Argh!!!! I hate those Six Flag ads!

[curse10]

With that stupid looking old man and that awful song! Who thought those ads were a good idea!?

[samwisefoxburr]

1. It's the Venga Boys! (they are actually girls)

The song is the The Venba Bus (and Venga is pronounced "Benga") I love that song!

[jdsmith]

3. The performers are "girls"?

My son and I were trying to figure out what troubled both of us about the "old man"--and both of us said, at the same time, "That's not a man."

I sort of hate the commercials, sort of find them completely compelling.

[Keebs]

2. I liked the song

until I found out it wasn't just a song made by/for six flags. Now the song just sounds so cheezy to me. No offense - my husband loves it.

[Sporadicus]

4. I Fail to See the Connection

between a hyperactive geezer and 'fun.'

[Obamarama]

5. You may hate it, but you REMEMBER it....

For better or worse, it grabbed your attention, and you remember it. This is what advertising is all about.

[curse10]

6. yeah, except in this case it backfired

the last thing I want to do when I see that ad is head to the nearest six flags.

[jdsmith]

9. I hate&remember it, but I also hate "amusement parks"

So this is sticking a memorable commercial in my head for something I have absolutely no intention of buying.

Now I feel like doing the geezer dance.

[Obamarama]

15. You hate amusement parks? Me too...

Hate might be overstating the case a little, but I can think of a lot better ways to spend my time and money than waiting in line to take a two to three minute spin on a ride, only to do it again, over and over and over all day.

[sniffa]

7. can we start a support group?

for peopLe who hate those commerciaLs? one of the commerciaLs touts (i beLieve it's the oLd man character) "come see 'johnny wong' (they give the impression that johnny is the guy dressed as an oLd man) at 6 fLags. what a great gimmick.

[jayavarman]

8. It's Uncle Joon

From the Sopranos!

[Gyre]

10. Stop watching TV!

Would be the easiest way to lower your blood pressure. Corporate Amerika wants to be irritating since that sticks in your memory longer.

Gyre

[curse10]

11. oh, it's not just tv!

it's a whole campaign! at the movies, on the radio, in print! you can't escape the creepy old man unless you live in a cave!

[GCP]

12. Call me crazy - I love that old guy and that commercial

I love it because it's so bizarre.

[Maestro]

13. I'm with ya.

But from a marketing standpoint it is identifiable however annoying the song and that freaky man are.

[jukes]

14. kick

to support my c-cat thread! (thread? more like "lint")

[DoveTurnedHawk]

16. Not a Fan of the Old Guy, But the Song Is Such a Great, Cheesy, Classic

techno dance tune, that it cracks me up. :-)

DTH

[hlthe2b]

17. Ahh, lighten up folks, I think it is sort of fun... (even though I have no

intention of going to Six Flags or any amusement park). It has been overplayed and getting a little old, now, but watching an old geezer get everyone to have fun is not a bad ad campaign I think. It plays against all the sterotypes we tend to get on the elderly--especially old men (who we have been conditioned to think of as grouchy old sedentary "stick-in-the muds").

I like the song, too.

[Bat Boy]

18. Thank you very much...

Now that song will be stuck in my head the rest of the day. Thanks...

[curse10]

19. always glad to help!

:P

[testing123]

20. I hate that ad...stupid young guy dressed up like an old man

I change the channel every time it comes on.

[terrya]

21. It's one of the worst ad campaigns in the history of advertising.

And that's saying quite a lot.

Sure, those commericals grab people's attention. But I think they're counterproductive. I have a lot less respect for a company who would actually approve such horrible advertising,

[ForrestGump]

22. If I were President, I would call for a

tactical nuclear strike on the offices of whoever conceived of and oversaw the creation of this abomination. Am I making clear the depths of my disdain for this videocrime against humanity?