toss the American way which was cool in the Reagan era
Woke up dehydrated from drinking too much last nite, thinking the last thing I want is a beer, 5 min into it and now ready again.
I wish beer commercials were like this more American and about the working man and having fun
I realized why I love these so. It shows people together and happy. It's within all of our reach, with or without alcohol, no difference.
Even so that these are beer camercials they seem to bring warm feelings from our past from when we were a family , our parents ,our kids . These old camercials even though there beer camercials reminds me of really good times with family and friends ,times that even didn't include beer or alcohol just real honest and real good ol times .
wow, watching these take me back to a more happy time in my life......
You were never truly happy...you just didn't have any responsibilities.
Dido
That patrick swayze pabst one was a brilliant work of art
Lite -loafer Swayze would have been in the rainbow crowd to not like beer A, B or C.
I’m in my late 50s, no damn wonder I drink so much beer. My favorite kind of beer is the cold kind. My dad and grandpa’s all drank beer
Yes my friend my dad grampa and I have the taste for the frosty brew it was a beautiful thing when we got together.
@@shiftyhenry5133my dad doesn’t like beer but I remember my grandfather and I drinking a beer on the porch when I turned 21 n that is the best moment because my grandfather n I have been close since I was a baby n it’s a real honor to drink a beer with him
If it wasn’t for beer I probably wouldn’t have been born 😂
I owe the origin of my marriage and family to a pub crawl of breweries in Milwaukee
At least that’s what my dad told me 😂
I’m kidding …I don’t even know my dad ..although I wish I could have but that’s life. 🙏🏻
That guy in the log rolling one is one of the cops from halloween
THE SWAYZE!!!!! @6:03, patrick swayze in the pbr ad, dancing away after brushing his hair.... roadhouse.
That Hamm's commercial with the bear was badass.🐻
It was what, now?
I really want to try Old Milwaukee now!
Start out with a 1 pack and make sure it's cold.
How are these companies not bringing these back. These commercials would sale some beer
Several of these either no longer exist or have been bought up by bigger brewing companies.
Stroh’s. The cheap beer of choice during college. Also made for a great weed killer.
A guy and his bear and hamms beer, in a jeep what a combo.
I'm watching a collage of beer commercials while I'm drinking beer 🍻! Great video 😸🍻😸
Im doing that now
But your not drinking quality beer
@@salaamakbar3630 Sure i am pop, I'm drinking Stroh's
so am I I remember a lit of th
me coors, rolling rock , pbr
The Hamm's dude with the bear dropped that pull tab right in his can! I remember hearing not to do that because it was a choking hazard when I was a kid!
That or you forget you put it in there and when it hits your tongue you almost puke 😂
Those pull tops belong on the beach
Must have been nice to be a beer drinker back then before all the craft beers and beer snobs around.
Nope...you have it backwards. Those old macro beers were swill (still are). Modern craft beers are what beer is supposed to taste like. You don't have to be a beer snob to know the difference.
@@shannonhenson609 you couldn't be more wrong bud. IPA is some foul stuff. Give me, or any other red blooded American an ice cold Natty light or a Busch and keep your craft swill.
@@bobsmith-ru7xp Unfortunately....most older Americans got used to watered down macro brews that were sold in this country for many decades, made mostly with cheap corn, rice and barley....and very little, if any hops. Hops is what real beer requires. Now, it is true that some craft beers have too much hops...and i don't like that either. But Natural Light and Busch are just junk beers. Natural Light isn't much more than carbonated water.
@@shannonhenson609 Idk man, this Natural light I'm drinking rn sure tastes good. Not to mention they brought back the vintage cans which just makes it hit like it's 1985. Of course I wasn't born until 1998, but damn if 1985 doesn't taste like a goddamn good beer. I've tried a few crafts and never liked anything that wasn't supposed to be an American lager, which just tasted like a normal beer, just not as good and at a higher price. I haven't found a beer that's not a normal American beer, or a Mexican cervesa that was worth drinking.
@@bobsmith-ru7xp Craft beer is something you have to adjust to....or acquire a taste for. If you are used to drinking things like Natural Light and Busch....then you WILL have and adjustment period. Try something like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale instead of the REALLY "hoppy" craft beers....for a start.
Those Hamms commercials were very clever and guaranteed to give the viewer a chuckle. PBR was certainly cashing
in on the nostalgia for the past during the 1970's/1980's. What I like about these commercials is that in most of them
people are doing things with their friends such as camping, fishing, going on a picnic
These advertisements make me want to drink heavily. I want to be popular too. 😂
You may want to consider light beer. It's less filling.
Groovy shindig 😂 im gonna start saying that at family gatherings
this is awesome! I turned 21 late oct in 2023 and i wanna try all of theses beers!! And also fun fact my grandfather was one of the first employees of the Merrimack Budweiser Brewery back in 1970 so Budweiser has a big part in my family history!
The question is, which beer ad will convince me to drink their beer on St. Patty's day
I don't think the commercials would work if all the guys drinking were playing video games 😂
My Father used to dunk my baby mouth Binky in beer I was told. That gave me a great leg up on life.
