JOE ISUZU'S BACK (NO, HE ISN'T)

Joe Isuzu will be selling Isuzu vehicles FOREVER.

(Oh no, he won't.)Joe, the pathological liar played by actor David Leisure, won't be back in American Isuzu Motors Inc. commercials when the carmaker introduces its 1991 lineup of vehicles, said the Della Femina, McNamee WCRS advertising agency.

The agency created Joe Isuzu in commercials that began in 1986. The ads poked fun at carmaker claims. Joe would lie outrageously in touting Isuzu vehicles.

The ads usually carried subtitles correcting his claims. Leisure has found other work on television, however. He stars in the NBC comedy "Empty Nest." (Honest.)