Do You Remember Budweiser’s ‘Bud Bowl’ Super Bowl Commercials?

In the classic The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Greek,” which premiered Jan. 23, 1992, a number of Super Bowl traditions and rituals are parodied, including a celebrity (in this case, Troy McClure) promoting an upcoming episode of their new series making its premiere after the game.

There was also this commercial for the “Duff Bowl,” pitting teams of anthropomorphic bottles of Duff Beer against one another on the football field (divided into teams: Duff Lite vs. Duff Dry).

Watched today by a younger person, this Duff Bowl ad might seem funny, yet not make too much sense. Those of a certain age, however, even if they didn’t see this episode at the time, certainly remember what this ad was zinging: Budweiser’s classic series of Super Bowl-targeted “Bud Bowl” commercials. Three Bud Bowls had already aired in the years leading up to this Simpsons episode, and the fourth would air during the Super Bowl that took place just a few days after the episode debuted.