ann arbor is overrated.

If still-continuing Art Fair coverage on CTN doesn’t meet the requirements for surreality that successful public-access television demands, tune into the Ann Arbor schools’ bus safety presentation, which should be on every day for the next four months if their normal schedule is any indication. Featuring helpful tips that appear on the screen in a font right off a 1980s iron-on shirt (or those “I fucked [name of celebrity]” shirts that are currently passe on Gawker and will therefore become a hit in A2 in approximately eighteen months), this short film tells you everything you’ll ever need to know about riding the school bus. “YELLING: can hurt others’ ears,” reads the screen in a segment about how it’s okay to talk quietly to one’s neighbor. A bus is the equivalent of four cars; “[a picture of four cars] = [a picture of a bus]” illustrates this point. A plastic bus that speaks in a voice that sounds remarkably like that of the narrator speaking in a falsetto brings home the main points of the film in a hard-hitting final sequence.