Public service announcements Public service announcements The Advertising Council, commonly known as the Ad Council, is a private non-profit organization that distributes public service announcements on behalf of various sponsors, including non-profit organizations and government agencies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ad Council"
Bicentennial Minutes was the name of a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS television network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974 until December 31, 1976. (The series was originally slated to end on July 4 1976, but was extended to the end of the year.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Bicentennial Minutes"
Click It or Ticket is a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mobilization campaign aimed at increasing the use of seat belts among young people in the United States. The campaign relies heavily on targeted advertising aimed at teens and young adults. ...more on Wikipedia about "Click It or Ticket"
"Don't Copy That Floppy" was an anti- software piracy ad campaign run by the Software Publishers Association (SPA) beginning in 1992. The video for the campaign was filmed at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. and produced by cooperation between the Software Publishers Association, Educational Section Anti-Piracy Committee, and the Copyright Protection Fund, in association with Vilardi Films, Ltd. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don't Copy That Floppy"
Energy Hog is an energy conservation mascot that was introduced by the United States Department of Energy in October of 2005. He is a repulsive hog who is dressed in biker attire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Energy Hog"
Heritage Minutes are sixty-second short films each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies. The minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation and Canada Post (with Bell Canada being a later sponsor). They have been produced and narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heritage Minute"
Hinterland Who's Who is a series of 60-second public service ads profiling Canadian animals and birds, produced by Environment Canada in the 1960s. The distinctive refrain of flute music that each of these ads opened with, along with the deadpan style of the narrator, John Livingston, describing the animal over footage of it taken in the wild, became a widely recognized and often parodied feature of Canadian pop culture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hinterland Who's Who"
The Japan Advertising Council, commonly known as the Japan Ad Council ( Japanese:公共広告機構; Kōkyō kōkoku kikō), is a private non-profit organization that distributes Japanese public service announcements on behalf of various sponsors, including both non-profit organizations and government agencies. at was established in 1971. and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japan Ad Council"
Keep America Beautiful, founded in 1953, is an organization best known for the famous "Crying Indian" public service advertisement (PSA) which launched on the first Earth Day in 1971. KAB focuses on three key issues: litter prevention, waste reduction and community beautification. This is accomplished through a combination of community organizing, public education and the fostering of public/private partnerships. ...more on Wikipedia about "Keep America Beautiful"
Love. It Comes in All Colors was a National Urban Coalition television commercial and print advertisement from 1970. It was part of a campaign to promote racial harmony. It featured political activists, and celebrities from sports, show business, government, and business. ...more on Wikipedia about "Love. It Comes in All Colors"
McGruff the Crime Dog is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog created for the National Crime Prevention Council for use by American police in building crime awareness among children. He debuted in February 1980, and was invented by Jack Keil, an ad man who also did McGruff's voice (and, for the moment, still does today). Keil just needed a name for the crime dog after he thought of his motto, so a nationwide contest was opened. The most common entry was 'Shure-lock Bones'. Other entries included 'J. Edgar Dog', 'Sarg-dog', and 'Keystone Kop Dog'. The winner, McGruff the Crime Dog, was submitted by a New Orleans police officer. ...more on Wikipedia about "McGruff the Crime Dog"
Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) is a non-profit organization founded by Richard T O'Reilly in 1986 as a project of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Its publicly stated goal, to reduce the demand for narcotics amongst young people by using the various advertising outlets of the media to change their attitudes towards illegal drugs, is based on an idea by Philip Joanou, (chairman of Dailey and Associates in Los Angeles), that marketing techniques can be used to help "unsell" narcotics. The presumption being that if advertising can influence individuals to purchase products, then it may also be possible to influence the choice of whether or not to experiment with or use narcotics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Partnership for a Drug-Free America"
PSA (aka Public Service Announcement) was also the planned title of the song and single Bad Day by R.E.M. ...more on Wikipedia about "Public service announcement"
Smokey Bear is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created in 1944 to educate the public on the dangers of forest fires. Initially the Forest Service used Bambi, from the Walt Disney film, on its posters, but Bambi was only loaned to them by Disney for one year, so a new animal mascot had to be created. The bear's first poster was prepared on August 9, 1944. In 1952, after Smokey Bear became popular enough to attract commercial interest, The Smokey Bear Act , an Act of Congress was passed to take Smokey out of the public domain and place him under the control of the Secretary of Agriculture. The Act provided for the use of Smokey's royalties for continued education on forest fire prevention. ...more on Wikipedia about "Smokey Bear"
The Bod Squad was the collective title for a series of short public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network, from the early 1970s through the first half of the 1990s. These thirty-second and one-minute segments promoted healthy nutrition and personal hygiene through humorous animation and catchy music with clever lyrics. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Bod Squad"
The Finishing Line is a short film produced in 1977 by British Transport Films, warning about the dangers children face on railway lines. Although it is not strictly a Public Information Film, it is often considered to be so by fans of the genre. It was broadcast in its entirety several times on television, but was so controversial that it was replaced less than two years later by the slightly less graphic Robbie. It won at least two creative awards: Certificate of Appreciation (Top Category) and Oberhausen Mention at the Festival of Youth Paris. The film was also shown in several schools by invitation. It was directed by John Krish. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Finishing Line"
This is Your Brain on Drugs was a large-scale US anti- narcotics campaign by Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) launched in 1987, that used two televised public service advertisements (PSAs) and a related poster campaign. ...more on Wikipedia about "This is Your Brain on Drugs"
Time for Timer was the collective title for a short series of public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in the early 1970s. The animated spots featured Timer, a tiny yellow, blob-shaped cartoon character usually wearing a bow tie and top hat, who promoted healthy eating and personal hygiene using clever songs and animation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Time for Timer"
Woodsy Owl is a mascot for the United States Forest Service created by Harold Bell in 1970. He is an anthropomorphic owl. ...more on Wikipedia about "Woodsy Owl"
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