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.
"Remember to give the character a big smile so he looks friendly. Also give him a big knife so he looks unfriendly."
Let Phil sing ! Or else !
Shut up and give electricity your lunch money.
The character is real, but this image isn't a real ad from then
not could kill you, will kill you. Electricity is coming for you, there is nothing you can do to escape it.
Mister stabby.
Old safety PSAs were more hardcore in general. The other week, I stumbled on this Riff Trax version of "Shake Hands with Danger":
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.
What a time. When ads were typeset in *checks notes* Calibri.
I have this on a t-shirt!
I'm actually printing this out for a buddy rn! What a coincidence!
He just looks so pleased, overjoyed even to go through with it. Murdering genuinely makes his day.
Ready Killalot:
Come on kiddos, the secret key to enter my playland is a fork! Stick it in the special keyhole in your walls, they're low to the floor because they're meant for kids!
Am electrician, we love this guy. He's on at least one hardhat in 20
I didn't realize this was from the 70s. We had the same character teaching us stuff in public school in the late 80s early 90s.
Just leave it to natural selection.
Operation guy :3
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