Toyota Ad Pulled After Complaints

[rdowns]

Too bad, funniest commercial I've ever seen.

Link to ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDDtNpmbAc&feature=player_embedded#)

Article link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/14/toyota-yaris-ad-pulled-af_n_391221.html)

Toyota has been forced to pull a new advertisement in Australia following numerous accusations that the video was not only sexist but also making light of incest.

The online ad, entitled "Clean Getaways," is for the Toyota Yaris, a small car mainly sold to young women, according to the TheAge.com. The video, which is full of sexual innuendos and suggestive double entendres, begins with a young man arriving to pick up his date and telling the girl's father at the door, "I'm here to take Jennifer's virginity out tonight." From there the young man reels off such lines as "I hope I haven't come too prematurely," "it has traction control for when it gets a bit slippery and wet," and "I'll have her on her back by 11, I promise."

[themoonisdown09]

That was a pretty funny commercial. Oh well...

[ZachsMacDaddy]

Too bad, funniest commercial I've ever seen.


Best car ad in a while for sure. Too bad it was pulled. They could run that during the Super Bowl here!

[eawmp1]

Gotta love Aussie humor. We're too uptight in the US for that to play here.

[GSMiller]

I get the sexual undertones of the ad but incest? Am I missing something? :o

[themoonisdown09]

I get the sexual undertones of the ad but incest? Am I missing something? :o

I guess the dad jumping at the end meant that he wanted to hump his daughter.

[ss957916]

Wow. He can cum prematurely with me any time he likes.

[apfhex]

I get the sexual undertones of the ad but incest? Am I missing something? :o
As one user wrote about this particular part of the ad: "The ad features a father and his daughter's boyfriend agreeing together, in a matey way, that the daughter is going to get a 'good pounding'. It has incestuous overtones."
I'm still not seeing it. I think the people that complain about ads like this are the ones that are messed up.

[ss957916]

There's an even better one today about a xmas card. It said something like "Santa loves all children - even ginger ones". Complaints made, supermarket takes it off the shelves, the rest of the UK wishes people would get a sense of humour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8411894.stm

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Gotta love Aussie humor. We're too uptight in the US for that to play here.

Apparently, Aussies are too uptight for it as well. ;)

[notjustjay]

You gotta hate it when you have to pull out early.

The ads, I mean... :eek:

[Forsaken]

And I wonder how this one passed through...

[iCantwait]

Really? Whoever considered the incestuous has something wrong in their childhood.

[joeshell383]

It seems that the most far-reaching and effective ads today are the ones that DON'T air.

[Gregg2]

I'm still not seeing it. I think the people that complain about ads like this are the ones that are messed up.

It depends on the point of view you're taking. As a well-adjusted, mature adult, maybe you can handle it. You have to consider the state of mind, maturity level, age, etc. of everybody, not just those who are "like" you.

Take product recalls for example. The recent thing about the cords on window shades is kind of silly to those who understand the danger they could pose to small children, and take appropriate, effective precautions. Or think about any number of household chemicals that could harm children or mentally challenged adults. In the old days, there was no such thing as a "childproof" cap. Responsible adults had to take appropriate precautions. Now safeguards are mandated by the government, not to protect those who don't need it, but those who do. The latter are distinctly in the minority.

[ucfgrad93]

I thought it was pretty funny.:D

[Teh Don Ditty]

That was fecking hilarious!

[theBB]

It depends on the point of view you're taking. As a well-adjusted, mature adult, maybe you can handle it. You have to consider the state of mind, maturity level, age, etc. of everybody, not just those who are "like" you.
Oh, the classic, "think of the children" cry. Yes, children will see this ad, decide that they have to go out and have sex right away. It is that dangerous for immature minds, sure...

[Teh Don Ditty]

^Your post needed this...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/kieranmahon2000/HelenLovejoy.jpg

[Shotgun OS]

I found it to be extremely hilarious! I really cannot see how people can get offended by advertisements like these.

[Prof.]

The guy who was picking up the girl was pretty cute.:D

[haiggy]

I think this is a good contender for being equally offensive and "degrading" :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25NQqK4E5vk

... as well as hilarious! :D

[dsnort]

Too bad, funniest commercial I've ever seen.

Meh, I've seen better.

I think this is a good contender for being equally offensive and "degrading" :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25NQqK4E5vk

... as well as hilarious! :D

Now that was funny!

