HairLoss.com calls for boycott of Freestyle Music Park over TV ad

I'm more offended by the portrayal of the adult male as a squeamish wimp.

^I am even more offended that his wife and kids just let him drop like that and not even see how he is doing. Instead, they ignored him and reminisced about the coaster.

The funnies section of the newspaper get funnier and funnier everyday

Curious though:

Would they have preferred a person like me, 38 years of age, with wife and 2 teenage kids in tow, with still a full head of hair (and long hair down the back). When I got done with the ride and seeing my hair just all mangled and in my face?

Is that the type of father society wants to see? :)

Thanks.

Sometimes, I'd like to give the wisdom of Henry Rollins to these people...

Just STFU.

There is always a group that is offended and raise a little helkl about how they are offended at every turn of a hat.

Grow up since the ad is nothing more than a gimmick for the park. Stop being PC and the world will be alot better place.

Way to try and get some free press hair loss people!

Get a life and go fight balding somewhere else!

Maybe Freestyle put them up to it to publicize their own park. Nothing like a threat of a boycott to get people to pay attention to you.

Jeff said:
I've seen that ad before... I thought he just had "rock-n-roll hair" after his ride. I didn't even realize it was a hair piece.

Me neither! I thought "Oh cool, that spruced up hair fits with the rock and roll theme! Nice!" I liked it!

I saw nothing even remotely offensive about the commercial, but people get "offended" over anything anymore. Personally I think the hairloss.com people need to chill out!

-Tina

Bear, I said that all the way back on page one of this...umm..two page thread. lol Both parties involved get free publicity. Think about it. It's all just so completely silly that it couldn't possibly be so serious.

but then again, I just checked out hairloss.com and, wow, if there ever was a serious website about going bald, there it is. It's not quite a parody of itself...yet.

Notice how a MINORITY Group will complain about an Ad being "Offensive", and that Ad will get yanked from the Airwaves. However if an Ad is found "Offensive" by a MAJORITY (For example. the "ED" Pill ads that are shown again and again at times when CHILDREN are watching TV (Even during Children's Shows themselves! :( ) the Network or Station will respond with the standard "We have no control over what is advertised/"Constitutional Rights" speil!

HOLY HYPOCRACY BATMAN!

Heck< I wonder what thier policy is against people who have to use walking canes.

Regulus, not to get off-discussion, but I would be curious what ED product you saw being advertised during children's programming (and what show, specifically). Morality aside, that would be the worst demographic ad-placement in the history of advertising.

He must be referring to those Tickle-me-Elmo dolls. I always thought those were more than a little perverted. ;)

Regulus said:
the Network or Station will respond with the standard "We have no control over what is advertised/"Constitutional Rights" speil!

HOLY HYPOCRACY BATMAN!

TV and radio networks & stations DO have the power to yank and/or refuse to air certain commericals from their airwaves if they want too. Been that way for decades like back in 1968 when local Baltimore & Denver TV stations had banned ads for cigarettes 3 years before the national ban had went into affect. And remembering my days in radio and I can remember back in 1995 when my radio station had banned an ad for Dollar General Stores ( the voice of an old man talking about the joys of Tampax Tampons ).

Come to think of it wasn't there some park who wanted to use porn actor Ron Jeremy as their spokesman? I seem to recall reading about it years ago someplace. Anyway assumng this had never happened but if it did, the local stations in that market would had the power to not airing the spots or at least move them to later times if they didn't approve of Ron Jeremy's "other job".

"Morality aside, that would be the worst demographic ad-placing in the history of advertising" - Ensign Smith.

Not exactly. A LOT of Companies will air ads with total disregard to who is watching them. It's called "Scattershot" Advertising. You saturate the airwaves with ads for your product, in order to ensure as many people as possible see your advertisment. As for the time I saw the "ED Pill" during a Childrens Show, Here are the details Mr. Smith.

The Date was Friday, September 30, 2006. It was the week before I flew to Philadelphia to attend the Phall Phun Phest at Knoebal's (Using the :)FREE:) Airline Ticket that I had received when en route to the Hollywood Nights event in Indiana earlier that year.) On Friday evenings my Church's Singles Group holds a Bible Study at members houses. We have a Potluck Dinner, where everybody brings something to contrubute to the meal. Some members have kids, so a room is set up where they can do something while we do our study. On this occaision they had a TV set set to the Nickleodeon Channel for them to watch. One member bought a Pitcher of homemade Lemonade, and I was asked to serve a tray to the kids. As I approached the room. the show Sponge Bob Square Pants was being shown, and it went to a Commercial Break. I could not believe what I saw next. The Ad was for a Prescription Drug, a Diamond-Shaped Pill for a certain "Dysfunction" whose propiaters like ripping off an old Elvis Presley song for their Jingle! :( I called the host to the room, and the host turned off the TV Set, then went to a Store and got a Children's DVD for them to watch. We Complained to the network, which told us that particular company did not sponser that show. They said it was probably a LOCAL Ad. Companies will often do this to get around a Network's objection to their Ads. When we complained to the Cable System we were told "We have no control over what our Advertisers show, and they have a "Constitutional Right" to air whatever they wish." A Complaint was sent by the Church, but nothing else happed as a result of that incident. This would not be the first time I've seen this happen, time and again I have seen ads for products such as this aired at times when Children are watching, such as Weekend afternoon Sporting Events, Early evening Game Shows, and yes, during Childrens Shows themselves.:( Returning from the Knoebals Event, I had about $300.00 in unused Traveler's Checks, so I put them to good use. I went on a Shopping Spree, visiting several Video Stores, looking for DVDs of TV Shows that were being offered on sale. I purchased over a dozen TV Shows that evening, Complete Series of them. As the next few months progressed, I purchased even more DVDs and by Christmas of 2006 I had accumulated over 1,000 Hours of TV Shows on DVD, along with nearly 50 Movies. In January of 2007 I discontinued my Subscription to Cable, since I was no longer watching anything on it, and to this day I still use the money that would have been used to pay my Subscription Fee to acquire more DVDs. I have so many now I could form my own Network if I wanted to. All my Evenings are Commercial-Free. I get my News from the Internet, and I have an antenna to pick up Local Stations if something big happens. If there is a Sporting Event I want to watch there's a Family-Friendly Sports Pub about a half-mile from my house. 'Nuff Said?

OK, Lets get back to COASTERS!:)

That does seem rather reprehensible of the cable company to not take any responsibility for its commercial programming. Despite their denials, they clearly have the right to decide (within reason) what ads they will place and on what channels. What they did sounds like classic buck-passing to me. Just another typical greedy corporation....*

Sounds like you came up with a very elegant solution.

*This dig provided for Lord Gonch's benefit. ;)

Out of curiosity, does the "family friendly sports pub" change the channel or turn off the projector when the ED ads come on during a game?

Ensign Smith said:
*This dig provided for Lord Gonch's benefit. ;)

Not only do I not think they are greedy, I don't have a problem with the Viva Viagara commercial running when kids would see it. I must be the devil. :)