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More Flags. More Fun?

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Six Flags is once again running their Mr. Six ads for the summer season.  I guess to some people the Mr. Six character, developed in 2008 by Six Flags and Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, could be classified as an icon to the Six Flags brand.  I disagree…my Fun-O-Meter is at a negative ten with the introduction of the newest ad campaign.  Just when I thought this campaign could not be any more over the top (which is saying a lot when your commercial blasts a Venga Boys song and a creepy old man with scary dance moves), it just got creepier and more insane.  Now there is a tiny old man dancing with the original old man.  I don’t understand why the people at Six Flags think it is funny, and how that could ever translate to more fun at a theme park.  I believe the average height for getting on rides is somewhere around 48” which will probably leave the new Little Six character hanging around the carnival rides.  Not sure how high that will rate on the Fun-O-Meter!  In the end I don’t wonder if the ads really translate into dollars for Six Flags, but I would still like to personally thank Six Flags for the memories, fun times, and the nightmares.  Ok, I’m done venting on annoying commercials for today!

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