You can't beat your Johnson, says '70s spot

If you thought "Chevy runs deep" sounded suggestive, you should try this '70s spot for Johnson outboard motors on for size. They just keep saying it. A line like "You, your kids and your Johnson" sounds prosecutable in this day and age. Even watching this ad all the way through probably puts you on a watch list. But despite the comically earnest singer, let's not pretend everyone was oblivious to how this sounded. This was the decade of Blowfly, after all.

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