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The commercial is a throwback to the 1990s, and just not for the play on Good Will Hunting (this is, of course, called Good Will Dunkin’). It claims to be from 1995, and states: “Before the movie, a much better version of Good Will Hunting was made as a sitcom with a real genius in the lead… and some other actors.” Check it out below:
Playing as the lost pilot episode of a sitcom, it sees Affleck star as Will, who works at Dunkin’ Donuts, and also features several classic sitcom stars, including: Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Jason Alexander, Ted Danson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jaleel White and Jasmine Guy.
The Good Will Dunkin’ Commercial Continues Two Trends
Set, where else, in Massachusetts, the commercial sees Will inadvertently invent Dunkin’s iced coffee, but it’s much more so an exercise in nostalgia. It sees him interacting with, and riffing on, characters from shows like Friends, Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, A Different World, and Cheers, and mostly seems to exist to have Affleck say some classic sitcom catchphrases, along with the familiar actors returning (with some rather questionable technology used to do so).
