I'm searching for a movie of a television commercial for beer where
the plot involved an arcade "Wack-A-Mole" game. The mole, gopher or
rodent pops up and slyly steals a bottle of beer from the male player
much to the amusement of his friends. The advertisement ran within the
last 6 months. I *think* the ad was for Miller Brewing Company's MGD
beer. A link to the ad in QuickTime or standard MPEG file format would
be ideal. I have already checked Miller's site to no avail. Thanks in
advance!

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Request for Question Clarification by sldreamer-ga on 25 Mar 2003 21:52 PST

Hi btn,

The commercial you are looking for is a Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch)
commercial from November 2002 titled "Whac A Mole."  I have found a
web site that will let you view the commercial in QuickTime format. 
The downside is that you will have to register with the web site and
pay them $2 (US dollars) using PayPal.  The $2 actually gives you
commercial viewing privileges on their web site for 30 days, so you
would be able to view as many commercials as you would like in that
time period.

If this is acceptable, please let me know, and I will post a link to
the web site.  In addition, if you are unfamiliar with PayPal, I can
provide instructions on how to set up an account and make payments.

Regards,
sldreamer

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Clarification of Question by btn-ga on 26 Mar 2003 10:13 PST

Sure, I think that I may have that site lost among my bookmarks
somewhere. I'm glad that my AdCritic subscription is worthless. :)

Hi btn,

Thank you for allowing me to answer your question.

As I said in my Request for Question Clarification, the commercial you
described is a Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch) commercial titled "Whac A
Mole."  You can see a still of this commercial on the AdLand web site
by following these steps:

1) Go to the AdLand web site:  http://ad-rag.com/

2) Type "whac a mole" into the search field on the upper right corner
of the screen, and then press Enter.

After performing these steps, you will be shown a still of the
commercial.  If you would like to view the entire commercial in
QuickTime format, click on the title of the commercial (the link is
immediately above the still).  For your convenience, here is a link to
the page which lets you view the commercial:

http://ad-rag.com/6626.php

Please note that you need to pay the site $2 (US dollars) using PayPal
in order to view commercials.  The $2 lets you view as many
commercials as you like for 30 days.  You need to be a registered user
of the site before you can pay the $2.  Here is their registration
page:
http://ad-rag.com/user.php?op=check_age&module=NS-NewUser

If you are already registered, you can log in from their login page:
http://ad-rag.com/user.php?op=loginscreen&module=NS-User

After you have registered and logged in to the site, you can send them
the $2 by using PayPal.  Their FAQ describes how you can do this (and
it has helpful screenshots too):
http://ad-rag.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=34&categories=%3CB%3E2.%3C%2FB%3E+How+do+I+join+in+and+see+some+commercials%3F&parent_id=0#269

If you do not have a PayPal account, you can sign up for a free
personal account at the PayPal web site:
http://www.paypal.com/


If any part of this answer is confusing, or if you need more details
on how to register or log in to the AdLand web site or how to sign up
for a PayPal account, please request a clarification before rating
this answer.


Regards,
sldreamer


Search strategy:

miller commercials
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=miller+commercials

One of the results was this Yahoo directory page:
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Television/Commercials/

I searched through several of the listed sites until I found the
commercial.

D'oh! I forgot to *not* use an eCheck so I get to wait 4 days or just
pay another $2.00... Anyhow, great answer! I especially like it when
people provide their search methodology. Turns out that I did have
AdLand among my bookmarks! Oh well. Interesting factoid: For the price
of a useless 1 year AdCritic subscription, you can pay for a 5 year
membership to AdLand. :) Thanks!

Hi btn,

I'm glad I was able to answer your question.  Thank you for the 5-star
rating and tip; I really appreciate it!

Regards,
sldreamer