I learned it by watching you!
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Like Father, Like Son, also known as I learned it by watching you!, was a large-scale United States anti-narcotics campaign by Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Launched in July 1987, the campaign used a televised public service announcement.
The PSA features a father confronting his son (Reid MacLean) in his bedroom after finding a box containing an unspecified controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. After his father angrily asks him how he learned to use drugs, the son shouts, "You, alright? I learned it by watching you!" As the father responds with a look of regret, a narrator then says, "Parents who use drugs have children who use drugs."{{cite web | url=https://www.bitchute.com/video/9Yj6rruR3DDa/ | title=I learned it by watching you commercial|website=Bitchute }}
It was listed by Time as one of the top ten PSAs of all time.{{citation|title=Top 10 Public-Service Announcements|magazine=Time|date=4 September 2009 |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1920454_1920455_1920464,00.html|access-date=2018-07-06|archive-date=2018-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709183627/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1920454_1920455_1920464,00.html|url-status=live}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo The original PSA] as rebroadcast in I Love the 80s.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050120084847/http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/ Official PDFA website]
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Category:1980s television commercials
Category:1987 in American television
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Category:American advertising slogans
Category:American television commercials
Category:Anti-drugs public service announcements