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* [[David Bowie]]'s done U.S. and U.K. ads (MTV, Pepsi, XM Satellite Radio), but in addition to those...

** In Japan, his 1980 ad for Jun Rock sake featured an original instrumental, "Crystal Japan", that became a Japanese A-side and U.K. B-side.

** In Italy, he did an ad for Vittel bottled water in 2003...and, with some reediting and a different song, it became the U.S. ad for his album ''Reality''!

* [[Harrison Ford]] in a series of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJuC9pGR4zE Japanese ads] for ''[[Uncharted]] 3''.

* [[Jean Reno]] did a commercial for a canned coffee drink in full Viking regalia, including [[Horny Vikings|a horned helmet]].

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** [[John Travolta]] shilled for Tokyo Drink during a commercial campaign in the early 80's, complete with embarrassing dance moves and a faux-workout routine.

** [[Ben Stiller]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bW_cHfnOXM&feature=related humiliated] himself during a commercial for Chill Energy Drink, yelling in overdubbed Japanese about how fresh it is.

* The cast of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' once did a Japanese advert for Georgia coffee, which is coffee in a can.

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* Conan O'Brien did a [[Super Bowl Special]] commercial for Bud Light, where he did an embarrassing ad in Sweden which got released in the United States. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d13MkCDNKlo ].

** He would also use the above Schwarzenegger ads for clips for ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien''.

* On ''[[Don't Trust the B In Apartment 23]]'' [[Dawson's Creek|James Van der Beek]] filmed an energy drink commercial in Vietnam. As expected it is hilariously bad.

* On ''[[Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23]]'' [[Dawson's Creek|James Van der Beek]] filmed an energy drink commercial in Vietnam. As expected it is hilariously bad.