00:00The following campaign is brought to you by the Council for Drug-Free Teens and viewers like you.
00:09Marijuana, Cannabis, Reefer, Pot, Weed, Dope.
00:15It's got many names, but only one shows its true nature.
00:21The Devil's Lettuce. The Gateway Drug to Hell.
00:31Hello, I'm writer-director Richard Rogers, and when I'm not performing citizen's arrest on pot-smoking teenagers,
00:39I'm spreading important drug awareness with educational films like The Devil's Lettuce,
00:44a cautionary tale that's like Seventh Heaven had premarital sex with a freak of an 80s horror movie.
00:53Talk about a match made in hell.
00:56Now, imagine you're in the 90s. You're a teenager, stuck in class.
01:02The teacher rolls out a TV, dims the lights, and plays you this PSA.
01:10Meet the Hendersons, your average American family, living a peaceful life.
01:16Until one night, Frank finds a joint in Billy's possession.
01:21He tries to warn his son about the Devil's Lettuce, the paranoia, the hallucinations.
01:27But Billy doesn't heed his warning. That very night, he gets high, falling down into a hellish underworld of satanic
01:38cults, demonic beasts, and human sacrifices.
01:43I should have never spoken!
01:48Nothing like a PSA that jams its message down your throat.
01:52Am I right, kids?
01:56For nearly seven years, I've been transporting my videos into the past by copying them onto a real VHS tape.
02:03I've even made short versions of these over-the-top weed PSAs.
02:10But they were always missing something.
02:14Incest.
02:16I'm just yanking your chain.
02:18It's cinema.
02:19Since the beginning of my analog fetish, I've had a dream.
02:23A dream to create an eerily authentic production of the past that perfectly rolls horror, comedy, and nostalgia into a
02:31joint laced with pure cinematic joy.
02:34But it all can't be done without the help of viewers like you.
02:40So click the campaign link in the description and donate to a good cause.
02:44Or else, I've got some cool perks lined up so check it all out as if your life depends on
02:49it.
02:51Because it does.
02:53Thanks for watching, and stay tuned.
