CCFC to Nick and Burger King: SpongeBob and Sexualization Don’t Mix - Page 2

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by abimommy

...that burger king mascot scares me a little. Am I the only person that find it really creepy??

Uhm, all the commercials where he was sneaking around people's houses and whatnot? CREEPY!!!

[not now]

That guy and the Quaker Oats guy creep me out. More so the BK guy because he actually moves.

When I saw the commercial I laughed my butt off but it's totally inappropriate for kids.

[terrordactyl]

i saw that it was horrible

[PediMamaDoc]

Burger King has a history of sexually suggestive advertising that is completely inappropriate for children, and morally and ethically irresponsible. And Nickelodeon, that bills itself as ““the only network that puts kids first.”, is the same network that nominated Chris Brown—the guy with two felony charges for battering his girlfriend Rihanna—for their Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. . .

Dr. Linn, a psychologist at the Judge Baker Children’s Center (a Harvard Medical School affiliate), states: “Cartoon characters play a powerful role in the lives of young audiences. That Burger King and Nickelodeon would sell Kids Meals by associating a beloved, male character like SpongeBob with lechery shows how little either company cares about the wellbeing of the children they target.” http://www.commercialexploitation.or...urgerking.html

TAKE ACTION! Here are some things we can do to protect our children:

1. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has launched a letter writing campaign. Click here for a quick letter you can send online: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o...aign_KEY=27008
This is a great organization, by the way. You can learn more about them here: http://www.commercialexploitation.org/

2. Email, fax and call Burger King corporate headquarters. Tell them that their sexually suggestive advertising is inappropriate for children, morally and ethically irresponsible, and violates their Corporate Social Responsibility Mission Statement: Fundamental respect for all people, and our planet, guides our corporate conscience. Tell them you will not visit their restaurants until they withdraw the ad and change their advertisements.

a) Call Burger King Corporation

Consumer Relations [phone] Staffed M-F, 9am–5pm EST


b) Email / fax / write to:

John W. Chidsey
Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, FL 33126
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
His email: [e-mail]

Russ Klein,
President of Global Marketing Strategy and Innovation
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, FL 33126
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
(Can anyone find his email? Possible email: [e-mail])

Email Amy Wagner,
Burger King Investor Relations
[e-mail]
Her phone: [phone]

Susan Robison,
Burger King Corporation Media Relations
305-378-7277
[e-mail]


3. Call / Email / FAX Nickelodeon, which bills itself as “the only network that puts kids first.” Tell them that to profit by teaching children to objectify women is wrong, and that you will purchase no more SpongeBob merchandise until the offensive ad stops running.

b) Email / fax / call / write to:

Nickelodeon
1515 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Phone: [phone] and 212-258-7500
FAX: [phone]
Ms. Cyma Zarghami
President, Nickelodeon
Possible email: [e-mail]

Dan Martinsen
Executive Vice President Corporate Communications
Nickelodeon
Possible email: [e-mail]

Marva Smalls
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
Executive Vice President, Global Inclusion Strategy
Nickelodeon
Known email: [e-mail]


4. Boycott Burger King and Nickelodeon.

5. Forward this action alert to your friends

[darien]

Done. Awful.

[KatWrangler]

Originally Posted by abimommy

We saw it during a baseball game on Easter Sunday.

I was HORRIFIED



...that burger king mascot scares me a little. Am I the only person that finds it really creepy??





Burger King Corporation
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, Florida 33126

Corporate Headquarters - 305-378-3000
Marketing/Advertising Information Requests - 305-378-7200
Consumer Relations - 305-378-3535
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Me too! Freaky.

[Rikki Jean]

oh, yuck. signed and sent.

my mom told me about this yesterday, but since we don't watch tv at home (movies only), i hadn't seen it. ds1 does watch tv at dh's grandparents, so i really hope that he hasn't seen it there.

[JessicaS]

I just saw it again.

:

Not even 4 yet.

[annettemarie]

Hey, they're not being mysoginistic; they're breaking stereotypes!

"I don't know what could be more iconoclastic in puncturing the myth of how self- image of a body for a woman would look than to make her butt square with a telephone book in it."
~Burger King President of Global Marketing Russell Klein in a televised debate with CCFC's Steering Committee Member Joe Kelly.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by annettemarie

"I don't know what could be more iconoclastic in puncturing the myth of how self- image of a body for a woman would look than to make her butt square with a telephone book in it."
~Burger King President of Global Marketing Russell Klein in a televised debate with CCFC's Steering Committee Member Joe Kelly.

Oh he is repeating that about it only being shown on "Sex and the City" bologna.

*I* saw the ad on a hockey game, a baseball game and I noticed it playing when I was flipping by NASCAR.

Whatever dude!

[OvenSeeksBun]

How can they even argue that adults are their target audience for this commercial???
They are trying to sell KIDS MEALS!

[St. Margaret]

Ugh, I'm sick and actually watching TV and ads and saw it today. I was watching a cooking show! I can't believe that quote. What a UAV.

[onlyzombiecat]

Any update on this?