Date:         Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:34:42 -0600
Reply-To:     Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Suicide ad - VW
Comments: To: Rajesh Injety <wolfvanagon@yahoo.com>
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Yeah, it's sad alright . . .

As a GM Ad Exec I can say that we were ALL (the ad agency) absolutely amazed
when we'd heard the news that "Robot" was being changed and that the robot
was not going to take the plunge.

The discussion around the water cooler that day initially focused on
American vs. European advertising (we see advertising that would never even
make it through an American brainstorming session!), but then the bigger
picture came up - the PC Police.

I'm just sad that GM didn't grow a pair and stick with their original
response, which was "You gotta be KIDDIN' me!".

Hey, anyone know of any European agencies that are hiring?

:)

Matt Drew
'90 GL "Blackbeard"



Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2014998,00.html
>
>
>
>   Are you kidding me?!
>   Yes suicide is sad(i knew people who past away due to it, and i know
> people who have tried unsuccessfully)...  But this country plays to cries of
> all the oversensitive politically correct nazi's too much.  It was a funny
> commercial i don't care what the rest say.  And the GM add was funny too,
> because it was a fr*%k'n ROBOT.
>
>