Watching this makes me wanna have a beer now
Man the 70s and 80s sure got good old school beers and commercials.
I grew up loving Beer commercials especially during the Holidays(Halloween,Thanksgiving and Christmas) but I never became a Beer drinker.
Interesting, did your parents (or other relatives) drink beer?
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 My Dad and a few Uncles. The beer commercials from back in the day were about Fellowship and the end of a hard day's work. My favorites always came around the Holidays. The music and the jingles gave me a certain feeling as a kid .I myself never developed a taste for beer but the 70s and 80s beer commercials had a warm feeling to them.
If I don't turn this off I'm going to be across the street buying a 12 pack soon. I hadn't planned on drinking any beer this weekend at all but now I'm wanting a 6 pack.
Nah, just go bowling - you'll forget all about beer.
I don't drink but I remember these commercials.
How many people made chains or even curtains out of " pop tops" back in the day? My first apartment had pop top curtains.😂😂
Had a long chain of them hanging off the rear view mirror of my '65 Chevy S. S.
Yikes...
If you weren't careful you could step on a pop top, blow out a flip flop, cut your heel and have to cruise on back home. ;)
They never pour the beer on the side of the glass, it's always straight into the cup for maximum foam - straight mad lads!
Foam keep the beer from tasting skunky. Oxygen is beers enemy.
I prefer to pour my beer straight into the glass as well.
There's no better way to break the bouquet.
Scientifically, if you don't have a hefty pour, more carbonation stays in the beer. More carbonation means more bloating!
Um , it’s called a “strong pour.”
Love beer commercials....the one I like is takes place in a bar, and then they are transported back to 1800's Canadian wilderness and they start singing.
So...a Canadian beer, then? Or are beer brands in the US & Canada pretty much the same?
If you're out of beer...tough Schlitz.
Screw the classic ads, I want the classic beers.
In my mind it is always the 70s, 80s, and a sprinkling of the 90s so I just set back and watch all these young folks talking progressive world and coming up short in my opinion.
I mentally moved back to the 90's a couple years ago and I'm far happier than any of my friends
It’s always 1970-1990 in my house!
Same here.
Love these commercials 👍🏾🍺
THESE COMMERCIALS MAKE ME WANNA DRINK SOME BEER.........
A LOT OF BEER...........
This video makes me want to get shit faced.
Super excellent TV beer commercials!!
Quarantine and beer commercials... Man, I'm thirsty!
RUN A FEW VINTAGE CIGARETTE TV ADS, THEN A FEW VINTAGE BEER COMMERCIALS, AND ENJOY A VISUAL CONTACT HIGH
Sorry, I can't get a visual contact high from any cig ads. Ugh.
The good old removable pull tabs. One commercial actually showed why can makers changed to safety tabs. People used to pull the tabs off then drop them IN the can before drinking. Too many people were choking on the damn things or cutting their mouths and tongues.
Returning Shadow. I saw that. That would be annoying as hell always having that shit fall in your mouth.
We made chains out of them. Never stupid enough to drop them in the beer.
By the time I starting drinking beer (late 70s/early 80s), those pull tabs were already a thing of the past.
I've been looking for this one, so far without any luck. It's from the late 1960s or early 1970s, and shows a father talking to his (off-camera) son:
Dad: "Son, sometimes we as we go through life..."
Son: "Aw, Pop! Not another lecture..."
Dad: "OK, I'll get to the point. Son, when you go out with your friends, do you ever...drink beer?"
Son: "Aw, Pop!...."
Dad: "Son, now just be honest with me! DO YOU DRINK BEER?"
Son: "Of course I drink beer, Pop! (Walks into camera view.) I'm twenty-nine years old!"
Dad: "OK, son. I just want to make sure you're drinking GOOD beer..."
commercials were cooler when it was like the only form of video advertising
That Arndeker beer advert, is a really clever advert. You may not have gone back to 3:45 and watched it again, but you will.
Saying how expensive a product is, and then saying 'but it's worth it..' is a successful formula.
You may not agree with me right now, but you will.
Stella Artois did that also in the 80s, with a 'reassuringly expensive' tagline.
"You may not have heard of it, but you will." I never heard of that beer brand until now, I don't remember the ad at all, and I don't remember ever seeing it in a store. I would agree that your so-called "successful formula" worked with a brand like Heineken, assuming they used that "formula" (I can't remember).
Some of the beers weren't always 'imported' into some parts of the country. I never heard of Arndeker either, nor had I seen the commercial. Stroh took some time before it came into the Northeast even after they'd purchased Schlitz. I don't drink beer, but I will.
I love that commercial because I drink my beers out of a goblet, too. 🍺🤓👍
I wish I was born in early 80's.Perhaps even 70's.
I love this video!
Takes me back to the days of (mostly) classy beer commercials.
When most of these commercials aired, I was too young to join in, but I'd raise my glass of grape KoolAid in appreciation.
Now, I drink my Blatz in a Schlitz or Michelob glass while I enjoy this video.
I miss those short bottles. Now days everything's a "longneck".
