Sex Sells, Sometimes

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via Daily Bedpost by Em & Lo on 7/3/08

You may recall from a recent blog roundup of ours, that Heinz Deli Mayo had a funny television commercial running in the U.K. It featured a tough, macho, N.Y. deli guy in the kitchen making sandwiches for the Brit kids and Dad before they headed out for the day, and ended with the Dad and deli guy giving each other a quick kiss goodbye. But a mere 200 complaints about it being "offensive" and "inappropriate" got it pulled.

Do these poo-poo-ers really think any young person watching this could be turned gay? It's not exactly hot; we mean, there's no tongue or anything. In fact, it's almost kind of sweet. A commercial like that might turn kids tolerant, but gay? No way. In fact, what's offensive about it is simply the automatic assumption that the mom would be the one in the kitchen doing the cooking. Well, at least you can enjoy the ad here or above. And maybe support Heinz by buying some for your barbecue tomorrow.

Planet Green's got a funny commercial with a bit of tasteful nudity to bring awareness to environmental issues and bring viewers to the new television network.

Mega-Bang takes all those penis enhancing products one step further with a parody supplement that'll make your johnson spin. Nice use of the '70s porn aesthetic and the "bullshit Amazonian origins of its "herbs."

And here are just a few oldie-but-goodie commercials that use sex to sell, but not in the typical cheap T&A beer-y way:

Purex has a dirty commercial about making things really clean.

Fiat makes a good case for getting your first car.

Nomad mobile phones wants you to think before committing.

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