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Aw, check it out: The MTA has removed Georgi Vodka ads from buses because they are too racy. The distributor, Star Industries, is considering suing the MTA, and its CEO, Martin Silver, says, "What's wrong with a girl in bikini? Just take a walk around New York. You see you plenty of ads that are much worse." But Silver might have another reason to be upset: The NY Sun reveals that his daughter, Laurie, is the one whose butt is in the ad (it's so much cheaper than getting a real model); Silver said about her, "Best buns in the city. Her friends call her 'buns' now." Uh, Joe Simpson anyone?
A Georgi Vodka ad had been nixed from buses before, and CBS Outdoor, which places media for the MTA, says, "We are sensitive to the community's standards, as our buses travel through every neighborhood in the five boroughs and are viewed by millions of people every day, children included. We do our best to ensure that all our displays are appropriate in the venues in which they are presented." Yet the ads aren't too sexy for taxis, but that's probably because taxis won't go through every neighborhood!
The ACLU says that Star Industries might have a case, telling amNew York, "The standards that the MTA seems to be employing seem imprecise. Unless they have a procedure in place to let the courts review this decision, they may well be violating the First Amendment." Clearly, there's a secret T&A filter that Peter Kalikow has. Maybe it's in one of his Ferarris.
Other instances of MTA advertising hilarity: The blowjobs ads, the Scientology poster, and Jews for Jesus' big campaign.
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Great headline.
I'm sorry, but I don't see the problem.
Prudes
What about the giant billboards on the highways for Larry Flint's HUSTLER Club? ew.
but those vulgar ads for the PBA & NYPD a couple of years ago showing a dead copy lying in a pool of blood outside the cop car were perfectly fine. assholes.
I love this section from the NYSun article:
"The owner of Beekman Liquors Inc. on Lexington Avenue, David Frieser, said a liter-sized bottle of Georgi vodka sells for about $10.
"It's very inexpensive, a sort of a pouring vodka — the kind you use for mixed drinks that don't call for a specific brand," he said. On a scale of one to 10, one being the worst in quality, he said it was a two, with rubbing alcohol rating a one."
Priceless.
"Show me some more ass"!!!! MTA What a joke, The MTA showing "Concern" for the people. LOL!!!!!!!
could this country be any more puritanical? did i just get in a time machine to 1950? or 1650 for that matter?
no wonder other countries laugh at us.
we have no problem blowing the heads off people in iraq, but a woman's ass? HELL no.
Only winos and broke-ass college students drink Georgi.
The ad is stupid, but c'mon. Every other public ad is a woman in a bikini or half-naked.
This advert would have more impact with Camel Toe.
Ass ads just don't have the effect they used to have.
Just because a few people express concern (or outrage, whatever) doesn't mean that the entire country is puritanical.
Consider that the US population is on the same scale as all of Europe. And the diversity of culture, ethnicity, etc is on par as well. Would you assume that one marketing campaign is appropriate for hundreds of millions? The larger the market the lower the threshhold is likely to be.
The real crime here is that someone got paid for coming up with such an unoriginal ad.
Only winos and broke-ass college students drink Georgi.
So true. You know you think it if you're ever in line behind someone buying a pint bottle at a liquor store. ("Gee, I wouldn't have pegged that guy for a raging alcoholic.")
I didn't realize things below a certain level of shittiness bothered with advertising. Does this mean somewhere there are ads for Boone's Farm?
On the one hand, Silver's right. Those are nice buns. I wonder what the rest of her looks like. On the other hand, that's creepy to have a father appreciating his daughter's buns.
"Just because a few people express concern (or outrage, whatever) doesn't mean that the entire country is puritanical."
So true. Besides, there are good things about living in an allegedly puritanical country: laws against child porn, protection against sexual harassment at work, zoning laws for stripclubs, etc.
"Just because a few people express concern (or outrage, whatever) doesn't mean that the entire country is puritanical."
Um. Have you guys ever been to Europe? Compared to the Europeans, this is an extremely puritanical and conservative place! We are not even allowed to use the f-bomb or show a woman's breast on non-cable TV. Give me a break! They are still laughing over the whole Clinton-Lewinsky thing. Trust me.
"So true. Besides, there are good things about living in an allegedly puritanical country: laws against child porn, protection against sexual harassment at work, zoning laws for stripclubs, etc."
Hello? Most other Western countries have those too. And they are as strict, if not more so, than the U.S.
If you want to talk about countries protecting their citizens, the Scandinavian countries kick our asses in every way. And they protect their citizens in a real way by having universal health care and other welfare benefits rather than protecting us from some tacky advertising.
Hey ugh, when you go to Europe do you ever wander outside the capitals of the major Western countries? Ever spend time in the rural areas? Eastern Europe? Do you talk to people of different age groups? Religions? You seem to think Europe is this homogenous place of one mind.
I don't see what universal healthcare has to do with anything here but again you're way off. Most people in Canada and Western Europe hate their health systems. The only people that are truly content are the rich - they either have supplemental insurance or they pay cash for better care.
Hey ugh, when you go to Europe do you ever wander outside the capitals of the major Western countries?
Actually, yes. I've spent about three months in an extremely poor area in Western Russia (Karelia to be exact) working to rebuild a school. Additionally, I spent a semester abroad in Estonia, in Tartu.
Most people in Canada and Western Europe hate their health systems.
Really? Who are these people you have been speaking to? All my relatives in Western Europe seem pretty satisfied with their health care. You seem to think Western Europe/Canada is this homogenous place of one mind where everyone hates their healthcare.
I don't see what universal healthcare has to do with anything here but again you're way off.
If you read the thread, you would see it is in response to Samantha T's comment about the ways the U.S. supposedly protects it's citizens. My comment was to diagree and to point out there are many other nations who do a far better job protecting their citizens. I still stand by my original comment that I don't need the MTA, or the govt., to protect me from advertising.