Real Men Of Genius

[astrojo]

Real (funny) Men of Genius: One of the highlights of Tuesday's game occurred prior to the top of the seventh inning, when the Real Men of Genius guys -- singer Pete Stacker and voiceover lyricist Dave Bickler -- recorded a new commercial on the field.

The "song" focused on the train that runs on the tracks above the outfield at Minute Maid Park, and its conductor, Bobby Vasquez.

The lyrics, with Stacker's musical interjections in parenthesis:
Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius
Today, we salute Mr. Houston Astro train conductor guy
Go ahead everybody, wave at him ... he thinks he's a real conductor
(In his bib overalls)
Wait a minute, those are not giant pumpkins. Those are enormous oranges. At least two hundred large glasses each.
Every time there's a home team homer, he drives the same three hundred feet, end to end, non-stop
(How does he do it?)
So crack open a nice cold Bud Light and toast the train conductor, for the National League Champion Houston Astros.
(Stand up and cheer for your champions)
Bud Light beer, Anheuser-Busch, Houston, Texas

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[Golden Sombrero]

Good stuff.  You can always count on beer commercials to entertain.  I miss those old Miller Lite commercials by Dick the Creative Superstar.

[ValpoCory]

Last year they did a song on the field and also one in the booth with Milo.  I tuned in after the guys were already half way into the inning in the booth, and I didn't hear them do a song this year.  The "First came baseball; then Mile Hamilton; then the written word (That's out of order)" line was pretty funny.

[xxx]

they also did one last night at the Rockets game. I saw it on the half time show it was pretty funny but the Astros' one was better.

[No? in Austin]

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Last year they did a song on the field and also one in the booth with Milo.  I tuned in after the guys were already half way into the inning in the booth, and I didn't hear them do a song this year.  The "First came baseball; then Mile Hamilton; then the written word (That's out of order)" line was pretty funny.

That was funny.  And they did one on Alan Ashby that went something like this (paraphrased):

Look, there is Alan Ashby, Mr. Color commentator and ex Houston Astros catcher.
We salute you Mr. I Caught Nolan Ryan in my career....
("Ouch, that fastball hurt my hand!")

[T. J.]

Did you know that the singer in those commercials used to be the lead singer of the band Survivor?

[BudGirl]

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Did you know that the singer in those commercials used to be the lead singer of the band Survivor?

I did.  I heard them on the radio Tuesday morning.

[NeilT]

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Last year they did a song on the field and also one in the booth with Milo.  I tuned in after the guys were already half way into the inning in the booth, and I didn't hear them do a song this year.  The "First came baseball; then Mile Hamilton; then the written word (That's out of order)" line was pretty funny.

They did a song from the booth.  It was done very quickly, so that Milo could report on the next pitch.  Clearly, they hadn't worked much with Milo.

I don't remember anything about the song, but it was funny, and not about the train conductor.

[CrawfordBoxes]

That was the best thing they've done for entertainmant the entire time I've had season tickets- it was great.