Behind The Hype :
Grave Robbing:
Advertisers are using dead people, like Einstein and Martin Luther King Jr.,
to market their products. Their images are being tarnished, all in the name
of capitalism. It may be legal but is it right?
Viewer Letter: Colgate
Replacement Toothbrush:
Street Cents viewer Eva Filipiak wants to know why Colgate would create a replacement
toothbrush but not sell the replaceable heads separately.
Hey You:
Teeny Town Hall:
Eric Thornton, 13 from Hamilton, ON says it's not fair that security won't let
him skateboard at the public art gallery walk-through just because other skaters
were suspected of smoking pot there. A group of youth discuss skater rights
and the bad image they can't seem to shake.
Viewer Letter: Hair
Beauty Creme:
17-year-old Ingrid Sly from Vancouver B.C. wants to know if Hair Beauty Crème
really works. Their ads claim it will give you stronger, thicker and longer
hair - within a week. Can this product deliver?
Street Test? Film
Processing:
Who has the balls? Street Cents tests golf balls and tells you which one's the
best.
Viewer Letter: Vans:
Alison Benson, 16 from Gloucester, ON wants to know if the new Vans, that change
colour in the sun, really work. Street Cents finds out if they're a rip off.
Me Inc.: Bret
Doyle:
Brett Doyle began selling sports gear out of his high school locker - now he
runs his own Outter Limit sports store in P.E.I.
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