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06/30/2004 Entry: "Six Flags: Mr. Six!"

He's a pop culture icon in the making, and we don't know a dang thing about him.

"Mr. Six," the dancing star of Six Flags' new nationwide ad campaign, has lit the country on fire with his unique blend of hip hop moves and pattern baldness. Certainly one of the stranger campaigns to debut in the past decade, the commercial spots feature Mr. Six -- a lanky, "elderly" bald guy in a tuxedo -- rallying everyone he encounters with that infectious, insane little dance of his. There's no explaining the character's popularity, but Six Flags' theme parks are sure to benefit from the association. I mean, when you see an old guy going into spasms, YOU THINK ROLLERCOASTERS.

Commercials seem capable of defining any era. When we reflect on decades past, there's always a few ad spots that perfectly exemplify a particular time's trends and social climate. It's tough to imagine Mr. Six as the cultural icon of this decade, but then, how can one deny it? With several commercials under his belt and an alarming amount of interviews with highly respected broadcast journalists (even though he doesn't speak), Mr. Six's star is only beginning to shine. It's only a matter of time before the old bastards turns up on bedroom posters and mac & cheese boxes.

Of course, part of our intrigue lies in the fact that Mr. Six himself is, thus far, a complete enigma. Conventional wisdom suggests that he's more likely a young, energetic fellow wearing lots of makeup and a bald cap, but Six Flags isn't showing their hand. Not understanding quite who the man is or what he stands for plays a huge part in his popularity, and Six Flags would be wise to keep up the mystique.

Anyone who has seen the ad spots can attest to their odd charm. Except for the 50% who want him dead. We don't know why we love Mr. Six so much, but whenever he turns up on television, it's hard to keep out feet from tapping. Destined to go down in history as one of the advertising greats, the mysterious Mr. Six hasn't even come close to wearing out his welcome. It'll be a good five or six months before television viewers start mapping out his demise.

REPLIES: 185 comments

Yee haw Mr. Six

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/30/2004 01:37 PM EST

The commercial in which he lurks by the rides is...unsettling. I hope they put up statues by the rides in strategic places to make it more frightening.

Chestnuts roasted by Jimmy Putty @ 06/30/2004 01:38 PM EST

that is one weird looking guy...

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 06/30/2004 01:40 PM EST

A quick googling turned up that he is also known as the "pied piper of fun"...oooookkkkkkaaaay.

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/30/2004 01:43 PM EST

My mom loves Mr. Six. It's weird.

Chestnuts roasted by Amy Rose (nope, I didn't tweak this from Sonic, it's my real name) @ 06/30/2004 01:44 PM EST

Do all old people have a hidden ability to do that?

Chestnuts roasted by Spider-Carnage @ 06/30/2004 01:50 PM EST

I think he's creepy...this reminds me of those quizno's spongemonkeys for some reason...

WE LOVE DA SUUUUUUBS

Chestnuts roasted by aNT @ 06/30/2004 01:53 PM EST

I REALLY hate that commercial... these days as soon as I hear that grating theme, I grab the remote and change the channel as fast as possible. He looks SO creepy, and now he's showing up on buses and billboards. I hope he goes away soon.

Chestnuts roasted by adam @ 06/30/2004 02:06 PM EST

I'm down with the Sixness.

Chestnuts roasted by Bad Pun Guy @ 06/30/2004 02:07 PM EST

Oh yeah...I *loved* those Quiznos subs guys! This guy...I dunno. I always kind of feel embarrased when I see the commercial. Like he's an alzheimer's patient or something. Maybe it's the VengaBoys that does it, I don't know.

Chestnuts roasted by B-Dawg @ 06/30/2004 02:08 PM EST

I think he's great. Everytime a Six Flag commercial comes on, I make sure I stop to watch it if I'm doing something else. The intrigue comes from the idea of a goofy looking little old man having so much energy and ability to do cheesy dance.

Chestnuts roasted by a piece of milk @ 06/30/2004 02:09 PM EST

I haven't seen any of Mr. Six's commercials. A loser is me? o_O

Chestnuts roasted by marril159 - LUEser @ 06/30/2004 02:19 PM EST

The whole Six Flags conglomerate is based in my home state. I ain't never seen the old dude at Frontier City, thank the maker. Speaking of Quizno's, click my name for SPONGMONKEYS.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/30/2004 02:30 PM EST

If Mr. Six isn't fully understood or appreciated in our time, he will cetainly be respected and praised for his artistic contributions by future generations.

He's the Max Fucking Headroom of the decade.

Chestnuts roasted by Chocoholic @ 06/30/2004 02:33 PM EST

that guy scares me.

Chestnuts roasted by zombone @ 06/30/2004 02:45 PM EST

I recently went to Six Flags, and within an hour, I was ready to kill myself. For some ungodly reason, they routinely pump the song from the Mr. Six commercials ("We Like To Party" by the Vengaboys) throughout the park every ten or so minutes. At first, we were dancing along with the music, but by the fourth or fifth time, it started to kill each and every one of us inside. Eventually, it got to the point where every time the damn song started playing, you could hear a collective groan across the theme park.

Chestnuts roasted by Danny @ 06/30/2004 02:55 PM EST

You are supposed to be able to watch one of his commercials on the main Six Flags page, but it does not work.

