Comments on: Most Tasteless Ad Ever?

By: Tequila

Tequila — Thu, 25 May 2006 03:20:16 +0000

Aww.. I love you guys. I’m sorry for calling you morons(at some point in time)

By: Conrad Kilroy

Conrad Kilroy — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:59:42 +0000

If you hate this commercial,
then sadly, you are the terrorist.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:35:04 +0000

That is just disturbing… In a humerous way

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:00:51 +0000

Seems the Volkswagen advert was indeed a hoax. But hey – not only did I buy it, I laughed too.

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By: velvel

velvel — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:54:34 +0000

Volkswagen denies responsibility for ad

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:22:06 +0000

Hysterical.

Sick and wrong, but hysterical.

By: shada:i

shada:i — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:12:54 +0000

I think the ad was done by Lee and Dan (a creative agency) at leeanddan.com. They just took off the VW page because of high traffic overload.

By: T_M

T_M — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:02:12 +0000

“She?”

By: Bathroom Reading

Bathroom Reading — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:25:07 +0000

Probably Not Real, Still Pretty Cool
I was just over at Jewlicious and came across this post which takes you to a supposed VW ad. She says it’s tasteless.

Personally, she’s right, but it’s still pretty funny, too.

By: T_M

T_M — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:01:30 +0000

So far, we just have the Hungarian connection at Judapest. Have you guys visited their blog? I don’t speak Hungarian but it looks damn good!

By: fineline

fineline — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:59:08 +0000

Ok, I don’t feel like some freaky loner with a bizarre sense of humor, now. Apparently, we just need to break the ice and laugh where laughs were earned. So, anyone know from whence came this ad or ad-parody?

By: T_M

T_M — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:42:07 +0000

By the way, Janice, there are many other reasons not to buy this car.

By: Neocon

Neocon — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:40:03 +0000

Oh, good…

I was watching it at work trying not to laugh so loud I would attract attention.

My vote firmly in the funny column.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:45:07 +0000

Anyone notice that the terrorist slightly reselbmes Ringo Starr?

By: T_M

T_M — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:29:09 +0000

I agree. Funny and tasteless.

I can’t wait until some washing machine manufacturer does a commercial where it launders bloody, shredded clothes to a spanking clean white.

By: ck

ck — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:48:01 +0000

I laughed too! I think the ad is a riot! Tsteless, but funny as f*ck!

By: fineline

fineline — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:23:15 +0000

Ok, if this is a real ad, I admit to being very surprised that anyone made it. That said, I am apparently the only person here who finds this ad funny.

(a) Terrorist made to look bad. Note the very normal, friendly people who he is trying to kill).

(b) Connection made with Palestinian terrorists. The scarf will remind many of Arafats kefiyah. I admit that it does feed into the ugly “Arabs are bad and scary” stereotype.

(c) Terrorist foiled…kills only himself. We always like when that happens. Admit it. When you see that in the paper, you have a sense of gratification.

(d) VW proud that their car cannot be used as a terrorist weapon by Islamists. Ok, so its not realistic, but that’s not the point.

I laughed. I’m sorry.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:52:27 +0000

That is totally, totally sick. WHAT aspect of the car — the VW Polo — were they really trying to show? That it’s “tough?”

I’d say “insane.” IMHO, just don’t buy the car for this reason alone.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:46:00 +0000

Doubt it’s real.

By: T_M

T_M — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:39:52 +0000

CK, just trying to lighten up your workload before you leave. You do recall that I’m going to be busy while you’re away, right?