This 1984 television ad for coffee is hilarious. It’s not for any particular brand of coffee, just for the coffee industry in general. I like how the marketing isn’t about taste, but about how drinking coffee can make you achieve like David Bowie, Kurt Vonnegut, and Kenny Anderson. The coffee world has come a long way since then.
My favorite moment is the slight wince on Cicely Tyson’s face as she takes a sip of the stuff during rehearsal. It’s so bad she has to slap her director in the face. Now that’s motivation!
[Via The Morning News.]
Jacob Grier is a freelance writer, bartender, cocktail consultant, and magician in Portland, Oregon. He writes, eats, and drinks a lot. His articles have appeared in the print or online editions of The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, Reason, The Oregonian, and other publications.
That’s awesome and no I’m not.
i am also not a coffee achiever, though i feel that i have achieved a lot for someone my age AND i truly enjoy the environment of a coffee house… so other than the fact that i don’t actually drink coffee, i’m not sure what that makes me…
So were I to drink coffee, I would become androgynous, hilariously sarcastic, and… who the hell is Kenny Anderson?