'Six Flags Launches First National Ad Campaign in Seven Years' www.sixflags.com/press/adlaunch.asp

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/30/2004 03:14 PM EST

The dude scares me, yet, at the same time, I am strangely drawn to him. I don't know what it is, but I think it has to do with the fact he has an uncanny resemblance to the "granddad" in Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Recently, I went to Six Flags (New Orleans), and his ten-foot visage sent me into hysterics.

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 06/30/2004 03:15 PM EST

As if the TV commercials weren't bad enough, they've started doing radio ads. They start playing the song and talk about how this strange little guy is dancing. I for one am definitely in the 50% that wish the old man would have an aneurism. (Even though I'm sure it's a young guy in makeup.)

Also, is it just me or are marketing companies sticking to hugely annoying ad concepts or what? We have this guy, the stupid little zoom, zoom, zoom kid, and the worst one of them all the goddamn "I'm lovin it" campaign. Give me back the glory days of the Noid, and "Where's the beef?"

Chestnuts roasted by Beerstalker @ 06/30/2004 03:16 PM EST

Ha, ME, I can just see the preview headlines for the evening news:

"First for Six in seven... at 10!"

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 06/30/2004 03:18 PM EST

Oh man I HATE that guy!

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 06/30/2004 03:19 PM EST

The commercial on the main Six Flags page works fine for me.

Chestnuts roasted by cAPSLOCK @ 06/30/2004 04:00 PM EST

Come on, how can you NOT dance a little jig of your own in reverence to Mr. Six (heh heh, sounds like Mr. SEX) whenever that music starts a-playin'?

ALL HAIL SIX FLAGS' NEW SPOKESMEN!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Al Boondy @ 06/30/2004 04:00 PM EST

I dont think its so much Mr. Six himself that will ultimately lead to his demise, I'd blame it on Vengaboys reprise. The thing sticks in your head all day after one viewing...Maybe a song like Highway to Hell would be more appropriate for Mr. Six's groove.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 06/30/2004 04:19 PM EST

To Amy Rose - interestingly, MY mom HATES Mr. Six.

"Oh, I hate this damn commercial." -Momma Left-wing

Chestnuts roasted by Left-wing Nutjob @ 06/30/2004 04:29 PM EST

Now, if we could only get a blog entry about those excruciating Quiznos subs animals and their commercials.

"We love these subs... they have a pepper bar!"

Chestnuts roasted by "Are they rats, or deformed monkeys? I don't get it." @ 06/30/2004 04:34 PM EST

I don't even know if we have Six Flags in Canada -- and since theme parks bore me, it probably doesn't matter as far as them getting my business is concerned -- but that old dude creeps me out. His commercials feel like something I should be seeing in an old '80s horror movie or something. I don't hate Mr. Six though; in a weird masochistic way, I kind of like the ad.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 06/30/2004 04:39 PM EST

I recently went to Six Flags Magic Mountain here in California, and like Danny said, the song is played everywhere in the park. It might not be so bad, but it seemed it was just a loop. I understand Techno music doesn't quite follow the same intro, verse, chorus, verse, etc. of standard music, but this was just the hook, over and over. I thought my wife, an angry Puerto Rican from Queens, was gonna stab me.
I figure it's a New Yawker thing.

BTW, Matt. I am coming to Queens in hopefully a month or so to visit the wife. What are some good places to go? I plan on going to the Safari Amusement Park, but what other odd, cliche places are there?
Thanks, Brandon

Chestnuts roasted by Brandon @ 06/30/2004 05:06 PM EST

yep you're gonna get stabbed

Chestnuts roasted by fgxhfgh @ 06/30/2004 05:13 PM EST

That old guy in the commercial annoys me - I have to change the channel. Same goes when the stupid radio commercial comes on. It makes me want to cover my ears and scream, much like I do when ever I hear/see Celine Dion. I'll be sure to stear clear of Six Flags this summer...hopefully the song and annoying old guy will be gone next year?!

Chestnuts roasted by Nikki @ 06/30/2004 05:16 PM EST

Speaking of other ad campaigns, am I in the minority in liking the Burger King "office" spots? Those me make laugh every time. "I'm Spicy!" needs a t-shirt. Plus, the girl in them is HOTT! GRR!

Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 06/30/2004 05:18 PM EST

Is it just me, or does he look like an old version of Agent 47 from the Hitman games?

Chestnuts roasted by hamburger man @ 06/30/2004 05:18 PM EST

Along the lines of Brandon....

I am moving to Brooklyn in August. I lived in Manhattan for a bit, yet I have no idea what the good areas of brooklyn are.

Could you throw out a few names of good neighborhoods in Brooklyn?

I'd sure appreciate it.

And Mr.Six is a recovering burn victim.

Chestnuts roasted by Ed Franklin @ 06/30/2004 05:19 PM EST

I agree with Rob - I like the BK commercials... that guy is awesome, I don't care if they all laugh at him.

