My friend Erin Biba clued me into this funny commercial for Boss coffee featuring Tommy Lee Jones. I remember when he was on giant billboard ads for Boss, but I don't know if I ever saw this one. In it, TLJ is an alien from outer space who has come to investigate the earth. He's working with a team of cops who outrun him, but ultimately he flies a set of stairs and tackles the bad guy. The commercial ends with the cops saying, "He's not the bad guy. It's the world that created him that's at fault."
American celebrities show up in Japanese ad campaigns a lot. Most of the recent ones, like Brad Pitt for Softbank, have been removed from YouTube because of copyright shit, but you can see a lot of the old ones (Michael Jackson! The Simpsons! Mariah Carey!) on Japander.
I cannot begin to understand why Softbank would want their advertisement pulled from Youtube. Am I missing something? I mean it could be something in Pitt's contract that demanded the ad not be seen outside of Japan, but other than that, I don't know.
I saw TLJ on a billboard about six months ago. Just his face and the Boss logo. I was on the freeway NW of Kita-Senju eki.
Anyways, those ubiquitous vending machines filled with coffee are the greatest thing ever! Hot, or cold it's your call. Delicious Magic!
Posted by: vagrant | October 08, 2009 at 12:23 AM
I'm pretty sure that either the Lupin III music or a riff on it too. pretty funny
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432189629 | October 08, 2009 at 10:30 AM
This is a parody of the old TV Series Seibu Keisatsu
It's a must-see for lovers of vintage Japanese cars.
Posted by: chang | October 12, 2009 at 12:55 AM