True, but it's easier to crack somebody over the dome with.
Nah man they make stub neck coors banquet
Sessions, Red Stripe...
0:26 Gary Merrill on the voice-over for Old Milwaukee.
6:53 Alan Bleviss on the voice-over for Pabst.
9:57 Eddie Barth: "Lite Beer from Miller. Everything you ever wanted in a beer. And less."
14:06 John Forsythe for Michelob.
Host Axton for Busch.
In the Old Milwaukee commercial, The manager is Jackson Beck. Another great voice actor.
@@BrianSmith-wh9bi Great catch on Jackson Beck! His narration in Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run" was brilliant.
Patrick Swayze in a Pabst commercial. He was so young then. Little did he know what a star he would become.
How’d we go from this and the Marlboro man to transgenders and gays advertising for beers? Golden age of advertising!
The latter must've been in that "gay 90s" ad (39:20), LOL
That Old School commercials make me more thirsty than the modern crap. Good ol times
When you're out of beer, it's the Schlitz but if you drink too much you get the Blatz
I miss a lot of those beers 🍺🍻
1980: Jeb is a hero.
2021: Toxic Masculinity.
This brings back an old joke. "If you're out Budweiser, tough Schlitz!"
I think drinking Schlitz would give you a bad case of the "schlitzes", so to speak. ;)
When your in the shits, just grab a Schlitz
PBR is usually found on $1 nights in your better dive bars throughout the land
Or the rare dive that sells tall boy's
A lot of neat commercials for a lot of nasty beers. American macro swill. There wasn't a dimes difference in any of them. I'm glad you can actually buy some decent beers these days.
6:06 before his dirty dancing timeline
these classic brews are the best,period!!!
Watching this made me want a beer.
No "Please Drink Responsibly" disclaimer.
Wow, Ed McMahon looks so young in the Bud commercial
Deputy Sheriff Hunt (Hunter Von Leer) from Halloween 2 is in the Old Milwaukee commercial at 8:50
And the one where he's talking about pitches and the beers keep sliding
also i love seeing all of the baseball ads! I think Baseball is gods sport!
Love these commercials, especially Bob Uecker's Miller Lite ads. PBR and Hamm's ads were better than their beer. I actually forgot about Stroh's, which really did taste like it was burnt. The Schlitz commercials were pretty good - always remember the "gusto" theme.
Hahahaha 🤣🤣😂 I'm not that far from Milwaukee
luv everyone of them classics, if only i cud get me hands on em!
It all makes me want to go bowling.
Thank you for the wonderful memories!!!!!!
Please post more if you can!!
☮️💟
The nostalgia unfortunately most of these beers cease to exist.
A real treasure house of TV memories. Thanks for this .
Back before the entire Western Society went crazy
Brings me back to my days in the "minors", taking sips of my Dads beers! Training for my adult hood!!❤ !
Excellent just what I needed to cheer me up. Miss the good old days. Fun loving no political correct BS commercials 😊
Patrick Swayze, was disco dancing before dancing dirty.
Patrick Swayze a drinker??? my youth memories are destroyed
Great video. Thanks for posting.
Damn time too go too the liquor store
Bob Uecker was awesome.
When we were still normal...
I remember the Miller light commercials as a kid
These ads will get ya drinking like a true man
Pabstrick Swayze.
at 37:05 he grabs one 15 pack then another..... when the 30 pack is right next to it.....
I've never seen beer sold in 15- and 30-packs, just 6-, 12- and 24-packs (the latter being a "case"). I wonder if the 15/30 packs are (or were) sold in Canada?
@@not-so-smartaleck8987 it's rare in the US, but I saw a 15 pack a few months ago. I think it was Bud or Natty Ice maybe
@11:45 he put the pull tab into the can , old Milwaukee beer for college guys on a budget drank a lot it and Milwaukee's best
I've only had ONE sip of my beer from my uncle when I was like 4 or 5 years old. Other than that, I'm a teetotaler... nevertheless, I LOVED beer commercials growing up. Can't explain exactly why, but I appreciated the comedy, the direction and the music
does anyone remember beer ad in the 80s were it goes . a young australian man is walking down a deserted road on hot day when a limo pulls up and some rich old American guy offers him a drink . he takes a beer and the old man has whiskey. he tells the young man how a life of drinking whiskey has given him an ulcer. to which the aussie man replies " Ulcer . what's an ulcer ? . that advert was funny
why not? have a beer or two... jesus it's not going to kill you.
@@kylem1112 or don't
It’s what u call an acquired taste 😂
Best one @2:31! Loved those Miller Lite commercials!
A Bud Light spot, when it was then Budweiser Light from the early 1980s, long before "Gimme a light" or the Bud Light Knight.
NO "Please Drink Responsibly" disclaimers back then.
pabst blue ribbon my grand pa favorite beer that was many many many years ago still remember he put salt own the beer opener first he used can opener to open it
would have been funny if they snuck in a Norbecker or Schmits or Willer ad.
Great memories for sure! Anyone else recognize Tony Dow in the Old Milwaukee commercial at 8:38?