Chestnuts roasted by Nikki @ 06/30/2004 05:20 PM EST

Count me among the 50% who want him dead. Those commercials are annoying as hell. AND I HATE that freakin song. Cultural icon he is not. He isn't even in the same league as the "Where's the beef?" lady or the dead guy who used to do the "Hey Vern" commercials whose name escapes me for some reason. No, he will be around this summer, and then gone forever, I predict, and I pray.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 06/30/2004 05:22 PM EST

Go up a few posts, and click on my name for the original web thing with the little buggers theat were in the ub ads.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/30/2004 05:31 PM EST

uuhh, Sub ads.

Chestnuts roasted by the king, again @ 06/30/2004 05:33 PM EST

He looks like Dana Carvey in makeup. He's a monster, I hate him.

This summer...lock your doors...hide your children...the venga (benga? banga?) bus is coming...

Chestnuts roasted by Low Moral Fiber @ 06/30/2004 05:43 PM EST

There is no way he'll go down as an icon because the very industry of Six Flags doesn't operate year round. He'll die off after Fright Fest. Maybe they can actually include him in it and burn him at the stake. While dancing, of course.

Chestnuts roasted by Oboe-Ba-Boh? @ 06/30/2004 05:58 PM EST

I think a lady at another message board named Jenn said it best:

"You don't just get into a bus with a radon dancing Odo. It's not safe."

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 06/30/2004 06:00 PM EST

i don't know why but he reminds me of a turtle

Chestnuts roasted by cat @ 06/30/2004 06:14 PM EST

That old guy is creepy. I hope he goes away soon.

I miss Stephen the Dell guy. "Dude, you are getting a Dell." Why did he have to get caught with pot?

Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 06/30/2004 07:10 PM EST

Low Moral Fiber and Cat, you are both right if you have seen a picture of Dana Carvey from "Master of Disguise" www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheMasterofDisguise-1114820/gallery.php?page=20&size=hires

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/30/2004 07:40 PM EST

I HATE that old guy! I want him dead! His family, dead! His dog...I'll keep.

The best thing about the new BK commercials is that they finally stopped using old 70s songs. For some reason that always annoyed me.

And yes, that office girl is hot, but there is no way in hell she'd keep that slim figure packing away BK every day....

Chestnuts roasted by 4thDown @ 06/30/2004 08:34 PM EST

Mr. Six is ok. It's just the Venga Boys song he dances to. It's too played out.

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 06/30/2004 08:53 PM EST

*clears throat*

everyone should watch Burger King soon for a giant Spongebob Squarepants, now that Shrek is passing. My psychic powers tell me this will soon come to be.

I also have a pair of the Shrek hands in my possesion. Not the kid sized ones, the fucking huge ones!! They are brand new, because there wasn't room on the roof of my sisters BK. I have'nt inflated them so I don't really know how big they are.

I like Mr. Six, but tripping out at Great America isn't something I'd do again.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 06/30/2004 09:02 PM EST

The guy looks like a child molester.

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 06/30/2004 10:21 PM EST

Low Moral Fiber: You beat me to the Dana Carvey reference. That who I think he looks like also.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 06/30/2004 10:43 PM EST

The dude has a name? All we ever see of him is weird spams while late 90's techo music blair behind him.

Chestnuts roasted by Walks @ 06/30/2004 11:45 PM EST

my buddy had an idea much like mr. six; drive around and stop someplace and hire two dancers to get out and dance to some vengaboys. ken, you probably stole that....you bastard

Chestnuts roasted by mypurpose @ 07/01/2004 12:16 AM EST

hey jason, the dell guy got caught with pot because everyone was so fucking sick of him; proving how ridiculous your justice system is.

Chestnuts roasted by wangFUN! @ 07/01/2004 12:19 AM EST

i think we should start photoshopping him into historical pictures....
start an internet cliche...

Chestnuts roasted by george @ 07/01/2004 12:42 AM EST

I went to Six Flags great America with my choir and they played the song he dances to nonstop. Everybody who went came back with it stuck in their heads!

Chestnuts roasted by OWB4 @ 07/01/2004 01:40 AM EST

I went to Six Flags great America with my choir and they played the song he dances to nonstop. Everybody who went with us came back with it stuck in their heads!

Chestnuts roasted by OWB4 @ 07/01/2004 01:41 AM EST

From the first time I saw Crazy Old Dude Who Frightens the Demons Out of Me, my instinctual thought was Martin Short. Am I the only one? It's Martin's eyes, positively, plus, the Old Dude's short, and Martin Short has always had the crazy dancing thing as his gimmick--remember Ed Grimmly?

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 07/01/2004 01:57 AM EST

By the way, just saw Cabin Fever today. One of the most depressing experiences of my life. Sure, it was exciting, but did anybody else finish watching that movie and feel really upset about the nature of humanity? I mean, the guy we're supposed to route for ignores his girlfriend as she's getting eaten alive by a dog, and has sex with a girl for no reason, feeling no regrets afterward. Then, instead of humanely putting a bullet through his girlfriend's head, he beats her to death with a shovel. Man-alive . . . I had to watch Pinnochio afterwards to feel better about my life.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 07/01/2004 02:02 AM EST

This commercial marked the first time in my life where I badly wanted to beat down an elderly person without mercy.

Chestnuts roasted by MikeInTheMaking @ 07/01/2004 02:09 AM EST

To inkmage -
Cabin Fever is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I'm surprised you willingly sat down and watched it (I was forced to by my girlfriend). People wanting to watch Cabin Fever is depressing to me. I was rooting for the hillbillies to finish off that Boy Meets World second banana, and his dumbass friends. BTW what was up with the karate pancakes kid?

