U.S. Teenager Wins Award for Acerbic Disability Awareness Video

Benjamin Snow, 19, was one of more than 300 video producers who entered a contest to “Film Your Issue” in 30-60 seconds last May. The results were posted online where thousands of viewing voters selected Snow’s short video called “Thumbs Down to Pity” as one of the 35 best. A professional media jury then selected his creative entry as one of five winners. Snow and his parents joined the other winners at the United Nations on June 19 for an awards ceremony. Go here to watch “Thumbs Down to Pity,” an acerbic and humorous request to Hollywood media-makers to excise this emotion from their disability treatments.

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Boomer Oldies ...

1. Herman's Hermits: "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Walker."
2. The Bee Gees: "How Can You Mend A Broken Hip?"
3. Bobby Darin: "Splish, Splash I Was Havin' A Flash."
4. Ringo Starr: "I Get By With A Little Help From Depends."
5. Johnny Nash: "I Can't See Clearly Now."
6. Paul Simon: "Fifty Ways To Lose Your Liver."
7. Procol Harum: "A Whiter Shade Of Hair."
8. The Temptations: "Papa's Got A Kidney Stone."
9. Helen Reddy: "I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore."

Found in the Anchorage Daily News, but I'm sure you could google them and find them all over the web.
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