Dave Grohl, the lead singer of Foo Fighters, appears in a new spoof ad for FreshPotix, which is a fake wonder drug that helps those who are addicted to coffee get off of the caffeine-filled drink. The tagline for the drug is “It Works (kinda).”
The commercial opens with Dave Grohl talking about his many years of addiction to coffee, and how it has negatively impacted himself, his relationships, and the band. “My ability to maintain personal relationships and solid bowel movements were compromised by crippling sleep deprivation and noxious coffee breath. As the bean took over, I found myself doing anything for a fix,” Grohl explained.
The commercial shows him going through gradually stranger and stronger ways to satisfy his caffeine addiction. “My roast grew darker and darker until I finally hit pot bottom. I couldn’t be there for the ones I love when they needed me the most,” Grohl said in the parody. But then he found FreshPotix.
FreshPotix, the fake drug, comes with a long list of side effects though, including, “Extra Toe,” “Cyrusvirus,” which changes your voice to that of Billy Ray or Miley, “Violent Fits of Rage Towards Left-Handed People,” “Urge To Found Your Own Colony,” Oxford Commas,” and “Uncontrollable Tattling.”
The parody commercial comes in what seems to be a sequel to a video from 2010 called “Dave Grohl in FRESH POTS!,” which shows Grohl’s coffee addiction when in the studio with Them Crooked Vultures.