Chestnuts roasted by Acid Indigestion @ 07/01/2004 02:42 AM EST

Mr. Six is cool. I don't see him lasting long, but I predict a cult following in his future. ^_^

I also agree, with above posters that McD's "I'm lovin' it" campeign is COMPLETELY annoying, and that the BK office girl is totally GORGEOUS! (who else got turned on by her take on the "I'm Spicy" line)

Anyway, the Quiznos hand-puppet guys are who I see as the commercial Icons of the future. "We Are Not The Huns!" LOL

Going a bit off topic:
Matt, have you ever seen "Nudist Colony Of The Dead"? It's a MUSICAL!!! ^_^ I highly recommend it to bad movie fans everywhere.

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 07/01/2004 03:28 AM EST

Nudist Colony of the Dead. Sounds right up my alley.

Actually, the commercial I hate more than Six Flags' is the Pebto Bismol dance commercial. I can't believe that they've even made a second version of it and hired some poor suckers who want to be on TV so badly that they agreed to dance to it.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 07/01/2004 08:46 AM EST

I got an e-mail offer today from Six Flags Great America (Illinois) to meet Mr. Six IN PERSON July 7. What are the odds it'll be a 16-year-old in a furry Mr. Six mascot suit?

Chestnuts roasted by Alyssa @ 07/01/2004 09:12 AM EST

Mr. Six. In person. Why must this be. In Illinois. Must meet. The Six. Must kill. The Queen.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/01/2004 09:16 AM EST

Easy, Reggie Jackson!

Happy Canada Day!

Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 07/01/2004 09:41 AM EST

Definitely Martin Short's moves, inkmage... Just imagine an older, thinner, balder, toothlesser Jiminy Glick meets Ed Grimley.. Voila!

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 07/01/2004 09:53 AM EST

I still say it's Dana Carvey.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 07/01/2004 10:17 AM EST

I think Six Flag's should have hired Wilford Brimley to be Mr. Six. How I would love to see him dance!

kidneyboy, I finally succumbed and got Song Of Susannah from the library. I couldn't wait any longer. It was drrrraaawwnnn out, huh? Jeez, it was like King had to stretch this story out into 7 books and tried his hardest to fill pages. Although, I liked the ending, w/ the diary. I wonder if any of the stuff he put in there really happened? Non-sequiter: I just read on amiannoying.com that, when SK's daughter was 28, she married a 54 year old lesbian.

I know I must stop visiting X-E for awhile. I actually had a dream about Matt last night. Matt, you helped me redecorate my mother's bathroom. Then we went shopping at Walmart. What does this mean? Am I insane? Do I need X-E AA?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 07/01/2004 10:30 AM EST

Uncle Junior from the Sopranos anyone?

Chestnuts roasted by CasinoRoyale @ 07/01/2004 12:01 PM EST

Well, Im gonna be working at six flags this summer in food services, so Ill attempt to get the low down on this weird dancing old man in between busing tables and making milkshakes. Wish me luck!

Chestnuts roasted by Crinos @ 07/01/2004 12:18 PM EST

has anyone ever considered that they just morphed an old man's head with a young man's body? makeup dont go THAT far, people

Chestnuts roasted by andras @ 07/01/2004 12:30 PM EST

MOST ANNOYING SONG EVER.
GAWD I HATE DANCE MUSIC....

Chestnuts roasted by dawtcalm @ 07/01/2004 01:12 PM EST

I really like these commercials. Catchy music, too.

But the original Six Flags (in Arlington) had to close a few days ago due to MAJOR flooding of the area. Don't know if they've reopened yet.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/01/2004 01:12 PM EST

Common! Mr. Six is pure fun.

He teaches us that WE have are capable of fun and that the rollercosters are just a tool to enhance the pleasure.

BTW! Mr. Six and that music form a symbiotic relationship. Without one or the other, both are doomed.

Chestnuts roasted by Novaximus @ 07/01/2004 02:20 PM EST

Extremely freaky concepts are "in". Nevertheless, Quiznos quit using the Spongmonkeys after TWO ads. That has to be the shortest successful ad campaign ever.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 07/01/2004 02:33 PM EST

Extremely freaky concepts are "in". Nevertheless, Quiznos quit using the Spongmonkeys after TWO ads. That has to be the shortest successful ad campaign ever.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 07/01/2004 02:34 PM EST

I feel repelled yet strangely attracted by the dancing old man. I want to fuck his face.

Chestnuts roasted by j.g. ballard @ 07/01/2004 02:45 PM EST

odd as he may be ther ei sa certain Je'nea sez cuaix( i just totally screwed that up) about the old guy

Chestnuts roasted by staypuft428 @ 07/01/2004 02:52 PM EST

I like the commercial and he does look like a child molesting Uncle Junior

Chestnuts roasted by SonnyIdaho @ 07/01/2004 03:00 PM EST

Didn't his name used to be Dancing Octogenarian?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 07/01/2004 03:12 PM EST

The first time I saw this guy was at this sub shop I work at part time. I didn't know at first who the hell he was.

