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Tommy Lee Jones has been doing commercials for Boss coffee for a while: > Since 2006, Tommy Lee Jones has appeared in a series of Boss coffee ads. Boss is a Su

Tommy Lee Jones has been doing commercials for Boss coffee for a while: > Since 2006, Tommy Lee Jones has appeared in a series of Boss coffee ads. Boss is a Suntory brand of hot coffee that is sold canned (hot or cold). In the commercials, Jones is an alien visiting Japan. He always has a different job—such as train station employee, taxi driver, or a tanned host—as he lives in his new surroundings. * https://kotaku.com/this-man-loves-japan-his-name-is-tommy-lee-jones-5936480 https://kotaku.com/this-man-loves-japan-his-name-is-tommy-le... * https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tommy+lee+jones+boss+coffee https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tommy+lee+jones...

m3kw9 3y ago
I must have watched 10 of them and there was still more
kmoser 3y ago
More interesting to me is the logo's resemblance to William Faulkner https://unseen-japan.com/boss-coffee-japan-history/ https://unseen-japan.com/boss-coffee-japan-history/
the-dude 3y ago
So I really tried : I googled and I watched the whole of 8mins of video. But what the hell is a tanned host?
- TheDong 3y ago
  In the 8 minute video they link, you're looking for the commercial at t=179: https://youtu.be/Lv2l1JKuxxY?t=179 https://youtu.be/Lv2l1JKuxxY?t=179 "tanned" here is "skin-tanned", as in "tanning salon". "host" there is like "hostess club hostess", but male. You can read what "host" means on the wikipedia page about those: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs#Host_clubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs#Host_cl... Host club's hosts are often tanned, it's part of the stereotype. The beginning of the commercial shows him as a "host" (as can be seen by him being a host inside a host club, entertaining a woman), and the end shows him as a "tanned host".
  - the-dude 3y ago
    Thank you. The world is amazing.
theGnuMe 3y ago
I wonder if this inspired "Men in Black" or having him in the movie.
- netsharc 3y ago
  MiB was released (hold on to your chair) in 1997 and the ads are from 2006 onwards (although the clips I've seen on YouTube seem to be VHS rips).. so, no?

m3kw9 3y ago

I must have watched 10 of them and there was still more

kmoser 3y ago

More interesting to me is the logo's resemblance to William Faulkner https://unseen-japan.com/boss-coffee-japan-history/ https://unseen-japan.com/boss-coffee-japan-history/

the-dude 3y ago

So I really tried : I googled and I watched the whole of 8mins of video. But what the hell is a tanned host?

TheDong 3y ago
In the 8 minute video they link, you're looking for the commercial at t=179: https://youtu.be/Lv2l1JKuxxY?t=179 https://youtu.be/Lv2l1JKuxxY?t=179 "tanned" here is "skin-tanned", as in "tanning salon". "host" there is like "hostess club hostess", but male. You can read what "host" means on the wikipedia page about those: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs#Host_clubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs#Host_cl... Host club's hosts are often tanned, it's part of the stereotype. The beginning of the commercial shows him as a "host" (as can be seen by him being a host inside a host club, entertaining a woman), and the end shows him as a "tanned host".
- the-dude 3y ago
  Thank you. The world is amazing.

theGnuMe 3y ago

I wonder if this inspired "Men in Black" or having him in the movie.

netsharc 3y ago
MiB was released (hold on to your chair) in 1997 and the ads are from 2006 onwards (although the clips I've seen on YouTube seem to be VHS rips).. so, no?