# Old man from the Six Flags commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 1, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131 "2004-07-01T23:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![please123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@please123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/please123)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/1 "2004-07-01T23:51:42Z")
Nearly everyone has seen that Six Flags commercial with an old man dancing with difficult dance steps. The commercial has now become a phenomenon because no one knows for sure who that old man is. Most people claim that it’s a young man in an old man’s mask. Some even say that it’s a young woman. There is a rumor going around that the old man is played by a celebrity. So who can give us the straight dope and tell us for sure who that old man is in the Six Flags commercial? ;j ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/2 "2004-07-02T00:05:21Z")
Saw a post from someone whose son was in one of those commercials. He said that Mr. Six is a young guy (28) in a lot of makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/3 "2004-07-02T00:06:52Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=263532&highlight=flags](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=263532&highlight=flags) ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/4 "2004-07-02T01:37:48Z")
Yes, but he’s supposed to be the guy (Mr. Chairman) played by Steve Martin in the recent Looney Tunes movie, no? (Looney Tunes and Six Flags have a promotional agreement of some kind.) But that brings up another question for me: Did the character exist before last year’s movie? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/5 "2004-07-02T04:40:38Z")
I think he’s supposed to be visually based on the late literary agent Irving “Swifty” Lazar (I can’t find an online picture of him; just his gravestone). ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/6 "2004-07-02T17:01:08Z")
I love that antique bus, too. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/7 "2004-07-02T17:20:42Z")
I think he’s Enzyte Bob’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/8 "2004-07-02T18:53:30Z")
Dance Uncle Junior, dance!!! ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/9 "2004-07-19T03:14:47Z")
Hi Everybody! When I look on tv into the eyes of Mr. Six, he kind of reminds me of Michael Myers, (Austin Powers.) ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-from-the-six-flags-commercials/253131/10 "2004-07-19T12:11:54Z")
The guy gives me the creeps. He looks like a child molester.