is Dillon Mulvaney.
Posted on 01/27/2026 5:04:29 PM PST by rktman
Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic tune "Free Bird" is featured in Budweiser's latest Super Bowl ad.
The company revealed the new ad, featuring a Clydesdale and a bald eagle, on Good Morning America on Monday.
The 60-second spot opens with a classic baby Clydesdale horse, which has been showcased in several Budweiser ads, running through an open farm before approaching a nest where a baby bird appears to have hatched recently.
As "Free Bird" plays in the background, the ad shows the horse and bird developing an endearing relationship as the horse protects the bird from rainfall, and the bird uses the horse's back as a launching pad for a failed flight attempt.
As time passes, the horse grows in size as it hurdles through the air, and the bird is revealed to be a large, sprawling bald eagle with its wings spread open behind the horse as the bird takes flight.
"You crying?" asks a farmer watching the scene unfold to another farmer.
"Sun's in my eyes," he responds.
"As we celebrate Budweiser's 150th anniversary and America's 250th birthday, we knew we had to rise to the occasion in a way only Budweiser can. 'American Icons' brings our heritage to life through powerful storytelling with the Budweiser Clydesdales and an American Bald Eagle," Todd Allen, the senior vice president of marketing for Budweiser at Anheuser-Busch, said in a statement included in a release.
(Excerpt) Read more at 1073theeagle.com ...
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Remember when they were trying to bribe people with free taco and six pack if they took the jabs?
An American eagle on a horse will not persuade me to watch the Super Bowl. Glad President Trump is not attending.
Dont care i dont drink queer beer.
That’s well done and I LOVE Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Thanks for posting the direct link. I don’t want anything to do with the SB godforbid BB, but I was happy to watch an all-American beer commercial.
Yeah, sun’s in my eyes.
I love animals. I liked the ad.
Great commercial! Now I don’t have to watch it till March
There will be no Superbowl watching in this household. The NFL has told me they do not want me to watch, and I will comply.
But, Bad Bunny is still the halftime show.
I ain’t drinkin’ any effin’ Bud Light. Nice try A-B, but no sale.
Great ad.
Still won’t drink their beer.
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I must have forgotten that. I thought one chain gave free doughnuts with proof of vaccination. Of course, doughnuts are very healthy.
At this point the only reason to watch the Super bowl is to see what a Clydesdale looks like wearing a dress.
If you like Skynyrd and free birds just go to YouTube and watch them play the best live version: in the now liberal Bay area w/ American flags, a mock up of Mt Rushmore and a YUGE confederate flag behind them:
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium
I’d watch BB just for the entertainment. The Budweiser ad was great.
I saw the ad twice this morning, but couldn’t understand what the farmers were saying. Now I know.
It kinda feels like an apology...
> It kinda feels like an apology...
I don't see it that way. I see it more like, you have an accident of some kind and you're all banged up and bleeding, and your buddy comes over and asks, "You alright?" and you answer, "Yeah, I'm okay." It's not an apology, it's a way of rising above.
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