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.
What a time. When ads were typeset in *checks notes* Calibri.
The character is real, but this image isn’t a real ad from then
Yeah, the character never held a switchblade to a child, that is a modern satire of the old campaign, especially popular among electricians
Can concur. It’s a popular poster at utilities too.
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.
Shut up and give electricity your lunch money.
Mister stabby.
not could kill you, will kill you. Electricity is coming for you, there is nothing you can do to escape it.
I have this on a t-shirt!
