Before They Were Stars
Hot Gallery! You Won’t Believe Who Starred in Super Bowl Commercials Before They Made It Big!
It’s perhaps the only day in the year when we’re actually psyched to watch commercials instead of fast-forwarding through them. And given the historical significance (and the mega price tags), it’s no wonder: For better or worse, Super Bowl ads make an impact. This year there’s already been a lot of buzz about an ad scheduled to run featuring the return of Ferris Bueller, with Matthew Broderick reprising the role that made him famous 26 years ago. Herewith, some of the stars who appeared in Super Bowl ads before we knew their names... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Henry Winkler Shills for Schick (1973)
Ayyy … did you recognize that mustachioed guy talking up his snazzy single-blade “injector razor” to his folks? That would be none other than Henry Winkler, who just a year after this ad aired would become forever identified as one of the coolest cats in TV history, Happy Days’ The Fonz. Since then, Winkler has appeared in everything from dramas like The Practice to comedies like Arrested Development (where he hilariously mocked his own cultural touchstone moment by, once again, jumping the shark). He starred in the second season of the satirical Childrens Hospital and released a children’s book, Ghost Buddy.
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