Oh, Magoo, you've done it again...

[mondhasen]

Mr. Magoo used to be a spokesperson for Stag Beer. I found his commercials on YouTube once when looking for the more infamous Fred Flintstone Winston cigarette advertisements.

Looking at Stag Beer history I ran across this classic bit of advertising from the 40's (click to enlarge)- those of you familiar with the Looney Toons DVD releases can see where these ads might need a Whoopi Goldberg disclaimer of sorts-



Stag has some beautiful labels (search google images) and I browsed the 'net looking at the company history. There's a connection to our local brew, Narragansett, to Falstaff (a cheap beer I drank in college), and now Pabst (i.e. PBR). They seem to cater still to the 'Everyman' beer drinker.


Today I noticed the name of Stag's brewer: Griesedieck (the link gave me the brewery connections). My dad spent some time in Illinois with GE, in the early 50's, and laughed about a local brew he said the natives called Greasy Dick. Now I see where that came from. Strange coincidence to finish this entry...

Comments

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

I'll drink a Stag anytime! :9 ;) But 'Griesedieck'? Good heavens, what an unfortunate brand name.

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I searched for a "Greasy Dick beer" back in the 90's (can't say googled as I probably used Excite or Web Crawler) but found nothing and let it go. This find was a double win: who wouldn't want a beer named Stag? ;o)

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* I'm looking for Stag Beer merch on eBay now. Found a nice steel can to go with the Buckhorn one I already have. I'd probably buy it 'cept there's no deer on it, just the logo. It's cheap, though, so I might just get it anyway. ^^

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Good luck! I know how you feel: when I first saw this guy I wanted to pick up his merchandise as well :D

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me, but that guy in the advert on the left sort of reminds me of Newt Gingrich.

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

*snicker* I pride myself in not knowing what Mr. Gingrich looks like ;o)

[schnee.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind being spoilered, this is what the ad reminded me of. (It's not entirely the same, of course, but I do think there is a certain resemblance.)