Trivia: 10/01/12: Cartoons With A Cause.

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "Tomorrow - your reward for working safely today."
HINT: (1955-), author, journalist and documentary filmmaker.

RANDOM TIDBITS

Due to the similarity between his last name and that of canine PSA character McGruff, who urges everyone to "take a bite out of crime," baseball slugger Fred McGriff became popularly known as "The Crime Dog."
Woodsy Owl debuted in 1970 as an environmental representative who chastised us "Give a hoot, don't pollute," a slogan coined by U.S. Forest Ranger Chuck Williams. During the 1990s, Woodsy's message was changed to be a bit more all encompassing: "Lend a hand, care for the land!"
Dick Van Dyke starred in a series of Public Service Announcements from 1975 to 1984 for the National Fire Protection Agency's "Learn Not to Burn" campaign. After he lost his Malibu home to a wildfire, he agreed to become the voice of Sparky, the Fire Dog.
Before there was a rock band of the same name, there were the original Crash Test Dummies. Named Larry and Vince, these two characters spent 15 years reminding Americans what could happen to them if they forgot to buckle their seat belts when riding in an automobile. Their motto: "You could learn a lot from a dummy."
There's an old children's joke about Smokey the Bear's middle name being "The". Not only is the joke bad, but the information is as well. The character's full name is really just Smokey Bear.
During the 1980s, a large number of American cartoon shows contained PSA's at the end of their shows. Three of the most widely known are the closing moral segments at the end of He Man and the Masters of the Universe, the "Knowing is Half the Battle" epilogues in GI Joe: A Real American Hero and the "Sonic Sez" segments from Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog.

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "Tomorrow - your reward for working safely today."
ANSWER: Robert Pelton.