Budweiser is Brainwashing Our Children
By RC
If you were one of the dozens of people watching the Super Bowl Sunday night you probably saw this commercial. A clydesdale pony wants to pull the Budweiser wagon just like the grown ups. When it can’t move the wagon a couple of the other clydsdales get behind and push. This seems like an innocent commercial but there are some people that think there is a much more sinister subliminal message here. They argue what Bud is really trying to say is that it is ok for underage minors to drink. In fact, if a minor has trouble getting alcohol (pulling the wagon), we as adults should buy it for them. This commercial sent shockwaves through the “people who who like to be outraged over minor things” community. One such man, Larry Crankypants is rallying people together for an immediate boycott of Budweiser. “If TV can’t be trusted to raise our kids, who can?” The activist has a laundry list of complaints with Budweiser including animal nudity and the worship of magical appliances. The boycott is expected to last about a week and a half and have no effect on Budweiser whatsoever.
February 7th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
I shudder as I think of Helen Lovejoy, shreiking in her shrill, naggy voice, “Won’t someone please think of the children!”
Fortunately, I was not among the dozens of SB-watchers. Did Napster have another golden ad like last year?
February 8th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Don’t forget Budweiser’s heretical talking lizards. Fortunately for Bud, most of their target audience was already out of the room making a beer run when that commercial aired, and have likely been drinking since they were twelve anyway.
March 15th, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Horses drink beer? Is this a video of the beer wagon being hi-jacked? Maybe Larry needs a life.
October 26th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Good Grief do people have nothing better to do. For one thing I love the comment “if t.v. can’t be trusted to raise our kids, who can.” Obviously this is one of those multitude of people that don’t want to be bothered by raising his children and want t.v.to do it as long as he can control the t.v. T.V. isn’t suppose to “raise kids” the parents are. I have seen this commercial and actually have it on my computer. I viewed it more as the older sector of society helping the younger achieve what they want in life and want to become. I suppose if you view life as never having the responsibility of raising children and having such responsibility passed off to a entertainment device then you would not view it in such a way. I am wondering how he views all the ignorant commercials to “improve your love life” and has the idiot with a big smile on his face with the voice talking about how he is “living large.” I would imagine if he is having t.v. raise his children then we will someday have grownups running around with his last name with a lot more problems than could be obtained from watching two grown horses push a wagon for a little one. He also needs to watch the WHOLE commercial as it shows the little colt looking at a picture of the Budweiser team, obviously wanting to be like them. People such as this guy sicken me. They want things their way or no way. It is people such as him that want “In God we Trust took away”, no matter how others feel. It offends him and that’s all that matters. Tell him there is a way to keep his children from watching this, turn the t.v. off and spend time with your kids. With all the scantily clad women as the cheerleaders I’m sure he don’t want his kids to think they are the norm. If so they will have troubled marriages. Besides it just almost makes it look like women have a subserviant role in life. Well, in retrospect the whole game makes it appear as though winning is everything and that can’t be a good role model. This guy needs to just keep quiet. I’m sure it would be best if he didn’t say anything and let people wonder about his IQ instead of opening it and letting people know how really low it is.