Blast from the Past: Buffy the Commercial Slayer!

Yes, I'm flaunting my Buffy the Vampire Slayer geekdom again. But I hit upon an interesting idea. Who were these people before the show? And thanks to the internets and the YouTube, I've found a few interesting clips for you all. What, you never watched the show? Well, you just don't know what you're missing.





#1 - Kristine Sutherland (Buffy's Mom, Joyce Summers) for Diet Coke, circa 1985
#2 - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers) for Burger King, circa 1982
#3 - Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg) for Mylanta
#4 - Seth Green (Oz, the Werewolf) for Nerf
#5 - Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles) for Taster's Choice Instant Coffee
#6 - Sarah Michelle Gellar (again) for Burger King's Christmas (also with Elisabeth Shue and Lea Thompson)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast Reunites

Photo from source, MTV

Now this is an event that I would have loved to attend. I've made no secret of my love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the blog. It's right up there with superheroes (well, she is a superhero), scary movies and pizza. And to see all of my favorite performers cutting up with one another would have been a hoot. While no news is forthcoming about an actual filmed reunion, I think it bodes well that they participated in this event, and seem to get along so well. Viva Buffy!

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'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Cast, Creators Reunite To Debate Angel Vs. Spike, Buffy's Same-Sex Romance

"Final analysis, final verdict," TV Guide scribe Matt Roush said to the assembled panel of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" castmembers and creators. "Angel or Spike?"

As Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, looked amused but shocked — and James Marsters, who played Spike, wriggled uncomfortably in his chair — only Nicholas Brendan, who played Xander, had the nerve to pipe up and rephrase the age-old question: "Given the comic book, I think Willow. . ."

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