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Two of television's funniest Pauls—writer/director Paul Feig and comedian Paul F. Tompkins—have teamed up to create Ford's newest marketing icon: a lascivious "spokespuppet" named Doug. In a series of online videos, Doug (voiced by Tompkins) helps highlight the features of the 2012 Ford Focus while making inappropriate advances at every woman in sight. If the results are reminiscent of The Office, that's probably because Feig has directed more than a few episodes. Like most marketing Web videos, the clips are quite a bit longer than they need to be, but there are some real gems hidden among the product-description bullet points.
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