Sponge Bob Controversy

For the past couple of days, the news programs I regularly watch (including my beloved Today Show), have been airing segments on the new Burger King commercial, featuring Sponge Bob Squarepants, some dancers, and Sir Mixalot singing a re-worked version of "Baby Got Back." Apparently, a lot of parents are up in arms about the allegedly scantily clad dancers in the commercial, and for some reason this is newsworthy. I really think that there are more important things for parents to worry about than dancers in a kids meal commercial, such as how much television their children watch and childhood obesity. Honestly, when I think back to when I was six years old, I probably could have cared less about this commercial. The dancing ladies in their hotpants would not have turned me into a floozy. In fact, I probably would have been too busy thinking about other important things, such as how many squirts of Electric Youth perfume to put on, or who was cooler -- Barbie or She-Ra Princess of Power. I guess that I'm just frustrated because parents these days seem to worry about so many more unimportant things than my generation's parents did, and I don't think that our parents' lack of worry about such things as this silly Sponge Bob commercial made us any less likely to succeed.

Okay, off the soapbox for now...