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Did Bud Super Bowl Commercial Rip Off The Whitest Kids?

By Emily Gould, 9:10 AM on Tue Feb 6 2007, 1,612 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The Whitest Kids U Know sketch comedy troupe claims that Budweiser stole the idea of their sketch about how slapping has replaced fist bumping and used it a Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light. The Bud commercial is after the jump. See for yourself — we think the similiarity is pretty, uh, striking.

Slapping Sketch - Whitest Kids [YouTube]
Bud Light Slap [YouTube]
Related: Bud Called King Of Ad-Lifters [Page Six]

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