Chestnuts roasted by Jimmy @ 07/01/2004 03:57 PM EST

From CNN.com:

'One Albert Tamzerian, known to the public as "Mr. Six", beloved mascot of the famous Six Flags amusement park chain, collapsed en route to a scheduled publicity appearance.

Witnesses describe the incident as "horrifying." A 45-year-old woman, who declined to give her name, said "At first, we thought he was trying out some new dance moves. He was rolling around on the floor and we thought he was smiling. But then he stopped moving and the security people came in and lifted him off the stage."

Tamzerian was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead upon arrival. His family was known to have carried a history of heart-related diseases. Tamzerian was 73, and leaves behind two children and several grandchildren.'

Nah, I made all that shit up.

Chestnuts roasted by Niq @ 07/01/2004 04:08 PM EST

To those that like the BK ads, you should definately rent "The Office" DVDs or catch it on BBC America as it seems to be the obvious influence on the commercials: www.imdb.com/title/tt0290978/ www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7985 www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=10343 www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/clips/

To the UK readers, I have yet to hear or read Ricky Gervais acknowledging the influnce Mike Judge's "Office Space" might have had on his show. Meanwhile Mike Judge's "King of the Hill" partner, Greg Daniels, is in charge of the US attempt at adapting the series: www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/01/2004 04:31 PM EST

Click on the image for the Burger King commercial: www.cpbgroup.com/FrameContentSpecClient.cfm?ClientID=55

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/01/2004 04:35 PM EST

This is totally off-topic, but have you guys seen this:

http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=gijoetcg

GI JOE CARDS. GEE YIII JOOOOOOOOOOOEAH.

Chestnuts roasted by Niq @ 07/01/2004 04:46 PM EST

This guy HAS to die...I was in Atlanta last month, and he was on every 3rd damn billboard down there. Real fun being stuck in ATL traffic with his creepy ass mug staring down at you everywhere you look.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 07/01/2004 05:30 PM EST

The Mr. Six dude is funny - it would be only funnier if it was an acutal old man that was doing all that crazy dancin'! Also, as an unpadte, we here in Jersey call it Great Adventure. Six Flags - what the Hell is that?!

~I was under the impression the name of the show was "Kids Say the Darndest Things," not "Old Black Comedians Never Shut the Hell Up."

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 07/01/2004 06:46 PM EST

ummm...
1. the quiznos commercials are cool, i love the spongmonkeys!
2. Mr. Six scares me...what kind of old guy goes around luring kids into his bus?? thats creepy

Chestnuts roasted by Karrie @ 07/01/2004 06:47 PM EST

I think Mr. Six looks like Freddy Krueger. Not to mention the above mentioned luring kids into busses, which is similar to how Freddy got his child victims, as shown in the Freddy's Nightmare TV pilot. He's really taking those people to his boiler room, not Six Flags. Mr. Six? Mr. 666 is more like it.

Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 07/01/2004 09:50 PM EST

lanky guys in old man makeup doing wacky hip hop dances routines? ten bucks says this has something to do with spike jonze.........

Chestnuts roasted by Thighmaster @ 07/01/2004 10:07 PM EST

I really hope this script has a "delete entry" feature.

Chestnuts roasted by Creature SH @ 07/02/2004 12:47 AM EST

Maybe I'm off my rocker, but isn't he supposed to be Elmer Fudd? Six Flags has the whole Warner Brothers character theme.

Chestnuts roasted by Stan @ 07/02/2004 01:11 AM EST

Six Flags is the parent company that owns a bunch of theme parks. Some of the theme parks have their own names (the one near Chicago is Great America) and some are just six flags.

Chestnuts roasted by Beerstalker @ 07/02/2004 12:32 PM EST

Mr.Six is the sweetest ad guy EVER.
I think he is Jaleel White a.k.a "Steve Erkel" from Family Matters

Chestnuts roasted by HeroZero @ 07/02/2004 03:29 PM EST

There was a rumor going around for a while (and even was on IMDB!) that Mr. Six was played by Charles Nelson Reilly.

Chestnuts roasted by Bean @ 07/02/2004 04:36 PM EST

He does, he does!!! He looks like Uncle Jun!

Chestnuts roasted by Kish of Death @ 07/02/2004 04:39 PM EST

Are people supposed to think he's 70? Everytime the ad comes on, I am confused as to why he is dancing, and how that gets us to go to 6 flags.

Chestnuts roasted by Creedo @ 07/02/2004 05:17 PM EST

He's this decade's Hip-Hop Grandma who rapped 'The Message' or whatever that jam was.

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 07/02/2004 06:03 PM EST

i was damn sure he was dana carvey until i heard carvey had some major heart surgery not too long ago.

Chestnuts roasted by urquidez @ 07/02/2004 06:08 PM EST

He looks like Uncle Junior. Hey, maybe the next season of the Sopranos can have Uncle Jun' start dancing like him (since he;s already off his rocker). What, it's not like the writers have any better ideas.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Flyin' Lemur @ 07/02/2004 08:57 PM EST

I hate Mr. Six and I wish bad things upon him.

