Because they were big in Japan. To make a splash in the Japanese market, Vidal Sassoon recruited J-Pop queen Namie Amuro for an innovative ad campaign that sampled famous American songs.
This is how they sell razors in Japan. The fact that people can be this cute and happy DOES make me want to kill myself! So I guess the commercial worked.
This Japanese commercial really captures that insatiable craving for sushi I get sometimes. Watch until the end for an inventive new sexual position.
This is ostensibly an ad, but much more importantly it features a man firing multiple bananas from his nostril. The jingle's fairly catchy, too.