GM feeling grateful for Bluto-like Americans

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General Motors douses its failure in pop culture, invoking such cultural luminaries as Popeye and Bluto from Animal House to reflect their own struggles, in this comeback ad from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. I guess it's in the spirit of the season to be thankful, but they didn't need to pat themselves on the back about it. Not having to bail them out again in another 20 years is all the thanks we need, really.

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