"Dude... your sister's hot." "That's not cool." [Archive]

Shakes

11-11-2002, 11:29 PM

More info please.... I'm not sure if I've seen the one you're talking about. However I did use to lmao at an older one where two really cute high school girls where whining becuase nobody asked them out for the prom and the comercial made seem the reason why they didn't get asked out was because they smoked pot.:rolleyes: Uh.. yeah buddy thats how it works in the real world.

It makes you wonder if these f'rs even research wtf they are talking about.

Flutterby

11-12-2002, 12:05 AM

I'm kinda laughing at them too, especially that one.

Only one really disturbs me and that's the rape one..

Skeezix

11-12-2002, 01:14 AM

I recall one that alternately made me chuckle and curse most foully, a whole bunch of years ago.

'Twas an anti-pot commercial, specifically. I recall only the very end of it, with the camera shooting from the POV of a patient on an operating table. The surgeon tokes a couple times on a little pin joint (the bit that made me chuckle) giggles, and says to the nurse, "Now let's see if I can still make a straight incision." The tagline after the screen fades to black: Still Think It's Harmless Now?

Well, duh, you dipshit. I wouldn't want a surgeon toking up right before my operation any more than I'd want him pounding down shots of bourbon, but that doesn't make either one good or bad relative to the real world. Stupid.

Incidentally, what's the meat of the one in the OP? Don't think I've seen it.

Flutterby

11-12-2002, 01:30 AM

If I recall correctly it's a couple of guys sitting around smoking pot and talking about random things. The one guys sister wanders past and gives them a funny look before going on. The friend then says that line and he replies.

It's been a bit since I saw that one so I could be mistaken. Lemme go google it to see.

White Lightning

11-12-2002, 01:37 AM

I saw it for the first time today, it's part of a new line that follow a pretty similar line of reasoning to the one you mention, Skeezix. The "Harmless?" tagline is the key. They all show a repeated sequence of a couple people smoking up and saying really dumb things before something bad happens at the end. The first one I saw was of two guys in a public restroom (school bathroom seemed to be implied) smoking a joint or something and saying stupid stuff. After about 5 repetitions the door slams open and a gruff voice says "freeze" or something. Then the typical fade-to-black and the word 'Harmless?' and an additional slogan like 'marijuana can get you busted,' I think it was.

Again, duh. Wow, smoking joints at school might not be the best idea. Story at 11.

The one from the OP is a shot of two early-teenage boys sitting in a nice den, one in an easy chair with his back to the camera holding a bong emitting a prodigious amount of smoke (upon a second viewing, this forever-flowing bong is almost as funny as the rest of the ad), and again the repetitious fade-ins to shots of the two kids saying stupid things. The penultimate exchange is captured in the threat title. In the last one, the kid in the chair behind the desk has a gun and the other kid (the one with the bong, who, incidentally, is never seen to release his stranglehold on it) says "cool... is that loaded?"

Whereupon the other kid says "no" and then accidentally shoots the first kid. Fade-to-black, "Harmless?" and "marijuana can cloud your judgement."

It just cracks me up. Plus I keep thinking about what the implications would be if the gun never came up and the "Dude... your sister's hot" was the last exchange before the moral is imparted. Say Nope To Dope! Your brain will Rot... and you'll think your friend's sister is Hot! Only losers use drugs. But it takes a real moron to get high and hit on his friend's sister.

Ogre

11-12-2002, 01:40 AM

No, I think the OP's talking about the one where the kids are hitting a bong in what looks like one of their parents' home libraries. One's sitting behind the desk, and they're blearily talking. After the conversation about the aforementioned sister, the one behind the desk pulls out a gun and starts pointing it around.

"Watch where you're waving that," quoth Stoner #1.

"Oh, it's unloa..." *BAM*

Yeah, it's retarded.

