Once upon a time, Super Bowl commercials were the absolute gold standard of advertising. In recent years, the crop of ads have been a huge, shitty disappointment. It wasn’t out of the question for people to watch the game JUST for the commercials. But, those days are long gone.
Except for you, puppymonkeybaby. You’re exempt from the collective shittiness. That was awesome and fun.
Well, Budweiser has amped the game up in a different way. This year, they’re tugging on your heart strings yet again. But, instead of horses and puppies, it’s with the gotdamn American dream.
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First things first, I’m ready to run through a brick wall right now. If Anheuser-Busch called right now, saying they needed me to jump off a building, guess what – I’m climbing the Batman building (Nashville, TN skyline y’all) and I’m leaping. Probably screaming “AMERICA” all the way down, too.
There’s nothing more motivational for someone trying to launch a brand and a business than seeing the visionaries before you. Seeing their struggles, or in this case, seeing morons hissing “go home” as you embark on a journey to make the finest beer on Earth.
I’m motivated right now just typing that shit. Just hammering my big fat sausage fingers into the keyboard like a fisted jackhammer.
Don’t tell me to go home, yankee! I’m gonna fucking make it. MAAAAKKKEEE. IT. All the way to St. Louis, where hopes and dreams are born and realized.
And, yes – Big Natural DEFINITELY considers himself among such legends. One day, The SoBros Network is going to make a commercial for the Super Bowl about how we all came out of Gladeville, TN, humbled, covered in mud, and one day, we just kept plugging away until we finally became a global media empire.
Now, I will admit – I’m probably never going to know what it’s like to be a German immigrant in the 1800s. Just realistically speaking, I don’t know that I can relate to that exact struggle per se.
But, my struggle isn’t that much different. I’m on an only child, growing up on the tough streets of Gladeville. I used to play in the woods, exposed to snakes and crawdads, for hours each summer day. I had a mullet until 2001. Once I was old enough, I was forced to go to college a staggering 20 miles away.
I had to fight off lots of adversaries just to get my Psychology degree, including laziness and a commitment to ideals not in sync with higher education. But, once I did get that degree, I had to fight and scratch and claw for about six months before finding a job. I’ve since transitioned into a fine adult, but those humble beginnings will always be with me.
And, thank goodness for Budweiser – bringing out that fire in me once again. It’s SoBros vs. the world, people. Now, get me a brick wall to run through.
Stoney Keeley is the editor of the SoBros Network, Tennessee Titans Featured Analyst for Pro Football Spot, Contributor to FanSided’s Bama Hammer, and covers the WWE for WrestlingNews.co. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley, @PFSpot, @WrestlingNewsCo, @Bama_Hammer
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