1. Arnold Schwarzenegger - Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfI0gf9oDc Yes, John Miracle Man Travolta fronts the greatest commercials in the history of the industry but number one goes to this thirty-strong (30) compilation of commercials starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, selling a remarkable variety of things, from noodles to beer to coffee to energy drinks. Arnolds a great sport and seems to be having a huge amount of fun, and these clips are absolutely golden, representing the best in all possible crazy-ass Japanese television tropes mixed with a genuine megastar fixed to the prow of the ship. While Travoltas Tokyo Drink sells Can Chu-Hi like gangbusters, Schwarzenegger isnt selling pot noodles etc so much as throwing manic shapes in the foreground of some hallucinogenic childrens cartoon on the level of Adventure Time. It's the happiest thing in the world. If you've got a favourite star-slums-it-in-commercials story - and a Youtube clip makes the punchline zing, remember - then tell it in the comments!
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