Within the basic The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Greek,” which premiered Jan. 23, 1992, plenty of Tremendous Bowl traditions and rituals are parodied, together with a celeb (on this case, Troy McClure) selling an upcoming episode of their new collection making its premiere after the sport.
There was additionally this industrial for the “Duff Bowl,” pitting groups of anthropomorphic bottles of Duff Beer in opposition to each other on the soccer subject (divided into groups: Duff Lite vs. Duff Dry).
Watched in the present day by a youthful particular person, this Duff Bowl advert might sound humorous, but not make an excessive amount of sense. These of a sure age, nonetheless, even when they didn’t see this episode on the time, actually bear in mind what this advert was zinging: Budweiser’s basic collection of Tremendous Bowl-targeted “Bud Bowl” commercials. Three Bud Bowls had already aired within the years main as much as this Simpsons episode, and the fourth would air through the Tremendous Bowl that occurred just some days after the episode debuted.