Comedian Ed Gamble was instructed by Transport for London (TfL) authorities to remove a picture of a hot dog from his London show's Tube posters, citing a violation of their healthy eating rules. In response, Gamble replaced the hot dog image with a cucumber for his 'hot dog' stand-up tour poster. This incident has sparked discussions around TfL's advertising policies, especially since TfL allows pop-up cake shops in its stations. Critics, including TalkTV's Alex Phillips, argue that while London faces an obesity crisis, being overly strict about advertisements may not effectively address the issue.
Comedian Ed Gamble has been forced to remove a picture of a hot dog from his tour advert on Sadiq Khan's London Underground. Alex Phillips: “We have an obesity crisis, but I don’t think being puritanical about adverts is going to move the needle one jot.” @TVKev @ThatAlexWoman https://t.co/m99WCOsHx3
London logic: Genocide chants about Jewish people projected on to Big Ben = Fine. An image including a hot dog = Big no no. https://t.co/pg6zDjRPjT
What do you think of this? A comedian has swapped a hot dog for a cucumber in his adverts on the Tube due to TfL's rules around advertising junk foods on its network. https://t.co/MPpUHvhoQD
Comedian Ed Gamble swaps hot dog for cucumber over Tube ad rule https://t.co/lK6aS4l0KF
Subway under fire over change to all UK restaurants and 'it makes no sense' https://t.co/1kw3BbZ6gX
Cucumbers good hot dogs bad: @EdGambleComedy tour poster ruled unhealthy by TfL (which does allow pop-up cake shops in stations) https://t.co/9b7sJw7g9r
Comedian Ed Gamble was forced to remove a picture of a hot dog from his London show Tube posters when TfL chiefs told him it fell foul of their healthy eating rules....so he replaced it with a cucumber...@RachaelBurford with all the culinary details https://t.co/eJegSb1btJ
Comedian Ed Gamble has been forced to remove a hot dog from his London show Tube posters after TfL chiefs told him it fell foul of their healthy eating rules https://t.co/2c13QYzkaZ
Comedian Ed Gamble forced to remove a picture of a hot dog from his London show Tube posters when TfL chiefs told him it fell foul of their healthy eating rules https://t.co/ojdxfpwqtM
TfL bosses ban comedian Ed Gamble's 'hot dog' stand-up tour poster https://t.co/M2GkwErnba https://t.co/INfJpzcWI4