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The Weird World of Celebrity Coffee Ads

2024-02-28 Entertainment
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I'm not gonna lie - this was a lot of fun if occasionally maddening. I know there are more coffee ads out there. Let me know if there's one you think is particularly great! The Tommy Lee Jones Boss Coffee playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MILG4txBk&list=PLE118DCD5344C0BC1 Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameshoffmann Limited Edition Merch: https://geni.us/TensHundredsThousands Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimseven Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jimseven My Books: How to Make The Best Coffee At Home*: https://geni.us/howtomakethebestcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee*: http://geni.us/atlasofcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee Audiobook*: https://bit.ly/worldatlasofcoffeeaudio The Best of Jimseven: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Things I use and like: My glasses: http://bit.ly/boldlondon My hair product of choice*: https://geni.us/forthehair (*Affiliate links which may earn us a commission) 00:00- Intro 00:38 - James Corden - Keurig 01:50 - Tommy Lee Jones - Boss Coffee 03:30 - David Hasselhoff - Cumberland Farms 05:59 - Dustin Hoffman - Caffè Vergnano 07:48 - Al Pacino - Vittoria Coffee 11:47 - Ben Affleck - Dunkin' Donuts 14:52 - George Clooney - Nespresso 18:21 - Outro

Top Comments (10)

@stuartizon 2024-02-28

And here I thought Hoffnapping was about James getting a short amount of sleep between endless caffeination

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@calvinminer4365 2024-02-28

It's important to understand that Tommy Lee Jones is *the face* of mass-market coffee in Japan, Boss has been using him in all of their coffee ads since 2006, so 18 years.

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@andrekim9597 2024-02-28

Tommy Lee Jones has this strange power to make anything mildly interesting

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@benrogers5058 2024-02-28

Feel like Pacino was gonna say cocaine was the 2nd thing he knew, then he realized he shouldn't say that.

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@williedinfulleffect 2024-02-28

The Boss/Tommy Lee Jones commercial was great to see. Just last week, I had some visitors from Japan who I spent hours in the car driving to various touristy places. With limited English, they asked me about a movie called Men in Black and who was the lead actor. I said Will Smith? They said no... the other actor. I said Tommy Lee Jones? They said yes. I asked how did they know him. They said because he is famous for commercials for coffee in Japan! So here I get to watch them with Mr. Hoffmann. So very timely.

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@PangolinMandolin 2024-02-28

I really hoped in the last ad Clooney would ask for the lady's shoes in exchange for the coffee, that would have elevated the whole set to a 10/10

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@sshrpe 2024-02-28

Hoffmann, Hoffman and The Hoff, finally together. I never thought I’d see the day

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@JonGrundy 2024-02-29

You know this means you need to make a real ad now. James starts the day with bed hair, tired, not ready for the day. Next shot, pulls out a bag of Square Mile beans with a Fresh Beans for James post it note stuck on the front. James spends 30 minutes faffing about prepping the perfect espresso. Takes sip. Hair springs into place. Fade to Square Mile logo. Not a single word is said through the entire ad.

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@brianwithanaye 2024-02-28

Are we going to ignore the fact they missed a trick with the 'Al Cappuccino'???

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@catbastardd 2024-05-05

your reaction to the Corden ad was absolutely perfectly on-point

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