Friday, August 10, 2012

When you are too cheap to spring for Champagne, I guess



I'll admit I didn't pay attention past the first thirty seconds or so of this talky ad- just enough to convince myself that it wasn't a joke.  Because it sure sounded like one when I first noticed it.

I mean, really- "Brewleywed?"  The "perfect way to say 'I Do?'"  Maybe if we've got two tasteless beer-swillers hooking up.  Even then.  I like beer, and so did the woman I married- but....."Brewleywed?"  Please.  How can a drink which probably goes great with nachos, burgers and curly fries be the "perfect way" to do anything as important as proposing, an important moment which should be approached in a much more solemn manner- say, on the JumboTron in front of 45,000 strangers who couldn't give a flying damn.

The idea is soooooo stupid, I don't even want to hear this guy's explanation for creating it and putting the beer in what looks like a champagne bottle.  I don't want to hear about the quality of the hops or how it's for that super special occasion or how everyone will love and remember it (remember it, I'm sure- as in "can you believe they served that stuff?  What- it WASN'T a mock-up?  That was for real? No kidding??")  I will admit to being impressed by his ability to talk for a full minute with a straight face about "Brewleywed." 

Brewleywed.  This is a joke, right?  No?  You're Serious? Brewleywed?  Come on.

8 comments:

  1. Hey, don't knock it. It's the perfect drink to go with a wedding cake made of Little Debby Zebra-cakes.

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  2. I remember seeing a McDonalds commercial in which the guests at the reception were all happily scarfing down Chicken McNuggets and guzzling milkshakes. And another ad in which Quarter Pounders were being served as finger foods at what looked to be a pretty big party. So I guess maybe "Brewleywed" really would fit in for some people

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  3. Sadly, that probably really happened somewhere. Even worse is that we are probably not long until wedding chapels and reception halls have fast food mini-restaurants and Starbucks in them.

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  4. I'd like to see the wedding. Knowing these jokers, the Red-Haired Goddess of Arteriosclerosis and the T-Mobile Biker Chick will be bridesmaids.

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  5. I saw on the cover of a magazine or newspaper this week that the "average wedding" costs just under $29,000. I wish I had had time to thumb through it to find out how, exactly, this could possibly be the case. I think my wedding, back in 1991, cost around $3000, and it was pretty upscale, with an open bar. My guess is that the "average" wedding costs $29K these days because the "average" couple has no concept of taste or the value of money.

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  6. I think a lot of the costs are consultants, like wedding planners, because people are too stupid nowadays to do their own wedding.

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  7. I'm frankly amazed that massive, expensive, festive Divorce Parties haven't become all the rage, we are so good at finding ways to waste money.

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