Paul Stanley's Folgers commercial is still better than anything by KISS

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      The story had receded into legend. In 2000, around the same time that KISS began its recovery from washed-up symbol of greed, cynicism, and tastelessness to reinvigorated symbol of greed, cynicism, and tastelessness, Paul Stanley made this outrageously awful commercial for the worst coffee on the market. 

      It was never broadcast, but somehow, Stanley's Folgers moment has finally been leaked online, probably by the North Koreans.

      It's tempting to remember the Bill Hicks quote about entertainers who do commercials—"Off the artistic roll-call forever"—except that KISS was never on the artistic roll-call to begin with. (Except for The Elder.)

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      Steve Newton

      Dec 22, 2014 at 2:17pm

      The first KISS album was great, though. "Strutter", "Deuce", "Black Diamond". Downhill after that.

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      Adrian Mack

      Dec 22, 2014 at 2:23pm

      And The Elder.

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      James Blatchford

      Dec 22, 2014 at 3:21pm

      Folgers and Kiss were made for one another...big-ass popular American brands that were hideously over-rated.

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      Carl Spackler

      Dec 26, 2014 at 10:42pm

      Hotter than Hell is pretty killer.

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      Martin Dunphy

      Dec 27, 2014 at 12:10am

      Hasn't anyone ever accused the makers of <em>The Matrix</em> with stealing their basic idea from <em>Music From the Elder</em>?

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