1985 - 1999 Crash Test Dummies PSA - All In One

[@MrWii000]

Vince and Larry seem to be the only PSA mascots who can give people a serious message...while making them laugh at the same time!

[@w5winston]

They should make ads to get people to mask up. 🙂

[@leahrowden3939]

This makes me wanna laugh too!

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

@@w5winstonvaxxed?

[@doughboy1271]

Man, these are actually wholesome and funny Psas. Meanwhile, the other ones just deliver the message expecting you to shit your pants.

[@pixelkatten]

I appreciate how these skits were saved by different people in different ways and then uploaded. Black and white, VHS, low resolution? They've still been archived so we can see them again 20 years later!

[@uhhhchileanywaysso9553]

The past : You could learn a lot from a dummy. Buckle your safety belt. Nowadays : Buckle your safety belt ,dummy!

[@saracapetillo6802]

LOL! Even Dummies where safety belts

[@christophernicholson20]

MuazPlayz Gameplays & Productions well nowadays you need to wear a seatbelt and don't text and drive. They should do texting dummies commercials. Don't be a dummy don't text and drive

[@koryandrews1665]

I wish they'd come out with new commercials like these. I miss these kinda things. I even had the toys from the 90's.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Where's s Time machine when you need one

[@koryandrews1665]

@@nocturnalrecluse1216 no kidding

[@roberthuffer6591]

I agree. The toys were great! And lots of fun! Now that I am older, I realize that they really are great safety demonstrators.

[@AMDave1023]

@@nocturnalrecluse1216 Um, Hello? KZbin and your own mind... There's your time machine!

[@aldorfc220]

To many snowflakes now

[@Pfletch83]

RIP Lorenzo Music the world lost a great fellow when you passed :(

[@Frost770]

Care to explain? He was a WAY better Peter Venkman than Dave Coulier...@@potatogunn1125

[@potatogunn1125]

Frost770, uuuuummm Peter Venkman was played famously by Bill Murry you stupid fuck.

[@DreamDancer82]

@@potatogunn1125 True, but Peter Venkman was voiced by Lorenzo Music in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon, which is what Frost770 is referencing.

[@potatogunn1125]

DreamDancer82, well that cartoon was gay.

[@there4you19]

Poor Garfield

[@AldenRDavis]

"You could learn a lot from a dummy. Buckle your safety belt."

[@Someguyto]

When I get ready to go to work at about 5 am in the morning I never put my safety belt on. Only 7 miles one way I mean what could possible go wrong? Its not even in heavy traffic either.

[@CarolynTainter1]

Now a days the dummy's need to do commercials on DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE !

[@feelingsfeelings.2848]

@@Someguyto It's better now to prevent something bad from happenning, because when something bad actually happen, it's not going to be pretty, you don't put on your seat belt when you're already in an acident, y'know?

[@youremybiggestfan]

:D

[@AMDave1023]

@@Someguyto Think of that one in a billion chance that the wrong person is on the road, and you happen to meet with them, quite literally. In that instant, two lives are forever destroyed. Most likely it will never happen, but even at 5 in the morning, you are in control of a hunk of steel weighing roughly 2000 lbs. traveling at 30 to 45 mph. You need to be constantly focused on the road. No cell phone. No distractions of any kind. No impaired vision caused by alcohol. Don't rely on the calm environment to lull you into a sense of false security. It's reasoning like yours, "what could possibly to wrong" that sends you to an early grave. For goodness sake, "Buckle Your Seat Belt." It could end up saving your life one day.

[@landyachtfan79]

Larry is voiced by Lorenzo Music, who played Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda in the '70's & provided the voice of Garfield in the '80s.

[@ecto123]

And Dr. Peter Venkman in the Real Ghostbusters and Tummi Gummi on Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears.

[@tyrese3745]

The late, great legendary African-Canadian actor Percy Rodrigues provided the v/o message at the end.

[@davemorrison312]

Christopher Howell thank you

[@Collageman90]

Yeah the guy who voiced the Loc Nar in Heavy Metal.

[@nickalkire1187]

Lorenzo Music…better well known for voicing the fat orange lasagna craving cat himself…plays the voice of Larry the Dummy!

[@ShaggyDawg]

These aired during the absolute best time of my life. :'-(

[@mr.knuckleschannel2924]

ShaggyDawg yeah this is where Steave and George came from

[@gabrielsylvestre3708]

Everyone says that in their young kid years. When you become an adult, life becomes hard and you just have to deal with more.

[@robertrostad3930]

That’s not true! The best time of your life is still to come. Wait for it, it’s coming.

[@edwelndiobel1567]

@@gabrielsylvestre3708 Thats exactly right. We are free when we are kids but then we get careers and families that ruin our lives.

[@anthonydiaz5123]

@@robertrostad3930 there it is! Aww you missed it...wait...it's coming back around. I totally agree Roberto!

[@soulassassin0g]

Me: "Ima be the first one here after the latest AVGN episode." **sees like 2 new comments about the AVGN episode** Also me: "You guys are fast!"

[@ProfessorPolecat]

*holds a Daryl the dummy figure in his hands* Yeah...you came first.

[@TheHungryReader]

07:10: I just love Lorenzo Music's hyped-up delivery on this line. "Or THE EMERGENCY ROOM!!! :DDD"

[@moppetgirl8831]

Thank you AVGN for bringing me here.

[@MrWii000]

Nostalgia Critic for me!

[@doodlestrudel1991]

I Wish These Dummy Commercials Are Still On The Air, They Are Amazing As Heck

[@exodia9817]

Remember kids: Don't you be a dummy, buckle your safety belt. And leave the crashing to these guys.

