Friday A/V Club: Hanna-Barbera Battles Drugs

The PSA as psychedelic horror movie

You know who knew how to make a great anti-drug PSA? Hanna goddamn Barbera, that's who. Back in the '70s, the studio behind Scooby-Doo and The Jetsons gave us this abstract cautionary tale:

As of this writing, that clip has a YouTube view count of 5,562. How many of those people do you suppose went out of their way to watch it while they're high?

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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

I GOT A CONTACT HIGH JUST WATCHING THAT SHIT.

[Beautiful Bean Footage]

You know who knew how to make a great anti-drug PSA? The studio behind Scooby-Doo and The Jetsons

Isn’t that a little bit like Bill Belichick making an anti-cheating PSA?

[Counterfly]

It’d be cool to smoke with Pete Carroll, cause he always knows when to pass it.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Speed Buggy and The Herculoids were personal favorites.

That said, I totally consider that video an endorsement of drugs.

[DEATFBIRSECIA]

You know who else knew how to make a great anti-drug PSA?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/

[Ansy Swateel]

And I would have avoided heroin if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!