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> Someone mentioned going to Japan and how you could get cold cans of coffee out of vending machines there. The actor Tommy Lee Jones has some amusing commerci
by throw0101d 2y ago
> Someone mentioned going to Japan and how you could get cold cans of coffee out of vending machines there.
The actor Tommy Lee Jones has some amusing commercials for canned coffee:
* https://www.brandinginasia.com/the-tuesday-take-suntory-boss-and-tommy-lee-jones/ https://www.brandinginasia.com/the-tuesday-take-suntory-boss...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Coffee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Coffee
The premise is that he is an alien in disguise evaluating human society, so some of the situations shown are quite whimsical.
- neilv 2y ago> There's an old tradition of American stars appearing in Japanese television commercials, [...] before downing what appears to be about a four ounce can of Suntory Iced Rainbow Blend coffee. Was this tradition referenced or inspired by Bill Murray's "Suntory Time" scene in "Lost in Translation" (2003)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQnH450hPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQnH450hPM
- throw0101d 2y agoWesterners in Japan has been a thing for decades: > Anyone who has seen Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation must wonder for at least a second if there is truth in Bill Murray’s character of a famous American actor in Japan to film a commercial. Well, there definitely is. Huge American and European stars have been hawking products in Japanese commercials for decades. * https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/western-entertainers-who-have-made-japanese-commercials https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/western-entertainers-who-... * https://www.goretro.com/2015/08/sake-to-me-western-celebs-in-bizarre.html https://www.goretro.com/2015/08/sake-to-me-western-celebs-in... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(phrase) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(phrase)
- SECProto 2y ago> Was this tradition referenced or inspired by [] referenced. Here's a couple suntory commercials dating much older: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyN-aHtAVzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyN-aHtAVzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUBezKpNmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goUBezKpNmU
- minikomi 2y agoOne of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgEM8VjHD_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgEM8VjHD_0 Andy Warhol for TDK
- ascorbic 2y agoShe was referencing the ones done by her father: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosawa-francis-ford-coppola-whiskey-adverts/ https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosawa-francis-ford-cop...
- starkparker 2y agoDavid Lynch's Twin Peaks commercials for Georgia coffee, featuring almost the entire cast in character and a running subplot of a missing Japanese woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxNvhN7UUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxNvhN7UUE
- krenzo 2y agoThis is incredible! Thanks for posting.
- rqtwteye 2y agoMMA fighters did a lot of cool stuff during the Pride days https://www.sherdog.com/thumbnail_crop.php?image=http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/32/32285.jpg&&width_size=600 https://www.sherdog.com/thumbnail_crop.php?image=http://www.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkV8TohDyGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkV8TohDyGA