Animation cel from the anti-smoking PSA series Adventures of Nic (A Teen)
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Kurtz & Friends
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Animation cel from the anti-smoking PSA series Adventures of Nic (A Teen). This hand-inked, hand-painted cel setup features the “Pack Rats,” a group of ne’er do well anthropomorphic cigarettes bound together with a what appears to be a Marlboro cigarette package. Different colored inks used on the front of the cel as well as a transparent "wash"-effect for the smoke. Setup is marked with “77” in marker at the bottom right, with “whatta 77” written in pencil at the top right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Nic (A Teen) cel was made by the Kurtz & Friends animation studio for an anti-tobacco Public Service Announcement (PSA) television commercial produced by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1988. The commercial was part of a series chronicling the adventures of "Nic (A Teen) - the last of the red hot 'butt' heads!" This PSA was loaded with goofy puns and drawn in a trendy, post-punk 1980s animation style. Throughout the minute-long ad, the heavy-smoking high school student Nick is socially ostracized time and time again as he disgusts his peers with his habit.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Burbank
topic: label: associated subject
content: Television
label: associated subject
content: Tobacco Use
label: associated subject
content: Animation
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0178.06
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0178.06
label: accession number
content: 2023.0178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cel
label: Object Name
content: animation cel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 31.75 cm