# Damn you Budweiser!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331 "2004-09-21T14:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/1 "2004-09-21T14:59:04Z")
So I catch this commercial last night (brought to you courtesy of Budweiser) that is some kind of service message about being a caring parent and knowing where your kids are. It has three mothers on the phone with eachother trying to figure out where their sons are. One mother says “He told me they were going for pizza”, one says “He told me they were going to play basketball”, the last says “He told me they were going to see a movie”. Then it shows the three kids sitting in the movie theatre during the movie with one eating a piece of pizza and one holding a basketball. Okay, so far so good, right? So what happens next? The kid in the middle’s cell phone rings and he answers it “Hi Mom!” The the other two kid’s cell phones ring and they both pick up “Hi, Mom!” AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! Damn it! All this time spent trying to teach people to not talk on cell phones during a movie much less even have them turned on and they show three stupid teens with the ringers turned on answering the phones DURING THE MOVIE!! Thanks BUDWEISER for making it look OKAY to have your cellphone turned on during a movie, answering it, and starting a conversation. (I feel better now.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/2 "2004-09-21T15:02:49Z")
Three moms, all of them too stupid to call their sons in the first place. Must be genetic. Or caused by Bud. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/3 "2004-09-21T15:08:22Z")
Why is Budweiser doing PSAs? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/4 "2004-09-21T15:11:28Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Why is Budweiser doing PSAs? Why is Budweiser advertising cell phones? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/5 "2004-09-21T15:11:33Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Why is Budweiser doing PSAs? Because any company that sells a vice is caught up in a constant effort to make themselves look caring and community-oriented. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/6 "2004-09-21T15:26:45Z")
Son of a bitch. Hampshire, you were honestly 10 minutes faster than me posting this EXACT SAME PIT THREAD!!! I wonder how much hate mail Budweiser is receiving for this issue. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/7 "2004-09-21T15:39:03Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Why is Budweiser doing PSAs? > [@WhyNot](#): > > Why is Budweiser advertising cell phones? They are doing neither. They are reminding their underage audiance to synchronize stories before they go out to drink beer with their friends. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/8 "2004-09-21T15:39:17Z")
Heineken should produce a commercial called “The Hero” \ 3 kids, one eating pizza, one with a basketball\> \ Hero runs up and grabs all the cellphones, puts them on the floor and stomps on them. Tells them to shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/9 "2004-09-21T15:40:23Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > They are doing neither. They are reminding their underage audiance to synchronize stories before they go out to drink beer with their friends. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/10 "2004-09-21T16:49:52Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > They are doing neither. They are reminding their underage audiance to synchronize stories before they go out to drink beer with their friends. Very nice bit of reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/11 "2004-09-21T17:04:33Z")
I blame the guy from Trigger Happy TV. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-budweiser/265331/12 "2004-09-21T17:09:10Z")
There are all sorts of things silly about that commercial. What movie theatre is going to allow you to bring in a basketball anyway? For me the best part however is that the kids are doing EXACTLY what they said they were all doing. One is eating pizza, one is fondling his basketball and the third is staring off at the movie. Of course they weren’t off drinking cheap beer! They were stoned!