History Main / NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning

** Their [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpX5OvrhWl9I59CYEx_ZtXnSmpBQEDbWe "Don't Talk" PSA series]] features a myriad of different celebrities and characters all urging people to turn off their phones.

* The opening bumper to one of ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTAV's]]'' in-universe movies spoofs this, with a stickman usher kindly warning the audience against taking calls or texts, crying babies and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick public masturbation]]. This being GTA, after each example is shown the offenders are all violently murdered by the usher.

* The Alamo Drafthouse, a local theater chain centered in Austin, Texas, is famous for its strict "you talk or phone/text, we throw your ass out" policy. One of them actually achieved national recognition when it was featured on ''The Consumerist''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-fO7kxcQ Here's]] the censored version, [[http://youtu.be/1L3eeC2lJZs here's]] the NSFW version.

* Commercial airliners with in-seat screens often play short pre-flight cautionary videos to accompany their flight attendants' demonstrations of safety equipment. Reminders to deactivate cell phones or set them to "airplane mode" are invariably a part of these precautionary video clips, due to concerns that they could interfere with the aircraft's navigational and communication systems[[note]]That said, airlines are becoming increasingly welcoming of cellphone use onboard aircraft since there haven't been that many stories of, say, a plane being rerouted into a government no-fly zone or using the Earth as the world's largest dartboard because a passenger wanted to Snapchat with their friends; many major airlines offer in-flight Internet access over Wi-Fi, and some even offer cellular network service albeit as a roaming service (i.e. paying extra since you're using a cell network that's not associated with your provider).[[/note]].

-->'''Sam''': GET OUT!!!!

** ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' justifies the warning with the spooky announcer claiming that the spirits will only materialize if riders remain seated with their hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the ride at all times.

** Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has an old prospector voice (courtesy of Dal [=McKennon=]) provide the safety spiel. "Hang on to yer hats an' glasses, 'cause this here's the WILDEST RIDE IN THE WILDERNESS!"

Website/PlatypusComix has the [[http://platypuscomix.com/hollywood/ptjamboree1.html Policy]] [[http://platypuscomix.com/hollywood/ptjamboree3.html Trailer]] [[http://platypuscomix.com/hollywood/ptjamboree5.html Jamboree]], while Film-Tech Cinema Systems are currently uploading high-quality trailers to [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aNN-LQ7nAl8cW9xX-hv8w/featured their YouTube channel]].

* ''Series/{{Qi}}'': In the Series 9 episode "The Immortal Bard", the panel discussed theatrical superstitions. Creator/BillBailey pointed out that a superstition stating that it was bad luck to whistle backstage was originally a practical concern since stagehands whistled to signal changing the set between scenes. Creator/DavidMitchell said that they adopt that idea with cell phones, to make people thing having a cell phone on during a stage performance was bad luck.

* Many productions of ''Hair'' have one of the hippies remind the audience that there were no cell phones in 1969, so please turn them off in order to maintain the illusion of the show.
** The 2015 revival of ''On the Twentieth Century'', which takes place in the 1930s, uses the same concept in its warning.

** The 2023 revival of ''Theatre/{{Parade}}'' was given by Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, since the show takes place in Georgia.

** Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has a wacky cowboy voice provide the safety spiel. "Hang on to yer hats an' glasses, 'cause this here's the WILDEST RIDE IN THE WILDERNESS!"

** Co-writer Harvey Fierstein did the honors for the 2010 revival of ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles''.

* The 2023 revival of ''Theatre/{{Parade}}'' was given by Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, since the show takes place in Georgia.