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Toyota and the Sunday funnies
Here's one thing you can't wake up to with the Sunday paper: last night's "Saturday Night Live" sketches.
Thankfully, there's the online edition of The Detroit Free Press. The Freep's "Browser" blog, lately one of my favorite web feeds, highlights the inevitable SNL spoof of Toyota's ongoing PR challenges, this time poking fun at the runaway Prius:
I'm sure Toyota is the least bit amused, but it was only a matter of time before SNL would bite. The parody spot ended with "Ford: We make hybrids too" voiced over a Ford logo, though I doubt Bill Ford, Jr. saw any humor in it.
Add it to the heap of problems facing the Japanese automaker. Granted, the Prius case is drawing questions about the accuser and his troubled financial past. Even SNL cast member Kenan Thompson found himself in the crosshairs this morning after the spot ran.
I am still rooting for Toyota. It may be years before the company fully recovers from the recalls, and the situation will continue to get worse before it gets better. If anything, the SNL ad, whether or not you found it funny, is part of the healing process.
And now, back to Crankshaft...
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