Meet Reddy Kilowatt!
Reddy Kilowatt is a cartoon character that served as a corporate spokesman for electricity generation in the United States and other countries for nearly one hundred years. Currently, the Reddy Kilowatt trademark is owned by Xcel Energy.
Old safety PSAs were more hardcore in general. The other week, I stumbled on this Riff Trax version of “Shake Hands with Danger”:
https://youtu.be/_nqa6e6WV2o
Fans of the “Well there’s your problem” podcast will probably recognize the song. This thing gets increasingly gory as it goes. I think there’s an argument that not shying away from the brutality is a more effective message.
Don’t shy away from The Horror.
I mean, do, but not as a director. Be werner herzog. Get the weird details.
My grandfather’s brother died exactly this way