Labatt's 50 Commercial Ontario Place 1971

[cjjrtoronto]

(to continue from the previous posting) Does anyone know if the 5 folks in the commercial were also the 5 folks singing the song?(And were those 5 actually in a band at that time?And did they ever actually play anywhere at Ontario Place that year? [Or in a subsquent year?])

[cjjrtoronto]

While I was in my childhood phase when this TV commercial aired,I (presently) have no recollection of seeing this ad.( NONETHELESS,it IS interesting to see the five poeple walking/running etc through Ontario Place also be on the stage of the Ontario Place Forum.[And while I was able to notice-for more than a few moments-someman playing drums,and-close to the end-notice somewoman play a tambourine,I could not ascertain who else played what instrument on the stage of the already-cited Forum.] )

[BeeRich33]

@DrPepper74719 That's right. Thank your Ontario government for that. The place was magical back in the day.

[streetcarjay]

This aired in 1971. Ontario Place opened for the first time.

[fizbin321]

Nothing has changed since then, when it comes to Ontario's communist liquor laws.

[BeeRich33]

@fizbin321 Actually, it was a large foreign owned brewery that put pressure on the Ontario government, to fold The Forum. It was a great venue that everybody loved. Now it's gone. The Forum, plus parts of Children's Village, now gone, replaced with The Molson Amphitheatre. What a waste.

[BarneyFlart]

Wow,, I could be in this commercial. (except fo the beer) The clothes, the styles,, i remember this so well when Ontario Place opened.

[impreza0wrx]

BAHHH

[TheUghman]

LOL - like another commenter below, I was born in 1971! Funny - Labatt 50 has a bad reputation for being an old man's beer or maybe for French Canadians along with OV... I haven't seen 50 in bottles for a while (but I don't really go to the Beer Store - Brewer's Retail back then!) but 50 is on tap at a bunch of places around Toronto, including the Pilot on Cumberland, and as a draft beer it is pretty awesome. To me, the only decent Canadian beer Labatt produces!

[markojameow]

I was born in 1968, and I don't drink beer and rarely drink wine. (I once had red wine on New Year's Eve and ended up with a migraine for five days.)

[jeffkahl]

oh it's still in bottles. you can get it in most bars in toronto (at least the ones worth going in!). i agree it's probably one of the only good Canadian Labatt beer!

[BeeRich33]

@jeffkahl um, you have to get into the 90's. Mass produced beer tastes better right from the horse itself.

[cljmg]

:o wow it changed alot!

[BeeRich33]

@cljmg yep. It sucks now.

[markojameow]

I was very little when that commercial aired, but I remember it - and those stubby beer bottles. My dad, however, drank Molson Export.

Come to think of it, why were beer, cigarette and other "sin" commercials and print ads so enticing to a '70s kid? Perhaps they effectively used the slice of life approach to selling their wares. Alas, this now-grown '70s kid doesn't smoke and drinks only around New Year's Eve.

[canar7]

The year I was born! But I do remember those old beer bottles when my dad was around

[bonbonchanson]

did molson stock ale ever have any commercials? they probably never had to spend a penny on 'stock' ads.

[kencirtwill]

I remember watching this when I was a young kid. My dad drank 50 too. Thanks for this post. Do you have any others?

[ghrdng]

looks like it was made by East Germans.

[streetcarjay]

1971 - the official opening of Ontario Place

[WNED17]

WOW! How did you get this one?!?