First Super Bowl Ad Ban: Broccoli?
Sex and broccoli do not mix – at least not during the Super Bowl.
NBC has decided to ban a new ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that features several scantily-clad women writhing around suggestively while licking and fondling different vegetables.
“Studies show vegetarians have better sex,” the ad says.
First of all, aren’t vegetarians disproportionately gay, and thus immune to such overtly sexual pitches? Just sayin …
And when the hell did women writhing around suggestively and licking things become so offensive?
There’s plenty of that going around on network TV, people, and we don’t see anything in this ad that’s “over the top.”
Anyway, here’s the ad …
And here’s your chance to weigh in …
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Comments
By Bo Burdette on January 28th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Make that the first BROADCAST ad banned this season.
The NFL already kicked a print ad from the program, but I can’t figure out why.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28654770
By coffee on January 29th, 2009 at 1:35 am
the fact that PETA’s ad was rejected maximizes the attention PETA might get from it, so the ad is working out great for them