1970s PSA - Most Important Person in The World to You - "I'm the Only Me!"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2025
- One of the interesting psychological theories which has popped up in the last few decades is that there is a cause and effect relationship between individualism and the depression epidemic. There was a college professor who wrote an editorial a few years back in which he blamed mister rogers for kids being increasingly narcissistic - the idea being that everybody can't be special, and telling people they are special who have done nothing to distinguish themselves actually reduces the chance of them doing anything to distinguish themselves. This particular series of PSAs came to mind straight away.
This was shown to me in kindergarten in 1975-76 on a motion projector. I can not believe I found it. The song still rings in my mind.
Same here. This song's chorus is burned into my brain.
Hate to crush your ego, but it's bs
Just found out that my old director wrote that song
These PSA were the bomb back when I was a child in the 70s..I'll never forget them
Anybody remember Free to Be You and Me? "...I like what I look like and you're nice small, we don't have to change at all..."
I remember seeing these during afternoon cartoons in the 7-s and also in school back then too
Been looking for these for years
Tiktok brought me here. Totally stirred up a 45 year old memory!
Sharing this knowledge could probably save people a lot of therapy sessions
Right?? I never went to therapy, but too bad it took me until my 40’s to figure out that I’m actually pretty cool! 😜
Loved these as a kid. They were awesome !!
Ah, childhood memories!
Back when the only worries were what cartoons were coming on next.
The 70s was cool at that time . It a shame as time goes by compare to yesterday and today . They sure don't make children's PSA programs like they used to.
Is telling a young child "The most important person in the whole wide world is you" really sending the right message?
I remember this song, they played it so often, and i never ceased to be appalled. Telling children they are the most important person in the whole wide world? Any connection to the epidemic of narcissism we are now dealing with?
Why there's so many psychopaths today.
Self neglect causes a lot of hatred of self and others.
being you and may be the best version of you helps you and maybe Inspires others
There’s a difference between self neglect self-care and being selfish versus self-centered.
Most folks who take care of themselves are happy with the results that come from that self-care.
@@johnmckeag7388 A psychopath deviates from the path of generally accepted psychology.
A sociopath deviates from the path of general accepted sociology.
Want to save the world?
Save yourself and share the wealth.
@@STYLISHONE2002 What does thar have to do with anything? That's gibberish.
I don't remember the cartoon, but I do remember the filmed intro and the song. I'd forgotten it until I saw it and then - WHAM! - 1970s TV flashback!
As a kid, I thought this was about kids on TV, not real kids. And I knew that the PSA was always the last commercial before the show came back on, so I was always glad when one came on because it meant soon the boring part was over and what I wanted to see would come back on.
Those PSAs were a total fail to me. I remember the Bear - Smokey (I wanted to call him 'Yogi') pointing and saying, 'Only YOU can prevent forest fires!' I used to look around hoping my parents weren't in the room because I was afraid they'd tell me to go and prevent a forest fire (AFTER I cleaned up my room, of course), and I didn't have any idea where the forest was or how you prevented a forest fire. Too much pressure on a kid...
To this day, I am throwing water at everything, and praying ceaselessly "please don't let it be my fault!"
Love these. Beautiful little segments from Captain Kangaroo 💜🎶💜
Hey Yall -Big Blue Marble is on you tube also.
I remember these they are still awesome today and in the future because everyone IS different and special in their way, true diversity loved and respected.
Is there anybody in the world reading these comments on TH-cam because I really love watching these type of cartoons because I was a child myself back in the 70s when this aired on television back in the 1970s because I’ve watched it when I was 10 at a place called Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recovering from a sickness because the Hospital head televisions everywhere in the building and I remember watching this show plus I remember this song they had on that one series.
People read all these comments eventually, and they are. in many ways, the legacy of the era... Thanks for checking in!
I stayed in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia too. The Children’s hospital that no longer exists.
