Today’s Stars in Pre-Fame Television Commercials
It’s hard for stars to hide from cheesy pre-fame television commercials when there’s YouTube, right?
Let’s enjoy a few of their early advertisements, which I’ve spent most of New Year’s Eve compiling for you (winner that I am)
- Jack Black doing Pitfall! (best ever)
- Lindsay Lohan in a Jello commercial in around 1996
- Keanu Reeves doing Kellogs Corn Flakes in 1980s.
- Seth Green doing a Nurf ad in 1992 (my favorite)
- Dick Van Dyke for Kodak film
- Greg Benson’s montage before Mediocrefilms/RetardedPoliceman fame
- Ronald Reagan Chesterfield cigarettes (photo not video)
- Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) in Burger King ad
- Tom Selleck sponsoring Right Guard
- Brad Pitt in Pringles ad (shirtless of course)
- Dave Spade and Chris Farley doing DirectTV (not exactly pre-fame)
- Jack Benny doing Texaco (too early of a reference for ya?)
- Leonardo DiCaprio doing Bubble Gum ad in 1988
- Ben Affleck doing Burger King delivery
- John Travolta doing a Safeguard soap commercial and promoting Tokyo Drink in this 1980s commercial (obviously he had already established some fame by then)
And two bonuses. Some actors better known for their television commercials than film or television careers. And David Letterman as a pre-talk-show weatherman.
Sources: Commercial Breaks (AOL), LiquidGenerationTube,
You should put a link to Greg Benson’s old commercials. I think his first was the Golden Corral ad, but I’m not sure I’m remembering correctly.
OMG Alexis that’s brilliant