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Re: Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:27:36 GMT
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So you say that when I'm hiding new funky pieces from my kids
I'm a lego addict?
Come on, they'll use important gearing to build sheep!
My daugther nicked all my 'spider' legs to be a spider!
Without considering what they could do with pneunatics!
I've got 6 pneumatic pumps and and my youngest son nicked 'em to build
erh, battlebots ...
I'm absolutely sane, even if I hide lego pieces under my pillow.
// hdw
Greg Perry wrote:
> Back in the 1970’s, an anti-drug film was created – in cooperation with the fine
> folks at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – that was titled "Drugs are
> Like That" and extensively featured LEGO building toys. The film took earlier
> Public Service Announcements and framed them with scenes of two young children
> building a monstrous LEGO creation while discussing the various arguments
> against the use of drugs (there being none for their use, of course). The LEGO
> construction actually ends up being a mechanical metaphor for the dangers that
> come with tinkering with your mental stability and physical wellbeing by
> experimenting with dangerous chemical substances.
>
> What’s completely glossed over by this piece though, is the fact that addiction
> to small interlocking bits of plastic can be just as bad – if not worse – as
> being "hooked" on any drug. Here at LUGNET however, I’m sure that connection
> will be immediately made and requires no further explanation.
>
> I have loaded a version of "Drugs are Like That" to my channel on YouTube. You
> can watch this video using the following link:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bXSR6II-U Drugs Are Like That - YouTube
> Presentation>
>
> In order to ensure that the clip was not rejected as too long, the credits
> (which are a must-see for the title song that’s included) were uploaded as
> separate file:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfXIDBpjJ0 Drugs Are Like That CREDITS -
> YouTube Presentation>
>
> The various PSA’s were removed from this version of "Drugs are Like That" since
> they only serve to illustrate the obvious points being made by the kids, make
> the film twice as long as the edited version and of course have nothing to do
> with LEGO. However, if you’re interested, the full length version of this film
> is available from the following Archive.org location:
>
> <http://www.archive.org/details/drugs_are_like_that Drugs are Like That - Full
> Archive Version>
>
> Hope someone gets at least a little entertainment from this – I sure did.
>
>
>
> P.S. Posted to General because everyone needs to be aware of these dangers.
> Follow-ups to MediaWatch only please.
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