9 lamest Public Service Ads of all-time

by Barry Artiste | April 23, 2008 at 04:50 am

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Gee, they could only find 9 Lameo "Public Service Announcements?" Guess this reviewer doesn't have Cable.

I remember Marijuana Girl PSA from the 1960's whereby with one puff of a joint, instantly she turned from a Virginal Teen into a raging Gun slinging Murderous Slut!

But then I am sure there are some of us here who remember Elvis Presleys 1970's Anti Drug Message, complete with his DEA Badge and Gun, a DEA Badge given to him by then President Nixon, hoping to get the Elvis Youth vote. This was the early 1970's !!! Elvis Fans were well into middle age when this video was made!! But try telling that to Nixon, that "Hep Cat" and "23 Skidoo" resident, who clearly didn't know Elvis was a Prescription Junkie. I know their was also a 1980's Knight Rider video with "Kitt the Car" doing some nonsensical Public Service Message which escapes me at this time.
My God the List goes on....

Any Now Public reader who remembers similar gems of idiocy, your'e more than welcome to include them here.

Enjoy !!

A good PSA (Public Service Announcement, for those who don't know) can advance great social good. Some, on the other hand, are tantamount to dead air.

PSAs are those nifty segments of commercial programming filler that TV channels have been airing for decades in order to do right by their viewers.

Primarily aimed at teaching youth about the risks of social evils, a relevant and carefully crafted segment can change hearts and minds, give perspective and maybe even steer the rocky ship of adolescence to the safe port of adulthood. A lame one, on the other hand, can easily wind up the target of schoolyard scorn.

Perhaps, though, there's always been method to the madness of the lamest PSAs. One could argue the worse they are, the more we talk about them, and therefore the more the message spreads.

From the painful, nails-on-the-blackboard ode to "Drugs, Drugs, Drugs" to the patronizingly agonizing "Saved By the Bell" vignette, what follows is a list of the worst of the worst PSAs since the 1970s.

Below are this storys YouTube Links to the 9 Lamest PSA's of all time, some are downright Hilarious.

Ron Jeremy "Porn Star" Lookalike "Antidrugs"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n5XakEKSIaM

Saved By The Bell "No Hope with Dope" Drivel

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KO73WlOHhM

HE-Man & She-Ra " Child Molestation Message"

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/3336/

Rapper Message "Don't Copy that Floppy"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TrbsjJWDr6c&feature=related

Drugs, Drugs, Drugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkBHp1M3_Is

Star Wars Anti Smoking Message