I got the idea to do fake PSAs from Abell’s cartoon last week. I wasn’t going to cover the pharmaceutical angle like he did, but after doing some YouTube research, I couldn’t help using those adorable singing pills.
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Below are clips of the PSAs that inspired this cartoon.
Time for Timer - Eat Breakfast
We’re Not Candy
Mr. Yuk
Seymore Smoke
MA Stroke PSA
That last one isn’t directly parodied, but I used a similar clipboard for the pregnancy panel. It airs a lot in Massachusetts, and print versions are all over the T. I think it’s hilarious.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m singing “hunk o’ cheese” all weekend.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I’ll be rubbing one out all weekend.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Time for Timer has a soft spot for me because it was done by DePatie-Freleng, co-run by “Looney Tunes” vetern Friz Freleng. I used to run a website devoted to the studio (it’s still online), and how I would desperately try to track down the studio’s hard-to-find cartoons, to the point that I had to resort to purchasing original theatrical film prints. Which was kind of a waste of time and money, because few months later, Cartoon Network started airing these on TV out of a sudden…
June 12th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Matt, Kevin - Combine the two and you’ve got a fetish that makes furries seem slightly less gross.
Charles - You are an infinite source of cartoon knowledge.