Oregon Teaches Kids How to ‘Brushy’

Steve Hall

Aug. 20, 2012
1 min read

Oh No. Oregon doesn’t just create crappy PSAs to get kids to brush their teeth. No, no, no. They go out and remix Cali Swag District’s Teach Me How to Dougie into Teach Me How to Brushy, a kid-infused rap ballad that humorously urges kids to brush their teeth.

Created by Grady Britton for the Oregon Dental Association, the video get all raptastic and throws it down big time complete with tricycle-riding kids and giant toothbrushes

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