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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
In article , Morgans says...
"Ed Sullivan" wrote He replied " I guess that shows when you're out of slats, you're out of pier." great big chuckle I think you have to remember the commercial, to get that one. I'll bet there are many here that have no idea what that is a play on! g I remember only too well ...sigh means I'm gettin' old :-) "When your out of Blatz your out of beer" Wesolych swiat and to everyone else Merry Christmas See ya Chuck (old enough to remember Rinso) S |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
("Morgans" wrote)
I recall it being Blatz, then Blatz being bought out by Schlitz, so they used the jingle for a while. I used to own many shares of stock in both of those companies. I bought about 12 shares, almost every night! g Shudder!!! Where to start? You're not right. g http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/jingles1.html Jingles Schlitz was bought out by Stroh's in 1982 - tail wagging the dog. I worked at Hamm's, in St. Paul, during this mess (below link). We at Hamm's in St Paul were bought by (I think in this order) Heileman who quickly traded us to Pabst, who then swapped breweries with Stroh's (1983) - so we ended up with them, Stroh's - brewing Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, Schlitz Malt Liquor, (The original) Red Bull Malt Liquor, Goebel, Schaefer, Stroh's, Lone Star, Erlanger, some others I've forgotten ...like White Mountain (think Smirnoff or Zima) ...But not Hamm's anymore. In around 1996 Heileman bought Stroh's - a shell of its former self. For the first time Schlitz and Blatz were together. Lord knows who owns who now! http://www.chiptin.com/schlitz/history6.htm (From the link) "Even after closing the Milwaukee plant the problems continued. In October 1981, Heileman and Schlitz worked out a deal that would allow Heileman to purchase the company. During negotiations, Pabst topped the Heileman bid after Schlitz's board had already ratified the Heileman offer. A takeover battle then ensued with both Pabst and Heileman eager to acquire Schlitz to improve their national positions. Schlitz continued to support the Heileman offer, but an official report from the Justice Department declared that the merger would be challenged in federal courts, thus the merger was called off. 3-111 In March 1982, the Stroh Brewing Company of Detroit made its own offer to purchase Schlitz, no one took the offer seriously thinking it would suffer the same ending. Yet when Schlitz accepted Stroh's five hundred million dollar offer, the Justice Department surprisingly approved the deal, provided that Stroh's sell either the Schlitz Winston-Salem or Memphis plant to a brewer other than the big two. On June 10, 1982, the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. was acquired by Stroh Brewing Co. of Detroit, and a famous firm and Slogan passed into history." http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/08/21/bring_back_the_gusto/ More Schlitz stuff Montblack |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
"ChuckSlusarczyk"
I remember only too well ...sigh means I'm gettin' old :-) "When your out of Blatz your out of beer" Wesolych swiat and to everyone else Merry Christmas Sorry, Schlitz. http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/jingles1.html "There's just one Schlitz, yeah, yeah, nothing else comes near. When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer. If you like it light with a good taste too, There's only one brew that will do. When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer. Real gusto in a great, light beer--Schlitz!" Mont-greatwhitenorth-black 'I've got flagging neck labels' ...BTDT (hehehe) The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
"Montblack" wrote Where to start? You're not right. g Interesting history. Surprisingly, I'm not surprised that I wasn't right! After all, I WAS drinking a 12 pack most nights, and still reliably holding down a job. I would have to say at that point, I was pretty close to going over the edge, but I held it together. They key factor for buying beer at the time, was (not surprisingly) cost. When Stilts, or whoever went over $2.65, it was time to change brands. (again) -- Jim in NC |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:25:00 -0500, "Morgans" wrote:
"Richard Riley" wrote Lessee. 12 x 12 oz = 1.125 GALLONS!! Jeez, I can't drink that much water in a day!! Neither can I! That water is terrible stuff. It has no taste! And to quote the magnificent W. C. Fields: "I don't drink water... fish f**k in it...." Ron Wanttaja |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
"Richard Riley" wrote Lessee. 12 x 12 oz = 1.125 GALLONS!! Jeez, I can't drink that much water in a day!! Neither can I! That water is terrible stuff. It has no taste! -- Jim in NC |
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Merry Christmas to RAH Crowd
Did you guys see the Miller light commercial? It actually featured
this "Christmas light" house. http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1094/ http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1022/ |
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