# I salute you, Mr. Bud Light radio commercial inventor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525 "2002-08-06T02:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/1 "2002-08-06T02:03:33Z")
OK, so I wasn’t a big fan when I first heard them - Mr. Horse-Drawn Carriage Driver - kinda funny. But Mr. All-you-can-eat-buffet inventor cracks me up every time. “And if there’s gravy, well then everything’s going to be O.K. \>\>Thank GOD for the gravaaay!!!\<\<” Too damn funny. Can I find these as audio files anywhere? I found the lyrics [here](http://www.teentalk.com/lyrics.htm), but no multimedia… ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/2 "2002-08-06T06:07:12Z")
[http://www.budlight.com/ent\_comm\_home\_radio.asp](http://www.budlight.com/ent_comm_home_radio.asp) Hehe, I love hearing them too. Me go listen now ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/3 "2002-08-06T06:44:56Z")
I have yet to hear any of these on radio, so I’m glad you pointed them out. I wasn’t too impressed by the buffet guy, but I laughed like hell at the “carriage driver”: > [@](#): > > No one knows the guts it takes to ride the subway to work dressed as a foppish dandy from the 18th century. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/4 "2002-08-06T07:13:24Z")
Coming soon are pink gorilla inflaters, used car salesmen and Taco Salad inventors. Side note: This satire series used to be known as “Great American Heroes.” Then 9/11 hit. On 9/12 we got orders to yank the spots immediately. Firemen and policemen had become Great American Heroes. Around January the series started again, this time introduced as “Real Men of Genius.” ---
**Author:** ![AmbulanceChaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@AmbulanceChaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbulanceChaser)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/5 "2002-08-06T07:25:30Z")
I recall the driving-range-golf-ball-picker-upper spot being hilarous. I love the soulful background singing. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/6 "2002-08-06T12:46:52Z")
I used to like them. Now I’m kinda bored with them. I liked the peanut vendor one. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/7 "2002-08-06T12:56:06Z")
I’m surprised they got away with the “Mr.-Edible-Underwear-Inventor” spot. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/8 "2002-08-06T14:23:22Z")
Wasn’t there a “Big Foam Finger Man” and a “Foot Long Hot Dog Vendor” at one time, as well? ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/9 "2002-08-06T14:27:55Z")
I prefer Mr. Pickled-Pig’s-Foot-Eater ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/10 "2002-08-06T15:01:04Z")
Oh, god I LOVE these commericals! Every single one cracks me up every time. I love how they are so _serious_. I wondered why they changed to Real Men of Genius…that doesn’t sing as well as Great American Heroes but I get it. Here’s to you, Mr. Pro-Wrestling-Costume-Designer! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/11 "2002-08-06T15:02:00Z")
IMO, this is one of the best ad campaigns I’ve ever heard. I love it, it’s clever, the music is appropriately cliche, and it leaves you waiting for the next instalment. Hell, I’d buy a Bud just to support the commercials! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/12 "2002-08-06T16:05:47Z")
The Giant Foam Finger Guy spot was awesome “without you, your team would be in fourth or fifth place… and _feel_ like it too.” Mr. Deli Meat Slicer was ok, but Pro Wrestling Costume Designer was _genius._ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/13 "2002-08-06T19:42:23Z")
Thanks for the link **Gopher**! “Pinch me I’m dreaminnnn” ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/14 "2002-08-07T05:55:03Z")
My favorite was “Mr Really Bad Toupee Wearer” “It couldn’t look phonier if it had a chin strap” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Diablo\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@El\_Diablo\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Diablo_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-salute-you-mr-bud-light-radio-commercial-inventor/122525/15 "2002-08-07T06:10:35Z")
Slightly off topic, but has anybody heard the Quizno’s radio ads, “Unfair Matchups”? Don’t know if these are national, but my favorite is the university professor vs. the celebrity bodyguard in a spelling bee… “Spell cumulonimbus” “C-O-O…C-O. This is bullsh\*\*! B-O-O-L, bullsh\*\*!” (For the record, I don’t know if I spelled it right here either.)