Monday, July 27, 2015

Rainier Beer "Fresh Gordon" TV Spot (1978)


This 1978 commercial for Rainier Beer manages to "homage" 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars (dig that oh-so-close background music in the cantina) and Flash Gordon... and stars the original Flash, Buster Crabbe, as "Fresh Gordon."

Only in the 1970s.
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7 comments:

  1. jasonJuly 27, 2015 at 4:34 PM

    That is GREAT. I remember the series of Ranier ads featuring the "R-heads" (a takeoff on the Coneheads, naturally), but I don't think I ever saw this one...

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  2. TimJuly 28, 2015 at 9:26 PM

    I think I saw this on one of those blooper/variety shows that were popular back in the '80s. Wasn't there another commercial featuring a Star Wars-type bar with Caroline Munro as the bartender?

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  3. Christopher MillsJuly 28, 2015 at 9:37 PM

    "Wasn't there another commercial featuring a Star Wars-type bar with Caroline Munro as the bartender?"

    Yep. Right here.

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    1. TimJuly 28, 2015 at 10:15 PM

      Thanks for that! I probably remembered it from this fine blog.

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  4. Eli ArndtJuly 29, 2015 at 12:06 PM

    I grew up in the Seattle area and always remember these commercials being the talk of the school yard. We even got to take a grade school trip to the brewery, something that would never fly these days.

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  5. morrisonmoviesAugust 2, 2015 at 3:02 AM

    They also reference Close Encounters at the end - that's what that little tune they hum is supposed to be!

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  6. shintokamikazeSeptember 30, 2015 at 4:45 PM

    Very nice find

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