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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