Saturday, April 4, 2020

Saturday Morning PSA of The Week: Sock puppets were really wild back in the day.


Today's public service announcements are all information and no imagination--but yesteryear's? Those were full of drama, plot lines, and cameos from B-grade celebrities, all wedged into one minute of absolute fantasticness.

Consider this a trip back in time to when PSAs were sometimes worth watching more than the Saturday morning cartoons.


Today:  I'm not sure which puppet will be giving me more nightmares tonight





Random Thoughts and Questions:
1.)  Kukla and Ollie were a popular children's show from 1947-1957. They made a resurgence in the late 1960s and early 1970s--when those kids grew up and were now on acid. So, this explains a lot.

2.)  You know it's the '70s when everything is a lovely hue of sepia.

3.)  
What has Smokey so busy that he's too busy for a Public Service Announcement? Isn't that his only job? Does Smokey get vacation, sick time, holidays, and a sensible 401k plan?

4.)  Always breaking matches in two somehow magically puts the flame out. How, I don't know. Try it at home and see if your house goes up in flames.

5.)
  Ollie is apparently a dragon. I had to look that up because he looks like a deformed lion in need of Invisalign.

6.)  Somkey's face is placed onto matches. Pause and let that linger for a second. Some marketing guru thought using Smokey's face to make a flame was quality branding.



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