Ad Rejected Over Puppet Cleavage

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Posted: 2/23/10 at 4:14pm

Ad Rejected Over Puppet Cleavage
'Lucy The Slut's' Pink Cleavage Not Appropriate
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22645355/detail.html



A Colorado Springs billboard company has rejected an ad for a touring show because it shows a puppet's cleavage.

The puppet's name is Lucy the Slut. She's a pink Sesame Street-like puppet in the touring Broadway show Avenue Q. "Avenue Q" is a Tony-winning musical about twenty-something New Yorkers, both human and puppets, searching for life and love. The show addresses issues like sex, drinking, and surfing the Web for porn.

Lamar Advertising rejected the ad for bus shelters, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper. "We were in the process of putting it on the presses when one of the top execs saw it and said, "I don't think it's appropriate for the Colorado Springs market," according to Kristy Maple, marketing director for New Space Entertainment.

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Updated On: 2/23/10 at 04:14 PM

[singtopher]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 4:25pm

It's Colorado Springs. This isn't surprising.

[StarUsher]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 4:38pm

I'm not usually one for gratuitious sex or violence in any art form but sometimes it's appropriate for the piece. In this case I think it is, which makes oen think, do they even know anythign about this show that they've booked? and for crying out loud, they're felt boobs. I'm pretty sure I can easily find more graphic ads with real people that probably didn't get a second look.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 4:46pm

If you didn't know the show beforehand you would have no idea those were even boobs.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 5:03pm

Why does this make me laugh so hard?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 6:06pm

The world is now safe from puppet cleavage

Thank God they came to their senses & stopped it before it took over the world.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 7:20pm

And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from puppet titties!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 7:23pm

Furry Cleavage



*shudders*

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 7:26pm

Ashley Eileen Bucknam's (Ensemble & U/S) response:

"WOOT! We're making headlines!! It's funny the things people worry about now a days... Looks like we're probably going to be getting a curious audience in Colorado Springs though:)"

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 2/23/10 at 7:57pm

LOL at "felt boobs"

[EugLoven]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 11:15pm

This from Jeff Whitty's Facebook (Tony Award-winner for Best Book):

Thank you, Colorado Springs, for banning Lucy the Slut's puppet cleavage from your bus shelters. The Avenue Q tour has never had so much PR! Lucy is the fourth Google hit for "Colorado Springs"!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/25/10 at 11:24pm

From Lisa Helmi Johanson's (Christmas Eve) Facebook:

This is just funny. Here we come, ready or not! ; )
Updated On: 2/25/10 at 11:24 PM