Carlton Draught Is Re-Airing This Awesomely Cheesy '80s Ad to Go With Its '70s Can

The earnestness goes down smooth

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Oh, the 1980s. Such quaint times. The tank tops. The big hair. The now-unsettling sense of enthusiasm. Even though the '80s revival was so 2000s, Carlton Draught is still dusting off a real ad from that decade and airing it again to celebrate the brewer's 150th anniversary.

The vintage commercial doesn't have the overblown magnetism of Australian competitor Hahn SuperDry's mondo-'80s recipe spoof from 2012, or the gold mine of throwback references packed into Delta's '80s-themed flight safety video from January.

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