Flutterby

11-12-2002, 01:44 AM

Ahh yes those ones. There are so many that I see lately that I can't keep track. Plus I mix up the anti-smoking ones with the anti-pot ones a little. (Well only one of them)

Like I said the rape one is the most disturbing for me, because they are supposedly on a couch in the middle of a party. I'm pretty sure someone else would notice something was up.

Skeezix

11-12-2002, 02:18 AM

Thanks, y'all. I have actually seen that one, but I only remembered the final bit, with the loaded pistol.

The idea, of course, is that if these kids' drug of choice was something legal, they'd never have access to it at that age, because no one under the legal age ever got their hands on a six pack, or a fifth. And no adult under the influence of a drug legal or illegal ever did anything stupid, either.

:rolleyes:

And of course, the only logical counter-arguement is to quickly make the stuff (pot, in this case) legal, so that these kids couldn't lay hands on any. It'd all be reserved for the law-abinding, tax-and-tariff-paying responsible citiznes.

Yeesh.

OTOH, the commercial could be pointing out that guns are bad to have around, or ammunition for same. Or, if you're such an idiot you leave a loaded weapon somewhere that anyone besides yourself can get at it with a minimum of fuss, you deserve to have your kid blow his best friend away.

But, gee, that'd be stupid.

RTFirefly

11-12-2002, 05:22 AM

Remember the "this is your brain" (egg), "this is your brain on drugs" (egg in frying pan) commercial?

Some of you are too young, of course (I think that one was from the mid-1980s), but it sounds like the level of intelligence of anti-drug messages hasn't improved over time. Maybe they should have warning labels: "Being an anti-drug activist can be harmful to your brain."

Flutterby

11-12-2002, 05:31 AM

I remember those.. along with some of the cheesier cartoons warning kids not to eat bad things

"Don't you put it in your mouth Don't you put it in your mouth Don't stuff it in your face.." etc etc I could type up the whole song here I still remember it that well!

jjimm

11-12-2002, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by RTFirefly
Remember the "this is your brain" (egg), "this is your brain on drugs" (egg in frying pan) commercial?I had this as a great poster when I was a student, but with the addition of "this is your brain with a side order of bacon".

Flymaster

11-12-2002, 05:52 AM

The one that pisses me off the most is the one where the guy gets busted in the bathroom. The tagline, of course, is "Harmless?"

The thing is, everything that happens to him IS harmless. The only thing that isn't harmless wasn't caused by the pot, or his decisions, but by the law. By the same logic, I could outlaw carrots, show a bunch of guys eating carrots in a concert bathroom, and then show a CEA (Carrot Enforcement Agency) officer burst in and arrest him. All the ad would show is how stupid the law is, not how dangerous carrots are! I really don't see what message they're trying to get across.

dantheman

11-12-2002, 07:30 AM

[Mr T]

Don't do school! Stay in drugs!

[/Mr T]

Revtim

11-12-2002, 08:30 AM

Originally posted by RTFirefly
Remember the "this is your brain" (egg), "this is your brain on drugs" (egg in frying pan) commercial?Then it would end with "Any questions?" The perfect opening for endless sarcasm.

1) Yeah, can I get some some hash browns with that?

2) Yeah, what the fuck are you trying to say, my brains are made of chicken eggs? Dude, are you high?

3) Yeah, drugs actually apply heat to my cranium? Dude, are you high?

etc...

jsleek

11-12-2002, 10:11 AM

some 40 years ago I saw an anti-dope ad something like, "Dope is so good....don't even try it once." I thought it was effective, but I never saw it again.

SpazCat

11-12-2002, 01:15 PM

A lot of people (including me) are bothered by the "pot leads to rape" PDA. Apparently, Partnership For A Drug-Free America has gotten so many emails about it they've gotten a line of canned responses to complaints. That bothers me even more. (But not as much as them showing these moronic things during Channel One which shouldn't be an ad-based service but that's a whole nother rant).

