Will Ferrell Takes Old Milwaukee Road Show to Milwaukee Itself

Visits abandoned Pabst brewery

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He went from Davenport, Iowa, to Terre Haute, Ind. And now, Will Ferrell has popped up in two new Old Milwaukee ads—in Milwaukee itself. This complicates things, since Old Milwaukee owner Pabst abandoned Milwaukee long ago, and this year actually moved its headquarters from Illinois to Los Angeles, of all places. In one new spot, Ferrell is seen shouting from the top of the old, broken-down Pabst brewery, in an area that's now being redeveloped into a hip urban enclave.

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