Sunday, January 21, 2024

Getting Schooled: Users Are Losers (1987)

 Regina had a 1-hit wonder in the mid-80's with "Baby Love". Around the same time, the singer teamed with McGruff The Crime Dog to do an anti-drug PSA, which, in turn, led to a full length single used largely for television, not radio.

Regina & McDuff (not animated, but a guy in a costume) are joined by Nickelodeon personality Fred Newman, Marshall Efron (who was doing voice work at the time on Smurfs), archived footage of Bullwinkle and Fred Flintstone (Barney Rubble appears briefly), and actresses Allison Smith (Kate & Allie) & Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show), Child actor Frederick Koehler rounds out the cast.

Most of you have seen the minute long "Users Are Losers" PSA, but this is the complete song.

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