http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/teri garr http://jalopnik.com/tag/teri garr

It's no great secret that advertisers use the imagery of sex to sell their products, whether it's an orgasmic shampoo (Tony Hale FTW) or Bob Dole pushing those little blue diamonds. Does it work? According to a detailed analysis, advertisements that are of a suggestive nature have a recall score 77% above their normal product scores. Of course, just because something is remembered doesn't mean that the product will be remembered positively. Take today's suggestive BMW ad, which elicited numerous hilarious responses including today's COTD from Steel_ETC. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=398683&view=rss&microfeed=true

Oh, how the time flies! It seems like just yesterday... yeah, like hell it does. It was 1983. Stagflation, the Iranian hostage crisis, and the early Reagan recession were still fresh on the American mind. In a portent of doom, Toyota introduced the Camry to the U.S. market. Was it the high-water mark of the Malaise Era? Quite possibly. And now we can celebrate one of its its most lasting cultural documents, on its 25th anniversary. That's right, Mr. Mom has hit the quarter-century mark. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=367982&view=rss&microfeed=true