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A Phillies’ Beer Vendor Channels Marlon Brando, For Fun and Profit

CBS Philly | July 1, 2015

Related Topics: Marlon Brando, Stanley Kowalski, Kim Hunter, Citizens Bank Park, CBS

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — He’s becoming a familiar voice at Citizens Bank Park: the beer vendor who summons his inner Brando.

It’s a classic Marlon Brando scene (“Heyyy, Stellaaaa!”) that beer vendor Tom McGee recreates as he walks the aisles of Citizens Bank Park, selling cans of Stella Artois.

Marlon Brando in
Marlon Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

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“Hey, ice cold Stellaaaa!” McGee shouts, with a similar anguished plea.

McGee has been vending for 37 years, including the last seven at Citizens Bank Park. And with the Phillies in last place, he thought, why not have fun with his beer pitch?

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