The Web is abuzz today with talk about Bob Dylan's appearance in the new Victoria's Secret television ad (his first product endorsement ever), and Ad Age captures our reaction to the spot perfectly: "Looking more like a furtive bus station lecher than a music legend, he leers at a very young female cavorting through a deserted Venetian palace in panties, bra, costume wings and his cowboy hat." Very Sexy™ - not.

Bob Dylan's Sex Gear Ad for Victoria's Secret (Ad Age; includes .wmv video of ad)
Great Moments in Advertising (dashes.com)
"Latest Victoria's Secret Model: Bob Dylan" (CNN)
Previously: Victoria's Secret 2003 Video

Update: Slate's Seth Stevenson gives the VS/Bob Dylan spot a D minus: "Let's pretend this never happened."
"Tangled Up In Boobs" (Slate)

· Bunsen speaks for self-groping channel surfers everywhere: "The serendipitous appearance of a high-quality lingerie commercial requires instant, intimate attention ... But who's the old guy by the fire watching us? Singing to us? Bob Dylan is in my commercial. A craggy Peeping Tom leering at us, raising an eyebrow, skulking around and sizing me up. A wizened, folk-rock legend/vampire has taken over my thirty seconds of release." (Bunsen)

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