[RushCrush]

I didn't see the commercial...could you describe it?

[BILL_C]

Ask them to put the commerical on the web. I worked Sunday and did not see the commercial.

[boxerblues]

Best commercial of the year..no hype, no loud mouth obnoxious actors, no cute animal tricks, just a thank you.

Must be driving the libs crazy

[RunnerMom]

An amazing commercial. Good post. Thank you for posting something about this commercial.

[BurbankKarl]

It was filmed in the Tom Bradley terminal.

[flutters]

I was able to watch only about 15 minutes of the Super Bowl, fortunately, this commercial was among the few that I got to see. It was brilliant!!!

[nicmarlo]

The commercial was filmed at LAX. Yes, those were real military personnel from various branches who have served in Iraq.

I was wondering about that! very kewl!!!!

They really did something special this time. Thanks, Anheuser Busch. I will remember Superbowl 39 not for a hard fought close game, but for "The Commercial."

I didn't watch the game (never do); but I tuned in at half-time, in part to watch Paul McCartney....I'm very glad I did watch, because I was able to see "The Commercial," sitting there, teary-eyed. It was just awesome!! Thanks for your post dfu.

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

I very much liked the general theme of the commercial. However, there seemed to be some very PC editing going on.

Watching it, you'd swear that the majority of our military is comprised of women, and that white guys are in very scarce supply.

[Indy Pendance]

If they were real soldiers, why didn't they have any patches or ranks or name tags on any of their uniforms?

[darkwing104]

Big ping!!!!

[nicmarlo]

Here's a happy one!!! In case you didn't see this commercial, it's absolutely awesome...there's links to the video of it on the thread...enjoy!

[OldFriend]

First THE HUG, now THE COMMERCIAL.....

Oh my, the dems are having a fit!!!!

[Revelation 911]

I saw the ad - and while its intent is surely heartfelt - I think everyone needs to remember why companies advertise.

Id think it a lot less crass if they skipped the AB logo altogether, lest they be accused of marketing beers off patriotic stirrings (however justified)

[Lost Highway]

Next beer I buy will be a Bud.

[GSWarrior]

"They may have been real troops, but the commercial was staged. They weren't returning from combat," the detractors will shriek, further revealing the depth of their character and intelligence.

[wayoverontheright]

I travel by air a lot, and last December I flew from Lynchburg to Greensboro, then to Atlanta. Upon leaving Lynchburg, knowing that I would see many military personnel in the airport, I vowed to myself that I was going to stop some soldier, any soldier, and tell him that I appreciate his service. I mentally rehearsed my words on the way to Greensboro. You will not find anyone more appreciative of their service for reasons we don't need to go into here, but suffice it to say, I was motivated.

I got to Greensboro, which was teeming that morning with military.

I couldn't bring myself to do it.

I don't know why, I'm not a shy person, it's just that I would have had to be an interruption to them, or maybe I felt I would get some sort of retort which I wouldn't understand, I simply don't know why I couldn't find the words at that time.

I went on to Atlanta and there, on an escalator going up, with service men and women beside me, above me and below me, I somehow manged to blurt out a heartfelt and simple...."please excuse me....but....I would just like to thank you for your service."

There was a moment of delay, but then a crescendo of slow developing smiles, and a heart warming volley of "you're welcome sir", and "think nothing of it, sir", and "my pleasure, sir".

The result was so self-propagating that I found it difficult to stop from there on. I thanked them in the hotel that day, and in both airports on the return to Lynchburg.

I say this because I have never SEEN anyone else do this, I have heard of people giving up first class seats, etc., but I've never seen this happening.

I truly loved this commercial, but the truth is, what is depicted in the commercial is at best not happening enough, and I'm afraid, probably not happening the way the commercial depicted it, at all. I know that a lot of people feel the same way I do about the military, but until you try to blurt those words out, it is a very difficult thing for most of us to do.

Maybe the best result of the commercial will be to give us all more confidence to thank them when we see them, because if I'm right, the commercial simply won't get the job done, our soldiers deserve a thank you which is not staged.

[KiloLima]

Thank you for letting me know they were real servicepersons. Each and every one so beautiful to me.

[andyandval]

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