One LiveJournal community is encouraging its members to keep emailing PDFA and its sponsors to get them to take that ad off the air. They've posted a lot of links to the offenders in question.

PDFA Feedback page (http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/Templates/GenericFunction.asp?ws=PDFA&vol=1&grp=About+us&PageType=contactus&Action=showform)

Page O' Stupid Ads (http://www.drugfreeamerica.com/Commercials/Commercials_Video.asp?ws=PDFA&vol=1&grp=Commercials&cat=Kids%2FTeens&top=TV)

Big List O' Sponsors (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=vaginapagina&itemid=608226&nc=8)

Top Five Sponsors mit Links to Feedback Pages (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=vaginapagina&itemid=608760&nc=3)

On a related tangent, why hasn't PDFA and other "Don't do drugs, mmmkay?" organizations realized how truly idiotic their ads are? If I were younger and inclined to such things, those ads would make me want to do drugs.

Ferrous

11-12-2002, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by Revtim
Then it would end with "Any questions?" The perfect opening for endless sarcasm.

1) Yeah, can I get some some hash browns with that?

2) Yeah, what the fuck are you trying to say, my brains are made of chicken eggs? Dude, are you high?

3) Yeah, drugs actually apply heat to my cranium? Dude, are you high?

etc...
4) Who wants a raw egg?

The sheer stupidity of the anti-drug ads make me wonder if the people who made them were on drugs. ;) (Nah...if they were, the ads would probably be more creative.)

Helen's Eidolon

11-12-2002, 04:15 PM

The worst part about the rape one is that they say "Pot impairs your judgement."

BUT you CLEARLY hear the girl saying "no....."

Who's judgement is impaired? The guy? I think that goes a but beyond "impairment".

MONTY2

11-12-2002, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by Obsidian Flutterby
I'm kinda laughing at them too, especially that one.

Only one really disturbs me and that's the rape one..

Thank You! I saw that one and at first I laughed, then I got really pissed. That's more of a "Hey, if she's passed out and you have sex with her it's called Rape" commercial or a "Hey, just because she's intoxicated, doesn't mean you should rape her" commercial, or a "Hey boys, see what just happened? Well, it may look like fun, but it's called rape and it's a bad thing!"

That little slime ball looks right into the camera, then proceeds to tell the girl to shut up while he fondles her. That's not anti-marijuana it should be anti-rape.

You guys just don't know how many girls I've spoken to who have told me a story about getting drunk and passing out only to have some creep think it's ok to rape her because she's too drunk to actually say no. That commercial just reinforces the "she made a bad decision so she basically deserves to be raped for letting her guard down" mentality.

And to the people who get really upset over these things.. Sorry for all the "quotes" ;)

Bryan Ekers

11-12-2002, 04:27 PM

You have the "any questions?" ad backward. The first shot is of an empty frying pan with sizzling cooking oil. "This is drugs." An egg is opened into the pan and starts sizzling. "This is your brain on drugs."

It always used to to bug me when people say the first line is "this is your brain". I guess their memories are screwed up from taking too many drugs.

Larry Mudd

11-12-2002, 04:35 PM

I remember being shown a film in high school that asserted that crack users instantly lose interest in sex and relationships, "because the experience that crack offers feels thousands of times better than sex."

Wow. If I believed that, it would sure convince me not to try crack. Way better than sex, and available for pocket-change? Get it away from me!

Maybe advertisers should use this valuable technique: "Once people try Brillat Savarin, they invariably become dissatisfied with processed cheese in an aerosol can. Don't go there! --A message from the Spray-Cheese Marketers' Association of America"

SpazCat

11-12-2002, 05:11 PM

rocking chair

11-12-2002, 05:15 PM

the comercials that are based on "this is the house that jack built" are the ones that have my eyes rolling.

this is jack
this is the pot that jack smoked
this is the friend that sold the pot that jack smoked
this is the icky bad drug dealer that sold jack's friend the pot that jack smoked.....

