Yakety Yak, Take It Back

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Yakety Yak, Take it Back
Directed byMichael Patterson
Tim Newman
Produced byTim Newman
Starring Ozzy Osbourne
Bette Midler
Randy Newman
Queen Latifah
Stevie Wonder
Tone Loc
Pat Benatar
Greg Burson
BB King
Kenny Loggins
Distributed by Time Warner
Release date
1991
Running time
50 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Yakety Yak, Take it Back is a 1991 celebrity charity music video film aimed at encouraging recycling using a combination of live action rock stars, rappers, and animated Warner Bros. characters. [1]

The film originally aired on MTV in a shortened music video form and was released in an extended version on home video. [2] [3] [4] [5] The film was also released in Episode 3043 of Sesame Street .

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References

  1. Foster, R. Daniel (October 3, 1991). "The Recycling Generation : Star-studded video exhorts young people to 'Take It Back!'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on February 2, 2017.
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