Dumb People Say the Darndest Things
The new Alamo "Don't Talk" PSA debuts
By Kimberley Jones, 5:26PM, Mon. Jun. 6, 2011
Part of the Alamo Drafthouse's pre-show entertainment includes their funny but forceful "Don't Talk" videos, in which the likes of Peter Bogdanovich and our late, beloved guv Ann Richards have cautioned theatregoers not to talk or text during the movie. Their newly debuted PSA takes a different angle, and it is some awesomeness.
This one uses the irate phone call of a patron who was ejected for texting during a film (a crime for which we sincerely hope there's a special traffic circle in hell reserved). Watch it below. You can read Alamo CEO Tim League's comments here.
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