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Can not airing a commercial bring you as much publicity as airing one? Apparently, the advertising brains down at Miller High Life think so.High Life has garnered a lot of brand recognition positioning recent spokesman Windell Middlebrooks as a beer delivery guy who's extra picky about which establishments "deserve" to stock his precious product. As beer ads go, these rate pretty high: Middlebrooks brings a lot of energy and personality to the table and the image-building is spot on now that High Life spends more time battling with the anti-establishment antics of Pabst Blue Ribbon for marketshare than Bud's mainstream ideology.
Pushing those ideas to the next level, Miller High Life has announced plans to air a 1-second Super Bowl ad instead of paying out the $3 million dollars required for a full 30-second spot. "I don't care how big the game is, who got $3 million?!" emotes their outspoken delivery man in an online commercial. High Life would rather be "delivering more honest beer at a tasty price."
As with most Super Bowl ads, the details are being kept under wraps until the big game, but you can see "outtakes" at 1secondad.com. (They're actually kinda funny.) However, let's just hope for Miller's sake that this big-budget, anti-advertising adverting-stunt doesn't backfire on the them. (It sounds like dangerous territory!)
Tell you what, I feel a bit like a dirty corporate shill just reporting on it. Blech!
[via MSNBC]
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1-23-2009 @4:17AM Dr. Electro said... Mike, just sneak down to the nearest high-class wine shop and down a cold Chimay red label. Your insides will immediately feel cleaner and your palate will thank you.
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1-25-2009 @1:08PM Red Icculus said... Wendell is a great guy. Funny as heck. We went out to a bar when he visited my Miller Distributor. It was good times.
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