Re: ST Forums: George Lim archive

(w00tz welcome back adam!)

Check this out: The 6 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Old School PSAs. I'm sure this's the kind of public education film George Lim would be making in his happy retirement, in between walking the dog, watering the plants and playing with his neighbours' children (no reference to paedophilia intended)... I'll give you a quick run-down of just the first page:

1. Perversion for Profit
   In this 1965 film you learn that porn entices innocent teens to enter the world of "homosexuals, lesbians, sadist, masochists, and other sex deviants". There's a hilarious cartoonish "perversion for profit" octopus engulfing the continental US on the first placard the host's holding, check it out! And *shock-horror* porn caused sixteen of the nineteen major civilisations to vanish from the earth! Apparently it goes on to show 20 minutes of pornographic images... rofl. Kinda defeating the purpose, no?
   
   
2. Boys Beware
   Lol. Homosexuality is contagious, according to this one. "Like smallpox." The narrator sounds so measured and reassuring, makes you lap up everything he says. And the background music is priceless haha - pastoral flutes for the innocent teens; drumbeats for the approach of the shadowy, sinister, demented Homosexual. Oh dear...
   
   
3. Habit Patterns (1954) & Body Care and Grooming (1948)
   Haha the background music is probably a period thing. Equally priceless this one: "It's a bit late for tears, isn't it Barbara?" And the other film: to the sound of growling violin trills and tremolos, the narrator comments "We're trying to prove a point about nature and beauty, and... you're not exactly helping, you know? Look at your hair. Look at that blouse. And the way that skirt hangs. And those socks. (...) You don't seem to be exactly the type to make this guy behave like a human being" as opposed to a demented sex predator, maybe?

Oh the next page is pretty amazing too. We learn that the danger of falling radiation and debris is over within a minute and a half of a nuclear bombing. "Have Americans got the guts? *turns to face camera* Have you got the guts?" lmao.

I'm sure our dear George (who I think will become a recurring figure of fun on this blog) will take comfort in these glorious movies of the 50s and 60s.