Celebrity Panderers in Japan

[rawbone8]

http://www.japander.com/japander/archive.htm

Pander
n., & v.t. 1. go-between in clandestine amours, procurer; one who ministers to evil designs. 2 v.i. minister (to base passions or evil designs, or person having these)

Japander
n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use. ~er (see synecure, prostitute) 2. to make an ass of oneself in Japanese media.


See your favourite/most detested star make hideous amounts of money in Japanese advertising. An archive of clips from Japan. Often hilarious. Ahhhnold is not to be missed.

Nicolas Cage, Liv Tyler, Dan Aykroyd, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bruce Willis,
Jeff Goldblum, Mariah Carey, Steven Seagal, Brad Renfro, Jean Reno, Brooke Shields, Juliette Lewis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Pierce Brosnan, Jodie Foster, Christopher Lambert, Mel Gibson, Tim Roth, Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Fox, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Costner, Luc Besson, Madonna, Jamiroquai, Vanessa Williams, ZZTop, The Muppets, Spike Lee, Winona Ryder, Quentin Tarantino, Julian Sands, Whoopi Goldberg, Harrison Ford, Charlie Sheen, Cameron Diaz, Anthony Hopkins, The Simpsons, Whitney Houston, Rachel Leigh Cook, Stevie Wonder, Sylvester Stallone, Ringo Starr, Wallace and Gromit, Richard Gere, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Ewan Mcgregor, Brad Pitt, Edward Furlong, Rick Astley, Gabrielle Anwar, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Allison Elliot, Lauryn Hill, Timothy Dalton, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Connelly, Peter Falk, Ray Charles, Sean Connery, Rod Stewart, Tom Berenger, Anne Hathaway, Geena Davis, Kyle MacLachlin, Eddie Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Faith Hill, Thunderbirds, D&V Beckham, Julia Fordham, Alexander Gudonov, Quincy Jones, Andy Warhol, Diane Lane, Rowan Atkinson, James Coburn, Nastassja Kinski, Sheena Easton, Britney Spears, John Travolta, J.C. Van Damme, Paul Newman, Gregory Hines, Mike Tyson, George Lucas, Harry Connnick Jr., Natalie Portman, Sharon Stone, Ashley Judd, Joe Montana, Milla Jovovich, Kate Winslet, David Bowie, Estella Warren, Lucy Liu, Michael Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland

 

[Matthew]

That is quite a list. Several I would never have guessed.

 

[Pecker]

No doubt about it, the Japanese have a very weird sense of marketing.