{"id":1549,"date":"2023-08-06T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2023-08-06T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T11:36:09","slug":"this-mean-joe-coca-cola-ad-from-1979-is-one-of-the-greatest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"This \u201cMean Joe\u201d Coca-Cola Ad From 1979 Is One Of The Greatest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Coca-Cola ad from 1979 has been listed as one of the best (if not the best) Super Bowl ad of all time. Although it debuted in October, it wasn\u2019t until it played during the game that it became so popular. Now, almost 40 year later, Tommy Okon, the now-grown man who played the 9-year-old boy reunited with Hall-Of_Famer \u201cMean\u201d Joe Greene to reminisce about their time together.<\/p>\n<p>Greene mentions that he guzzled 18 bottles of Coke during the filming of the ad. \u201cI didn\u2019t know any better. I chugged the doggone thing over and over and over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot so mean, this guy,\u201d said Okon.<\/p>\n<p>That ad still brings a smile to my face. It\u2019s so well done, it could probably still run today!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For the First Time, Mean Joe Greene &amp; &#039;Coca-Cola&#039; Kid Reunite 36 Years Later!\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e6Hfmsjqtb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Coca-Cola ad from 1979 has been listed as one of the best (if not the best) Super Bowl ad of all time. 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