Monday PSA: Superboy says ‘Know Your Country!’

August 2nd, 2009

Filed under: Comics

Superboy says 'Know Your Country!' Click for the full page.Superboy makes an interesting point in this public service ad. He states that to know the culture of the United States, you also need to know the cultures of all the immigrants who have come here. A fair point, but I think it would be impossible to be familiar with every single culture that contributes to our melting pot.

superboyFor those of whose knowledge of Sweden is limited to ABBA, Köttbullar are the proper name for what we call Swedish meatballs.

superboyI also think that Apache Chief might disagree with some of Superboy’s comments in the last panel.

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This PSA is found in DC comics from both June 1951 and December 1954. It was written by Jack Schiff, the king of PSAs, with art by frequent collaborator Win Mortimer.

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12 Responses to “ Monday PSA: Superboy says ‘Know Your Country!’ ”

  1. Christopher
    August 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 am

    So Superboy just decided on his own that he should be the guest of honor? I suppose that works, not like anyone is going to turn him away.

  2. Mr. B
    August 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    I thought the exact same thing!! It was a bit rude to invite himself to supper; but who is going to turn him away? Nobody in their right mind. If they had Kryptonite they’d have a slim chance, of survival. The better course of action is make another plate. lol

    Scott you are right about ABBA, I can’t think of too many things from Sweeden. Except these.

    The Swedish Bikini Team
    http://www.whattofix.com/images/SwedishBikiniTeam.jpg

    Swedish Chef
    http://nonrhotic.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/swedishchef460.jpg

    Magnus Samuelsson
    Sweedish strongman accidentally broke the arm of a larger strongman. Strong strong Sweede!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrijM0H_Uc

    Swedish Fish

  3. Andreas
    August 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Dude, the first two (Bikini Team and Chef) aren’t from Sweden.

    Some things from Sweden:
    - IKEA.
    - Volvo.
    - SAAB.
    - The adjustable wrench.
    - The milk carton.
    - Several man-portable anti-tank weapons in use by the US armed forces.
    - The Pirate Bay.
    - Ingmar Bergman (sorry about that).
    - My wife.

    Ok it helps that I grew up in Sweden. ;)

  4. Alberto
    August 4th, 2009 at 7:55 am

    When I was a kid somebody told me that people in Sweden would fool around in public and not get arrested. Instead, it was the one who was caught standing there looking at the couple, that could be jailed.

    I took me twenty years to go to Sweden and visit Stockholm to see whether that was true or a hoax.

    Anyway, my fondest memories from that trip (and some other good swedish stuff):

    - Stockholm itself, a beautiful city full of rivers and channels,
    - Gamla Stan
    - The Nobel Museum (Alfred Nobel was Swedish, I think)
    - Glüg (hot spicy wine – but I think other places also have that)
    - Smogasbord

    Oh, and the best hotdog I ate in my life was there, but I think it doesn’t count…
    -

  5. Andreas
    August 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    Ah, memories of my hometown. I would only want to live there during the warmer months, during which it is quite lovely.

  6. Mr. B
    August 4th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Kidding about those two. I have some reservations about the Chef’s true nationality. Orly Taitz has located the Chef’s Kenyan brith certificate. lol

    Just saw Alberto’s post. I knew I was forgetting one.
    Stockholme Syndrome.

  7. Andreas
    August 4th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    Did you know you can set your Google language to “Bork Bork Bork” (Swedish Chef)? Hilarious, but I do prefer “Elmer Fudd”.

    Alberto, Nobel was indeed Swedish.

    “Stockholme Syndrome.”

    Or as Die Hard would have it, “Helsinki Syndrome”…

  8. Mr. B
    August 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    “Bork Bork Bork”, that is good one. lol I never get tired of hearing the Chef speak.

    Elmer is cool, but Pepé Le Pew is the best in my humble opinion.

    The adjustable wrench, I thought it was a French invention. At least I’ve heard several American mechanics claim. Looked on wiki.

    It says-In many European countries (e.g. France, Germany, Spain and Italy) it is called an
    —-”English key”—- as it was invented in 1842 by the English engineer, Richard Clyburn. Other countries, like Denmark, refer to it as a
    —–”Swedish key”—— as its invention has been attributed to the Swede, Johan Petter Johansson, who in 1891 received patent for an improved design of the adjustable spanner. Johansson’s spanner was a further development on Clyburn’s original “screw spanner”. And in some contries (e.g. Slovenia, Poland) it is called
    —–”French key”.——

    Looks like we were both wrong. It was the Brits.

  9. Alberto
    August 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    Actually, Andreas, I was there for one and a half week in the beginning of December. Cold and dark, but still lovely.

  10. Andreas
    August 6th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Dark, too dark. And often with dreary low gray clouds just hovering there. A William Gibson line comes to mind: “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

  11. The Soff
    September 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 am

    Um, just to perhaps state something that was in the back of everyone’s mind (at least the guys): if there was a Swedish girl in my high school she would never lack for companionship, male at least!

  12. Sorcerer Mickey
    March 20th, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    “They’re probably foreigners with ways different from our own!” – Brad Majors

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