Who are your all-time favorite celebrity spokespersons for food products? That is, the best/funniest/most effective/most bizarre use of a celebrity to sell a food. Who ya got?
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Punk poet John Cooper Clarke (Bard of Salford, Nico from the Velvet Underground's ex flat mate) with the Honey Monster (monster that erm... sells over sugared cereal to kids) selling Sugar Puffs. It's the original odd couple! https://youtu.be/zh0da-suHKc?si=xdosBDXkNDbVSOGa
When I was young, I had no idea why a kid younger than me would idolize this actor I'd never heard of.
Looking back I realize that's the point. Very effective ad.
I love this commercial so much. It was a one-and-done ad that, by all appearances, should have been an adult swim sketch. My husband and I quote this like a sacred text. The King.
Actually I'm going to double-answer and say the most bizarre is probably Trump & family promoting Goya mexican foods. Simply because... we've never had a President with this complete and utter lack of dignity and tact before
The Goya CEO is a major contributor to the RNC and he’s on the board of directors for America First Policy Institute. Gave a speech at the last RNC convention. This is Trump rewarding his loyalty, which will surprise no one.
Dunno how far this got – i.e. how many strides/pedal strokes beyond the pro cycling bubble – but for a time, Mark Cavendish had a 'personal endorsement deal' with an American pistachio company ...
Oh god we started buying Suntory Yamazaki after it was in that movie and it's the best damn scotch and now it's > 1000% the price it was when that movie came out (and before a lot of international gold medals, possibly also a factor)
oh no I think this ad is real, but in the movie "Lost in Translation", Bill Murray's character is a former european known actor who goes to Japan to play in an ad for Suntory Whisky,
and now I see it was inspired by real japanese ads with US stars
A honorable mention goes to Weird Al Yankovic and his song about Oreos even though that doesn't count as he wasn't ever a spokesperson for Oreo, he just wrote a song about Oreo cookies
also (thanks again to @midnightsumo.bsky.social ) All the Tommy Lee Jones Boss Coffee ads. (too many to post, but they're on youtube) Definitely bizarre but also kind of charming?
They are hard to kill. As hard to kill as maybe a 1960’s portable radio. Damn thing gets gross after awhile and refuses to come clean. Meh. I tossed it in the neighbors roll-off when he wasn’t looking.
If you grew up around Philly, you might remember a pre-Scandal Patti Smyth singing about Frank's soda. Never has a third-tier east coast carbonated beverage look so good.
I don't enjoy advertising. It's a blight on modern society. Advertising went from notifying consumers of products and services and became psychological manipulation.
I always liked how she would lose her shit about how great they were and then proceed to take the tiniest bite possible to show her affection for them.
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https://youtu.be/zh0da-suHKc?si=xdosBDXkNDbVSOGa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIzRqDOSZo&ab_channel=Deadmaker46135
Looking back I realize that's the point. Very effective ad.
Although, I suspect this answer might be the opposite of your question. Ernest became a celebrity because of being a spokesperson for a food product.
https://youtu.be/D7n9YX1Xfw4?si=DbLGPtRQz4kIPKaZ
https://youtu.be/Z5AvV7OLfiw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQMhxp-GMI
Boy has that endorsement aged poorly!
https://youtu.be/VFevH5vP32s?si=JQLRSYzv3iSaS-LF
https://youtu.be/W0DMGHd-DYQ?si=AsmJppLA-AfhFGyu
https://youtu.be/Zp04IqCZ_n4?si=M-mpdgwIPSIa29Yi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bd3ZpU82ws
https://youtu.be/yyN-aHtAVzs?si=zq1GTCyRrjls0VPd
and now I see it was inspired by real japanese ads with US stars
"It'll do you proud every time"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcVXTeHTLI
A honorable mention goes to Weird Al Yankovic and his song about Oreos even though that doesn't count as he wasn't ever a spokesperson for Oreo, he just wrote a song about Oreo cookies
https://youtu.be/DncDTx-ZD6c?si=8NyWu0osHsNA4s3a
https://youtu.be/7mSE-Iy_tFY?si=Z9V-J2XZA0P9FEGD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTY0OTksMjg2NjQsMTY0NTAz&v=WTxa2Ukl2EI&feature=youtu.be
https://youtu.be/xffOCZYX6F8?si=VqU6UJA90zzfGWKd
https://youtu.be/b0AGiq9j_Ak?si=0H6Y5VokfCaLeSRI
https://youtu.be/SQK7PBBjagA?si=vq3i8Pv3wODUzTuf
https://youtu.be/Zi7dArDXPeo?si=iHtRHT3W8A3d9FYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGcRYE9NbD0
🎶 Extra value is what you get/
when you buy Coronet.
https://youtu.be/GkAnLtqWDhc?si=l7nNnDgl2fSmp3TJ
https://youtu.be/VEJJumUq5hI?si=Gd8RJQ7s4-33yDKT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpoNvfm-mC4
https://youtu.be/t0N290zPrbA?si=TRhY0aata5m_lC5C
https://youtu.be/IY8J6gqp5Ts?si=vjHHCAAcqgrxAaUH