Question: How many years was the mascot, Mr. Six, in retirement?
About the article "Six Flags", section "TV Commercials".

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In 2004, Six Flags began a series of commercials linking all of the parks.
The commercials were notable for a new mascot, "Mr. Six", an apparently feeble old man in a tuxedo and red bow tie.
In many of the commercials, Mr. Six would slowly exit a multi-colored bus, only to start frenetically dancing to the Vengaboys' "We Like to Party".
The commercials were an immediate hit and Mr. Six almost instantly became the official mascot, although he was initially retired after the 2005 season.
These ads have become widely parodied on the Internet, with faces from other Internet memes being superimposed over Mr. Six's face.
From 2008 to 2010, Six Flags' TV ads have a "Fun-O-Meter" in which the beginning of the ad may show something boring or embarrassing and a man's face judges it "One Flag!"
or sometimes "Two Flags!"
Then roller coasters and attractions of Six Flags are shown and says "Six Flags, More Flags, More Fun!"
for Six Flags parks.
However, the thick accent of the Asian man in the original commercials had drawn criticism for being an offensive caricature.
In 2009, the Mr. Six character came back from retirement and replaced the Asian man in Six Flags' ads, still using the Fun-O-Meter.
Since 2011, Six Flags' TV ads got a brand-new slogan "Go Big!
Go Six Flags!"
for its current Six Flags theme parks.
HSHS's team mascot is "Savage Heat."
For many years, the mascot was simply "Savages," but in the wake of a 2000 Tribal Council Resolution denouncing the use of Native Americans as mascots, the Hot Springs school board agreed in 2007 to rename the team. 
FHSU's mascot is the Tiger and has been the mascot of FHSU since 1914.
No one knows for certain how it came to be FHSU's mascot, but the Tiger may have been the brainchild of W.A.
Lewis, the president of the Western Branch Normal School (FHSU).
Many tigers have represented FHSU over the years, but on April 3, 2000, the current mascot was unveiled.
It is now the only acceptable image of the FHSU Tiger.
At the annual TailGreat on Sept. 9, 2000, the mascot was officially named Victor E. Tiger.
The costumed tiger character, Victor E. Tiger, appears at sporting and university events and is currently worn by Dawna Evers, a Senior at the university. 
In Italy, before the arrival of Quickly, the mascot was an anthropomorphized box of Nesquik called "Mr. Quickness".
In Spain there was no mascot prior to the introduction of Quicky in 1990/1991. 
Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?".
The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on U.S. television in 1969.
In the original television ad, a boy poses the question to a cow, a fox, a turtle and an owl.
Each one of the first three animals tells the boy to ask someone else, explaining that they'd bite a Tootsie Pop every time they lick one.
Eventually, he asks the owl, who starts licking it, but bites into the lollipop after only three licks, much to the chagrin of the boy, who gets the empty stick back.
The commercial ends the same way, with various flavored Tootsie Pops unwrapped and being "licked away" until being crunched in the center.
While the original commercial is 60 seconds long, an edited 30-second version and 15-second version of this commercial are the ones that have aired innumerable times over the years.
The dialogue to the 60-second version is as follows: Questioning Boy (Buddy Foster): Mr. Cow... Mr. Cow (Frank Nelson): Yeeeeesss!!?
Questioning Boy: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?!
Mr. Cow: I don't know, I always end up biting.
Ask Mr. Fox, for he's much cleverer than I.
Questioning Boy: Mr. Fox, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?!!
Mr. Fox (Paul Frees): Why don't you ask Mr.
Turtle, for he's been around a lot longer than I!
Me, heheh, I bite!
Questioning Boy: Mr.
Turtle, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Mr.
Turtle (Ralph James): I've never even made it without biting.
Ask Mr. Owl, for he is the wisest of us all.
Questioning Boy: Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop!?
Mr. Owl (Paul Winchell): A good question.
Let's find out.
(He takes the Tootsie pop and starts licking) A One... A two-HOO... A tha-three.. "(crunch sound effect)" Mr. Owl: A Three!
Questioning Boy: If there's anything I can't stand, it's a smart owl.
Narrator (Herschel Bernardi): How many licks "does" it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
"(crunch sound effect)" Narrator: The world may never know.
In the shorter 30-second ad, Mr. Owl returns the spent candy stick, and the boy's final line is replaced with a reaction shot and a beat of silence.
The 30-second commercial dialogue is as follows: Questioning Boy: Mr.
Turtle, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Mr.
Turtle: I've never even made it without biting.
Ask Mr. Owl.
Questioning Boy: Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Mr. Owl: Let's find out.
A One... A.two-HOO... A three.. "(crunch sound effect)" Mr. Owl: A Three!
Narrator: How many licks "does" it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
"(crunch sound effect)" Narrator: The world may never know.
The 15-second commercial (which still airs today) only shows the boy with Mr. Owl and a different narrator (Frank Leslie) speaks the same above line, but without the scene showing the Tootsie Roll pops slowly disappearing with a different tune playing in the background.
The question still stands unanswered.
The dialogue is as follows: Questioning Boy: Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Mr. Owl: Let's find out.
A One... A.two-HOO... A three.. "(crunch sound effect)" Narrator (Frank Leslie): How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
The world may never know.
After the commercial, Mr. Owl became the mascot for Tootsie Roll Pops, appearing in marketing campaigns and on the packaging.
In the 1990s, a new commercial was made featuring a boy asking a robot and a dragon how many licks it takes to get to the center, with the Tootsie Pops known for the catch phrase "How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
", rather than "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
In the early 1970s, Tootsie Pops were the initial lollipop of choice of the titular character in the TV series "Kojak", and are seen prominently beginning in the December 12, 1973 episode "Dark Sunday" when Lt. Theo Kojak decides to favor them instead of cigarettes.