The Weird World of Celebrity Coffee Ads

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!

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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

[stuartizon]

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

[calvinminer]

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.

[williedinfulleffect]

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.

[PangolinMandolin]

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

[benrogers]

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

[sshrpe]

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

[andrekim]

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

[kylenorthington]

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

[jononthejourney]

“I don’t know if expertise in things, is gained through participation.” James dropping the cold hard truths.

[JonGrundy]

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.

[flmhdpsycho]

Tommy Lee Jones has been doing commercials for BOSS coffee since the early 2000s. They're fantastic and very "Japanese" (anyone that has seen Japanese TV commercials knows what I'm talking about) lol

[unknownentity]

The fact that the female producer found the George Clooney ad to be 'charming' is just icing on the cake for me.

[futurebeyond]

Japanese commercials are just different man. A lot of them seem to start off with something completely unrelated and then tie it to the product in some unexpected way. Love them

[jrbedford]

Re the Pacino ad, as someone who grew up close to NYC, I offer that someone like him with a tough-guy image saying that a coffee is "a good coffee" is actually a high compliment.

[Sinnistering]

First off, let me just make it clear: Your coffee ad remake was a thing of beauty and it made me laugh so hard. 10/10 production quality.

[IAmPovidone]

I was in Japan when those ads were out and seeing Tommy Lee Jones staring ruggedly at me from the bottom of vending machines with the word 'BOSS' next to his face was a daily delight.

Also was mildly obsessed with that Al Pacino ad for a while. I still occasionally tap two fingers on the table and say "this is good coffee" in my best Pacino accent to the bemusement of everyone around.

[funkyskunkvids]

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

[alpo]

This is pure gold. James simultaneously having a laugh and losing faith in humanity is beautiful

[julianshepherd]

If my coffee reminded of Cordon I'd knock it's lights out.

[wenchbyatt]

"Fortune favors the brave, Matt" this has to be the nastiest burn I've ever seen from James 😂😂😂😂