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Posted by tommy on 2008-09-07 12:47:50 +0000

Best PSA ever. First time I've seen it in a million years. I never noticed his accent before. Nor the rhyming couplets.

Another favorite:
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I wish I could find the PSA that told parents not to be assholes to their kids. A series of great quotes like "Hey, stupid, don't you know how to listen?" and "You can't be my kid", etc.

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-09-07 13:18:04 +0000

Awesome -- after so many years I remember every word.

That abused kid one was intense -- "I wish you were never born!"

Posted by tommy on 2008-09-07 22:46:30 +0000

Not a PSA, but here's a favorite from M's youth in the Milwaukee area:

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More about this insane place <a href="http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/index.html">here</a>. Sadly, it is closed now.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-09-08 00:32:32 +0000

Couldn't find the verbal abuse one, but did find this other parenting psa classic:
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As for "the gobbler", I'll leave it to CTP to advise the Rideside community of the British slang meaning.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-09-08 00:41:18 +0000

...and as we're strolling down memory lane, I can't help but share this Sesame Street song that I used to FREAK OUT to as a kid. I thought it was the best "modern" rock'n'roll song I'd ever heard at the time. Ah, 1977 in rural New England. These were dark times.

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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-09-08 06:13:08 +0000

Punk as Fuck!

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-09-08 06:13:44 +0000

Really enjoying this.
Thanks everyone.

Posted by virtue on 2008-09-08 12:57:13 +0000

"you know it only costs a dime..."

Muy awesome.

Posted by G lib on 2008-09-08 13:11:49 +0000

Aw man!



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"The Stuff from which HEEEROES are made!"

Posted by G lib on 2008-09-08 13:13:05 +0000

And I have always wondered why I was obsessed with the LDS church. God I'm a dumbass!

Posted by MF DU on 2008-09-08 15:21:23 +0000

I nominate
"Ah, 1977 in rural New England. These were dark times" as the next Rideside header.

Posted by loxocele on 2008-09-17 04:37:15 +0000

ohhh, i'm so glad someone put this one up. cheers. :)