And it appeared about a year ago that such a moment was at hand, when within a few weeks after the gritty Clint Eastwood commercial for Chrysler during Super Bowl XLVI Chrysler Group ran ads for each of its brands with the same kind of creative feel but without referencing Motown.
During the Super Bowl on Sunday night, a group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns broadcast an ad showing the NRA's LaPierre, in 1999, endorsing the expanded background checks his group now opposes.