With the Super Bowl coming up Sunday.......it got me thinking to my favorite Super Bowl commercials of all time, the original Bud Bowl! It ran during Super Bowl XXIII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals. Below you'll find the entire Bud Bowl, along with my random thoughts.
Pregame
Bud Bowl I took place in.......you guessed it, Busch Stadium in St. Louis! Excellent analysis by Bob Costas in the pregame, Bud Light got to the Bud Bowl through its passing attack while Budweiser has a two pronged rushing attack. Why are the players bottles while the fans are cans??? What if the bottles have a big collision? Wouldn't they break??
1st Quarter
After a Budweiser field goal, Bud Light breaks out a little trickeration utilizing a fleaflicker to get on the board. Great shot of Spuds MacKenzie in the Bud Light owners box. At the end of one, its Bud Light 7 Budweiser 3
2nd Quarter
The refs and the chain gang are bud bottles, how did Bud Light allow that? On a 4th and inches, Budweiser brings out 'THE FREEZER,' a 40 ouncer who steamrolls the BL defense for a touchdown. WTF!?!?!? Why not just give the ball to "THE FREEZER" everytime? He's bigger than the goal post, why doesn't he play special teams? Whatever, Budweiser 10, Bud Light 7.
3rd Quarter
The cans are FIRED UP......now doing the wave. Must have been a kick ass halftime performance by Phil Collins or something. Budweiser is at midfield on a 3rd & 19 when the Bud QB underthrows a slant route that bouces around before falling in the arms of the star rookie DB for Bud Light. Looks like the QB was confused by the zone blitz. A bunch of points were scored.....but we have no clue how that happened. Bud Light 21, Budweiser 17.
4th Quarter
2 Seconds left in the game.....tied at 24. Budweiser brings out an 8 oz bottle with the Morton Anderson facemask for a 42 yrd field goal attempt, and he bangs it through! Apparently security at Bud Bowl I is light, considering there are Bud cans all over the field. Budweiser 27 Bud Light 24.
All in all it was a fantastic Bud Bowl and a great idea by Budweiser. It didn't make me want to drink a beer (I was 8 at the time), but it sure stuck in my head. Hopefully we'll get some good commerials this year.
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