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McGruff The Crime Dog - Take A Bite Out Of Crime

McGruff the Crime Dog celebrated 25 years in 2005. Don't ask me why, but growing, up PSAs and TV commercials were a huge part of my world. Perhaps that's how I ended up in the advertising/public relations industry. In prior posts, we've talked about NBC's One To Grow On campaign, Reading is Fundamental or RIF, and the famous, "I learned it by watching you, Dad" anti-drug PSAs.
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McGruff the Crime Dog fights fake fashions, drugs, entertainment

Business & Finance : Money & Co (last year)

Crime-fighting canine McGruff is looking to take a bite out of counterfeiting. The talking cartoon dog, sporting his trademark trench coat, is part of a new anti-counterfeiting campaign from the National Crime Prevention Council and... Read Post

Mr. T Anti-Drug PSA Commercial (1980?s)

Age Groups / Gen X : The Retroist (last year)

While I truly do believe that the Swamp Thing Public Service Announcement posted yesterday by Saturday World is quite possibly the most awesome PSA of all time…I will have to put this commercial in the most disturbing category when ... Read Post

Freeze Pops, Reviewed. 2012.

Age Groups / Gen X : The Surfing Pizza (11 months ago)

Two years ago, I wrote a very special post. It was so special, it was the equivalent of an after-school special bottled up in Internet blog form with Linda Ellerbee and McGruff the Crime Dog as co-hosts. Two years ago, … Continue re... Read Post


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