PSA: The Incredible Edible Egg

Wow, it's been awhile since my last post. I've been tapped out lately.

I always thought those "Incredible Edible Egg" ads that aired in the 80s and early 90s. were pretty random. I didn't understand why such a fuss was being made over eggs. Some of these commercials even made it look like they were promoting a product called "The Incredible Edible Egg". It turns out that due to concerns about cholesterol levels, egg consumption had steadily fallen since the late 60s. The American Egg Board was determined to clear their name, hence the abundance of these ads.

This commercial from the early 90s features a crudely drawn kid who insists that "eggs are TEH AWESOME!!11!!".

PSAs: Milk

Milk: it does a body good. This slogan signifies a simpler time, before the flashy celebrity endorsed "Got milk?" ads prevailed.

The milk ads in the late 80s are notorious and were oft-parodied back in the day. The standard formula: some pipsqueak is shunned by a bigger kid, then proceeds to go off on a tangent about how drinking milk is going to magically transform them into an Adonis. Milk might do a body good, but it sure gave these kids delusions of grandeur. And turned them into real assholes.

The brat in this video takes the cake. She's wearing what appears to be a wedding dress and screeching at her older brother, who joked that two of her could fit in it. Jeez, overreact much? Someone must have slipped some steroids into her drink, because she practically speaks in a baritone by the time she grows up.



This next one aired in the early 90s. I used to really dig the song. How sad is it that I can still sing it word for word?

Commercials: Drug PSAs

Anti-drug PSAs. 80s and 90s television just wouldn't be the same without them. While most were beyond cheesy, some actually got the message across pretty well. I think they have more of an impact than today's PSAs.

After the 70s frying egg and 90s psycho bitch "this is your brain on drugs" commercials, the following is probably the most well-known and quoted. I bet you know which one I'm referring to before watching it:



This next one actually freaked me out as a kid. I think the music sting at the end might have contributed. It still kind of creeps me out, actually:



Here's one of those "Nobody ever says 'I want to be a junkie when I grow up'" commercials. This is the one with the runner (I wanted the ballerina one, but this video is better quality).



Pee Wee says that crack kills. I wonder if he made this commercial before or after "the incident"?

Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue!

For my first official post, I bring you nostalgic GOLD.

Remember Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue? That was a kid's dream TV special. Where else could you see such an epic cartoon crossover? Twenty characters from ten different shows were featured, including:

ALF (ALF: The Animated Series)
Alvin, Simon, and Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Duck Tales)
Garfield
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, and Baby Gonzo (Muppet Babies)
Slimer (Real Ghostbusters)
Papa Smurf, Brainy Smurf, and Hefty Smurf
Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger

If you need a refresher, here's a summary, courtesy of Voice Chasers: "Nine year old Corey is very worried about her older brother, Michael. He is using drugs and he just stole her piggy bank to buy some more. Luckily, Corey has help. TV's most popular cartoon characters, including Winnie the Pooh, Bugs Bunny, Alf, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a host of other animated all-stars, leap into action to help free her brother from the clutches of "Smoke," a deceptive and corrupting character who's leading Michael down the road to a drug-abuse dead end."

Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue VHS: $29.99
Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue poster: $9.99
Hearing Winnie the Pooh and the Muppet Babies talk about crack: priceless

Here's the episode in its entirety, sans the Ronald McDonald house ad and Daddy Bush's intro (if you want to see that part, go here). Enjoy!