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Poster for National Drinking Game PSA (1970)

National Drinking Game PSA (1970)

1970 · Short film · 1 min

Synopsis

A disembodied voice interrupts a party to make the guests play the National Drinking Game, a quiz to tell whether a person is an alcoholic; a 1970 public-service announcement.

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Running time
1 minutes

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · "POOR me, POOR me, POUR me another drink Bartender" · MetroBase · 2010-01-04

The bummer ending is the best! They looked so depressed that someone (maybe the guy with the bald head, pinching the good looking MILF's ass) should have pulled out a coffee pot and some chairs and have an damn "AA MEETING TONITE" moment. Where they can share their feelings and and be so self-absorbed and self-centered that the world must center around them. That the sun rises and set only for the alcoholic, that the rest of us are just mere players in their Grand Designs. The fools have fallen victims to the power of suggestion. All of a sudden it's "Group Think" 101. Imagine this if you…

★★★★ · Party-killer · trafalgar · 2004-09-12

Want to kill a party? Play this! It's a brief but very well-done spot for alcoholism awareness, which raises the quite legitimate question: why do we drink to have fun? The acting is much better than average for a PSA, as the party-goers begin to realize they might have a problem. The 70's color film has mellowed nicely, and for you film-makers out there, it's got a classic leader as well! All that in just about a minute...you can't go wrong here.

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