Madam Butterfly: The Commercial

[WarrenChu000]

Miko Mayama: She played Yeoman Tamura in the original Star Trek series episode "A Taste of Armagedon".

[JonesyLedZeppelin]

God, I haven't seen this in like forever! I was about five when it ran.

[drumminman58]

I'm with ohbabyray. I'll never forget the ... "No more Rice Krispies, we are out of Rice Krispies, My tears will not stop...till I hear snap, crackle, pop" Pagliacci send-up. Brilliant.

[ohbabyray]

Also -- do you have the commercial that sent up Pagliacci? That commercial is imprinted on my childhood. In that one, a man's Rice Krispies were eaten up by his mother-in-law ("It's here sixteenth visit so far this year (cries)!"). Hilarious.

[ohbabyray]

Any info on the actor playing Pinkerton?

[brasilsong3]

this makes me sad inside.

Hey! At least he stayed with her this time... even if it was just for the rice krispies.

[SBlackmare]

What did ever happen to Miko Mayama/Yeoman Tamura?

[NauticalAcronym]

I was wondering the same thing just the other day :/

[BernardProfitendieu]

forget that Sayanara business - lol

[bicknellmarket]

Thank you - I've been trying to convince friends and family for years that I wasn't making this up!

[mkjwater]

a japanese opera singer. funny.

[mchi59]

Whats so funny about it? This is a famous opera, its about the love affair between a Japanese girl and an Englishman.

[ogiovetti]

Actually, it's an American.

[torresongs2]

Really? Can you not see the humor in this?

[sittnick1]

Hmmm, I guess that was aimed at the Post Rice Krinkles character, who was Asian. (Rice Krinkles was a better cereal, too.)

[turandot82]

Ohhhh my god!!!

why dont they make ads like this anymore?

[mchi59]

Because no one in the commercial making business has any imagination anymore. All they do is keep recycling old songs, now they are even stealing songs from old TV shows! Or they are so artsy fartsy you have no idea what they are trying to sell.

[claudiaisgood]

Thank you for this!!