August 30, 2007

Eight Food Commercials Celebrities May Well Regret

Carl's Jr. wants you to buy patty melts. So they sent out a press release:

SURVEY RANKS NICOLE RICHIE AND RYAN SEACREST'S BUNS FLATTEST IN HOLLYWOOD

Why would someone think that famous flat butts will sell flat burgers? Probably because of ads like these. (For once, Nicole Richie is blameless; in the examples that follow, the celebrities have no one but themselves to blame.)

1. Mikhail Gorbachev for Pizza Hut

2. Zsa Zsa Gabor for Lawry's Seasoned Salt

3. Mariah Carey for Nescafe coffee (with Street Fighter graphics!)

4. Keanu Reeves for cornflakes

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