The 80's knew a thing about branded content

Ran across this on the Twitter-wires (via). Glad I did. Maybe it's just the Valentine's Day hangover, but I totally dug the story arc in this series of ads for Nescafe.



Thinking about dusting off my fake British accent from the college bar days - though my wife insists it sounds Scottish with a speech impediment. She's always been partial to Starbucks though.

UPDATE: Ken pointed out the American version with Taster's Choice has the same actors, different cultural nuances: namely, our female protagonist is divorced. We Yanks and our commitment issues.