I believe it was sometime in the mid-1980s when TV producers decided that their programming was a suitable replacement for actual parenting. As a child of that experimental era, I would spend roughly 25 minutes at a clip watching my cartoon heroes beat the crap out of villains, followed by a thirty-second PSA of them telling me that violence wasn’t the answer. Mixed messages?

While it’s great to look back on the PSAs of my childhood, sometimes they crop up with a certain amount of dark irony in lieu of current events. Take this clip from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in which He-Man, She-Ra and Orko want to talk to you about something that’s very personal…your body. Hit the jump to hear their “touching” message and click here for our previous PSA Sunday videos.

“We’re going to keep her Jar Jar Binks free for as long as possible.”

With the Star Wars movies finally hitting Blu-ray, many parents are grappling with the decision on how to show their kids the Star Wars movies.  Should they start with The Phantom Menace? Should they start with A New Hope?  Also, how much should they tell their kids about the Skywalker family before actually showing them the movies?  While I normally use PSA Sunday’s to showcase a funny PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something, I think the debate on how and when to show your kids the Star Wars movies is something that at least a few people are thinking about.

So if you’re a parent and wondering what to do, hit the jump and watch some dads discuss how they will talk to their kids about Star Wars.  Also, I’d love to hear what some of you have done with your kids, as I have a few nephews and am wondering what I should do myself.  Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

With news being slow on the weekends, a few nonths ago I started PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday I post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities.  The first few focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough, and C3PO/R2D2 warning you about smoking), Clint Eastwood telling you not to do crack cocaine, the Transformers warning kids about running away from home and not to bike without reflectors, and the last two weeks featured Nathan Fillion talking about Swamp Ass and Kaley Cuoco addressing an important issue affecting cosplay girls across the globe: Slave Leia fatigue.

For this weekend’s PSA, I’ve got Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) addressing the equal pay laws from the 60′s.  The PSA also stars Adam West and Burt Ward and it was made for the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.  Hit the jump to watch.

With news being slow on the weekends, I started a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday we post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.  The first few weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough, C3PO and R2D2 warning you about smoking) Clint Eastwood telling you not to do crack cocaine, and the Transformers warning kids about running away from home and not to bike without reflectors.  In addition, the other week we posted Nathan Fillion talking about Swamp Ass.

For this weekend’s PSA, we’ve got Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) addressing an important issue affecting cosplay girls across the globe: Slave Leia fatigue.  Hit the jump to watch.

With news being slow on the weekends, I started a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday we post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.  The first few weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough, C3PO and R2D2 warning you about smoking) Clint Eastwood telling you not to do crack cocaine, and the Transformers warning kids about running away from home and not to bike without reflectors.

For this weekend’s PSA, Nathan Fillion addresses an important issue affecting gamers worldwide: Swamp Ass.  Hit the jump to watch.

With news being slow on the weekends, a few weeks ago I started a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday we post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or a celebrity telling you not to do something.  The first few weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough, C3PO and R2D2 warning you about smoking) Clint Eastwood telling you not to do crack cocaine, and the Transformers warning kids about running away from home.

For this weekend’s PSA, we’ve got the Transformers telling you not to bike at night without reflectors.  Hit the jump to watch.

With news being slow on the weekends, a few weeks ago I started a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday we post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or a celebrity telling you not to do something.  The first few weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough, and C3PO and R2D2 warning you about smoking) as well as a Transformers PSA from the 80′s that featured Bumblebee talking to kids about running away from home.

For this weekend’s PSA, we’ve got Clint Eastwood telling you not to do crack cocaine.  Hit the jump to check it out.

With news being slow on the weekends, a few weeks ago I started a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday we’ll post a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.  The first few weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign and C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough) as well as a Transformers PSA from the 80′s that featured Bumblebee talking to kids about running away from home.  For this weekend’s article, I’ve got my favorite Star Wars PSA, which features C3PO and R2D2 warning kids about the dangers of smoking.  Hit the jump to check it out.

With news being slow on the weekends, two weeks ago I started up a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday I’ll be posting a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.

The first two weeks focused on vintage Star Wars PSA’s (the Cantina aliens in a “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, and C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough).  However, with Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon hitting theaters this week, I’ve posted a Transformers PSA from the 80′s that features Bumblebee talking to some kids about running away from home.  Hit the jump to check it out.

With news being slow on the weekends, last week I started up a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday morning I’ll be posting a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.  Last week I had a vintage PSA featuring the creatures of the Star Wars Cantina in the famous “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign produced for the US Dept of Transportation in 1979.  This week, I’ve got C3P0 and R2D2 talking about the dangers of whooping cough.

With news being slow on the weekends, I’m starting a column called PSA Sunday.  As you can probably deduce from the title, every Sunday morning I’ll be posting a PSA featuring TV or movie characters and/or celebrities telling you not to do something.  And up first, I’ve got a vintage PSA featuring the creatures of the Star Wars Cantina in the famous “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign produced for the US Dept of Transportation in 1979.  While I’d seen a few Star Wars PSAs, I’d never seen this one.  Hit the jump to watch.