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His Father Crying at the 9/11 Budweiser Commercial
from Iran Forever, Belfast Riots, & College Commencement | The Tim Dillon Show #499 · #499
2 min
Tim tells a story about his boomer father sobbing at the Budweiser Clydesdales 9/11 commercial while never crying at real family tragedies, using it to talk about the power of American advertising and propaganda.
- Tim's father cried at the Budweiser Clydesales commercial showing the horses taking a knee in Jersey City with the destroyed World Trade Center in the background.
- His father didn't cry over divorce, Tim coming out as gay, or family deaths, but wept at a beer company's 9/11 tribute commercial.
- Tim describes this as all boomers wanted—a powerful commercial with the horses kneeling, saying the emotional manipulation worked on his entire generation.