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BUSINESS, Page 49Business NotesADVERTISINGToo Bawdy At the Bundys'
Every Sunday evening some 11 million U.S. households watch the
Fox network's raunchy hit, Married . . . With Children. But a
letter-writing campaign by just one shocked viewer in suburban
Detroit has prompted several national advertisers to yank their
commercials from the blue-collar sitcom.
The crusade began in January, when Terry Rakolta, a mother of
four, first tuned in to Married . . . With Children because the
title seemed to promise wholesome family entertainment. Instead,
Rakolta discovered the raucous and sometimes raw adventures of the
Bundy family. Horrified by the sexual and scatological humor,
Rakolta became an avid monitor of the program and began sending its
advertisers hundreds of protest letters.
The one-woman crusade has had dramatic results. Kimberly-Clark,
McDonald's and Tambrands have asked their ad agencies to pull their
commercials from Married. Coca-Cola has promised to screen future
episodes. Says Rakolta: "It restores my faith in the big American
product companies."