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What were your favorite PSA ads? (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
May 2014
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mockmonkey
(2,815 posts)1. From my youth.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)3. That makes VD sound not so bad
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)2. You, alright! I learned it by watching you
Codeine
(25,586 posts)8. I was going to post that one.
We still yell that at each other whenever it's even vaguely appropriate.
And when it isn't. Especially then.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)9. I almost made an entry based on that ad...
for Cracked's Counterproductive Public Service Announcement photoplasty contest.
Coventina
(27,119 posts)4. We had a fantastic one here in Phoenix for hepatitis
on edit: spelling
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)5. I don't know if you'd call them PSA's...
But I used to love School House Rock
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)6. audio only available of this one against jaywalking
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)7. I remember this one from my youth.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=uGu4AwL5Kho
He went by the name 'Iron Eyes Cody' but his real name was Espera Oscar de Corti. He was born in Louisiana and he was Sicilian and not Native American. The PSA still had a lot of impact.
He went by the name 'Iron Eyes Cody' but his real name was Espera Oscar de Corti. He was born in Louisiana and he was Sicilian and not Native American. The PSA still had a lot of impact.
brooklynboy49
(287 posts)15. All I can say is...
...if a man from Mars asked me, "What's a PSA?", that's the one I'd play for him.
vanlassie
(5,670 posts)10. This one. There was another one involving a bucking bronco too...
&sns=em
easychoice
(1,043 posts)11. in honor of my favorite employees
jrandom421
(1,004 posts)12. My Fav PSA
&list=FL53l42ACVwGTtVAXExvFmbg&feature=share&index=72
Brother Buzz
(36,426 posts)13. Willy Mays PSA for blasting caps.
Perhaps it was a San Francisco Bay Area thing, but I still remember it.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)14. For me, this one says "good times"...
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)16. this one left its mark on me as a kid
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)17. There were a bunch of Great Society PSAs that I loved
But I can't find too many of them on the Internet. But this is one of my favorites that I could find:
Interestingly, this was one of my favorite product commercials from around the same time:
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)18. Oh, my gosh
What is that thing in the rear passenger window in the Benson & Hedges commercial? Looks like an angry Hobbes