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On Jan. 29, 1995, the 49ers steamrolled the Chargers 49-26 in Super Basin XXIX. For the millions of presumably bored viewers, all the same, there was at least one bright spot. That came during a suspension in the action, when ane particularly clever Budweiser commercial aired. Set in a swamp and featuring 3 frogs combining to rhythmically croak the name of the beer visitor, the spot rapidly became a pop civilization phenomenon.

In 1994, Dave Swaine was a copywriter at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis. That year, he and fine art manager Michael Smith came up with the thought for the spot. Swaine recently shared his thoughts on the commercial, which he views equally a career highlight.

"I've been lucky enough to work on vi-and-a-half minutes of Super Bowl television receiver," Swaine said in an email, "only these 30 seconds were surely the all-time. It's been actually fun to be a part of something this big."

On the origin of the ad:

"There are stories most how we were in a swamp drinking Budweiser when we came up with the idea or that we had pet frogs as kids. What's certain is that we were two young artistic guys working as hard equally nosotros mayhap could to come up up with creative solutions that would help regain recognition for a storied make.

Mike and I presented the idea in an infamous room at Anheuser-Busch called 'The Fishbowl' to some of the biggest guns in the history of the beer manufacture. Their reaction was immediate and very, very positive. We also sold a archetype Budweiser Clydesdales commercial in the same coming together featuring the Rolling Stones' song 'Wild Horses.' It would also run during the Super Bowl."

To shoot the commercial, DMB&B enlisted manager Gore Verbinski, who went on to helm The Ring and the first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The agency also worked with Stan Winston's studio to create the advertizing's lifelike stars. Tom Woodard and Ronnie Brooks of Hummingbird Productions in Nashville provided the frogs' voices.

"It's rare that everything works out so perfectly. Our producer, Chan Hatcher, was infrequent. We were lucky enough to piece of work with at present legendary director Gore Verbinski. Even back so, Gore was a visionary, a true master of picture show. He understood that we wanted the frogs to be as real as possible and not at all cartoony. Nosotros collaborated with the astonishing people at Stan Winston's studio on the animatronic frog pattern. They were the aforementioned guys that did the dinosaurs for Jurassic Park among other special furnishings masterpieces. Truly amazing people. Incredible talent.

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We shot the spot at Universal Studios on the former Phantom of the Opera set. The guys controlling the move of the frogs from Stan Winston's place were actually underneath the swamp. The frogs' mouths were controlled past three of their guys with remote-controlled devices strapped on their heads who sat next to the swamp. When they opened and closed their mouths, the frogs' mouths opened and closed. We played the sound track, and they lip synced. It was pretty crazy to scout.

People remember three frogs looking at a neon sign husky the world Budweiser. They don't always remember that the frogs didn't quite get it right at first. That was a magical role of the piece."

It chop-chop was credible that the commercial was a smash hit.

"We watched the Super Bowl that year at a little bar in Maplewood, Missouri, which has since been leveled. That was a political party to remember. Soon, the spot was being spoofed in pop culture. My favorite moment might take been seeing the Simpsons episode where three frogs croaked out 'Bud-weis-er' and were so eaten past an alligator which croaked 'Cooooors.' Loved it."

The celebrated commercial was featured in the Cannes Film Festival and landed in the Clio Hall of Fame.

"Wherever we travel, around the earth, people are always familiar with the Budweiser Frogs. Information technology transcends cultures. Beer drinkers speak a universal linguistic communication. Turns out we're pretty fluent at it."

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