Article: Bud Light uncaps ad campaign

Bud Light, the No. 1 light beer, is about to get its own local marketing push in some key areas, including Chicago.

While not exactly a revival of the "Bud Light Spotlight" local ad campaigns of the early 1990s, Anheuser-Busch is turning to local ad campaigns in some key markets - including Chicago, New York and Texas, among others - where the brand faces more competition than other markets.

In Chicago, two spots filmed in the last two weeks by DDB Needham Chicago and local director Joe Scudiero use the infamous "scam guys" who were introduced in Bud Light spots during the Super Bowl. One spot shows the two guys trying to sell a beat-up old car to locally famous car pitchmen Nick ...

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