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Curse You, Super Don!

A commercial for our times

Plucked from the sticky bowels of YouTube, this commercial for an Illinois auto dealer has a certain resonance as Clinton and Obama get ready for their (23rd!) debate.

If you have trouble viewing the ad, here's a summary.
(Terrifying, bucktoothed sumo wrestler "Import Man" (representing "Asian capitalists") harasses nebbish woman.)

IMPORT MAN: Pay mo' fo' eeempot cahhhs from meeeeee! Hahahaha!

(Super Don, America's Doughiest Metahuman, flies into the scene.)

SUPER DON: I'm Super Don from South Oak Dodge in Matteson, and I can save you from the import car trap.

(He punches import man.)

IMPORT MAN: OOOOH!

(Import Man FLIES into the stratosphere, pursued for some reason by Super Don, as the hero READS a list of cheap cars.)

SUPER DON: Buy American from South Oak Dodge and Chryslers!

IMPORT MAN: Curse you, Super Don!
We now know why Lou Dobbs' show is uncancellable—nativists have powers.

Comments on Curse You, Super Don!:

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Smappy | April 17, 2008, 10:13am | #

No. Way.

Suavemente | April 17, 2008, 1:40pm | #

YES!!! The 80s are back. And with a vengeance...well, with a 21st century flare.

Zevatron | April 18, 2008, 8:23am | #

Import Man's kryptonite is the fact that he would have been accurate if he had said "Buy a less expensive, higher quality, more reliable car from me!"

Super Don thinks he can compete with Caravans, Aspens, and Cherokees?

stari_momak | April 18, 2008, 11:17pm | #

Is Super Don advocating import restrictions? No, not here. He is merely appealing to people to buy a car made (at least somewhat) in their own country. Why does "Reason" have a problem with this? Presumably some people will be inspired by Super Don, and some will scoff. But free speech, the right to advocate certain positions -- yes, even buying American -- is a fundamental value.

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