OK, then, the hospital from the late 60s and 70s which don’t exist no more because today the hospital has long ago underwent several makeovers including the outside of the building because I remembered Children’s Hospital used to have a rotunda in the center of the building which had a McDonald’s restaurant inside of it which was later moved somewhere at the front entrance of the hospital but that’s now going now because I was a patient there back in the 70s during the time when the most important person cartoon short use the air on WKBS channel 48 when I was then a young boy.
I’m glad you recovered from your sickness and you’re still around to enjoy this 50 years later! Life is a real gift. I try to enjoy everyday and I’m sure you do too. 🙏
Thank You , Thank You because I still love this show since it brings back my childhood memories.
How is it that these cartoons made fifty-odd years ago have more basic common sense and tolerance for human imperfection in them than a lot of the stuff that's coming out now?
_"The most important person in the whole wide world is you"_ is dealing with human imperfection? 😂
@@drott150 Well, yeah - that's not saying you're the most FLAWLESS person in the world, just - as the last verse says - "you're the most important person in the world to you", which is basic world outlook stuff. Once you recognize and accept your own flaws, it's much easier to accept those of others - along with the difference between genuine flaws and simple variation.
@@Psycopathicus Uhh...that's not what the song is about. That's what you say it's about.
@@drott150 I know that's not what the song is LITERALLY about. The song is literally about 'everyone's different, and that's fine'. Flip that around a bit, though, and it's 'being different is OK, because different doesn't mean bad'. See? Subtext.
Preach! I’m a therapist and a client brought this to my attention this week. This is so ahead of its time
My sister just sang this to me over the phone...... I lost my husband last month, and she is trying to help me not keep looking back.
I remember this so well. And how I hated that little girl with the b-day hat in the beginning with that stupid grin on her face.
Everyone who says that it's the millenials that started the "everyone gets a trophy" / self-esteem movement forgets about this stuff that came out of the 1970's.
Everyone who reflexively blames any whole generation for any social phenomena is living in an intellectually hypersimplified candy land of easy explicability lol but yes , you're absolutely right, telling Gen X "it's all about YOU" was, in retrospect, perhaps not the best idea in the box of broken bulbs 💡
PS: if you like fishbone, Angelo Moore will be presenting his poetry on March 10th, in SF, at 777 Valencia Street, hope to see you there!
@@giantukulele I live in NE Ohio, so I will not be there. I would love to see Dr. Madd Vibe do some spoken word!
@@giantukulele Well said.
If only humans in 2022 listened to this message….
These films were shown on the Captain Kangaroo show.
back in 1972,i watch them when i was a kid.
Oh man i remember thse when they first appeared. The messages felt out of synch and entirely too earnest, like adressing a problem no one was complaining about 9at least where I was). Now we have a nation of narcissists. the cult of self esteem took over education entirely.
I see your point. But it was different for lots of people back then, including me. I grew up with a narcissist dad. He was a tyrant and my mother enabled him. So I turned to shows like this as an escape.
What is psa?
Life was all so simple then but we had to make it hard. I see some of the negative comment but what can you expect from millennials that are living in Today’s hell disguised as a reality
Public school announcement?
GET DOWN ON THE GROUND, BANG YOUR FOREHEAD IN THANKS THat THere Is None Other THan ME!! you're so lucky there's only ONE! be thankful You're Not Me!!! Be THankful I Did Not ReProduce!! for You Would Be At the Mercy Of MY OFFSpring!!
Producers: Dan and Elaine Weisburd. I think that about sums it up.
The self-esteem movement was a complete failure.
And we wonder why we have a generation of inconsiderate narcissists.
Mass brainwashing.
It appears to have been quite effective brainwashing - they told a generation of kids "It's all about YOU" and 20 years later we had a generation of adults who were (and still are) saying "Its all about ME!"
@@giantukulele if you look closely this video was meant to combat depression and suicide or self harm because you are different.
@@adhfan75 I must have missed the guns and nooses. Can you point them out to me?
@@adhfan75 All i heard was kids being told they were most important person in the whole wide world. Im sure thats what kids heard too, and i hope to God they didnt belive it.
@@giantukulele No, that is not true. It was about loving and accepting yourself. The generation that's about ME came after this one.