8 Outrageous Public Service Announcements

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) come in all shapes and sizes: informative, cheesy, obnoxious and pointless. Most video production companies don’t pride themselves in what they’ve been asked to make, but once and a while you’ll stumble across a real gut-buster (whether intentional or not). Listed below are 8 PSAs that afford viewers some cheap laughs.

Australian “Stay in School” PSA

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Complete with young romance and exploding bodies, this PSA was actually green-lit by the Australian Educational Board and aired during the 2014 Super Bowl. Teenagers have heard the slogan “stay in school,” but never quite like this.

Mormon “Anti-Lying” PSA

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Most public service announcements are directed at drug use or other serious societal issues. But this Mormon PSA attacks something a bit more peculiar: lying. While it may be well intentioned, this PSA provides some hearty unintentional laughs.

New Zealand Drinking and Driving PSA

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Australia and New Zealand must work with the same video production companies. Whatever the case, this New Zealand PSA takes a comedic approach at dissuading young adults to taking up the wheel when drunk. Your best mate may end up haunting you, “Bru!”

1970s Anti-Marijuana PSA

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Reminiscent of the cult-classic “Reefer Madness,” this 1970s PSA tries to steer younger generations away from marijuana by stating the “blunt truth.” What they call the blunt truth is a bunch of hilarious misinformed ideas about the effects of marijuana.

Godzilla: An Active Role Model

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What better way to promote spending time with your kids than Godzilla? Answer: there isn’t.

ACVA (Auto-Correct Victims Anonymous)

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PSAs are often the subject of spoofs. The ACVA let’s victims of auto-correct know that they are not alone and support is available. While it isn’t an actual PSA, one can still appreciate the creativity budding video production companies often employ.

“The Drop Out”

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The 80s has a video style distinct to that era. Another PSA on the importance of staying in school, “The Drop Out” has all the unique cheesy qualities one would expect. In attempting to be funny, this PSA turns achieves its goal—but not the way it had intended.

Mitchell Reber is a writer for Fusion 360, an advertising agency in Utah. Find him on Google+