Bud Light "Keep The Good Times Going" spot
Submitted by kneelbeforezod on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 05:07.
This is a relatively new (within the last six months or so) commercial featuring a mascot character named "Budd Light", I'm curious as to who plays him.
The commercial starts off with a graphic of the "Keep the Good Times Going" slogan which is spoken by the Budd Light character. He's also superimposed just above the graphic.
The setting is a backyard party. The guests complain to Budd Light that while the party is fun, they are not having as good a time as they'd like. He informs them that it's probably due to a pale, reedy German man in a speedo-style swimsuit who is towelling himself off near the pool. (who Budd refers to as "Mr. Bag of Marbles")
Budd Light approaches the man and informs him (in German) that there's "a guy selling Schnitzel out front". The German man thanks him for this information and leaves.
Afterward the party is shown in full swing, and the "Keep the Good Times Going" graphic is shown again.
The Budd Light character wore a blue jumpsuit not dissimilar to the ones that Elvis used to wear. It featured a round patch on the left breast that said "Budd" and a belt buckle with the letters "BL" emblazoned on it. He also wore blue aviator style sunglasses. The character was portrayed as sort of a cartoonish superhero: Kind of a lower-key version of The Simpsons "Duffman".
The spot is in heavy rotation in here Canada, but I can't find any evidence of it on the internet, or even on the official Bud Light website. If anyone has any information about the actor who plays Budd Light, or even a link to an online video of the commercial, it would be greatly appreciated by me.
Technorati Tags: 
Ah man, paging TDD paging TDD - trivia needed in isle seven. He seems to have a knack for this sort of thing
Any other adgrunt Canadians roaming about here right now?
If it's any help, it's also being shown at Empire Theatres as part of the "inside look at the movies" package they show before the movie starts. That could just be a local thing, though.
I've at least confirmed this spot's Canadiosity. I did a search on You Tube for it recently and found a French Canadian version of the spot.
The really odd thing is that this isn't a redubbed version of the English one. It's been remade with the same sets, costumes and pretty much the same camera angles for that matter, but the actors have all been replaced with French-speaking counterparts. I don't remember seeing this done before, very odd. Here's a link to French Budd Light.
Also, the second English commercial in the series has dropped recently. I won't go into exhaustive detail, but in this one the Budd character uses the picture in picture function on a sports bar TV to attract more women. It's not the modern classic the first one was, but I thought it was worth a mention.
Doing two shoots is indeed quite unusual. How odd.
The English version popped up on You Tube. It's extended with a bit added where "Budd Light" delivers a few more "bag of marbles" type euphemisms while partygoers look on in confusion. It's also really compressed, but it might help.
At the very least it allows comparison between the French and English version. Which is kinda interesting...maybe.
Hahaha, that was funny just for the long list of euphemisms. "Mr Isaac Newton! also relevant here.."
Really need some Canadians to shed light on this one.