"Comedian Ed Gamble's Tube Poster Controversy: Hot Dog vs. Cucumber"
TL;DR
Comedian Ed Gamble was asked to change a London Underground poster for his standup show, "Hot Diggity Dog," featuring a hot dog due to the transit network's ban on junk food advertising. Gamble, who is diabetic and co-hosts a food podcast, replaced the hot dog with a cucumber to comply with the policy. The ban on ads for high-fat, high-sugar, and high-salt foods has also affected other advertisements, sparking controversy and criticism from the tabloid press.
Topics:worldentertainment#advertising#comedy#ed-gamble#entertainment#junk-food-ban#london-underground
- No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban The Associated Press
- Mind the grub: comic Ed Gamble’s hotdog banned from tube ads The Guardian
- Comedian Ed Gamble swaps hot dog for cucumber over Tube ad rule BBC.com
- Ed Gamble: Comedian swaps hot dog for cucumber on tour posters after falling foul of TfL's ad rules on junk food Sky News
- Comedian Ed Gamble forced to change Tube poster that featured 'unhealthy' hot dog Evening Standard
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