Chestnuts roasted by jason @ 07/02/2004 09:36 PM EST

How can someone not like Mr. Six? My siblings and I stop everything we're doing whenever he's on TV and just laugh our heads off at his zany dancing. He's just so lovable and funny! Kind of reminds me of Vash the Stampede as a little old man. Yes, I realize that no one understands what I just said.

By the way, I agree with Thighmaster. Mr. Six does sound like a Spike Jones kind of idea. Very surreal and irresistable.

Chestnuts roasted by The Mysterious Dr. X @ 07/03/2004 01:05 AM EST

I like him, who can't love a goofy "old" guy dancing to annnoyingly catchy music?

Chestnuts roasted by some guy @ 07/03/2004 01:20 AM EST

I didn't see it myself, but my mom who loves the commercial, said that Mr. Six was being played by a 19 year old girl. She said she saw her one of the morning news shows.

Chestnuts roasted by Twigg @ 07/03/2004 03:46 AM EST

I dont know why, but he reminds me of 'The Old Creep'. The psudo-cryptkeeper mascot seen tossing comics out of the back of a truck at the end of Creepshow 2.

Chestnuts roasted by Aconite @ 07/03/2004 09:34 PM EST

Mr. Six is Danceman.

Check out

http://www.watchmedance.com/

I knew as soon as I saw him the first time. I knew Danceman from SWG razz A while back

Chestnuts roasted by Whisper @ 07/03/2004 09:39 PM EST

Hrm...seems like his sites down

Heres a gif

http://www.wiredvideo.com/public/danceman.gif

Chestnuts roasted by Whisper @ 07/03/2004 09:46 PM EST

You can see a video of Danceman at Nvida

http://www.nvidia.com/object/soundstorm_video.html

Chestnuts roasted by Whisper @ 07/03/2004 09:47 PM EST

Mister Six?

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/mrsixzom.htm

Chestnuts roasted by eremyJ @ 07/04/2004 12:50 AM EST

I think it's an energetic woman dressed and made up as a charming little old man....notice the wrists are cleverly covered? Why is that cumberbun so high "Mr. Six"? Why is that jacket hiding the junk in the trunk? hmmmmmm?

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 07/04/2004 01:53 AM EST

Six is sexy, period.

Chestnuts roasted by Jay @ 07/04/2004 03:16 AM EST

i think its the weird look on his face thats so...odd. he just has this weird 'ha-ch-ch-chaaaa' look about him. boy is he excited.

-me

Chestnuts roasted by salamander @ 07/04/2004 04:33 AM EST

He looks like he has that disease that makes kids look old. Friggin' scary!

Chestnuts roasted by Lucas Haas @ 07/04/2004 02:20 PM EST

Okay, now the first thing I thought when I saw the picture was 'Why the hell is Freddy Krueger wearing a tux'

Just me?

Chestnuts roasted by [ Matt-The-Gr7 ] @ 07/04/2004 05:04 PM EST

For some weird reason this guy looks like random TV/movie character Larry "Bud" Melman, doesn't he?

Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 07/04/2004 05:30 PM EST

Word, Lucas Haas: he's the Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome poster child.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 07/04/2004 09:01 PM EST

Friends, words can't even begin to breach the surface of my abhorance for these commercials. The fact the people even use the word "icon" even in jest makes me want to puke for days. I would pay top dollar to kick the face of that
douche bag character. I'm going to hunt him down.

Chestnuts roasted by cecilkins @ 07/04/2004 11:14 PM EST

He was recently on Good Morning America, dancing with Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer.

That was...unsettling.

Chestnuts roasted by LiquidHaney @ 07/05/2004 08:09 AM EST

I like Mr.Six and somtimes I wonder if my grandpa can dance like that

Chestnuts roasted by Blue @ 07/05/2004 10:33 AM EST

as soon as i saw the first of these commercials, with it's catchy, totally 90's Vengaboys dance beat, i was hooked. i never expected an old man to start squirming and convulsing on my screen. it tweaked a sick part of my brain that had joy in watching "old" men dance. there's something about old men dancing thyat is just damn funny

Chestnuts roasted by Behn @ 07/05/2004 04:44 PM EST

its a younger guy wearing an old guy mask thing.

Chestnuts roasted by eryn @ 07/06/2004 04:11 AM EST

Anyone remember the Verizon ads with James Earl Jones breakdancing? Mister Six is just a less original and more aggravating ripoff of it. The Verizon ad cut between the real Earl Jones pathetically swaying back and forth in shades and an obviously much thinner breakdancer in hideous makeup spinning around. Come on, you couldn't tell two seconds into that stupid commercial that Mister Six was a 20 year old in prosthetic makeup? They should have made him look like Richard Nixon.

Chestnuts roasted by kwelladakid @ 07/06/2004 12:14 PM EST

I saw one Mr. Six commercial during a show about kids with progeria. Just a tad inappropriate, hmm? (Not that I didn't find that amusing in some horrible, grim, I'm-going-to-Hell way.) If you don't know what that is, just Google progeria.

Chestnuts roasted by Zylo @ 07/07/2004 01:02 AM EST

I'm a producer at the ad agency that makes these much hyped...love'em or hate'em ads. I can sell you his secrets...for a price.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt C. @ 07/07/2004 02:02 PM EST

I like six flags (specially in Illinois, it's near ,me),though he hasn't gotten on my nerves. he's not as freaky as dem spongemonkies (shudders)And I like quiznos

Chestnuts roasted by Jenny @ 07/07/2004 05:39 PM EST

He looks like a white version of the stomach-stapled deflated weather guy on the today show whose name escapes me.

