[cmrdporcupine]

Remember when The Simpson's Canyonero clip was satire/comedy? Now it just looks like an ad for a real car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

[kube-system]

You must not remember what real car ads used to look like in the 80s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j-qy1s1RIM

[cmrdporcupine]

Dude I'm from Alberta, Canada's Texas. I grew up with these ads on constant rotation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivnYaqmXwS4&t=1s

But if you look at the biggest pickups from the 80s they're not really that big. The whole compact and subcompact truck market has vanished. People only want 'em big.