Swami:
Remember Mr. Six? That little old man with the big glasses who used to dance on commercials for Great America? Someone told me that Six Flags dumped him because their owner thought he was creepy. So now they got this kid with a giant head yelling "MORE FLAGS! MORE FUN!" Can you get him fired?
Creeped Out
Dear Creep:
Indeed, the rumor in 2005 was that Six Flags Chairman Daniel Snyder (the same suit who also owns, unsuccessfully, the Washington Redskins) killed Mr. Six. Or, at least, he deep-sixed the Mr. Six ad campaign. But who are we to argue with a man who made a fortune in direct-marketing, and who no doubt wipes his nose with $100 bills?
Back to your question: The Swami agrees that the new Six Flags mascot is at least as annoying, if not more so. And The Swami will have to ask his Asian-American friends if they are offended by the young man's accent and general comportment, which call to mind Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or Gedde Watanabe as The Donger in "Sixteen Candles."
We'll leave that debate for another day and forum. For our purposes today, the call is simple: Bring Mr. Six back to the people who love to hate him.
