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  • From: "Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>
  • To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Western Stars in Japanese Commercials
  • Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:05:50 -0400

I'm glad to see that Rick Astley found a niche.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Minton" <david AT designhammer.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: [internetworkers] Western Stars in Japanese Commercials


> I don't quite understand some of them, but here is a site dedicated to
> showing Japanese TV commercials featuring well known Western stars hawking
> Japanese products. Some are very entertaining.
>
> http://www.japander.com/
>
> From the Site:
>
> "Japander:n.,& v.t.
>
> 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a
> short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never
> use. ~er (see synecure, prostitute)
>
> 2. to make an ass of oneself in Japanese media."
>
> The cast includes:
>
> Nicholas Cage, Liv Tyler, Dan Aykroyd, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bruce Willis,
> Jeff Goldblum, Mariah Carey, Steven Seagal, Brad Renfro, Jean Reno, Brooke
> Shields, Juliette Lewis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Pierce
> Brosnan, Jodie Foster, Christopher Lambert, Mel Gibson, Leonardo DiCaprio,
> Tim Roth, Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Fox, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Costner,
> Luc Besson, Madonna, Meg Ryan, Jamiroquai, Vanessa Williams, ZZTop, The
> Muppets, Spike Lee, Winona Ryder, Quentin Tarantino, Julian Sands, Whoopi
> Goldberg, Harrison Ford, Charlie Sheen, Cameron Diaz, Anthony Hopkins, The
> Simpsons, Whitney Houston, Rachel Leigh Cook, Stevie Wonder, Sylvester
> Stallone, Ringo Starr, Wallace and Gromit, Richard Gere, George Clooney,
> Penelope Cruz, Ewan Macgregor, Brad Pitt-Edwin, Pitt-Roots/Rolex/Honda, Brad
> Pitt-Print Ads, Rick Astley, Gabrielle Anwar, Jennifer Lopez, Kate
> Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Allison Elliot, Lauryn Hill, Timothy Dalton,
> Ben Stiller, Jennifer Connelly, Peter Falk, Ray Charles, Sean Connery, Rod
> Stewart
>
>
> Waste some bandwidth and get a cheap laugh. Well, at least cheap for us, the
> Japanese companies must have paid dearly.
>
> David
>
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