Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Buy a Coke from LeBron and Yao!

This post will bring you two Coke cans and two Coca-Cola celebrities. Here, we see NBA stars LeBron James and Yao Ming in a Coca-Cola commercial for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.  You can see it here. It's actually quite good.

2014 Summer Diet Coke Can "BFF"
In the commercial, Lebron and Yao try to one up each other by slinging out American and Chinese icons. LeBron whips out a cowboy and Yao whips out panda bears. Their duels escalates into a massive parade of objects, until they both whip out a Coke. Hey, now!  How about that? The conflict then disappears, because we all know Coke is great everywhere in the world. They toast, Yao Ming says, "Cheers", and LeBron mumbles something in Chinese, which I am assuming also means cheers. What a smart guy!

Yao Ming

LeBron James

Again, more old-fashioned Coca-Cola love.  Seriously, its one of the most brilliant advertising themes in history.

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