Mon 4 May 2015
Genius Moment: ‘Last Week Tonight’ Demolishes Bud Light’s “Rapey” Ad Slogan (Video)
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HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight’, starring ‘Daily Show’-alum John Oliver has quickly become my favorite way of learning about what I should be mad about in the world. It’s actually taken that similar role from ‘The Daily Show,’ and finessed it by making longer rants, with less skits, more context, and all the razor-sharp insight. I urge you to watch Oliver’s breakdown of the Ferguson uprising, his incredible interview with Edward Snowden in Russia (that finally made a real-life comparison of the NSA scandal that I could understand), and his explanation of how ridiculously unfair college sports is to athletes….please cancel your lunch date, and just start watching.
This past Sunday…’Last Week Tonight’ focused on a recent marketing slogan that somehow made it onto bottles of Bud Light beer. Seriously…what the fxck!?!
Did Rick Ross somehow get a copy-writing gig at Bud Light’s ad agency?
Not only did John Oliver take down Bud’s corporate checks and balances system hilariously…but the bonus parody commercial at the end, starring Wyatt Cenac, Alex Karpovsky, etc, was amazing.
Watch the full segment, after the jump
Highlights:
“If Budweiser is the King of Beers, then Bud Light is the Feudal Peasant Covered in Donkey Shit…of Beers.”
“It’s like saying Floyd Mayweather is a smidge assault-y. It’s technically correct, but it would be more appropriate to call him a woman-battering human landfill…he boxes as well, apparently.”
“Bud Light tastes like a beer someone already threw up.
If a nickel could urinate, it would taste exactly like Bud Light.
It’s like Steven Segal’s pre-cum.
Bud Light tastes like the ghost of a dead lemon.”
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