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Meghan McCain took part in a new public service announcement promoting awareness of the dangers of skin cancer. In order make the point that being outside without sunscreen is like being naked, the provocative video features all of the female participants suggestively appearing naked. However, such a suggestion about McCain was enough to make Glenn Beck to lose his lunch . . . repeatedly.

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Thanks to our friends at Everything is Terrible, we’ve learned a valuable lesson about keeping children safe from men in cableknit sweaters: Have a dinosaur on your side. They can help combat men who are tricky. And dangerous! And named “Reginald Charming.”

Luckily, Yello Dyno (Who, fortunately for him, just so happens to be a yellow dinosaur) is here to help by using intimidation and theft. You know he’s a good guy because sunglass-wearing males in leather jackets who hang out alone at malls and harbor a strange preoccupation with children are usually always on the side of justice.

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Sandra Bullock is backpedaling to condemn a PSA she made as part of the Restore the Gulf campaign. The PSA, called “Be the One,” features Bullock and other celebrities asking viewers to sign a petition to Congress demanding a fully funded restoration plan for the Gulf. Turns out, though, that the campaign is sponsored by an organization called America’s Wetland Foundation, which, despite the nice sounding name, is actually a greenwashing front group for big oil companies likes Shell, American Petroleum and, you guessed it, BP.

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Public Service announcements have come a long way since Smokey the Bear sternly assigned us all with the task of preventing forest fires and Woodsy the Owl asked us to “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!”

Nowadays, the trend is toward edgy, “Look at me!”-type spots designed more to generate buzz than to deliver a message. This is exemplified by two new environmental spots (via AdFreak) that are so wrong, they’re just…wrong.