Gangs can be pretty scary things to young children if portrayed realistically. Their impressionable minds take to heart whatever images we choose to show them and these early perceptions stay with them a lifetime.

Which is exactly why I’m incredibly terrified of roving packs of effeminate dancing guys with scarves around the heads.

FYI, the above scene is for real and comes from the 1985 CBS Schoolbreak Special “Ace Hits The Big Time”. And was, ultimately, supposed to get kids scared straight. If anything, the opposite probably happend .

Of note: Mr. Belvedere’s Rob Stone plays lead. Here’s a dedicated Geocities page for Mr. Stone. Enjoy.