When I teach my Health Communication course to grad students, one of the most popular classes is about using entertainment as a vehicle for promoting health, a powerful and vastly underleveraged resource (can you tell I feel strongly about it?).

Invariably, students - most are 20 something - remember an episode of a show from their teen years, like Saved by the Bell about the downside of smoking pot, or eating disorders, or taking pills to help study. Check out this well-intended, often-played, and I think cheesey clip:

<br />via videosift.com

What TV show or movie really influences you about a health or social issue?

We’ll tally results and list them here.