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Brad Pitt is 'Turning Japanese'

by Tim Stevens on September 25, 2007 at 03:14 PM



Though most people believe the Vapors' 1980 hit song 'Turning Japanese' is a musical ode to pleasuring oneself, the song could also be used to describe Hollywood. For years, A-list stars who wouldn't be caught dead shilling for candy bar, energy drink or cell phone companies (is Catherine Zeta-Jones considered A-list?) have been happy to take the money of Japanese companies to appear in ads that would never be shown on this side of the planet. Or, so they thought. A Web site called Japander.com was the first to really blow the lid off of this grift and remains a top destination on the Web to watch Japanese ads starring American celebrities. But, the jig was officially up when YouTube rolled around and made video sharing so easy, your Grammy could do it.

Aside from the shock of realizing that A-listers have no standards whatsoever, what's really great about the ads is watching the celebs chatter on excitedly about a product in Japanese -- as if they have a clue as to what they're saying! What celebrities are we talking about here? Harrison Ford, George Clooney, Jodie Foster and Kevin Coster, just to name a few. Our friends at GeekSugar spotted Brad Pitt's latest pitch for a cell phone, but here are some classics you can't miss:


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