what the original ending was supposed to be<\/a>.<\/p>\nI did some googling around and found that not only did Stone direct both Wassup 2008 and the original Budweiser ad, but that this all started from a short that he made with his childhood friends<\/strong>. The short, titled “True”, made a buzz at film festivals all across the country until it caught the attention of a creative director for ad agency DDB Chicago. They signed Stone and his friends to recreate the short as a Budweiser commercial, and the rest is history. How awesome is that? Check out the original that gave birth to the most memorable catchphrase of the past decade:<\/p>\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\nAfter that, Charles Stone III directed Drumline<\/strong> and Paid In Full<\/strong> before coming back to his roots to create Wassup 2008. He rounded up the original cast, 50 volunteers, $6500 out of his own pocket, and finished the spot in 9 days. Since Budweiser only leased the rights, and not owned them, Stone was able to bring his original idea back to life.<\/strong><\/p>\nBack then, Budweiser only paid him $37,000 for a 5 year lease and Stone took a lot of flack about the low price, but now he says it’s all paid off. As a hardcore Obama supporter, Stone says, \u201cThat I\u2019m able to use an idea distributed by a huge company, who made a lot of money off it, so that now when I put out what I want to say, it\u2019s recognizable, and it sparks – that\u2019s worth $1 million to me.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/em>With over 3.8 million views so far, all I have to say is, “True, true.”<\/p>\n[Now regardless of what you thought of the film, what you think about this blog, whether you lean left or right, just please go out and vote tomorrow<\/strong>. Every vote counts, every voice matters. See you at the polls!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Election Day just a few exciting hours away, I thought I’d spotlight this video that’s been making the rounds on Youtube and all over the internet. Yup, the Wassssup boys are back and the past 8 years haven’t treated them too well… I love how director Charles Stone III took his original Budwesier ad… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79mZF-37","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}