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Safety ads from the 70's and 80's,which ones would you like to see again?

darkdubh

With the unexpected reappeareance of the Where's Grandad? public safety ad I wonder are there any more long lost gems that people might have recorded on their vcrs and are waiting to be rediscovered?Some ones that I'd like to see again are.

The one with the fella using a powerdrill who electrocutes himself.His buddy rushes to help him and gets fried himself when he touches him.

The one about hearing protection at work where Yer man is watching a standup comedian in a pub and all he can hear is high pitched squeaking.

Big John,"Oh me achin back!" An all time classic.

I'm not sure if I dreamed this one as no one else I've spoken to remembers it but it had fellas in forklift trucks having all kinds of dramatic accidents.Driving them off piers,through walls etc.Anyone else remember it?

Admitedly the ads that came out in the late 70's are probably likely to remain unseen as very few people in Ireland probably had vcrs then.

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An Riabhach

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Forgotten about this one from the 90's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3cAfJdme4w

Hopefully I fixed it for ya :-);-)

Ralf and Florian

An Riabhach wrote: »

This one has just crept back into me head...
An anti-smoking ad from early 90's I think,it starts with this dance/pop music playing in the background and then this pretty-boy walks out all acting like a hunk introduces himself and says "Hi,I'm Nico".And then he starts going on about all his different "Nico" products.

And then towards the end of the ad,the music starts to die and gets slower and slower-and he says "Take me into your heart,take me into your lungs...." and then in a really sinister voice,he says "....and then I will be yours-FOREVER" and laughs menacingly,with a camera close-up of his teeth which are all black and rotten.

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Yes remember that,there was another one from roughly the same time where the guy narrating the ads eyes go all weird and satanic looking at the end,can't remember what it was for.

Ha, just came across the second one which I remembered, starts at 1.42. Wasn't a PIF but for Mitsubishi. Really creepy vibe even down to yer mans voice.

An Riabhach

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Ha, just came across the second one which I remembered, starts at 1.42. Wasn't a PIF but for Mitsubishi. Really creepy vibe even down to yer mans voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhpOZzXBY68

Fixed it for ya!!!

darkdubh

For some reason that above one reminds me of a kind of strange road safety advert from mid 90's. It had this official sounding guy at a press conference saying "Yes there is a serial killer on the loose in Ireland" then it shows a creepy fella sitting into a car and turning around to stare at the viewer.

An Riabhach

darkdubh wrote: »

For some reason that above one reminds me of a kind of strange road safety advert from mid 90's. It had this official sounding guy at a press conference saying "Yes there is a serial killer on the loose in Ireland" then it shows a creepy fella sitting into a car and turning around to stare at the viewer.

I mentioned that very one on another thread.

Towards the end of the ad,someone asks the "garda" at the press conference what he thinks the serial killer's problem is,and he replies "overconfidence".
Then at the very end,they show a man getting into a car,smiling,then turning swiftly around to stare at us all,with red eyes......
And the voiceover says
Speeding. Only YOU can stop the serial killer... that is inside you.

An Riabhach

I've just found this one.
Tis neither Irish nor British,but I have to include it here coz sometimes the Americans really do know how to make PSAs.
Sound quality not great though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_gNGEM3BE

Ralf and Florian

Remember this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vu7Rkc4tww

darkdubh

"Don't try to repair damaged fittings, replace them instead"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LWibX6CuU

An Riabhach

Remember Firehound??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha8F8DzW86o

igCorcaigh

I'm sure it's been done, but:

John, did ya put the cat out?

darkdubh

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I'm sure it's been done, but:

John, did ya put the cat out?

A classic. Sound quality's not great on this, turn the volume right up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac89JFWESH8

darkdubh

Heres another classic, ran for a good few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaG4ngvh4A

Ralf and Florian

Probably not so much a safety ad but remember that one that showed a shopping trolley with loads of glass bottles and food etc being dropped into it from a height? I think it was about buying Irish products, it had one of those solemn voiceovers that you tend to associate with PIF's and the final shot was a great big fecking matress falling onto the trolley before the ad ended in a freeze frame.

darkdubh

Spot the Rurai Quinn lookalike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouoki4_FDA8

darkdubh

An Riabhach wrote: »

Remember Firehound??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha8F8DzW86o

Firehound pops up in this link.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21269709-fire-prevention-conference/

An Riabhach

I've just found this one,and I don't remember ever seeing it before.
Can anybody else remember it,and if so, how does it end?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg-Qhc_kFC8

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An Riabhach wrote: »

I've just found this one,and I don't remember ever seeing it before.
Can anybody else remember it,and if so, how does it end?

That's from Radharc's Dying For A Drink film which dates from 1983.
It was shown extensively in school classrooms during the mid-1980s.

