Jezebel: Toyota

10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST

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Total Recall

Anna Holmes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:50:00 EST

[New York, February 8. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

"She Can Take A Good Pounding In Any Direction"

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:20:00 EST

Toyota pulled the winning entry in an online ad competition following complaints about its "incestuous overtones." The innuendo-filled clip shows a father speaking with his daughter's date, who assures him he will "have her on her back by eleven." [News.au.com] More »

Badvertising

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:45:00 EST

Dodai here. You guys, the "Saved By Zero" Toyota commercial has eaten my brain. Whenever it comes on, I helplessly sing along. I hate the song, but I'm powerless against it! And it is useless to resist. Time magazine interviewed Dan Sarles, a recent business school graduate who is, according to the mag, "among a growing legion of viewers" who have complained about the ad on the Web. Sarles says: "It's right at that border, where it's catchy enough that it gets stuck in your head, but not good enough that you like it." For the uninitiated — or the masochistic — the commercial is embedded behind the jump. Saved by zero! [Time] More »

Dear America, Maybe Leave The Hoarding To Countries That Can't Live Off Their Fat For A Few Months?

Moe — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:30:00 EDT

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"It is just unreal what can happen when we get fear being spread as it is now, and when the general populace goes out and starts doing idiotic things like lining up at the Sam's Club and the Costco and not buying one bag but buying 10 bags just because they might run out." [WSJ]