So funny I couldn’t resist. Hugs. Scottie

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        2. Hello Roger. I took time to watch all three. Wonderfully funny. They each struck the cords and made the drink and adverts memorable. The best ads are the ones that make people interested and are memorable. Thanks for sending them to me. Hugs. Scottie

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          1. Glad to do so Scottie 😀
            Here’s one which is considered a classic of advertising and marketing.
            Traditionally the beer Guinness was considered a blue collar drink and normally associated with the Irish.
            Back in the late 1980s someone had the idea to market with another take. (You have to see it, words don’t describe it) . They brought in Rutger Houer still riding high on his Blade Runner fame.
            The result was the sales increased as the ‘smart set’ influenced by the advert started to order Guinness when going to the pub:

            These ran in a series

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            1. Hi Roger. When I went into the army I rarely drank. When I got to Germany I learned … I had the influence of older service members, a few who were my boy friends who would take me to guest houses, what we would loosely describe as friendly drinking places where people could play games and have fun while drinking. I love the concept and would love to do it here in the US. Just people sitting around talking, drinking, like it was the living room or game room in your home. We could play cards or other games they had there. In some of the places you might have ladies or young adult men willing to go to a booth that had curtains … Quite an eye opener for a shy abused boy from the deep country USA. I was offered so many times to follow a person, both women or men to those booths but my older friends blocked that … I wonder if thankfully.

              But back to the commercial and video. The first time I tried Genius I did not know if I was to drink it with a spoon? I had never had such a thick beer, a heavy drink. I liked it but soon learned I preferred Heineken for beer and liquors for most drinking. Hugs. Scottie

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                1. Hi Roger. Maybe I am a silly old man but I always wanted to open a place / bar like that, like those in my memory. I was a newbie to Germany. My boyfriend who took me places an E-6 soon to be E-7. We went to what he called guest houses, which to me seemed a lot like relaxed bars full of bigger tables instead of small ones just big enough for drinks. We would talk with people, well he would, I would mostly stay quiet and watch, and enjoy it all. People around us played cards, played games, talked, argued and it felt so grand. I have never been in a bar in the US like it. I miss it so. I wish I had been more aware, more able to understand what was going on, all I really understood was I was there with my boyfriend and that made me happy but there was so much more going on. Oh well … looking back on the past with old eyes instead of the eyes that there there, young and star struck. Hugs. Scottie

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                  1. I hear you talking Scottie.
                    There are things I would have liked to have done, I guess we all have those.
                    You have some good memories though and in the words of that old standard:
                    ‘They Can’t Take That Away From Me(You)’

                    Take care you guys.

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          2. PS Inspired by this another Beer brand Boddington’s ran it’s own. Like this:
            A cool satire on the ‘image; adds.

            This one is a British classic. The humour might not travel so well, but bears showing:
            It parodied an advert which took place in Venice between two sophisticated folk
            Itself a parody:

            On the operatic voice of Pavarotti.
            It was successful, and became a popular catchphrase

            BUT
            The Boddington’s add took the image on step sideways:

            And is timeless:
            ‘That Gladys Holthorpe. She never buys her own,’ became a bit of a catch phrase for a while.

            Hope you enjoy Scottie.
            (The reference here is the historical Victorian Manchester Shipping Canal) :
            The accents are local ‘blue collar’ so imagine any US big city.

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            1. Hi Roger. I love the first one but did not understand the question … do you want flake with that. The second wont play no matter what I do, including changing countries with the VPN. It simply wont play. The third one did and it was grand, but the shocked look on the guys face as she took his beer … I love it but in the US the commercial would have had him leaping to her boat and rescuing his beer. Because that this the asshole Neanderthals some of us are here now.

              Love them Roger. Keep sending anything different and eye opening. Every one in the US needs to understand there is an entire world out there that is not us. Any thing I can do to widen or improve the understanding of US people for other cultures I am game for. Hugs and loves. Scottie

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              1. Ah sorry Scottie I missed that cultural reference.

                Flake in the UK is a chocolate bar made out of …err..flakes of chocolate. It was also used as an extra in ice cream cones to make what was called a ‘Ninety-nine’ (I don’t know why, as a lad I just ate them).
                So it would have been a common question from an ice cream vendor.
                And nicely weird in a beer ad. 😀

                I checked the second, and WP doesn’t seem to like playing it, anyhow, anywhere…..Not that you missed much, it was pretty lame and irritating. Just a complacent lad and his girl on a gondola and he’s singing operatically:
                ‘Just one cornetto’ (another ice cream)
                Begged to be parodied.

                I’ll keep a look out for some more and check for cultural references 😀

                Glad they gave you chuckles.

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    1. Hi friend. Long time no see. I have to check I am still getting notifications of your postings. Glad you liked the post, Roger sent three more. But Jeff what about you? Are you doing OK. Are you handling the torment of our times and being less than wealthy like most of us are? I worry about you some days. Last we really talked you had a grand little dog, I hope they are well. If not I send my sympathy. Always best wishes, warmest hugs, Scottie

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      1. I’m ok, Scottie. Trying to hang in there with all the right wing hate out there. I’m terrified of what’s coming. I have a wonderful therapy dog named kassey. She’s my best pal. Thank jeebus she’s here. Send me an email when you can, and I’ll fill you in on more. Thanks for caring, my friend.

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            1. Hi Jeff I sent you the email, which I assume you wanted only for the address to reply to. I would love to have a more fuller conversation with you to get to know you, but I am so open on my blog most of what I am going through is on there. Not much to add to an email except more personal boring stuff. People often ask me if I am worried posting so much of my life online. Nope I am not wealthy enough nor interesting enough for people to care or take interest in. I once worried about talking about my abuse. The feeling a lot of abused kids people have is that if people know they will blame us, they will hate us, they will think we were the ones wanting it, or if we are male they will think we are not male anymore because someone forced to please them orally or anally. But at the end of the day I am just another of the one of the unwashed masses. Hugs. Scottie

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