You can watch the full film here - http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1378-radharc/354383-dying-for-a-drink/

An Riabhach

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

That's from Radharc's Dying For A Drink film which dates from 1983.
It was shown extensively in school classrooms during the mid-1980s.

You can watch the full film here - http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1378-radharc/354383-dying-for-a-drink/

Brilliant film,I watched it from start to finish.

darkdubh

I remember seeing an Irish safe sex PSA that was shown in cinemas in the late 90's, circa 97/98. Was more to do with stds in general that specifically AIDS I think. It had a voiceover that started off something like "You can have a wonderful time, with a wonderful person". It showed a succession of couples in what was close to mild softcore sexual positions. When a gay couple came up a bunch of skangers in the cinema all said "ewwwww" and one girl said very loudly "Dats disgusting!"

An Riabhach

darkdubh wrote: »

I remember seeing an Irish safe sex PSA that was shown in cinemas in the late 90's, circa 97/98. Was more to do with stds in general that specifically AIDS I think. It had a voiceover that started off something like "You can have a wonderful time, with a wonderful person". It showed a succession of couples in what was close to mild softcore sexual positions. When a gay couple came up a bunch of skangers in the cinema all said "ewwwww" and one girl said very loudly "Dats disgusting!"

You've just reminded me of the when the ads about AIDS became a bit more mellow and less scary in the early 90s,which had celebrities like Pat O'Mahony,Hillary Fennell and Thom "The Diceman" McGintey giving advice on AIDS.The series of ads just had each of them sitting down in a darkened room speaking to the camera,with the exception of The Diceman who just held up a sign which read "It goes without saying.Protect yourself.Always use a condom."

I distinctly remember that bitch Hillary Fennell basically blaming men alone for the spread of AIDS in her ad.

darkdubh

An Riabhach wrote: »

You've just reminded me of the when the ads about AIDS became a bit more mellow and less scary in the early 90s,which had celebrities like Pat O'Mahony,Hillary Fennell and Thom "The Diceman" McGintey giving advice on AIDS.The series of ads just had each of them sitting down in a darkened room speaking to the camera,with the exception of The Diceman who just held up a sign which read "It goes without saying.Protect yourself.Always use a condom."

I distinctly remember that bitch Hillary Fennell basically blaming men alone for the spread of AIDS in her ad.

They still had those ads running till about ten years ago with one of the Corrs (probably Sharon) and Sinead O Connor .

An Riabhach

darkdubh wrote: »

They still had those ads running till about ten years ago with one of the Corrs (probably Sharon) and Sinead O Connor .

Yep,I remember those ones well also.

I think they were dealing more with the stigma of having AIDS and HIV more than anything else.
Either way,I found those ads pretty tame and ineffective.

darkdubh

Here's one that I think was shown during the ads at half time during the 1990 World Cup. Liam Brady with give drugs the boot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1xgQoipWFE

pleas advice

Charley says: always tell your mommy before you go off somewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu7yYHxZr0

darkdubh

darkdubh wrote: »

Found a link with bit more info on this. It was directed by Louis Marcus and it's title is "Amplexample". Seems the above is only a short snippet, the original is 11 minutes long.

http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=37601

darkdubh

Searching Road Safety Authority on that site brings up this link, very interesting.

https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/search.php?s=Keywords&q=National+Road+Safety+Association

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darkdubh wrote: »

Searching Road Safety Authority on that site brings up this link, very interesting.

https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/search.php?s=Keywords&q=National+Road+Safety+Association

Extremely informative, thank you.
I remember a lot of these.
I know it's just a list but some great info there.
Michael O'Hehir and the level crossings

darkdubh

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Extremely informative, thank you.
I remember a lot of these.
I know it's just a list but some great info there.
Michael O'Hehir and the level crossings

It mentions that the Safe Cross Code II, the one with Judge and other Wanderly Wagon puppets was screened at a film festival in Galway in 2002, so some of these pifs are still out there.

https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=37597

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darkdubh wrote: »

It mentions that the Safe Cross Code II, the one with Judge and other Wanderly Wagon puppets was screened at a film festival in Galway in 2002, so some of these pifs are still out there.

https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=37597

That version wasn't aired as much but it's very memorable. Foxy is kinda sinister in it.
"In winter it can get dark as early as half past four." (shoots to a photo of a clock) - trying to remember if this was part of it or not.

darkdubh

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

That version wasn't aired as much but it's very memorable. Foxy is kinda sinister in it.
"In winter it can get dark as early as half past four." (shoots to a photo of a clock) - trying to remember if this was part of it or not.

Not sure if it was the same one but I just remember Judge saying "that was a very bad thing to do" after one or more kids try to cross the road through traffic.