Is it just me or is the 6 Flags Spokesman....

[zurgswife]

It's my kids favorite commerical.....I think it's kinda cute

 

[dizneenut]

He cracks me up!!

He's going to be on GMA this morning.

 

[cinmell]

He is kind of creepy looking but I crack up every time the commercial comes on. My 3 year old daugther stops whatever she's doing when she hears the music come on to watch him dance then goes back to playing when he's done dancing.

 

[4cruisin]

I can't stand him or the music. My dh loves him and dances around humming the music sometimes just to make me cringe. He thinks it's funny.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

just showed him on GMA--diane said she wanted to see how old he REALLY is

 

[phorsenuf]

Here's an interesting article by the New York Post. I like the guy and he cracks my kids up!


BOOGIE MAN MYSTERY

By DON KAPLAN
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June 2, 2004 -- MOVE over Mickey Mouse, Six Flags is trying to turn the mysterious dancing old guy from their new ads into the next theme park icon.
In the infectious national spots — the centerpiece of the amusement park operator's $100 million "It's Playtime" ad campaign — a bald, bespeckled old man with suspiciously young-looking eyes pulls into a suburban neighborhood in a colorful bus, shuffles onto the sidewalk and breaks out into a wild dance.

"He represents the spirit of Six Flags," says Six Flags Inc. spokeswoman Debbie Nauser of the man who's favorite music in the ad seems to be "We Like to Party," by the Venga Boys.

"He's our ambassador of fun, his dance and lively antics are to show people that at Six Flags you can let loose."

Nauser said the character currently has no name and declined to say if he's played by a real senior citizen or is, as many suspect, a limber young dancer made up to look really old. He has been confirmed as a male, according to published reports — as opposed to a female dancer dressed up in a bald wig and a suit.

It's Six Flags first national ad campaign in seven years and a switch for the company, which used to focus mainly on local spots.

Ever since the spots started airing last march — to promote Six Flags 31 theme parks world-wide, 28 in the U.S. — the origin and true identity of the dancing geezer has been the focus of speculation by talk radio DJs and countless posts across the Internet.


"I can't believe no one recognizes the guy from the Six Flags ad," writes a tongue-in-cheek fan who goes by the handle NVRTIGO on the Web site coasterbuzz.com.

"Doesn't anyone watch 'The Sopranos'? It's Corrado 'Junior' Soprano. He needs to do that dance on the show!"

Some have likened finding out who the dancing man is to trying to figure out the name of the person wearing a Mickey Mouse suit at Disney World.

Regardless, Six Flags is banking on the old (young?) guy to help reverse a two-year attendance slump that has been attributed to the sluggish economy, weak consumer confidence and post-9/11 travel wariness that's been squeezing the theme park industry.

It's too early to say if the ad campaign has had an effect on park attendance, Nauser said.

But fans of the dancing man are expected to turn out later this summer when he makes several personal appearances at Six Flags parks around the county.

 

[CyranoJones]

I think he's a hoot!! It's one of the few ads I don't flip through.

 

[denisenh]

Originally posted by cinmell
My 3 year old daugther stops whatever she's doing when she hears the music come on to watch him dance then goes back ...

ME too! ( I also like it when they show the "old" guys doing similar dancing on Sesame Street. )

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

 

[Lynn CC]

We think he's funny

 

[Mom2R&D]

Ack. Give me (Quizno's) Spongemonkeys anyday over Creepy Six Flags Guy.

 

[Annette_VA]

The guy is weird...love the music, though!

DH downloaded the song from iTunes & he'll play it in the mornings when he's getting ready for work. Older DS dances along & it's so freakin cute.

 

[CookieGVB]

I keep telling my family I'm sure it's a WOMAN - we'll see when they reveal who it is...if they do.

 

[stinkerbelle]

That song, by the Vengaboys, was highly annoying when it came out 5 years ago - and it still is. hehehe

I was driving through Hartford, CT this past Sunday I saw THREE BILLBOARDS with that guys face on it...it totally cracks me up too.

Of course - I grew up across the river from Six Flags New England...back when it used to be Riverside. I used to be able to hear the cars on the Race Track at night if my windows were open. Heck - the last time I went there it was still called Riverside Amusement Park..that must have been 7/8 years ago?

 

[TINK61]

I love those commericals. It's obviously a young man or woman disguised as an old man who can really move. If you look around the eyes, it becomes obvious he/she is wearing a latex mask. They won't reveal who it is, though. They just call him the Good Fun Ambassador or something like that.

 

[Piglet]

My DD and I always have to stop and watch when that commercial comes on.

Charlie on GMA was calling him Mr. Six.

Melinda

 

[Miss Cleo]

It is Junior Soprano

 

[Laurabearz]

Eurkel? From Family Matters (I think) Can you say cheese?

 

[HollyJoy]

He is a bit odd looking. I think it's a young guy that they've made to look older.

 

[stinkerbelle]

sorry to be off-topice - but my lord HollyJoy - your girls are beautiful!

good luck when they are teenagers!