Reebok Pulls Ad off "Survivor"

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Reebok last night pulled a commercial scheduled to air on CBS-TV’s “Survivor: The Australian Outback” because it was eerily similar to a real-life videotaped stunt in which a Kentucky teenager was seriously injured. In the ad, Steve Francis of the NBA’s Houston Rockets jumps over an oncoming car while wearing a pair of Reeboks. In the videotape it resembles, a group of teenagers earlier this week attempted to leap over a moving car in order to imitate stunts on MTV’s “Jackass.”

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