Sexual Four Seasons condoms ad and Hungry Jack’s seat belt flouting TVC banned
Burger chain Hungry Jack’s pulled an advert for its Chicken Crunch Burger because the people in a car are not wearing seat belts, while a controversial Four Seasons condom commercial has also officially been barred by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB).
The Four Seasons ad by filmmaker Gary Eck which showed two people having sex in a pharmacy to get the right sized condom, had originally not been given a classification by the Commercials Advice Division of Free TV meaning it could not be shown on the small screen, but was allowed to be screened before MA15+ rated movie Bad Grandpa.
However, it drew a number of complaints from “astounded” viewers who said they found the ad “confronting” and “highly offensive and disturbing”.
A genital free condom commercial “Confronting” – “highly offensive” – “disturbing”. Are we losing headway to Victorian prudishness? Perhaps there is a need to change the brand name from ‘Naked’ to ‘Camouflage’? That way the ‘prissy’ among us will never see what’s coming. No. Please. Don’t moan.
Not appropriate pre Johnny Knoxville movie?