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October 16, 2008

'Rock' the vote

You'll get a sticker!

Declare Yourself, the nonprofit group founded by Emmy-winning TV icon Norman Lear, comes out with its latest PSA nudging the teen-agers to vote. It's yet another faithful homage to "Schoolhouse Rock," the multiple Daytime Emmy winning series that taught us the preamble of the Constitution (but we can only sing it) and why three is a magic number.

The clever minds behind the animated PSA include Scott Jacobson, a four-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, "The Daily Show" writer Rich Blomquist, Emmy-nominated composer Jared Faber, and producer Samantha Scharff, of Robert Smigel’s "TV Funhouse" fame.

Check out a previous (completely, hilariously phallic) video here, and don't say we didn't warn you that some people have body parts on the brain today.

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  • So "The Dark Knight" didn't make it into the final five after all, never mind that critical and popular support. Let's just call the comic-inspired mega-hit "The Biggest Snubee."

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