Hey Kid, Catch | Mean Joe Greene for Coca-Cola (1979)

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  • Charles Edward Greene (born September 5, 1946), better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1981. A recipient of two NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards, five first-team All-Pro selections, and ten Pro Bowl appearances, Greene is widely considered to be the one of the greatest defensive linemen to play in the NFL. He was noted for his leadership, fierce competitiveness, and intimidating style of play for which he earned his nickname.
    "Hey Kid, Catch!" was a television commercial for Coca-Cola starring Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle "Mean" Joe Greene. The commercial debuted on October 1, 1979, and was re-aired multiple times, most notably during Super Bowl XIV in 1980. The 60-second commercial won a Clio Award for being one of the best television commercials of 1979.[1]
    During its planning and filming stages, McCann Erickson, the advertising agency that created the commercial, used the working title "Mean Joe Greene". The commercial was a part of Coca-Cola's "Have a Coke and a Smile" ad campaign of the late 1970s. The commercial's set-up and payoff is classic simple advertising.
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  • @ramiel6229
    @ramiel6229 5 років тому +31

    My Mother had the biggest crush on Mean joe Greene. The funny thing about this is that we are Cleveland Brown fans. Whenever she would see Mean Joe on TV, she would scream like a teen age girl who had a crush on a movie star heart throb. I miss you Momma. Rest in Heaven. Happy Birthday Mean Joe. Thanks for the memories.

  • @tailtap2222
    @tailtap2222 3 роки тому +18

    I remember the blooper they showed in the 1980's of this commercial when at the end Mean Joe says, "Hey kid...BUUUUUUURP!"

    • @commonsense5709
      @commonsense5709 7 місяців тому

      Then he says CATCH then throws the kid the empty bottle

  • @dougscott1447
    @dougscott1447 3 роки тому +19

    Best Super Bowl commercial that ever was!

  • @MrSpacely3021
    @MrSpacely3021 2 роки тому +25

    Any man that can drink a whole bottle of coke in one go is dangerous. He’s clearly not like the rest of us.

  • @kingporter67
    @kingporter67 7 місяців тому +1

    This is the best Super Bowl commercial ever!!

  • @Josh-mg7rm
    @Josh-mg7rm 3 роки тому +5

    I had the honor to be in the stands at the Temple Wildcat football game tonight. Temple ISD honored Joe Greene by officially retiring the first ever TISD High School jersey from Dunbar High. The list of achievements and accolade's seemed to take about 3 or 4 minutes. It was an honor though to see him.

  • @Astrologyenergy
    @Astrologyenergy 5 років тому +6

    Why do I know every damn word if this damn commercial! Lol!

  • @highnrising
    @highnrising 3 роки тому +8

    Whichever ad-man thought that one up struck gold.

  • @saysham.9562
    @saysham.9562 5 років тому +8

    Happy birthday Joe Greene, I was blessed to be born on the same day as you!

  • @BuildingCenter
    @BuildingCenter 5 років тому +7

    Hell yeah! Only called him "Mean" cause he was nice enough to take the joke, friendly-ass giant. Happy Bornday, Mean Joe Greene.

  • @michaelali7151
    @michaelali7151 5 років тому +4

    Happy Birthday Mean Joe 🏆 Thanks for the memories ✊

  • @chris-tg1hv
    @chris-tg1hv 2 роки тому

    GOAT of commercials

  • @Spacepluscaptive
    @Spacepluscaptive 5 років тому +3

    Happy Birthday brotha

  • @heathertea2704
    @heathertea2704 5 років тому +6

    Wonder how many bottles of "Coke" he drunk, to make US smile? 😄

    • @thecawdsquad875
      @thecawdsquad875 2 роки тому

      It took three days to film so he had many.

  • @ProjectDystopia
    @ProjectDystopia 5 років тому +5

    During those times, people were taking a lot of coke & smiling so it fits the era.

  • @calvinnay814
    @calvinnay814 2 роки тому +1

    "the kid" was played by Tommy Okron; even at his young of age, Okron was a commercial veteran--he even gave Greene suggestions on improving his performance. they reunited some 35 years later for Entertainment Tonight.

    • @lamontbradford4630
      @lamontbradford4630 3 місяці тому

      They reunited for an All Madden special. He didn’t get the jersey in real life. So Mean Joe gave him a jersey. The he treated Mean Joe to a beverage. Not coke but an ice cold beer.

  • @thethpian
    @thethpian 2 роки тому +1

    I like the SNL spoof one where he throws a wet jock and it hits the kid in the face.

  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 2 роки тому

    Much Gratitude

  • @tanker1960
    @tanker1960 5 років тому +8

    When football was real. to me.

    • @OldGrayCzechWolf
      @OldGrayCzechWolf 6 місяців тому +2

      Back when Coke was real and not this swill they sell now.

    • @lamontbradford4630
      @lamontbradford4630 3 місяці тому

      Before Tom Brady ruined football!

  • @vangillis
    @vangillis Рік тому

    CLASS ACT MEAN JOE

  • @sharwat5923
    @sharwat5923 5 років тому +4

    Before high fructose corn syrup

  • @jeroldo111
    @jeroldo111 5 років тому +2

    Happy Joe Greene day

  • @jillnewton9654
    @jillnewton9654 3 роки тому +1

    The commercials were so much better than. Now all the commercials are about medications and cars.

    • @adlad75
      @adlad75 2 роки тому

      😃 Well, I'll agree, too many pharma ads on TV in the US, these days, bur cars? We've always had car ads on TV, since forever, I'm sure. It's fun to look back at some of the old car ads from the 70s and 80s, but maybe you'd have to be a car person to enjoy it? 😉

  • @xus_uio
    @xus_uio 4 місяці тому

    My INSEAD training brought me here.

  • @entersamar
    @entersamar Рік тому

    Who's here after fetterman's ad? 😭

  • @godzellahror
    @godzellahror 2 роки тому

    lmao

  • @jaygee404
    @jaygee404 5 років тому

    The first MJG..

  • @matthewturner8744
    @matthewturner8744 2 роки тому +2

    Cuz all professional athletes want after a hard game is some luke warm diabetes juice.

  • @OldGrayCzechWolf
    @OldGrayCzechWolf 6 місяців тому

    Later the kid sold that jersey for $100K. Back when Coke was really the "real thing", unilke now.

  • @ginolorenzo9851
    @ginolorenzo9851 10 днів тому

    todays players and uniforms In 2024 look like middle school
    what a disgrace

  • @taevan4463
    @taevan4463 2 роки тому +1

    This ad sucks, it would never happen in real life.

  • @veronicataylor2596
    @veronicataylor2596 7 місяців тому

    🩷🩵💜

  • @michaels33
    @michaels33 Рік тому +2

    The 70s and 80s were better. Kids today have no idea how fun America was before it was woke.

    • @midairgorilla
      @midairgorilla 6 місяців тому

      White middle class kids* ftfy

  • @kyledailey
    @kyledailey 3 роки тому +3

    1979, when Coca-Cola ads were racist.

    • @thecawdsquad875
      @thecawdsquad875 2 роки тому

      How is this racist?

    • @kyledailey
      @kyledailey 2 роки тому +1

      @@thecawdsquad875 It's NOT!
      Just pointing out how the younger of us, are sometimes brainwashed to think of all things old, are all racist. This is commercial that was great, but not for anything to do with any race or Politics. Just a good person, tired as he was, was showing his character, and being kind to one of his biggest fans. This was when Coke was "woke" by character, not by skin color.

    • @DoubleDogsBFF
      @DoubleDogsBFF 2 роки тому

      😂