Chestnuts roasted by ryan @ 07/07/2004 06:37 PM EST

Mr. Six is a 30-yr-old actor from Chicago named Brian Martin. He was formally a retail manager at Marshall Fields

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Seven @ 07/08/2004 12:38 AM EST

Mr. Six is a 30-yr-old actor from Chicago named Brian Martin. He was formally a retail manager at Marshall Fields

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Seven @ 07/08/2004 12:38 AM EST

Mr. Six is a 30-yr-old actor from Chicago named Brian Martin. He was formally a retail manager at Marshall Fields

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Seven @ 07/08/2004 12:40 AM EST

Mr. Six is a 30-yr-old actor from Chicago named Brian Martin. He was formally a retail manager at Marshall Fields

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Seven @ 07/08/2004 12:49 AM EST

Mr. Six is a 30-yr-old actor from Chicago named Brian Martin. He was formally a retail manager at Marshall Fields

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Seven @ 07/08/2004 12:49 AM EST

mr. seven is obviously retarded or has obsessive compulisive dissorder

Chestnuts roasted by Colin Eff @ 07/08/2004 11:27 AM EST

I was convinced that this character was supposed to be Elmer Fudd.

Chestnuts roasted by Mur @ 07/08/2004 04:03 PM EST

i'm just scared when halloween rolls around to see all the little kiddies dressed as bald old men

Chestnuts roasted by Rick @ 07/08/2004 05:44 PM EST

I still think it's Martin Short. If I never see that ad again, it'll be too soon.

Chestnuts roasted by spacezombie @ 07/09/2004 12:34 AM EST

http://bryanvoell.com/blog/index.html

Mr. Six's son?

Chestnuts roasted by Feriah @ 07/09/2004 03:31 PM EST

The suit-wearing boy in the July 6 entry, that is.

Chestnuts roasted by Feriah @ 07/09/2004 03:33 PM EST

I'm mesmarized by this dude!! I need links to all of his commercials? Who's got them?

Chestnuts roasted by Tequilashot @ 07/09/2004 05:45 PM EST

This guy is awesome, it's a witty and entertaining commercial.

You should STFU and die if you think otherwise.

Chestnuts roasted by Divinely Disgruntled @ 07/10/2004 01:07 AM EST

so in st. louis we have this guy on tv non-stop for our six flags.

i don't mind it considering the commercial for the "silver dollar city" theme park in SW missouri.

their theme song is a rip-off of "we built this city"(wasn't it voted "worst song ever"?)...only instead of "on rock and roll" it says "we built this city, we built this city on FAM-LY FUN!"

kill me.

Chestnuts roasted by mikul @ 07/10/2004 02:41 AM EST

There's something almost......hypnotic about the way the old guy dances....doesn't make want to go to Six Flags....but I do sort of want to vote him for president though

Chestnuts roasted by AnimalFury @ 07/10/2004 02:03 PM EST

He is a young guy in make up. If you look at the commercial when he comes down the water ride,the water splashes up behind him and removes some of his mask. You have to look very closely,because they cut away real fast.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Mul. @ 07/10/2004 02:44 PM EST

Man, the Mr. Six ads frigging ROCK! God bless the old dancing fool...Take Matt at his words, he is our generation's "Energizer Bunny" and I'm guessing he'll have his own Superbowl comercial next year. Hell, he'd have his own cartoon by now had this been the 80s. I agree with the above posters who say Spike Jonez may have something to do with this, especially when you've seen one segment from his "Jackass" show that had Johnny Knoxville dressing up as an old man. My guess: it's a twenty-something brother in makeup.

Keep dancing, old man.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Perfect's Mullet @ 07/10/2004 03:03 PM EST

I take back what I said about Mr. Seven....besides, I'm the real retard! As if you couldn't tell by my web site.

Chestnuts roasted by Colin Eff @ 07/10/2004 08:02 PM EST

He is da man!

Chestnuts roasted by Dan @ 07/10/2004 08:57 PM EST

most annoying commercial mascot ever. Remindes me of Jamie Kennedy when he dresses as an old man. I cant tell if you guys actually think hes an old man or being sarcastic because its obviously some 20 year old acter in makeup.

Chestnuts roasted by USSRsovietsnake @ 07/11/2004 12:45 AM EST

He needs to die since Saddam is caught this guy needs to be caught nexthes worse then Osama Bin Laden

Chestnuts roasted by USSRsovietsnake @ 07/11/2004 12:51 AM EST

Im all the way up in Canada and this shit somehow gets up here. Almost as anoying as late night furniture commercials with loud bad music with the cheapest graphics ever.

or the Sam Bernstien commericals for dog bites and slip and fall with his ugly ass son with his wierd eyes.

Chestnuts roasted by USSRsovietsnake @ 07/11/2004 12:54 AM EST

Whoever brought up James Earl Jones, thanks for refreshing the pretty picture.

"join the verizon side of the force"

the real icon is the supersonik guy.

