Bud Ad in Bowl

[Jeff Hughes]

Times were different then. And 50,000 kids never came back.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Thompson III" <mrandmrst at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Bud Ad in Bowl


> Bob,
> I told my wife, after that commercial, the same thing you just said.  It's 
> too bad that our vets from Vietnam weren't treated with the same respect. 
> It sure hit a tender spot with her, as her Godfather did 6 tours in Nam. 
> She still gets upset when she remembers the way Bill was treated when he 
> came home.
> I for one would like to thank you for your "service".
> You guys all deserve it!
>
> Ken Thompson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <rcaerobob at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 4:12 PM
> Subject: Bud Ad in Bowl
>
>
>> Since this is 'off-topic Monday', I thought I'd share a reaction I had to 
>> one of the ads from the Super Bowl.  Incredibly creative people were able 
>> to convey an amazing and emotional situation just through staging an 
>> "arrival" of troops at the airport.  One person clapped.  Then two, then 
>> before long, the entire concourse erupts in applause....for whom? 
>> Returning vets in desert utility uniforms.  Closes with a simple "Thank 
>> You".
>>
>> What a tremendous message!
>>
>> What a huge contrast from my OWN 'homecoming' from VietNam in '72, where 
>> I was greeted with a crowd of spitters and curses.
>>
>> Some things DO improve....I'm very happy a brewer cared to send that 
>> message last night!!!  I hope you are, also!
>>
>> Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
>> rcaerobob at cox.net
>> www.rcaerobats.net
>>
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