Jax Beer with Mike Nichols & Elaine May (Mom)

[dpawlmusic]

Brilliant.

[paulj0557]

Maybe they hold your attention because they are like many of us in the real world when we might be running on all cylinders during a conversation, but they just keep right on going. I think Elaine is the funniest dry humored woman on the planet, and I do laugh at her comments. A month ago I didn't even know they existed. I found a record of theirs- 'Improvisation with Music'. I thought it was going to be dull, but it was anything but dull. I guess if you don't like Seinfeld you wouldn't like it

[fromthesidelines]

It's quite possible the same ad agency that represented Jax and Naragansett beer used Mike & Elaine for both breweries' ad campaigns, 'sygo'.

[fromthesidelines]

I suspect that, as per their custom, MIke and Elaine were given the basic idea for this animated commercial, then improvised their dialogue. They almost never worked from a prepared script...

[jolcom]

Thanks for posting this. This is the kind of thing that makes me love YouTube, and the people who post on it. I still remember these commercials.

[bgsum123]

Do you remember the Jax beer commercial with Searchlight, the dog? And the one with the woman who shaved her head? Those were classics too!

[SuperClintEastwood]

that is a pretty damn specific beer order

[tippymugs]

The 1st time I drank beer was a few large gulps from my daddy's when I was about 4 years old. He thought it was shocking; I enjoyed it, but didn't get drunk.

[RDLARGENT]

Thank you so much for this. My dad drank Jax beer. This has a lot of memories for me. Thanks again.

[Setebos]

I haven't seen these commercials in ages! Absolutely fantastic!  Thanks for uploading them.