August 4, 2023 • 6 mins
Michael Angelo grabbed some old school PSAs that reminded us that drugs turn our brains into delicious fried eggs and Pee Wee Herman didn't want us on crack.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Michael has collected several PSA's public service announcements from back
in the day that are pretty interesting. This one really
struck a chord with me, as you know me, Joe
Getty advocate of free range parenting and let kids make
up their own games, make up their own rules, enforce
their own rooms, the rules. Stop supervising every activity kids have.
You're wounding them, You're handicapping them for life. Well, this
(00:23):
reminded us of how wild gen X was and our
parents were. So leis a fair as one gentleman tweeted
that the Almighty television had to remind the adults that
they actually had parenting responsibilities.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:44):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 5 (00:52):
It's ten pm. Do you know where your children are?
It's ten DM Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And those who are pop culture personalities, everybody from Reggie Jackson,
Sammy Davis Junior to Andy Warhole and I can't even
remember who else.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Wow, I remember those ads. I was young, though, so
I don't think I quite understood what they're driving at
at the time.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Well, and as I tweeted, I was drinking beer by
the overpass as a matter of fact. Anyway, that's not
entirely true. Let's see what else do we have? Oh,
let's do the Uh you'll remember this one. Just play
number two. Michael Hi, I'm with Zi L.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
In order to try and stop pollution, we need more help.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Sall tell booky spreads of the word.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Come on, never be a dirty bird.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
No matter where you go, you can jump un.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Never be a dirty bird.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Everything.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So that was mostly about like not throwing trash on
the ground and that sort of thing. And I wish
they worked as hard at that as they do about
climate change, because you know that works. It gets into
kids heads, and because because every kid is aware of
climate change and SUVs and all that sort of stuff.
But I don't think every kid is aware that throwing
(02:20):
trash on the ground ain't cool.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
And the magic of music, I don't think I've heard
that in forty years, and I could sing along with it.
I was from nineteen seventy seven. By the way, Yeah, wow, crazy,
this one's an all time classic. Number three.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
Is there anyone out there who still isn't clear about
what doing drugs does. This is your brain, This is drugs.
This is your brain on drugs.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Any questions dramatic, vivid, and utterly idiotic. So drugs turned
my brain into delicious fried eggs.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Is there anything that has worked on the drug problem?
The War on drugs, the PSAs, the ignoring it like
they do, and they've tried in some place. Is there
anything that works?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Depends what you mean by works, well, limit limits its damage.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Causes it, any less of it? There seems like there's
more of it now in my face than there ever
has been.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Well, welcome to progressive states trying this experiment and the
whole war on drugs thing. That doesn't mean that every
bit of that was a good idea either, but it's
that's a false choice. Speaking of drugs, we played this
earlier today, but man, wait a minute. Let's see number four.
(03:42):
Ladies and gentlemen, pee wee herman with a warning.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
This is crack rock cocaine. It isn't glamorous or cool
or kids stuff. It's the most addictive kind of cocaine
and it can kill you. What's really bad is nobody
knows how much it takes, so every time you use it,
you resk dying. It isn't worth it. Look, everybody wants
(04:08):
to be cool, but doing it with crack isn't just wrong,
it could be dead wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Now I'm gonna go see a movie.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Oh wow, Yeah, however, he laughed, wow pee wee warning
me off of crack.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Well, if pee Wee Herman says it's not cool, then
I don't want any part of it.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, if that's not enough for you, how about the
cast of Star Wars warning you off a lung darts
in nineteen eighty gotcha, where are you.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Fire?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Don't you found a cigarette?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
I don't think smoking it's grown up at all, because
it's very dangerous. Smoking that's dreadful things to your lungs.
It is very bad for your heart. Well, I know
I didn't have one, but humans do, and I think
we should set a good example. Well done. Unto you know,
smoking is bad for your health and it hasn't grown
(05:11):
up at all, So please don't smoke.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I think definitely the modern kid grows up with the
idea that smoking's a bad idea.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah. Meanwhile, Princess Leiah was going through two packs a day, right,
what's her name?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
So I'm guessing at that time in nineteen eighty we
had lots of taxpayer money going to subsidizing tobacco growers
while tax payer money was going toward telling you not
to smoke cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It kind of fought to a draw.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, in the way that we pointed this out several
years ago, there was a great situation going on where
we taxpayers were funding and eat more Cheese campaign. For
some reason, why the federal government would ever get involved
in how much cheese you eat? That was not Thomas
Jefferson's thinking, But I, as a taxpayer, were funding eat
(06:02):
more cheese and then eat less cheese from some sort
of diet thing.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
That's right. There were simultaneous programs, yes, yeah, encouraging and
discouraging cheese eating.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Both paid for by taxpayers. Oh cheese.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I can't decide if it's a good thing that that's
still funny to me, or if it should just make
me angry. It's made me hungry for cheese for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Oh my god. If you could dig up James Madison
and tell them the federal government would get involved in
how much cheese you eat
Michael has collected several PSA's public service announcements from back
in the day that are pretty interesting. This one really
struck a chord with me, as you know me, Joe
Getty advocate of free range parenting and let kids make
up their own games, make up their own rules, enforce
their own rooms, the rules. Stop supervising every activity kids have.
