Comments on: Another Old-School-Style Canadian Club Ad: “Your Dad Was Not a Metrosexual”

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:37:37 +0000

How did you publish a picture of my father without his permission?
My attorney will be contacting you!

By: Jeremy Burgin » Blog Archive » Your mom wasn’t your dad’s first

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:40:28 +0000

[...] thought of Canadian Club’s controversial ‘Damn Right Your Dad Drank It’ 2008 campaign from last year. So I had to put them together, it gives the copy a whole new [...]

By: S.M. Smith

S.M. Smith — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:29:01 +0000

FYI:
I happen to be in one of the photos, they are originals, not photo-shopped.

By: professionalism

professionalism — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:32:15 +0000

Finally some ads that are “manly” and not gay/metro or apologetic. Ads that speak to men and to women through men.

I do not even drink, but I am seriously considering buying this just to support the ads.

By: Rob MacD

Rob MacD — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:03:05 +0000

YOUR DAD DRANK IT... BECAUSE YOU CRIED. Thanks for posting these, Joey. I share some thoughts back at my own little blog.

By: Rohan Jayasekera

Rohan Jayasekera — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:05:14 +0000

YOUR DAD WAS NOT FUSSY

He drank Canadian Club. And any other kind of whisky. And any kind of beer. Alcohol tasted good. And getting drunk was effortless. Where do you think you came from? DAMN RIGHT YOUR DAD DRANK.

By: RichM

RichM — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:43:52 +0000

"Your dad never used the Standard Template Library. FORTRAN IV all the way, jocko. He threw down whisky. Neat. It went down bitter, but he liked it like that."

By: Grace Nearing

Grace Nearing — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:48:40 +0000

Visually, I think the ads are great. The concept comes undone, though, with the use of “whisky cocktails.” “Cocktails” is irredeemably non-guy.