Hamm’s Beer

Although Hamm's is still around, this goofy ad campaign is lamentably vanished. Learn more here.

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Comments

I remember the jingle, the bear, and the beer. Good times sneaking a brew.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/22/12 at 12:01 PM

Didn't that last one seem awfully familiar?

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Just shows that innovation is sorely lacking on Madison Avenue.

Posted by KDP on 08/22/12 at 01:56 PM

I'm from the land of sky blue waters and I live on Madison Av!

Posted by MNIcelady on 08/22/12 at 06:20 PM

Marketing beer to kids? That's what they'd say today about those ads.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/22/12 at 08:10 PM

What about besmirching the image of the Native Americans?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/23/12 at 12:29 AM

Thanks for the memory! I remember these ads so well and also the lighted beer signs in knotty pine-paneled basement rumpus rooms with the old fridge transformed into a keg cooler so you could draw one cold straight from the tap. One of my uncles had a mechanical one that showed the Hamm's bears in a canoe going over a waterfall.

Posted by ScoutC on 08/23/12 at 10:01 AM

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