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October 01 2009

"The Booby Scare" featuring Alyson Hannigan among others. Breast Cancer Awareness PSA. Other actresses include Emily Deschanel, Kat McPhee, Minka Kelly and Jaime King.

Quite funny. First mentioned on Whedonesque on September 7th.

VeryVeryCrowded | Fandom&Fun | 18:48 CET | 15 comments total | tags: alyson hannigan, psa

"Touch a tit, save a tit"

Great campaign, but what does molesting Ricky Gervais have to do with anything?

Aidan W. | October 01, 19:19 CET

That is a public service message I can get behind, err support.

jubal lives | October 01, 20:58 CET

Fun! Yet serious.

Pointy | October 01, 21:17 CET

Yeah, that was actually a bit awful. Way too flippant.

frostcircus | October 01, 22:13 CET

I have to agree. It always great to see Alyson and Emily, but just not funny. I don't know if there can be a funny here.

Could we maybe get a male version with Alan Tudyk, David Boreanez, Nathan Fillion, NPH & James Marsters checking each others prostates?

Cos that would be another laugh riot, yes?

malformed | October 01, 22:48 CET

Well, Tom Green did that song ("hey kids, feel your balls, so you don't get cancer") after he got testicular cancer, and that was pretty funny.

E-Rawk | October 01, 23:00 CET

Gotta say - not funny to me.

I can totally imagine a funny PSA about breast exams - hell, I think I could write it - so it's not that I think the subject is sacred, but this ain't it.

I don't think that false lump alarms with dramatic music = brings in The Funny nor The Comedy Tonight.

Nope-ity.

QuoterGal | October 01, 23:35 CET

Yeah, not very funny. Appreciate the effort, and I think there's probably a funny sketch there, but this wasn't it.

JesterInACast | October 02, 02:23 CET

I have to say that as a person who's had breast cancer ... twice ... I thought this was very funny. Obviously, humor is in the eye of the beholder ;).

resa | October 02, 02:56 CET

resa, glad to have someone share my sense of humor! I really did think it was funny.

VeryVeryCrowded | October 02, 04:04 CET

The premise was ok, but the writing wasn't there for me. I think the "false lump" joke itself though is going to be very hit or miss. Even if it was executed much better, there are some who are not going to find a false alarm funny. I don't think I'm one of those, but that particular joke didn't seem to do it for me.

azzers | October 02, 04:53 CET

This didn't work for me either, which was too bad because I liked seeing all those lovely actresses together--lots of comic (and sexy) potential there, but it just fell kinda flat.

Now I do remember an SNL breast cancer skit from long long ago with Bea Arthur that I thought was hilarious at the time.

jcs | October 02, 06:19 CET

While I can see why some people wouldn't like this, or think it wasn't all that well written, I have to say, as a male 20-something, it got my attention.

I've really come to appreciate the move recently to draw more people to breast cancer research and fund raising by making it more interesting to a larger audience with stuff like this and the bumper sticker I saw the other day "save the ta-tas". People will respond to this kind of marketing.

ChampBlankman | October 02, 15:11 CET

The reveal of the jewel-encrusted bra was amusing. But the paparazzi bit at the end was weird and pointless . It was like they mashed two ideas into one PSA.

Tibbittz | October 02, 20:16 CET

Well, sure, "Save the ta-tas" makes me laugh, and I'm a 54-y.o. feminist - so, you know, no sense of humor. ; >

QuoterGal | October 02, 20:46 CET

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