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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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I just had the misfortune of seeing Chrysler's latest television commercial: a parody of Folger's coffee commercials in which a fancy restaurant owner's Toyota (or whetever) is replaced with a Chrysler 300.

At the end of the commercial the announcer says that Chrysler also replaced the owner's wife of twenty years with a young model named Isabella, who is then seen sitting in the front passenger seat.

Evidently nobody at Chrysler has sufficient good taste to see how disgusting and insulting this commercial is. Am I to infer from their commercial that I should discard my fabulous wife of 27 years for some Italian model on the premise that my wife is not young enough or not beautiful enough or not fill-in-your-favorite-adjective enough?

I went to Chrysler's website, found the Contact Us page, and sent an e-mail to them suggesting that they come to their senses and both pull the commercial and issue a public apology for their thoughtlessness before they start losing sales revenue. I may, further, mail a letter to the CEO of DaimlerChrysler AG.

I'd encourage anyone here who finds this advert tasteless to follow suit and e-mail Chrysler.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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Marriage is not sacred in the United States. Are you surprised by this? Just because you, and your wife have a great and happy marriage, doesnt mean the rest of the country does. You are an extreme minority.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:01 PM
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[QUOTE=NFRs2000NYC,Feb 19 2007, 10:49 PM]Marriage is not sacred in the United States.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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Is this the commercial???

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f-epQKU4upc
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Yup.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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you have to be kidding, you honestly have nothing better to do with your time. its a commercial for god sakes, you think sending a letter (e-mail) will make a difference?
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by smracer31,Feb 20 2007, 01:51 AM
you have to be kidding, you honestly have nothing better to do with your time. its a commercial for god sakes, you think sending a letter (e-mail) will make a difference?
it's a parody, you should lighten up a bit.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by AZDelt,Feb 20 2007, 03:08 AM
it's a parody, you should lighten up a bit.
Seriously. You wrote an e-mail?
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by magician,Feb 19 2007, 11:48 PM
I just had the misfortune of seeing Chrysler's latest television commercial: a parody of Folger's coffee commercials in which a fancy restaurant owner's Toyota (or whetever) is replaced with a Chrysler 300.

At the end of the commercial the announcer says that Chrysler also replaced the owner's wife of twenty years with a young model named Isabella, who is then seen sitting in the front passenger seat.

Evidently nobody at Chrysler has sufficient good taste to see how disgusting and insulting this commercial is. Am I to infer from their commercial that I should discard my fabulous wife of 27 years for some Italian model on the premise that my wife is not young enough or not beautiful enough or not fill-in-your-favorite-adjective enough?

I went to Chrysler's website, found the Contact Us page, and sent an e-mail to them suggesting that they come to their senses and both pull the commercial and issue a public apology for their thoughtlessness before they start losing sales revenue. I may, further, mail a letter to the CEO of DaimlerChrysler AG.

I'd encourage anyone here who finds this advert tasteless to follow suit and e-mail Chrysler.
I didn't know about the Chrysler commercial until reading this thread.

Congratulations, you've assisted their ad campaign.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:05 AM
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Lemme guess - you also wrote in about GM's Robot Suicide commercial too?
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