{"id":11912,"date":"2013-05-29T08:33:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=11912"},"modified":"2013-05-29T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T03:33:22","slug":"world-war-brew-j-c-penney-places-huge-billboard-advert-over-interstate-highway-for-kettle-that-looks-just-like-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=11912","title":{"rendered":"World war brew: J.C. Penney places huge billboard advert over Interstate Highway for kettle &#8216;that looks just like Hitler&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hitler-kettle_2574818b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11910\" alt=\"hitler-kettle_2574818b\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hitler-kettle_2574818b.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hitler-kettle_2574818b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hitler-kettle_2574818b-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hitler-kettle_2574818b-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>Retailer J.C. Penney may want to rethink the design of their new kettle after a string of customers complained it looks remarkably like Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer advertised the new kettle &#8211; which is exclusively available in its stores &#8211; on a huge billboard over the 405 Interstate Highway in southern California.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than being tempted into buying new kitchen equipment, commuters driving along the route near Culver City found themselves instantly reminded of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Several motorists took pictures of the sign, which is around 10 foot tall and 36 foot wide, and posted it on Twitter along with their views about the kettle&#8217;s resemblance to the\u00a0 World War II dictator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jim @scplanetable tweeted: Every time I see that JC Penny billboard with the teapot, I keep seeing Hitler. Seriously, the thing looks exactly like Hitler. 405 S, man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Proving the billboard may not be the best advertising for the retailer, another commuter, Benari @benarilee tweeted: &#8216;Uh, no thanks, JC Penny. I don&#8217;t think I want your HITLER teapot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Other social media users added that they dreaded to think what the store&#8217;s pressure cookers must look like.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retailer J.C. Penney may want to rethink the design of their new kettle after a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}