Chestnuts roasted by SUPERSONIK @ 07/11/2004 02:22 AM EST

I for one welcome our new makeup laden overlord. Let me remind him that as a film student I can be useful for mustering up fresh and always entertaining Simpsons quotes.
P.S. I think that this "dude" is a chick made up to look like a dude. There isn't a self respecting male (gay or straight) that would ever dance like this goomba.

Chestnuts roasted by J Rock @ 07/11/2004 01:12 PM EST

Oh yeah, I'm a 50%er

Chestnuts roasted by J Rock @ 07/11/2004 01:14 PM EST

It's Anthony Clark (from "Yes, Dear" wink .

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 07/11/2004 10:54 PM EST

Wouldn't it be cool to see him do his dance in the nude ???

Chestnuts roasted by Rick Krause @ 07/12/2004 05:02 PM EST

If this guy annoys teenagers then he is most worthwhile

Chestnuts roasted by jpoppyd @ 07/12/2004 08:03 PM EST

Mr. Six Speculation:

OK, we've heard all kinds of theories, so I'll toss one out. I agree with HeroZero and put my money down on Jaleel White, the guy who played Steve Urkel on "Family Matters" (credits at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924918/). Yes, he's have to be in whiteface, but the dancing has that annoying feel to it. There's also a mildly obsessive discussion on the issue at Google Answers: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=361891

Chestnuts roasted by Kevin Haw @ 07/12/2004 09:42 PM EST

This is the dumbest commercial ever. All I want to do is walk up to this guy and push him over then laugh as he breaks his hip.

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 07/14/2004 03:32 AM EST

This guy scares the crap out of me. I went to Six Flags New England this past weekend, and they sell shirts and stuff with his face on them. They made me cry.

Chestnuts roasted by superjill @ 07/14/2004 10:20 AM EST

And i thought i was the only one who was entertained by Mr. Six...

Chestnuts roasted by Jacqueline Mermaid @ 07/14/2004 05:04 PM EST

I HATE Mr Six. I love the song in the commercials though. But Mr Six so totally should die.

Chestnuts roasted by GJ @ 07/14/2004 06:47 PM EST

We've only got one Six Flags in Canada - Montreal to be exact (the old La Ronde). Yet, we get as many commercials (if not more) featuring Six as we do for Paramount Canada's Wonderland in Toronto (my home city). We are about 5 hours away from the nearest couple of Six Flags parks and yet, we are subject to that series of commercials...fortunately I kind of like them (and my daughter loves them). Usually it just prompts us to take another run up to PCW with our season's passes.

However, it is pretty funny to be saturated by commercials for parks that are at least 5 hours away from where one lives (and this is aside from satellite TV). Now that I think about it though, trying to get to PCW on a Friday in the summer could easily take one hours. The park is conveniently located on the major route out of the city into cottage country, and considering about 99% of North America's 4th largest city goes north, it can be ugly...

Chestnuts roasted by DragonJay @ 07/15/2004 10:42 AM EST

Old man, please. He is obviously a person (and I'd guess a girl from the way he dances) done up in makeup. Hate to ruin it for ya.

Chestnuts roasted by ChubChub @ 07/15/2004 06:55 PM EST

he turns me on.

Chestnuts roasted by Carl @ 07/16/2004 09:31 AM EST

More like Mr. Six Six Six.

Chestnuts roasted by Mustang @ 07/16/2004 09:36 PM EST

Mr. Six...None other than Tony Danza in makeup and drag!

Chestnuts roasted by sgtpeper @ 07/18/2004 07:49 AM EST

I'd say they were inspired, possibly heavily so, by the comedy stylings of Martin Short.

Chestnuts roasted by Ripplin @ 07/19/2004 01:28 PM EST

Give Tony Danza a brake! He was young, and needed the money. Still, under all that makeup he's sexy (like Tony Danza).

Chestnuts roasted by Ray @ 07/19/2004 06:55 PM EST

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE, those commercials and that "little ole man" I know he can't really be old but he makes me happy!!!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Jems @ 08/26/2004 09:39 PM EST

RuneScape

There, I said it... X-E will finally have RuneScape show up on google

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron of Springfield @ 09/07/2004 05:10 AM EST

RuneScape

There, I said it... X-E will finally have RuneScape show up on google

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron of Springfield @ 09/07/2004 05:10 AM EST

RuneScape

There, I said it... X-E will finally have RuneScape show up on google

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron of Springfield @ 09/07/2004 05:11 AM EST

Mr. Six is also Grandma Putterman!

While going through some old videos (old x-files) I came across a Duracell commbercial with this plastic family (the Puttermans),when they got to grandma's they found her dancing much like Mr. Six. At the end of the commercial there was a close up of the face, I could tell by the jaw both were one in the same.
The actors names were not revealed, but they did say that grams was played by a man.

Chestnuts roasted by John Shookowsky @ 09/27/2004 02:51 PM EST

Mr. Six scares the crap out of me. the first time i saw that commercial i didn't sleep for a week. i think its mostly the weird happy/demnted/electrocuted look on his face that disturbs me so.

Chestnuts roasted by amg @ 09/29/2004 04:19 AM EST

i know for a fact that old man
does coke with george bush.

Chestnuts roasted by doctor @ 10/03/2004 04:13 AM EST