Blackeyes

11-12-2002, 06:53 PM

....this is the family that was shot for getting in the way. WTF?
Notice how in all of those commercials the baddies tend to be gruff looking hispanics.

Flutterby

11-12-2002, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by MONTY2
You guys just don't know how many girls I've spoken to who have told me a story about getting drunk and passing out only to have some creep think it's ok to rape her because she's too drunk to actually say no. That commercial just reinforces the "she made a bad decision so she basically deserves to be raped for letting her guard down" mentality.

Exactly.. that's what so disturbs me.. I won't tell of my experience but lets just say it was like you described, only I was fairly awake and aware.

That commercial just pushes buttons that I'd rather not push. I leave the room whenever it comes on TV.

Joe_Cool

11-12-2002, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by Bryan Ekers
You have the "any questions?" ad backward. The first shot is of an empty frying pan with sizzling cooking oil. "This is drugs." An egg is opened into the pan and starts sizzling. "This is your brain on drugs."

It always used to to bug me when people say the first line is "this is your brain". I guess their memories are screwed up from taking too many drugs.

Somebody's memory is screwed up, you're right.

The first shot is the guy holding an egg in one hand. He held up the egg and said "this is your brain." He pointed at the pan and says "this is drugs." Then he cracked the egg, dropped it into the pan, and said "this is your brain on drugs. Any questions?"

There was a later, shortened version of the commercial without the opening scene. But quit mocking people for remembering a commercial that you forgot.

Joe_Cool

11-12-2002, 08:01 PM

Manduck

11-12-2002, 08:22 PM

Originally posted by SpazCat

I think there were two versions. One was the way you described it and in the other he held up the egg and said "This is your brain."

I think you're both wrong :p The way I remember it, they showed the egg: "this is your brain"; then they showed the frying pan: "this is drugs"; then they showed the egg frying in the pan: "this is your brain on drugs"; then "any questions?". "Yeah, can I have my brain on drugs over easy with sausage and toast and a cup of coffee please?"

SpazCat

11-12-2002, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Manduck

I think you're both wrong :p The way I remember it, they showed the egg: "this is your brain"; then they showed the frying pan: "this is drugs"; then they showed the egg frying in the pan: "this is your brain on drugs"; then "any questions?". "Yeah, can I have my brain on drugs over easy with sausage and toast and a cup of coffee please?"

I realized two seconds after I hit submit that I should have added the rest of the commercial. Still, I think I was doing pretty good remembering a commercial I last saw when I was seven.

Wasn't there a poster based on this commercial with a final panel that said "This is your brain on drugs with a side of bacon"?

hazel-rah

11-12-2002, 10:29 PM

The best one is the one with Rachel Leigh Cook where she goes nuts and trashes the kitchen with a frying pan. The message teenagers took away from that one? Rachel Leigh Cook is hot, and it would be so awesome to trash a kitchen like that. I can't even remember what drug it was supposed to be warning people not to use.

-fh

Erika

11-12-2002, 10:38 PM

I saw the guy/girl on the couch commerical tonight and I agree - decidedly no good. I s'pose you could make a case for it imparing the guy's judgement - but it really comes off as "if she hadn't smoked pot he wouldn't have raped her."

And, to continue the hijack already in progress: a word from goats (http://www.goats.com/archive/000915.html).

chula

11-12-2002, 10:52 PM

Bryan Ekers and Manduck are trippin'. "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" I saw it a million times.

Bryan Ekers

11-12-2002, 10:56 PM

Further reearch turns up varying accounts of how the commercial went. The version that played in Montreal was probably a shortened version of:

Narrator: This is your brain (holds up egg). This is drugs (shows frying pan with sizzling oil, then breaks egg into pan). This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

The one I saw repeatedly was missing the first line. Actually, I think cutting the first line helps the commercial; makes it zippier and such.

chula

11-12-2002, 11:09 PM

The version you supposedly saw, would not have been shorter. I demand a cite if you're going to persist in this nonsense. ;)

Skeezix

11-12-2002, 11:18 PM

If they'd only cut the rest of the lines from it, they might be making some real progress.

