Anyone else think the Budweiser "Real Men of Genius" series has gone downhill?

[quakefiend420]

so i almost never watch television of listen to the radio, hence i don't really get too much advertising in my life

i was driving a friend's car this morning, and he had the radio on, so i was listening, and one of the real men of genius commercials came on, i haven't heard one in years, but it used to be stuff like "the guy who invented the coozie"or something...you know, unsung inventors and stuff(which makes sense, considering the title)

the one they played this morning was "overly competitive touch football player guy" which wasn't even funny

that's a "real man of genius" worthy of saluting?

did i just catch a really shitty one, or did they just slip into suck gradually over the years and i saw it as abrupt because i never hear them?

 

[geno]

They've been going straight for about 5 years now (maybe more), it was only a matter of time until they ran out of good material. They got less funny after they stopped using the title, "Real American Heroes".

 

[quakefiend420]

the unsung heros of beer drinkers everywhere, so to speak...i just seem to remember them being a lot more...clever

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: geno
They've been going straight for about 5 years now (maybe more), it was only a matter of time until they ran out of good material. They got less funny after they stopped using the title, "Real American Heroes".

that's right, i remember that now

wow, i'm getting old

 

[drum]

clearly you aren't a real man of genius

 

[rivan]

They have gone downhill a little, but I think a bigger reason is it's just not as fresh as it used to be.

 

[Tea Bag]

BRING THE PAIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

 

[Slick5150]

This one always cracked me up

Mr. Hawaiian Shirt Pattern Designer

 

[Joemonkey]

the "gigantic cooler on wheels" or whatever one is retarded. Yes, they have gone VERY far downhill

 

[theknight571]

I agree that they have gone downhill... but I also think it's getting harder for them to come up with ideas... this series of ads has been running for awhile now.

 

[SunnyD]

The Mr. Peanut Launcher in the bleachers man one gives me a giggle.

 

[sactoking]

The best one I ever heard was "Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor". Alas, I only heard it once in 2003 and never again...

 

[BoomerD]

Dude...it's a fucking commercial. It started off downhill...and has only gotten worse since then...


And yes, they're really stretching lately.

 

[notposting]

Originally posted by: sactoking
The best one I ever heard was "Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor". Alas, I only heard it once in 2003 and never again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISW1IDroVyY

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
the unsung heros of beer drinkers everywhere, so to speak...i just seem to remember them being a lot more...clever

and a lot less insulting. once they started being dicks about it (the touch football, rolling cooler guy and others) it stopped being as funny

 

[Rubycon]

The use of Budweiser and Genius in the same sentence is bad enough...

 

[spaceman]

http://www.errolmorris.com/commercials/miller.html
these are de best ever
yes.i live the high life
almost exclusively

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: spaceman
yes.i live the high life
almost exclusively

Sig-worthy.

Also, they still make those?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...HcLHXs&feature=related

LoL Some are better than others, mostly the older ones are better.

 

[JS80]

it's all about the most interest man in the world now

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: JS80
it's all about the most interest man in the world now

and those are pretty much past clever and working on stupid too