Item: In the 1980s, Pepsi's chief celebrity promoter was Michæl Jackson, a man who, despite his many talents, generally sleeps with children in preference to adults.
Item: In the early part of the new millennium, Pepsi ran a series of commercials in which defeated presidential contender Bob Dole (already experiencing something of a second act promoting the virility drug Viagra) is shown leering at a barely-legal (if that) Britney Spears, a young popstar who, as a teenager, won her fame mostly by appealing to the prurient interests of older men. Spears continues to be the principle spokeswoman for Pepsi in a campaign whose slogan is "For Those Who Think Young." There's thinking young and then there's thinking age-appropriate.
Item: Now there's a television ad showing two young boys staring longingly at a hot chick as she approaches her SUV. Inside this SUV we are shown two even younger children. Sure, we're supposed to believe that the kids are actually longing for a Pepsi, but that's really just the twist at the end. Indeed, the song that's playing throughout the ad is Linda Rondstadt's version of "Just One Look."

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