I blame all of this squarely on Nancy Reagan. "Just Say No!"
Just STFU, Nance. All those commercials did was make the stoners want eggs instead of potato chips.

Or, for the serious 'heads, eggs over chips, with a side of Nestle Crunch bars, and a Bladder Buster of Dr. Pepper.

chula

11-12-2002, 11:26 PM

Ignore what I said about which version is shorter. Now I see what you were saying.

A quick Google turns up: 10 hits for "This is your brain. This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs."
19 hits for "This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs."
687 hits for "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs."

I saw an anti-cigarette ad a couple years ago. It went something like: Cool-looking kids are smoking cigs. A couple of dorks walk up. The cool kids offer the dorks cigs, and the dorks say cheerily, "No, we don't smoke. Smoking is bad!" Clearly an effective ad for smoking. It was paid for from the tobacco companies from the state settlements.

ElwoodCuse

11-13-2002, 12:21 AM

I always enjoyed the "I learned it from YOU, ok?" one. I saw a great parody of this once with the Bushes.

Bryan Ekers

11-13-2002, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by chula
for smoking. It was paid for from the tobacco companies from the state settlements.

Chuckle. During my check, I found far more sites ridiculing the frying-egg commercial than praising it. One site described another campaign that involved pencils with TOO COOL TO DO DRUGS inscribed on them and given to students. As the pencils were sharpened, the message was shortened to COOL TO DO DRUGS and ultimately DO DRUGS.

And I'm reminded of another campaign that involved giving out anti-smoking T-shirts. The kids thought it was cool to wear them with cigarette holes burned in them.

Ukulele Ike

11-13-2002, 08:28 AM

You guys should be watching less television and doing more drugs.

Nobody ever saw God on teevee.

pestie

11-13-2002, 01:41 PM

These ads are so bad they make me want to start doing drugs just to spite the ads' creators.

Larry Mudd

11-13-2002, 03:43 PM

Nobody ever saw God on teevee.Except this guy I went to high school with who insisted he saw Jesus in a Glass Tiger video. "He looked down, and then he looked up! You see? You see?"

SCSimmons

11-13-2002, 04:08 PM

One morning about 5 AM, quite a number of years ago, I was watching MTV before going to bed (yeah, one of those kinds of nights ...). And nearly choked myself laughing at their parody commercial, which I've never seen before or since. "This is your brain." (Crack, sizzle.) "This is your brain on drugs." (More sizzle.) "This is your brain on drugs, with a side of bacon." (Pan back to table.) "This is your brain on drugs, with a side of bacon, toast, and coffee. This is the MTV $1.99 breakfast special."

:D

Farmer2

11-14-2002, 12:00 PM

Another one of those funny ass commericials was the one with this guy driving down the street (he may have had someone else in the car with him) and he goes to put a roach down in his ash tray. And not paying attention, he hits a little girl head on. And then, fade to black....you know the rest.

I'm sure it's happened somewhere in real life. But that commercial was just crackin' my shit up.

RTFirefly

11-14-2002, 12:37 PM

That is funny, Farmer. In that commercial, putting the roach in the ashtray would be interchangeable with doing the same with a cigarette, or popping a cassette or CD into the player, or taking a sip of a cup of coffee, or taking a bite of a breakfast biscuit he'd picked up at the drive-thru...ad infinitum.

Can't you see it now? Guy driving down the street takes his eyes off the road as he reaches for his Egg McMuffin, and hits the kid head-on. Then the fade-to-black, the ominous music, and the word, "Harmless?"

Then the music stops, and Ford Prefect appears on the screen with a copy of the HHG, saying, "Well, mostly harmless." ;)

OK, maybe not that last part.