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Apropos of songs being appropriated for commercials, my colleague Sean Gregory writes about that Toyota ad. One thing, as they say, leads to another.
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I read the Toyota ad story. I hate that commercial so much. Also, I think Sean Gregory misses one result of people's hatred. Changing the channel. After the second football Sunday ruined by the commercial, I started changing the channel every time that commercial played, the game I was watching be damned.
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