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Cool Stuff

Awesome. 1979 Swayze PBR Commercial

By Reid Ramsay · November 14, 2011 · 1 min read

Ok this is a pretty awesome blast from the past.  Patrick Swayze in a 1979 Pabst commercial.  Time to boogie. (Thx Jeremy for this nugget of joy)

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