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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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The Crowman

Remember this one from circa late 80's? A yuppie-ish guy in a suit sitting in a car addressing the camera in an exasperated tone "don't talk to me about cyclists, they think they own the road". He went on like that for a bit then it switched to a cyclist saying pretty much the same thing about motorists.

Dick Pickle

chakotha wrote: »

The one about car seat belts and there this bad tempered middle aged guy in the front seat of a car straining and bursting trying to reach the seat belt (old fashioned ones) that's right in under his seat.

My old man used to break his hole laughing at it.

Anyone ever find this one ? Been looking for years

The Crowman

Dick Pickle wrote: »

Anyone ever find this one ? Been looking for years

Yes, very well. Haven't seen it since it was originally shown circa late 70's . Very few Irish PIF's from that period are online.

[Deleted User]

Dick Pickle wrote: »

Anyone ever find this one ? Been looking for years

The Crowman wrote: »

Yes, very well. Haven't seen it since it was originally shown circa late 70's . Very few Irish PIF's from that period are online.

The man's name was Tim and he was buying a new car (a Fiat Mirafiori)

Hotblack Desiato

Believe it or not you had to pay extra for seat belts in those days, even though it was illegal to sell a new car without them.

The idea of the ad was that people wouldn't cheap out and get the crappy old fashioned fixed belts to save a few quid, but get inertia reel belts which are a lot more convenient and would be more likely to actually be worn.

Most people didn't wear seat belts then!

[Deleted User]

Back then, some people had the attitude "only sissies wear seatbelts"

I played a lot of hurling in primary school (early 80s). Helmets weren't compulsory then but people who chose to wear them got hit with the same taunts.

tylercheribini

Jimmy Savile's "Clunk Click Every Trip"

https://youtu.be/ddNr7rebaQo

Capt'n Midnight

The Crowman wrote: »

Are you thinking of the Green Cross Code guy?

Did you know ?

David Prowse who played Darth Vader got a nice slice of the profits off a Star Wars film.

Return of the Jedi has grossed over $572m and only cost $32m to make so his share amounts to ... Sweet FA because Hollywood F**king Accounting :mad:

David was Green Cross Man.

Hotblack Desiato

tylercheribini wrote: »

Jimmy Savile's "Clunk Click Every Trip"

https://youtu.be/ddNr7rebaQo

He was made a Papal Knight so couldn't possibly have done anything bad... :eek:

towger

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Nope. I can remember a cartoon strip with some kids who found a fallen wire and Safety Man appeared in the nick of time.

Don't think there were ever animations / videos with Safety Man.

These were on the back of school copy books if I remember correctly.

The Crowman

towger wrote: »

These were on the back of school copy books if I remember correctly.

Was this in Ireland?

RebelButtMunch

Anyone remember one from the 70s. A man gets out of bed. Eats a fry, lashes on the brown sauce. Puts on his bowler hat. Goes out to get the bus walking briskly with a brolly and I think he gets a heart attack.

The Crowman

Remember these badges?

https://pixbyshumbles.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/dont-judge-a-dog-by-his-erm-cover/

igCorcaigh

The Crowman wrote: »

Remember these badges?

https://pixbyshumbles.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/dont-judge-a-dog-by-his-erm-cover/

Judge!

igCorcaigh

Where's granddad?

[Deleted User]

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Where's granddad?

Shame it's not 4:3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWHrjCG1LQ

and also see this

Capt'n Midnight

UK - Green Cross Code was three words long, Stop Look Listen

Ireland - Safe Cross Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEssgMQ1O_k

Know the code !

DoozerT6

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Shame it's not 4:3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWHrjCG1LQ

and also see this

God I remember that ad so well.

[Deleted User]

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

UK - Green Cross Code was three words long, Stop Look Listen

This DVD is well worth a purchase - Stop! Look! Listen!

GL scrappy

The Crowman wrote: »

Remember this one from circa late 80's? A yuppie-ish guy in a suit sitting in a car addressing the camera in an exasperated tone "don't talk to me about cyclists, they think they own the road". He went on like that for a bit then it switched to a cyclist saying pretty much the same thing about motorists.

I've been looking for this too. Pretty sure the actor was the Drogheda dragon and presidential hopeful Gavin Duffy. Haven't been able to find it online yet.
Could have been the inspiration for Damo & Ivor from what I remember of the characters.

The Crowman

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

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.

Thats on here, starts at 2.48.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_QFL4Fx7G8

The Crowman

Been looking for this for ages.

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

The Crowman

There's a road safety ad here that's been mentioned a few times I think. At the 1.23 minute mark. Also a sinister PIF type ad for Nicobrevin anti smoking capsules later in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BWBl0bln2U

The Crowman

Here's the road safety ad from above link, its been uploaded seperately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFmy6P-eVkc

An Riabhach

The Crowman wrote: »

Here's the road safety ad from above link, its been uploaded seperately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFmy6P-eVkc

Thanks!!
I did mention this very ad on either this thread or another one.

I remember as well that a few years later this ad was re-done, same ad but the talking voiceover was replaced by sombre music accompanied by a female voice singing which sounded more like keening.

The Crowman

"The boy you hit is dead...dead....dead"

That one starts here at 2.44.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehf38Jl8p0M

The Crowman

Here it is on its own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwaLPP5b0zo

ChunkyLover54

The Crowman wrote: »

Thats on here, starts at 2.48.

Sounds like Donal McCann doing the voiceover for that Guaranteed Irish ad.

prinzeugen

https://youtu.be/SXGqwCbeFD8?t=154

Railway lines..

Graphic ending!

The Crowman

Public information adverts aren't what they used to be. I like this recent one though on farm dangers. It captures the spirit of some of the classic ones from the 80's.

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