Ah, The Good Old Days

 


16 comments:

Christopher B said...
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Christopher B said...

the bear that started it.

Thomas Doubting said...

So bears are kinda their thing?

Thomas Doubting said...

Also, I've never had a Hamm's. Is it any good?

E Hines said...

Last time I had one, it was akin to making love on a beach.

Eric Hines

Anonymous said...

I remember the commercials! And Pabst.

In 2008, I was at a meeting in Minneapolis, and found the Hamm's bear (fiberglass version) outside a bar. Alas, I didn't have a phone with me, or I'd have gotten a photo with it.

No idea if it is any good. When DadRed had a beer back then, it was usually a Coors.

LittleRed1

Christopher B said...

Yup, it is. By coincidence I had been watching a YouTube history of Hamm's Beer just before I saw your post. I grew up in northern Iowa and heard the original jingle with the drum beats a lot listening to Twins ball games on the radio. I don't recall any TV commercials, though.

Christopher B said...

Never had one. Mom and Dad weren't teetotalers but about the only time I saw him buy beer was the occasional twelve-pack for the corn shelling crew, and I think that was usually Grain Belt. He was German but didn't like sauerkraut, either. Go figure.

Grim said...

It’s fine. Remember how much beer they drink up there around Wisconsin. It’s not like they are especially particular. They do have lots of experience making it though.

Thomas Doubting said...

it was akin to making love on a beach

So kinda gritty and you hope no one catches you doing it?

E Hines said...

So kinda gritty....

It's an old, rude joke about "...near water."

Eric Hines

Thomas Doubting said...

Ah, yes. That makes sense.

Thomas Doubting said...

I knew the punchline, but the set up was different. Today it occurred to me that I've heard it as "Like having sex in a canoe."

Grim said...

Yes, I’ve heard the canoe version too.

douglas said...

I do not recall that jingle, except for the land of sky blue waters line. I do recall dropping the pull tabs into a can after you opened it!

douglas said...

Oh, and making chains by wrapping the flap around the loop of the next pull tab...