Monday, November 21, 2005

Yeah Boyee

I'm going to have to disagree with AdFreak's evaluation of Miller Lite's latest commercial. If you watched at least five minutes of NFL football yesterday, you probably know what I'm talking about. The commercial takes place in a courtroom, where the never-ending debate over which beer tastes better (Bud Light or Miller Lite) is being settled at trial. The expert witness on the stand is none other than Flavor Flav. As soon as I spotted Flav on the stand, I started trying to figure out how they were going to work his trademark catchphrase "yeah boyee" into the commercial. Spoiler Alert: They manage to squeeze in the requisite "yeah boyee" at the very end, when Flav and the attorney representing Miller Lite exclaim it in unison over the judge striking down an objection from Bud Light's legal defense team. The commercial wasn't funny and it was painfully obvious that the ad writers came up with the idea of getting Flavor Flav to say "yeah boyee" in a commercial first, then built the rest of the script around that. That being said, I still think Miller Lite tastes better than Bud Light.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The thing I can't figure out about this commercial (and the others in the series) is why the attorney who is cross-examining the witness on the stand is wearing jeans and a blazer but everyone else is wearing typical courtroom attire.