Frontline The Merchants of Cool (Season 19, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, News

Frontline

The Merchants of Cool (Season 19, Episode 5)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, News

How businesses market to American teenagers, and the effect they have together on popular culture.

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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Douglas Rushkoff Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent See fewer	Wisdom's Maw
Christina Aguilera Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Voice (2011)
Barbara Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Greg Berlanti Self Self See fewer	Love, Simon (2018)
Bob Bibb Self Self See fewer	Dead Silence (1991)
Jessica Biel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Illusionist (2006)
Adam Carolla Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Man Show (1999)
Todd Cunningham Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Carson Daly Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Susanne Daniels Self Self See fewer	The Office (2005)
Fred Durst Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fanatic (2019)
Malcolm Gladwell Self Self See fewer	Hexum
Lewis Goldstein Self Self See fewer	In the Heights (2021)
Dee Dee Gordon Self Self See fewer	Mighty (2020)
Brian Graden Self Self See fewer	South Park (1997)
Tom Green Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Insane Clown Posse Themselves Themselves See fewer	Solaris (2002)
Jimmy Iovine Self Self See fewer	Road House (1989)
Jenna Jameson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Masseuse (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Sharon Lee Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Limp Bizkit Themselves Themselves See fewer	Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Jamie Madrox Self Self See fewer	Big Money Hustlas (2000)
Robert McChesney Self Self See fewer	Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy (2018)
Mark Crispin Miller Self (as Mark Crispin-Miller) Self (as Mark Crispin-Miller) See fewer	Four Died Trying (2023)
Monoxide Self Self See fewer	Big Money Hustlas (2000)
Neal H. Moritz Self (as Neal Moritz) Self (as Neal Moritz) See fewer	The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Ann Powers Self Self See fewer	A Day of Judgment (1981)
Robin Quivers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Private Parts (1997)
Pina Sciarra Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Shaggy 2 Dope Self Self See fewer	Death Racers (2008)
Dave Sirulnick Self Self See fewer	Hamilton (2020)
Britney Spears Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crossroads (I) (2002)
Howard Stern Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard Stern on Demand (2005)
Rob Stone Self Self See fewer	Pam: Girl on the Loose (2008)
Twiztid Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Purple Show (2003)
Violent J Self Self See fewer	Death Racers (2008)
Leslie Bega Marianne Moore (archive footage) (uncredited) Marianne Moore (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)