Roller Skating Beats a Life of Drugs and Despair, Says Ad

Genius mock PSA from Reno's Roller Kingdom

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In a post on Rhett & Link's website, Rhett McLaughlin claims, "If you are in Reno, Nevada, there's a better option out there than drugs." That's a bold assertion that would seem to fly in the face of reason. Then I checked out this latest commercial by adland's kooky comic kingpins—a faux anti-drug PSA touting Reno's Roller Kingdom roller-skating rink—and emerged dizzy and delighted, like I'd just skated 'round and 'round in a circle for hours.

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