Six Flags tosses odd pitchman (Junior Soprano unavailable for comment)

The Boston Herald ^ | Thursday, December 1, 2005

[presidio9]

[So Cal Rocket]

Wow... all this time I thought that was some young guy in a mask.

[presidio9]

[MineralMan]

Always liked those ads. I figured they had an oxygen tank just off-camera for Mr. Six.

It's good that Six Flags is not going to target risk-taking adolescents any more. Maybe they should install more merry-go-rounds and rides like that, and tear down the roller coasters, I guess.

That'd do it, I'm sure. That'll save the company.

Long Live Mr. Six!

[theDentist]

Never liked the commercials to start with.

[BackInBlack]

I'm glad someone else finally made the Junior Soprano connection...when I first saw those commercials, I thought it was the same guy.

[windcliff]

ping

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I thought Swifty Lazar was dead...

[wideawake]

I think it's actually a young woman in a rubber mask.

[Kirkwood]

I like the guy and the theme music. He was the only good thing about 6 Flags.

[Sensei Ern]

I thought it was CHarles NElson Riley, from Match Game.

[denydenydeny]

I could never imagine what they were thinking using a really creepy-looking old guy--it was obviously an actor with prosthetics, real old people don't look that creepy--to try to entice people to come to an amusement park. They guy looked like a horror movie creature.

And the radio commercials were even worse. They all featured kids who sounded completely high who mumbled about how cool Six Flags was.

If I were a parent with children I would have found anything else for my kids to do.

[FormerLib]

From my recent experiences at Six Flags, Snyder's best move would be to increase security patrols throughout the parks.

[todd1]

I stopped going to six Flags years ago in Houston when parents decided to start using it as a babysitter during the summers. It was no place for family fun. You had kids cutting in line... Cussing, fighting, etc...

[RexBeach]

Right you are. Six Flags is a POS.

[InsureAmerica]

Getting rid of the only good thing about 6 flags. How depressing.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"I thought it was CHarles NElson Riley, from Match Game."

Nya nya nya Hellllo0oooooooooooo!

[EQAndyBuzz]

The only good thing about 6 flags is when Hannity has his freedom fest there.

[toddlintown]

The commercials are hilarious. Lighten up.

[martin_fierro]

Always thought shooting myself in the head with a nail gun would be more enjoyable than listening to that cheesy accompanying techno theme music .