Posted
1:06 PM
by Gene
Roll the eyeballs: the TWXSTERS place house ads for their (get this) PG-13 TENTPOLE (the one with the superhero who got Kryptonited at the B. O.) on their Cartoon Network -- and the Advertising Industry Wet Noodle Punishment Board whaps them with a wet noodle for SELLING TO CHILDREN!How much time do the MadAve cretins waste on PR like this? No one believes advertisers, no one believes they police themselves, no one believes JACK'S ALPHABET SOUP, and no one believes such stunts are even FIG LEAVES.
And in MORE proof this doesn't even qualify as a JOKE:New York, NY – August 23, 2006 – The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., has recommended Warner Brothers refrain from advertising “Superman Returns,” rated PG-13, during television children’s programming hours. [Emphasis added]
The tentpole has
ALL BUT ENDED ITS THEATRICAL RUN. This is FLAGRANT POSING by the ADVERTISING FRAUDS.