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Sammy Davis Jr. in a Japanese whisky commercial

November 18th, 2008 by James

Another classic Japanese whisky commercial, this time with Sammy Davis Jr. for Suntory White:


Other famous people who made Suntory White commercials: Ray Charles, Ron Carter, Jon Faddis & Clark Terry.

[hat tip to Ponta]

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Comment by Mariana
2008-11-18 11:23:46

hahahahaha…

Great video to start the day!

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Comment by ponta
2008-11-18 12:05:04

14 Karat Soul

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=0mfUGgro_DI&feature=related

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Comment by Roaf
2008-11-18 12:14:28

Hey, I’m digging the whisky commercials. Davis Jnr is a class act!

I found a werid one with Lee Van Cleef, too:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=pbFqYtxOmYw&feature=related

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Comment by mortonsalt
2008-11-18 13:40:45

best commercial ever

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Comment by ダビ
2008-11-18 16:35:00

Man Suntory must have had some deep pockets back in the pre-bubble days.

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Comment by James
2008-11-18 16:45:49

And foreign celebrities were a lot more willing to make Japanese commercials in the pre-YouTube days.

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