Scottish movie star Sean Connery sells big in Japan, it seems
Do stars have no shame?
Last week, I shared how Lee Majors, star of the hit ’70s television show “The Million Dollar Man,” is supporting his retirement with hearing aid endorsements.
This week, I’ve got another offbeat celebrity endorsement to share with y’all: Sean Connery. And a bunny. Selling yogurt.
The above commercial shows Connery — best known for his stint as British secret agent James Bond — hawking a Japanese snack called Biogurt.
For some reason, this requires that he give a ride to a demented singing rabbit. While wearing a bow tie. Bizarre.
Connery is no stranger to commercial endorsements in the Land of the Rising Sun.
He’s used his rugged mug to advertise Suntory whiskey several times — poignantly sipping a glass as his faithful hound looks on, practicing dance steps in an empty hall or pausing for a drink before a big date. And he goes nuts over Regno tires (a subsidiary of Bridgestone).
Agent 007 is apparently also a big fan of Ito-brand ham. How wonderfully appropriate.
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Thanks to TheWorldsBestEver.com for the tip.
My thanks also go to YouTube poster Hatsujoki, who has an amazing collection of Japanese commercials. I”ll be featuring more of them in the future.
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So THAT’S what he’s been up to! All this time I thought he had retired.
In the whiskey ad, it looks like he’s going to make love to the whiskey.