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re: Public Service Announcements from your Childhood

Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:39 am to
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:39 am to
I've never heard of the union label one before since it's before my time, but this thread has been a great "aha!" moment for me.

In an earlier season of Boy Meets World corey and shawn are trying to organize a walkout of Mr. Turners class to avoid taking a test. Corey is trying to rally the class and starts marching and singing "Look fooor...the union laaabell". I can picture it in my head as clear as a bell but never really knew or cared enough to look into what that was. Now I know!
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
20644 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:10 pm to
this one will always be the GOAT



i remember seeing the :30 version well into the 1980s

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38902 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

"Union Label" not really a public service announcement; it was an actual advertisement by the Union trying to make sure people buy their goods to keep them going.

Unions are technically non-profit and their commercial spots can be used by broadcast stations to fill PSA quotas. The individual spots need approval.
Posted by MaroonWhite
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Member since Oct 2012
3807 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:13 pm to
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
2720 posts
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:36 pm to
Blasting caps PSA for sure. All it did was make we want to get ahold of one.

In what neighborhoods was stray blasting caps a problem? Just falling out of a dudes pocket onto the ballfield?
Posted by mudshuvl05
Member since Nov 2023
3481 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 8:29 am to
PSA to all the smokers: You are gay.






Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
73387 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:12 am to


Shocked Dinner Ready is Pizza hasn’t shown up.
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
3218 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 4:01 pm to
quote:

Unions are technically non-profit and their commercial spots can be used by broadcast stations to fill PSA quotas. The individual spots need approval.

Learn something new every day.

So, any technical "non-profit" can run a PSA quota ad FOR FREE supporting causes or shifting social attitudes? We have seen it done with a religions: (including Mormon ads like this:


But what about political parties (no candidates) or 'causes' that can be construed to be political? Immigration, abortion, LBGTQ?
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 4:12 pm
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13634 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 6:23 pm to
who can forget the Keep America Beautiful crying indian psa?



That dude was actually an Italian American Iron Eyes Cody (Espera Oscar de Corti).
Posted by Sampson
10th state chartered
Member since Mar 2012
25370 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 6:26 pm to
I’ve never heard an STD called a VD before watching that. Wasn’t what I was expecting
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6488 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 6:41 pm to
My mom used to sing the buckle up song to us when we were kids, but I never knew where it came from until now.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21677 posts
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:43 pm to
There were a few about how old refrigerators could suffocate kids.

Someone in Chicago run by the N. Wacker Drive address they list and see if they still have any pamphlets on how to make the fridge safe.

Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2016
1432 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 4:45 am to
quote:

Iron Eyes Cody


From Kaplan LA
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11691 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 4:53 am to
McGruff the Crime Dog…. “Take a bite outa crime… *crunch*.”

Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11691 posts
Posted on 11/12/26 at 4:56 am to
“… and knowing is half the battle.”

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