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6 unusual facts about public service announcement


ABC Weekend Special

The character also starred in five animated episodes of the show, as well appearing in animated Saturday morning PSA's encouraging children to "read more".

Bat lau dung laai

The phrase was made famous in a frequently broadcast Vietnamese radio PSA on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in Hong Kong during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Kimball Allen

He also appears in the "No More Fear" video, a part of the "AIDS Is Going to Lose" PSA project.

New Eyes for the Needy

It launched its first direct mail campaign for new donations and ran a PSA campaign featuring comedian Steve Allen.

This Space for Rent

He fails his first audition (a PSA for genital warts) and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk".

Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon

A PSA for the Humane society was released featuring the Chili Peppers to draw attention to the cause and the album.


A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra

In 2007 the album was reissued yet again, with a "50th Anniversary" banner placed atop the 2001 cover art and an additional bonus track (a vintage radio PSA that Sinatra did for the American Lung Association's "Christmas Seals" campaign) added.

Antenna TV

As is common with digital multicast networks, advertisements featured during commercial breaks on Antenna TV primarily consist of direct response advertisements for products featured in infomercials and particularly during its Saturday morning children's programming, public service announcements; satellite provider Dish Network and insurance company Progressive are currently the network's primary national sponsors.

Dave Gage

:*Kick (by Pilotfish Productions for California Dept of Conservation, 2007) - Gage provided the music for this Emmy Award-winning PSA

Maysa Leak

She appears in RSV PSA commercials, with her son Jazz, sponsored for the March of Dimes.

Rebecca Schaeffer

Shortly after Schaeffer's death, Pam Dawber and her My Sister Sam co-stars Joel Brooks, David Naughton and Jenny O'Hara reunited to film a public service announcement for the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence in Schaeffer's honor.


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Ben Hogestyn

In 2005, Hogestyn and co-star Lindze Letherman appeared in a Public Service Announcement for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (or GLAAD).

Chimney Safety Institute of America

In 1992, Dick Van Dyke, America’s most recognizable chimney sweep, donated his voice talent to the Chimney Safety Institute of America helping CSIA produce a public service announcement distributed to 404 stations across the country in time for National Chimney Sweep Week.

George Wang

In December 2009 through January 2010, under the Teddy Zee Productions banner, Wang produced a series of public service announcement (PSA) videos to be featured on the internet with Teddy Zee (Hitch / Pursuit of Happyness), Adrian Zaw, and APEX founder Stephen Liu.

Greg Whitby

Whitby appeared in a public service announcement with Daniel H. Pink (author of Whole New Mind) and other key thinkers on re-imagining schooling for the 21st century.

Jaago Re

Jaago Re partnered with leading Indian actor, Shah Rukh Khan and director, R. Balki, to create a public service announcement broadcast on television.

Pamela Sue Martin

In 1984, Martin, who has long been involved in environmental causes, appeared in a public service announcement to help save pink dolphins in the Amazon River.

Ron and Tammys

In another subplot, Ann (Rashida Jones) asks Chris (Rob Lowe) to film a quick Public Service Announcement about diabetes, but the overly-enthusiastic Chris spends all day doing countless takes, making Ann wonder why she even dated him in the first place.

Shifting Baselines

Since its creation, it has produced many environmental media campaigns, most notably a 2003 campaign and public service announcement, titled "The Ocean Symphony PSA", which starred such Hollywood actors/celebrities as Jack Black, Henry Winkler, Tom Arnold, and Madeleine Stowe, among many others.

Tom Rubnitz

A 1987 "public service announcement" for the Art Against AIDS organization's "Summer of Love" project, which visually referenced the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles in tableau vivant form, featured the B-52s, Willi Ninja, Allen Ginsberg, Nam Jun Paik, Quentin Crisp, Lady Bunny and David Byrne, among many others.