"...the Navy once saw fit to describe the hazards of syphilis to young sailors using the menacing bite of Count Spirochete (gross), an undead, ever-predatory monster representing one of the more potent venereal diseases. (Or so we remember from health class.) At excruciating length, the count takes viewers on a multi-continent tour of the history of syphilis, all in an edu-taining cartoon. That’s right: In the 1970s, the Navy produced the VD version of Schoolhouse Rock."
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/navy-syphilis/
Actual line: "Ah, my old friend gonorrhea..."
Did you watch the whole video? I make it to 2:09. I always pictured Syphilis as more of a Zombie than a vampire with the rotting body parts and what not.
ReplyDeleteI only got to about 5:20. That was enough, though.
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