first nixon, now the ads

Moses Anshell, the ad agency for politically themed bar and grill Nixon’s in Phoenix, is literally up in arms in astonishment as two of its ads for the restaurant have been rejected by Outdoor Systems, one of the nation’s major billboard operators.

“Portions big enough for Deep Throat,” blares the block-type headline above a silhouette image of Richard Nixon—V-fingered salutes flailing—in one of the offending ads. Though it’s a Watergate reference, the phrase Deep Throat, taken from the landmark porn film of the era, was apparently too much for Outdoor to take.