Puppet Cleavage Banned From Colorado Springs Bus Stops

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. � Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs bus shelters.

Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show "Avenue Q" because they show the cleavage of a fuzzy pink puppet.

Lamar account executive Jeff Moore says the company takes a conservative approach in Colorado Springs. The city is known for its political conservatism, and some conservative Christian groups have headquarters in the city.

The poster has been replaced by one showing the face of another puppet.

"Avenue Q" is a Tony-winning musical about twentysomething New Yorkers, both human and puppets, searching for life and love.

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Information from: The Gazette.

Comments

[muscleboundH]

04:06 AM on 02/26/2010

Colorado's own talibanland! I have lived in Colorado off and on my entire life and always avoided COLO SPRNGS since the huge evangelical take-over in the late 80s. It's an island of stupidity in a gorgeous state.

[rockymountainhigh]

06:03 PM on 02/25/2010

While I think the reaction to this by the Springs is rather silly, hearing all the tolerance and acceprtance here makes me want to put a poster of a clubbed baby seal puppet on that same bus stop to see how you react...

[NoSillyName]

03:39 AM on 02/25/2010

Oh, FFGS. This is reminiscent of the Gay Teletubbies.

What the heck is wrong with some people?!

[From the Raft]

10:55 PM on 02/24/2010

Next thing you know pet owners will be required to equip their pet cats and dogs with "mudd flaps."

[pjgm]

04:24 PM on 02/24/2010

Yeah...I'm sure it was puppet cleavage that pushed Rev Ted over the edge.

[BulwerLytton]

09:05 AM on 02/24/2010

Remember John Ashcroft covering up The Majesty of Law and The Spirit of Justice because they offended his Puritan sensibilities?

Sure you remember -- it was just before he assaulted our musical sensibilities!

Lighten up, Puritans. They're inanimate objects.

[SpringsProgress]

12:45 AM on 02/24/2010

After moving here we realized what kind of nut house this city is. The morons in thie town are an embarassment indeed. But do know that there are sane minded people here and we keep trying to put up the good fight, but it is hard...really really hard! The area is so beautiful, and there truly are some very nice people...but unfortunately it is the ugly ones that keep us in the spotlight.

I kind of feel like one of the 300 Spartans at times...

[zombywulf]

11:51 PM on 02/23/2010

You got some seriously ill people in Springs, especially if they get turned on by a puppet.

[SuperBunny]

10:44 PM on 02/23/2010

LMAO at the lunacy of this decision.

Doesn't Colorado Springs have more important things to worry about?
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473

[Scalawag]

06:49 PM on 02/23/2010

That picture chubbed me up. I feel so ashamed.

[Coma]

04:03 PM on 02/23/2010

Discrimination against Fictional-Americans is at an all-time high. I know, for I have seen some of my co-workers have to deal with this (fortunately, I am immune).

One has to ask if the objection at this prurient company was to cleavage, which presumably 50.3% of the townspeople possess themselves, or to said cleavage belonging to a {gasp} Person of Fiction.

One has to consider the latter as a very real possibility, given that the population in Colorado Springs is almost 100% non-fictional. Furthermore, according to my research, Lamar Advertising has never once employed a Fictional-American.

I'm normally apolitical. Your little struggles are droll and uninteresting. But when you start attacking my friends and co-workers, it becomes necessary for me to speak up. As good a time as any to point out that the U.S. Constitution, supposedly the most politically enlightened document on the planet, contains no assurances of safety for individuals who aren't real.

[cjsamms]

04:36 PM on 02/23/2010

fanned!!!

[duvster]

03:53 PM on 02/23/2010

Next thing, they will pass an ordinance on how to arrange the pillows on your bed.
Not so close ,and don't plump them up.

[patrick w henry]

02:57 PM on 02/23/2010

ah, always appreciate that Conservative "less-government", "pro-business" approach! EXCEPT when a bus-stop ad offends some Christian. then they suddenly decide it's OK for some government intervention....

too sad they don't see the contradiction in their behavior and views. too bad for us all.

[sharpstick]

03:48 PM on 02/23/2010

Some scientists should do experiments to identify what part of the brain causes these people to go beyond disagreeing with something and compelling them to try to take action.

[patrick w henry]

03:56 PM on 02/23/2010

well, i live here in sf and on the liberal-end of the scale, the situation is the same. you MUST have your animal neutered (having their reproductive organs removed surgically), but having even an aggressive cat declawed - illegal.

buying weed at a smoke shop is legal, selling cigarettes at the local Walgreens is illegal.

it's that old "i'm in the majority" impulse and the classic American lust for using the force of law against your neighbors. am i incorrect - but don't we have the largest prison population in the world?

[sharpstick]

03:49 PM on 02/23/2010

Ok, I see the flaw in my logic, I said 'brain'

[Matt Wilstein]

02:43 PM on 02/23/2010

Remember this video of Larry Craig performing with the puppets from Avenue Q?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCrOtSzIBg

[BulwerLytton]

09:13 AM on 02/24/2010

LOL. Classic.

See, that's how it starts. First a little puppet cleavage, next thing you know you're tapping some guy's foot in a public toilet!

[DimBulb2]

02:15 PM on 02/23/2010

I also dislike hairy cleavage