[rdowns]

The guy who was picking up the girl was pretty cute.:D

Go for it. He drive a Yaris, he must be gay. :D

[dsnort]

Aha, here's the one I was thinking of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yl5HswD27A

[adder7712]

Is his name Horny? LMAO! :p

[synth3tik]

Gotta love Aussie humor. We're too uptight in the US for that to play here.


I would not be so sure. I seem to recall a very similar (though less abrasive) car commercial in the states.

If I recall the innuendo softened quite a bit when the BF started showing the dad the navigation system, air bags, etc.

[Gregg2]

Oh, the classic, "think of the children" cry. Yes, children will see this ad, decide that they have to go out and have sex right away. It is that dangerous for immature minds, sure...

You don't have to take that point of view and jump off a cliff with it. The effects are much more subtle. But then, where's the fun in nuance for a flamer?

[ccdan]

It depends on the point of view you're taking. As a well-adjusted, mature adult, maybe you can handle it. You have to consider the state of mind, maturity level, age, etc. of everybody, not just those who are "like" you.

One has to be completely retarded to believe that any kind of "adult content" has any effect whatsoever on children. This is just an idiotic idea propagated by religious degenerates.

[Gregg2]

One has to be completely retarded to believe that any kind of "adult content" has any effect whatsoever on children. This is just an idiotic idea propagated by religious degenerates.

Oh. Now that the smartest person on earth has weighed in, we have all knowledge on the subject. Thanks a bunch! Studies indicating a contrary conclusion are obviously flawed, so don't bother searching for any. You'll find them, but it's heresy.

[ccdan]

Thanks a bunch! Studies indicating a contrary conclusion are obviously flawed, so don't bother searching for any. You'll find them, but it's heresy.
Of course they're flawed... if there were a law forbidding the publication of any non-scientific studies (that is, studies not based on the sicentific method) and any maipulative statistics, you'd see absolutely no studies "showing" that nudity/pornography/violence has any negative effect on childre or adult, you'd see no studies showing that GMOs are harmful to human health and you'd see no studies stating that the global warming is certainly caused by humans... but unfortunately there are no such laws and the vast majority of people don't have the necessary education to distinguish between scientifically valid studies and invalid ones (most people don't know the difference between correlation and causality, don't know what a control group is, and so on...)

Regarding this subject, it's not even necessary have any study showing one thing or another because there are entire countries with lax or non-existent legislation with regards to sex censorship in media and a strong openness to sex, like denmark... guess what? danish people are perfectly fine and happy! (as opposed to what some retarded conservatives might think)

[paddy]

There's an even better one today about a xmas card. It said something like "Santa loves all children - even ginger ones". Complaints made, supermarket takes it off the shelves, the rest of the UK wishes people would get a sense of humour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8411894.stm

Hilarious :rolleyes:, what would you make of a card saying "Santa loves all children - even black ones"?

Not exactly acceptable when you do it like that is it?

[Antares]

The ad was funny but not that funny. There was a lot of innuendo but I think it would be perfectly fit to air...in my opinion.

Hilarious :rolleyes:, what would you make of a card saying "Santa loves all children - even black ones"?

Not exactly acceptable when you do it like that is it?

Of course it wouldn't be acceptable..there is no such thing as black cookies. :rolleyes: Conversely, ginger bread men are quite common and such a slogan is quite acceptable....and humorous to boot.

[Unspeaked]

Hilarious :rolleyes:, what would you make of a card saying "Santa loves all children - even black ones"?

Not exactly acceptable when you do it like that is it?

Does this mean we can't make blonde jokes any longer?

[Maserati7200]

Really? Whoever considered the incestuous has something wrong in their childhood.
Yeah, seriously. I watched the video before reading the rest of the post and that did not even cross my mind. Then I read the post and facepalmed. People need to relax and stop thinking into things so deeply. Not everything has to be analyzed and examined for something that isn't there.

[carlgo]

And there was the Jack in the Box lesbian ("Jack raps") commercial. Hilarious, I couldn't believe it. It was on for a couple of days, then gone. I'm sure they expected the usual backlash and had a safe commercial ready to go when they took it off.

[GSMiller]

I guess the dad jumping at the end meant that he wanted to hump his daughter.

That has to be it.

I'm still not seeing it. I think the people that complain about ads like this are the ones that are messed up.

Indeed.