Truth in Advertising – or Freudian Slip?
Humor, Marketing / PR, Misc July 23rd, 2006
So true. And so wrong 
(a real banner ad from YAHOO)
If I were GM, I’d fire the Agency though…
Update (7/23): Check out Rick Segal’s post on outright stupid advertising.
Zoli Erdos
Did you know the July 4 Coney Island Hot Dog eating competition has been won by a Japanese for the last few years…talk about feed me – I think he downed 50+
We need a revenge, and win some sushi-eating competition
I don’t get this? It’s a shit american car, americans are the fattest people on the planet. Go figure.
you’re not perverted enough to.
Maybe they’re at a stage where they can only sell to poseurs who’re proud to be able to afford an insanely gaz-guzzling “car”? A bi like gold-plating your car, just to show everybody that you can afford it…
A Hummer is a colloquialism for a Blow Job.
Who do you think they’ve ever been selling them to? What other possible reason is there to buy a Hummer?
i think it speaks well to their target audience — and your revulsion would reinforce a prospective hummer owner’s choice: they want to stand out, be crass, insult prudence. agency should get props.