Great Moments In Commercial History: Rainier Beer

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We actually like these ads. Maybe we should change the tag to "Goodvertising." Nah.

Reader Ian nominates these Rainier Beer commercials because they bring together “two great things that go great together: drinkin’ beer and ridin’ motorcycles,” because the Budweiser frogs were a ripoff, and because Rainier was “bizarre before bizarre became de rigueur.”

We actually like these ads. Maybe we should change the tag to “Goodvertising.” Nah.



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