Milk like steroids? MLB not amused by ad
Parody of baseball scandal ruffles some feathers
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SAN FRANCISCO - The latest “Got Milk?” commercial hit a little too close to home for Major League Baseball.
Poking fun at the sport’s steroid scandal, the television ad for the California Milk Processor Board talks about a player getting pulled from a game “after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.”
In the next scene, a coach pulls a carton of milk from the slugger’s locker.
“There is nothing humorous about steroid abuse,” said Tim Brosnan, executive vice president for business for baseball. “I would think that the California Milk Processor Board and their advertising agency would know better regarding an issue that threatens America’s youth.”
The 30-second spot is part of a new “Got Milk?” series that began airing during the baseball playoffs.
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“It’s just milk,” Goodby said. “Believe me, we know parody is based on a serious topic. So we wanted to make sure that it was goofy enough so that people didn’t get upset.”
He said the ad was meant to deliver the message that “milk is good for you, that milk actually does many of the things that people hope those wonder drugs might do for them and does so naturally.”
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