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To: carriage_hill; rodguy911; All
I remember it well. My first car in college (jr year) was a new
‘69 VW Bug, navy blue w/ white interior and crank sunroof.

I've always enjoyed that (photo) of that VW commercial...
It ran only a few times, Wash. DC Establish. didn't like it.

579 posted on 06/19/2014 12:01:29 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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To: skinkinthegrass

lol!


584 posted on 06/19/2014 12:19:08 PM PDT by mylife
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To: skinkinthegrass

Banned National Lampoon Ad
The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor
(1973)

That was a spoof ad run in National Lampoon. They caught all kinds of hell for that from VW North America. Heh.

Here’s one of their TV ads by DDB (Doyle, Dane, Bernbach) Advertising:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU


586 posted on 06/19/2014 12:28:20 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

I remember seeing a Beetle fly off the Bear Mountain Bridge in a winds from.


711 posted on 06/20/2014 11:35:56 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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