Polamalu to take Greene's role in classic Coke ad

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Polamalu to take Greene's role in classic Coke ad
Posted by MattyGabe at 10:54AM on 11-21-08

URL: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08326/929615-66.stm?cmpid=steele…
" Twenty-nine years after Joe Greene became a star in a Coca-Cola commercial, Troy Polamalu will be cast in the remake.

Polamalu, a four-time Pro Bowl strong safety, will revise the role that Greene played in the 1980 Super Bowl ad. It too will be shown during the Super Bowl.

In the original commercial, Greene limps through a tunnel beneath the stands in obvious discomfort. A young boy offers him his Coke, and Greene finally accepts. He drinks it down and, as the kid slowly walks away, Greene breaks into a smile and says, "Hey, kid; catch!" and throws him his No. 75 game jersey.

That ad not only won a Clio, an award presented to those ads judged to be the best on television that season, but it has been judged the best Super Bowl commercial in history by many in the business."

The article above is a combination article so what I quoted above is all that there is about Polamalu.

Pretty neat if you ask me. Just to show you how old I am, the commercial aired before I was even born, but I've certainly seen it before so that shows you just how well-received it is in the annals of not just Steelers history, but the history of advertising as well.