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The setup

A pumpkin-beer tasting meets a Boston customer whose enthusiasm runs well ahead of his endorsement.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A cheerful supermarket promotion gathers Boston shoppers to praise a seasonal pumpkin ale. Sean dislikes the taste but keeps accepting samples, interrupting other testimonials and delaying his son Dooley. Their grocery trip erupts into a cereal-aisle fight, while the commercial struggles to finish its upbeat pitch.

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I don’t like that.

You guys called the cops?

ScriptEnglish · 28 turns

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  1. 00:03

    Employee ?

    Sam Adams has rooted signature beers in the heart of Boston since 1984, so who better to try out our new Jacko Pumpkin Boston Ale than real Bostonians?

  2. 00:13

    Kevin R. ?

    You know, it's got that great Sam Adams taste, but the pumpkin flavor really kicks it up a notch.

  3. 00:17

    Jonathan E. ?

    I mean, I love Sam Oktoberfest, but I think this might even be better.

  4. 00:24

    Sean S. ?

    Jesus Christ. What the is that?

  5. 00:28

    Kori A. ?

    Okay, this is the perfect beer for sweater weather.

  6. 00:31

    Sean S. ?

    All right, let's try this for real.

  7. 00:32

    I

  8. 00:40

    Sean S. ?

    I don't like that.

  9. 00:42

    Daria C. ?

    I'm not really a beer drinker, but this might change that.

  10. 00:45

    Sean S. ?

    This is the kind of beer somebody brings to a party at your house, and then it just, like, sits in the fridge for, like, eight months.

  11. 00:52

    Sean S. ?

    And then one day, your buddy comes over, and he's like, hey, you got a beer?

  12. 00:55

    Sean S. ?

    And I'm like, well, you know, I got this pumpkin .

  13. 00:57

    Sean S. ?

    So you drink it, and it, you know, gets you buzzed.

  14. 00:59

    Dooley ?

    Bob, come on.

  15. 01:00

    Sean S. ?

    I'm coming!

  16. 01:01

    Dooley ?

    You've been sitting there for half an hour, and I have to work!

  17. 01:03

    Sean S. ?

    I'm enjoying myself! You know, you're just like your mother! Oh, there you go.

  18. 01:08

    Kori A. ?

    You guys should sell this year-round. Seriously, it's salty.

  19. 01:10

    Sean S. ?

    Sorry, sorry. Just grabbing one more. Oh. Whoa. We'll haunt you. My bad.

  20. 01:17

    Jonathan E. ?

    I can definitely taste the hops.

  21. 01:18

    Sean S. ?

    Pop-Tarts, Reese's, Pops. What are you, eighth? Go get some Starvin' Shop corn flakes in the welfare bag.

  22. 01:25

    Sean S. ?

    What's that look? Oh, you gonna take a swing at me? It's today of the day, huh?

  23. 01:29

    Sean S. ?

    Today of the day you take a swing at your old man? Is that what it is? Come on, you a man now? I didn't think so!

  24. 01:34

    Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Get off! Get off me! Get off me! Get off me! No! no.

  25. 01:48

    Employee ?

    Sam Adams, Adam's Jacko Pumpkin Ale. Real Bostonians agree.

  26. 01:52

    It's a win.

  27. 01:53

    Sean S. ?

    You know, it's kind of sweet and , But, you know, there's nothing else to drink.

  28. 01:57

    Sean S. ?

    Oh, you guys called the cops?

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