did Mtv get into trouble for advertising this? back in the day?

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Personal-Walrus3076@reddit

Yes, they were fined heavily for this specific advertisement and the federal government limited MTV's broadcast hours for 18 months as a result. This was a HUGE scandal, back in the day.

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MrTMIMITW@reddit

No. The FCC mainly applies to broadcast tv. Cable channels like MTV didn’t have the same restrictions that broadcast tv had.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

I swear I saw this ad non-stop on regular broadcast TV.

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The FCC had rules like you couldn’t air tv shows or commercials with adult content before 10 pm, or something like that. Afterwards it was fair game. You would occasionally see R-rated content late at night. The rules about alcohol and tobacco were more lax in the 1980s. I’m not sure when they started to become more strict.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

I remember beer commercials non-stop in the 80s. I feel like there were still a lot of beer commercials in the 90s and 00s too though. Not much recently. Heck, like 60% of all ads now are drug ads. You barely even seen many of the types of ads that used to super common today.
And I know there have been vodka ads in recent times on broadcast TV.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

Huh? I don't get the question?

This was just one of the regular ads. I don't see anything here.

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TwistedMemories@reddit

Besides, it was our parents that would buy them for the HS parties. They asked us which ones to buy knowing well that they were alcohol.

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tcrhs@reddit

Your parents were way cooler than mine. No way would my Mom buy me alcohol, ever. I’m almost 50 and she still fusses at me if I drink.

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tcrhs@reddit

Why would they get in trouble for an ad? That’s ridiculous.

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LibertyMike@reddit

"Kids, you really shouldn't do drugs, but if you're going to, why not wash them down with a wine cooler!" - Bobcat Goldthwait on Bruce Willis doing "Just say no" commercials and also Seagrams wine cooler commercials.

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One-Earth9294@reddit

For running wine cooler ads? Why?

Also cable is not governed by the FCC and never has been. Only airwave broadcasts.

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rimshot101@reddit

Fun fact: it would be perfectly legal to advertise hard liquor on television, but the distilling industry had a "gentleman's agreement" with the FCC to stay off television from 1949-1996. It's still pretty limited.

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