That's one of the best baseball commercials I've seen ... but I guess even pillow fights are too much for the powers that be. From the Globe and Mail:
The Blue Jays and Publicis Toronto, the company that came up with the ad, felt the spot was innocuous. However, the Television Bureau of Canada, the watchdog that approves TV commercials for private broadcasters, thought otherwise.That's a little jacked up, if you ask me: the spot is good enough for public, government-supported television, but not good enough for private television. Here in the U.S., it's the exact opposite, where any piece of garbage can make it's way onto to the private networks but only educational and politically-correct shows (with the exception of when Billy Packer is on the Charlie Rose Show) make it onto PBS.
TBC refused to approve the commercial until the part showing the child being knocked to the floor was edited out.
The CBC, however, is able to broadcast the original version of the commercial. As a public broadcaster, it has its own rules for determining suitable commercial content and it was satisfied the ad met its standards.
(via the urban backpacker and Ballhype)