You're wounding them, You're handicapping them for life. Well, this
(00:23):
reminded us of how wild gen X was and our
parents were. So leis a fair as one gentleman tweeted
that the Almighty television had to remind the adults that
they actually had parenting responsibilities.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:44):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
It's ten pm.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 5 (00:52):
It's ten pm. Do you know where your children are?
It's ten DM Do you know where your children are?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And those who are pop culture personalities, everybody from Reggie Jackson,
Sammy Davis Junior to Andy Warhole and I can't even
remember who else.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Wow, I remember those ads. I was young, though, so
I don't think I quite understood what they're driving at
at the time.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Well, and as I tweeted, I was drinking beer by
the overpass as a matter of fact. Anyway, that's not
entirely true. Let's see what else do we have? Oh,
let's do the Uh you'll remember this one. Just play
number two. Michael Hi, I'm with Zi L.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
In order to try and stop pollution, we need more help.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Sall tell booky spreads of the word.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Come on, never be a dirty bird.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
No matter where you go, you can jump un.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Never be a dirty bird.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Everything.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So that was mostly about like not throwing trash on
the ground and that sort of thing. And I wish
they worked as hard at that as they do about
climate change, because you know that works. It gets into
kids heads, and because because every kid is aware of
climate change and SUVs and all that sort of stuff.
But I don't think every kid is aware that throwing
(02:20):
trash on the ground ain't cool.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
And the magic of music, I don't think I've heard
that in forty years, and I could sing along with it.
I was from nineteen seventy seven. By the way, Yeah, wow, crazy,
this one's an all time classic. Number three.
Speaker 5 (02:33):
Is there anyone out there who still isn't clear about
what doing drugs does. This is your brain, This is drugs.
This is your brain on drugs.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Any questions dramatic, vivid, and utterly idiotic. So drugs turned
my brain into delicious fried eggs.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Is there anything that has worked on the drug problem?
The War on drugs, the PSAs, the ignoring it like
they do, and they've tried in some place. Is there
anything that works?
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Depends what you mean by works, well, limit limits its damage.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Causes it, any less of it? There seems like there's
more of it now in my face than there ever
has been.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Well, welcome to progressive states trying this experiment and the
whole war on drugs thing. That doesn't mean that every
bit of that was a good idea either, but it's
that's a false choice. Speaking of drugs, we played this
earlier today, but man, wait a minute. Let's see number four.
(03:42):
Ladies and gentlemen, pee wee herman with a warning.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
This is crack rock cocaine. It isn't glamorous or cool
or kids stuff. It's the most addictive kind of cocaine
and it can kill you. What's really bad is nobody
knows how much it takes, so every time you use it,
you resk dying. It isn't worth it. Look, everybody wants
(04:08):
to be cool, but doing it with crack isn't just wrong,
it could be dead wrong.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Now I'm gonna go see a movie.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Oh wow, Yeah, however, he laughed, wow pee wee warning
me off of crack.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Well, if pee Wee Herman says it's not cool, then
I don't want any part of it.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, if that's not enough for you, how about the
cast of Star Wars warning you off a lung darts
in nineteen eighty gotcha, where are you.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Fire?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Don't you found a cigarette?
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Well?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
I don't think smoking it's grown up at all, because
it's very dangerous. Smoking that's dreadful things to your lungs.
It is very bad for your heart. Well, I know
I didn't have one, but humans do, and I think
we should set a good example. Well done. Unto you know,
smoking is bad for your health and it hasn't grown
(05:11):
up at all, So please don't smoke.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
I think definitely the modern kid grows up with the
idea that smoking's a bad idea.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah. Meanwhile, Princess Leiah was going through two packs a day, right,
what's her name?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
So I'm guessing at that time in nineteen eighty we
had lots of taxpayer money going to subsidizing tobacco growers
while tax payer money was going toward telling you not
to smoke cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It kind of fought to a draw.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, in the way that we pointed this out several
years ago, there was a great situation going on where
we taxpayers were funding and eat more Cheese campaign. For
some reason, why the federal government would ever get involved
in how much cheese you eat? That was not Thomas
Jefferson's thinking, But I, as a taxpayer, were funding eat
(06:02):
more cheese and then eat less cheese from some sort
of diet thing.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
That's right. There were simultaneous programs, yes, yeah, encouraging and
discouraging cheese eating.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Both paid for by taxpayers. Oh cheese.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
I can't decide if it's a good thing that that's
still funny to me, or if it should just make
me angry. It's made me hungry for cheese for sure.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Oh my god. If you could dig up James Madison
and tell them the federal government would get involved in
how much cheese you eat
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