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JCPenney, have you learned nothing lately? The answer will be obvious once you watch this new commercial, via Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, for men's clothing sold at the giant mall retailer. It uses a split screen to run a Fast Times at Ridgemont High scene of an 18-year-old Phoebe Cates soaking wet in a red bikini next to images of clothes targeted at men old enough to be her dad (as represented by the ad's spokesman, ESPN's Kenny Mayne).
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