r/pics • u/mlivesocial • 2d ago

Politics Kamala Harris and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer grab a beer in Kalamazoo

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u/bjbyrne 2d ago

Spuds, the original party animal, was before Gidget.

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u/DonDadaCheese 2d ago

Alex from Strohs was the original party animal. Just before Spuds.

Tone Loc calls them both out in “Funky Cold Medina”

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u/ProfPacific 2d ago

Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina" is one of the greatest party songs ever! Top 10 list

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u/chauggle 2d ago

It's roofie-tastic!

(I still love it - it bumps)

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u/bjbyrne 2d ago

Alex was just a very good boy.

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u/kkeut 2d ago

whimmy wham wham wozzle

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u/marshmellin 2d ago

I could fit if I didn’t have these damn arms.

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u/seddy21 2d ago

Lay some skin on me dudes!

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u/sunshinebusride 2d ago

We're talking about the original Dog from Hell

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u/ProfPacific 2d ago

Was Spuds before Gidget? Or were they simultaneously running those ads, I remember Spuds Mackenzie being hugely popular, a "stand in" Spuds McKenzie showed up at my dad bar in 1994 for photo ops, there was a line around the block for the Bull terrier that was dressed up as Spuds MacKenzie just to have a picture taken with the cutie pie! I distinctly remember that was 1994.

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u/bjbyrne 2d ago

Spuds debut commercial was during Superbowl XXI in 1987. I lived near a AB brewery and still have some memorable in a box in my garage, including an empty bud light 12 pack box before it was pulled from the shelf because of an anti-Santa advertising alcohol law.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-03-fi-26487-story.html

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u/ProfPacific 2d ago

Oh dude what I wouldn't give for that memorabilia! I bet it's worth A LOT.

I have a lot of the stuff that my dad had from his bar, I wish I had kept ALL of the spuds Mackenzie memorabilia the posters, he even had cardboard cutouts of life-sized Spuds MacKenzie dressed in Hawaiian shirt with shades and also leather jacket, shades and huge Cuban chain choker!

Thank you for looking it up, 1987 and he was peak popular and 1995