Will Ferrell Had Another Weird Super Bowl Ad For Old Milwaukee [Video]
Will Ferrell has been making what can best be called experimental Indie guerrilla television ads for Old Milwaukee beer since 2011. During last year’s Super Bowl, Ferrell and Old Milwaukee made a commercial that only aired in the second-smallest television market in the country, North Platte, Nebraska. The ads are a combination of effective viral advertising and just something Will Ferrell has decided is hilarious.
This year the ad featured Ferrell making out with a middle-aged Asian woman on a public bus. Then, a brief glimpse of a 6-pack of Old Milwaukee in another passenger’s grocery bag. If that doesn’t scream Old Milwaukee, what does? According to Ad Week, the commercial only aired in Sherman, Texas, Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Glendive, Montana.
If you’re unfamiliar with the ad campaign, or just want a refresher, Ferrell did an interview with the AV Club that has some of your answers.
AVC: What was the context? It seems like there’s some sort of broad framework for social-media promotion between Funny Or Die and Pabst.
WF: I just love Old Milwaukee. That’s my official answer.
AVC: So it was just “It’d be fun to do a series of bad commercials”?
WF: No, I just love a good, crappy beer.
I’ll drink to that.

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February 4th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Red White & Blue is the best crappy beer of all time.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
I’ll drink to THAT.
/team asian
February 4th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
He should have just found whatever ad market Tommy Lee Jones lives in and purchased ten spots.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
So does John Lennon.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Yeah, OK. Suppose I should have watched it first.
Maybe not her, but other Asian women….
February 4th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
/updates spreadsheet
//chelsea chris, huskerdawg, and A.P. in column ‘team asian’
February 4th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
No roundup makes for a weird start to the morning.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Wait till Lt. Dan finds out Will Ferrell is making out with his wife.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Wait till Lt. Dan finds out Will Ferrell is making out with his wife.
I love lieutenant Dan jokes. I laughed at that lieutenant Dan joke. He’s got new legs.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
I have no desire to do actual work this AM, so I’m not enjoying the Roundup-free morning.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Bring the roundup! We must be critical of some random* scantily clad woman in a photo!
*and by random I mean a regular rotation of the only 4 to 5 girls on JMac’s photo album
February 4th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
I was thinking the same thing.
Also this.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Super Bowl Saturday needs to become a thing
February 4th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
How much money did GoDaddy have to pay Bar Rafeali for that commercial? Had to be low 7 figures right?
February 4th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Miller Lite.
Is Ferrell really rocking that ‘stache these days? That is fearsome.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
He’s probably growing it for Anchorman 2
February 4th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
I can’t handle change!
Nerds of the world, unite!
February 4th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
How much money did GoDaddy have to pay Bar Rafeali for that commercial? Had to be low 7 figures right?
that nerd (who used to be an extra on Chuck) got paid too. What a great day for him. I read on somewhere that the kiss took several takes to get right.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Why are people describing the broadcast in relation to the power outage as “chaos” etc.? And why are people praising the sideline reporters who stepped in to talk about…nothing for 20 minutes? Are TV people so dumb that they can’t b.s. for half an hour when they get off script?
February 4th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
What’s the reasoning?
February 4th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Apparently that’s a pretty apt description of Dan Marino.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
No roundup makes for a weird start to the morning.
What’s the reasoning?
You mean you guys didn’t take off today?
/TBL’d
//ducks banhammer
February 4th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
TBL is desperately trying to set a “most posts in 24 hours” record. I think we’re at like 40 since yesterday afternoon.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Steve Tasker sounded borderline retarded. Love Solomon Wilcox, though.
Shocker: football analysts on television are by and large stupid men. Go figure!
February 4th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
The sound effects were really gross. Sounded like someone handling raw chicken.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
I don’t blame him. He looked terrified. That said, I love that some producer at one point screamed, “GET TRACY WOLFSON OUT THERE GOD DAMMIT!” Sure enough, she was about 1000 times more composed than anyone else.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Are TV people so dumb that they can’t b.s. for half an hour when they get off script?
I was anxiously waiting for the ‘Andy Griffith’ rerun to start up.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
You read that on here on the post Stephen wrote about it last week.
February 4th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Steve Tasker sounded borderline retarded.
Agreed.
Love Solomon Wilcox, though.
Disagree.
They’re both terrible and they’re both idiots.
And yes, Tracy saved it for them.
February 4th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
I could have just been distracted by Solomon’s perfect fingernails, though.
February 4th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Roundup: It’s day-after-the-Super Bowl.
There’s a lot of ground to cover in saying goodbye to football.
The Roundup will either be this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
February 4th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Free the PM Roundup!
February 4th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
i can’t remember if i tweeted this question yesterday, but is there any chance that bar ad kiss was videoshopped?