Silly old ads: September 2006 Archives

There are three things I particularly love about this ad.The language is terse and compact. Probably so it's easy to read. You know, for idiots. The women in the red outfit looks like she's either experiencing the wrath of some deity, or has just seen a 2,800 pound cockroach. And...

Nissan presents: Black Gold!

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I admit that I was a part of the 1980s, but I was most certainly not around when they were making this schlock....
Any commercial featuring SUPER POTENTIAL is automatically good enough to be featured here. Enjoy a hilariously Japanese commercial for the hilariously Japanese Mitsubishi Starion. I'm still trying to figure out what's going on in the first five seconds of this commercial. What the hell are those, giant floating space buttocks?...
How else could you explain buying a bunny something as awful as a 1975 Subaru? And if you're into reading the quasi-fine print, you'll notice that this particular Subaru is backed by an Unlimited Mileage Warranty—and it's even covered for an entire 12 months! P.S. Ha ha, an entire category...
...so they build "a woman's car." Oversized, hopelessly automatic and dull. It's too bad you can't find ad copy like that anymore. Sigh....

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