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Teen Sex Ad Not Actually From JC Penney

That JC Penney commercial, which featured two teens practicing for a naked romp in the basement? The one that won a prize at the Cannes Lions Awards this weekend and spread quickly on the Web yesterday? It was an unauthorized fake, and executives at the department store are royally pissed. "It's obviously inappropriate and nothing we would ever condone," Penney's chief marketing officer told the Wall Street Journal. "We're very disappointed that our logo and brand position were used in that way." Thus began the blame game over who unleashed this mutant sorta-sex tape, one that will seem oh-so-familiar to anyone who recalls, say, the Miley Cyrus incident with Vanity Fair. More »

5:04 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Ryan Tate
24,069 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: I work for JCPenney, and I think this was a fantastic idea. I don't know how the whole company is looking; I don't think it's good. I know that my store's situation is not pretty. Hours cut like crazy, the more »

cultural moments

Teen Sex Gains Mainstream Approval With JC Penney Ad

Well, it's official now: teen sex is okay with middle America. This momentous shift comes in the form of a new JC Penney ad, in which the thoroughly middlebrow retailer has a few laughs about two teen luvahs learning to put their clothes on quickly enough to avoid the mom of the house walking in on them doing the nasty. Forget the whole Miley Cyrus photo uproar! Go home, abstinence-preaching Christians! If JC Penney can sell three-packs of Hanes boxers to your family using a well-placed horny teen theme, well, it's time to lay the "controversy" of teenage sexuality to rest. They like to fuck—particularly on top of JC Penney products! Watch the commercial acknowledgment of biology and profound cultural moment for mall moms, after the jump: More »

3:02 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
12,897 views, 63 comments

Latest by Chrisafer: I, for one, blame Juno. more »

advertising

Fierce Man With Close Shave Wants No Labels

Philips got some props recently for its thoughtful ad for women's razors that starred a crossdressing dancer (man) named Karis. The spot was a break from the ad world's normal "Girlie men are funny ha ha" angle. Although you shouldn't expect to see any serious portrayals of transvestites in Budweiser Super Bowl ads any time soon. Boinkology went and interviewed Karis, and he wants the world to know that he doesn't put all these crazy labels on himself. His motivation? "Just being fierce." More »

6:08 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,633 views, 21 comments

Latest by Smirk: @HamptonShmampton: Sometimes, that's all it takes... more »

the gays

The Liquor Ad That Only Gays Were Supposed To See

Gays: Here is one of the plainest insights you will ever get into how you are perceived by the liquor industry, and, by extension, by the advertising industry that gets paid to understand consumers such as yourself. Pictured here is an ad for Basil Hayden's whiskey that was placed in "general market" publications. Its tagline reads, "When you walk into a bar, you're on stage." After the jump, the tagline for the version of that same ad that was placed into Gay/ Lesbian publications: More »

4:28 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
13,204 views, 53 comments

Latest by n/a: they could have also gone with "how you doin?" because the bottle is totally flaming. i love it though. more »