Posted on 07/21/2006 10:24:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Japanese carmaker Nissan said Friday it has pulled a raunchy commercial starring "Sex and the City" actress Kim Cattrall from New Zealand television after complaints over its content.
Cattrall, who plays sex-obsessed, promiscuous Samantha Jones in the hugely successful U.S. series, appears in the ad purring with excitement about Nissan's new sedan.
"Why didn't you tell me it was so big, I just wasn't prepared for it?" she gushes. "The all-new Nissan Tiida makes you feel really, really, really good inside."
She tells a salesman: "Ah! That was amazing. Absolutely fabulous! I mean the great body and the way you moved it."
The double entendre-laced ad was approved by New Zealand's Television Commercial Approvals Bureau before broadcast. Nevertheless, it sparked a number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board.
Nissan said it was taking the commercial off the air before the board could consider the objections.
"We made this decision in the interest of self-regulation and in response to public feedback," Nissan said in a statement.
New Zealand generally is regarded as liberal when it comes to TV ad content, with no complaints reported about the Australian tourism campaign "Where the bloody hell are you?" which was banned in the UK.
Good for New Zealand. One can't even watch TV anymore with all the soft-porn commercials that are out there. It is sad when one thinks of how there used to be a day when that kind of filth would have never been allowed on the airwaves.
Good grief. Lighten up, Kim Catrall is hot for an older woman.
Mind the rules, folks.
CROW: Hello. Good day. Happy to see you. I, Crow T. Robot have penned a little ditty in honor of the star of today's experiment, Kim Cattrall. It's called "Oh, Kim Cattrall," by Crow T. Robot. Sung by Crow T. Robot. It's marked allegro con brio, Kershell listing 643.
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Kim Kim Kim Kim Cattrall
You were in Mannequin and that was a really good movie,
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Caaa-Traaaall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Kim Kim Cattrall
You've never made a bad film.
Oh, what the hell,
Ring my bell,
Let's go to the Dells,
Our relationship will gel.
I like your smell,
You're really swell,
I'm Charlton Heston for Contel.
I love you Kim (I liked your dress at the Ace Awards) Cattrall.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of that song when I hear the name "Kim Cattrall." At least I don't actually start singing it any more...
Isn't she something like 90 years old at this point?
Oh no. She's much younger than Susan Sarandon.
40ish, well close anyway ;-)
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