[@BradleyJuby]

Glad you included the Iron Maiden PSA. UP THE IRONS! With that said, I can thank Vince and Larry for teaching me to always buckle my seat belt. I still wish they made these.

[@breacat]

Jack Burns was the voice of the dummy that was driving when Barney Fife pulls him over which is notable because Burns replaced Don Knotts as deputy when he left the show.

[@ecto123]

He was also the voice of Ralph Kane in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

[@taxman3749]

They should bring these back. People tend to buckle safety restraints... But people are ALWAYS looking at their phone while driving.

[@iamcat1797]

Good point. “You could learn a lot from a dummy. Stop looking at your phone!”

[@CollinAtlee]

These Commercials are such a Crack Up! It makes me laugh too much that I used the bathroom!

[@ericf409]

LOL

[@ThePanzyc]

Eric a

[@jacobbullon649]

pretty good public service advertising that aged well.

[@Iriamu-Guillermo]

Which then lead to a successful toy line.

[@devonsatchell]

If or when they bring these back. They should show what happens when 1. On your cell phone 2. Texting 3. Being high 4. Drunk 5. Sleepiness 6. Distracted

[@williamcrowe2576]

RIP Lorenzo Music, voice of Larry the Crash Dummy.

[@brainscott8198]

Wasn't he also Carlton Your Doorman on Mary Tyler Moore?

[@waffleliberty89]

@@brainscott8198 He did the voice of Garfield as well.

[@tonymata8070]

@@waffleliberty89 And Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters.

[@maskedrabbitproductions4707]

Shit went real around 1:51 I mean,*DAMN* that got dark real quick

[@illiniguy34]

Oh jeez I remember how cheezy these things were when I watched them in Driver's Ed!

[@Ted100Ro]

The one is missing where he says if you don't wear your seat belt you can get a much better view of the road! Yes I have a favorite!

[@mashroob]

That moment you realize one of those dummies is voiced by the same man that voiced Garfield on Garfield and Friends.

[@tvtimetravel]

The late, equally late Rod Roddy announcing for "You Lost Your Life"! 6:51

[@Reshme77]

one of them sounds like garfield.

[@Areyanna]

+copnite12342 That's because it is :) (Same voice actor)

[@Reshme77]

***** awesome. still the dummies always used to frighten me as a kid.

[@tvtimetravel]

+Areyanna The late Lorenzo Music, that is. The other is Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson).

[@fromthesidelines]

Nope- "Vince" was Jack Burns.

[@tvtimetravel]

Barry I. Grauman Sorry, my bad!

[@smartyfrog1]

I hate to admit this but I have the crash test dummy dolls. I remember all of those commercials.

[@elireid8080]

Holly Stewart 8

[@igarrett113]

They should bring them back for DUI/DWI and Texting while driving PSA’s

[@tiga92001]

Hot wheels bought them back to life before they should do it again With the voices of Frank Welker as vince and Dave collier of full house as Larry For those PSA's

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

Been looking for the radio ads for years. They were funny as hell.

[@saracapetillo6802]

I experienced so many sleepless , hellish nights because of these 2 goons. I could not watch t.v. without always being on my guard and then the most dummest thing occurred; they made Vince and Larry into cartoons and toys. Their credibility was gone forever. Thanks for putting all of these ads in one viewing.

[@canaisyoung3601]

The cartoon, I believe, was one of those failed pilots that aired as a special on Saturday morning TV. And their credibility died with that Ray Charles PSA.

[@mikegallant811]

In the Incredible Crash Dummies, I believe the main characters were slick and spin, instead of Vince and Larry.

[@baharrothbluu]

They're cheesy, but they're not trying to be anything else. I love it.

[@JBguitar-cj8pc]

Shit I forgot all about these commercials! I was obsessed with crash test dummies when I was little LOL I have no idea why. I didn’t even understand their purpose... I just... thought that they were cool 😂 I even had a dummy doll!!! Lol. So weird reminiscing on the past sometimes

[@rocketnike2005]

1:49 - Most People Can't Live Like This (1986) 3:16 - Taxi (1988) 6:21 - Desert (1990) 0:20 - Safety Belt Law (1994)

[@BALLADs-p3e]

if johnny knoxville and steve o played this role the stunts will be real

[@BallparkHunter]

Whoa! Iron Maiden made a PSA for seat belt safety!!! I never knew about this campaign, I wonder if there is one with Judiest Priest.

[@DisneyJulz]

Andy Griffiths and ad council together are awesome!

[@pastelrave7432]

Yea, I like that they utilized Barney Fife

[@NewWorldMan1979]

0:00 The Incredible Crash Dummies (1985) 0:20 Police, Stop (1990) 0:50 Rollover (1995) 1:20 Safety Belt Test At 9 (1986) 1:49 Most People Can't Live Like This (1986) 1:59 Wrinkle My Suit (1987) 2:14 Dummy Driver (1988) 2:44 Airbags (1990) 3:16 Taxi (1988) 3:45 Pre-Crash (1989) 4:16 Junkyard (1989) 4:48 Post-Crash (1989) 5:20 Blind Date (1990) 5:51 Celebrity Roast (1995) 6:21 Desert (1990) 6:51 You Lost Your Life (1990) (30s) 7:22 You Lost Your Life (1990) (15s) 7:37 High Dive (1989) 7:52 Iron Maiden (1991) 8:22 Back Seat Baby (1997)

[@tracygraves3991]

I remember these growing up

[@shadykitty7493]

acutal useful psa's and not just "drugs BAAAAAAAAAD" being a 2000s kid this blows my mind

[@brainscott8198]

FUN FACT: Lorenzo Music was the voice of Carlton, the doorman on the Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-77.

[@jonolazabal6128]

Don't let this man distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

[@charlieclark9552]

Did he die

[@BryceCBS]

Lorenzo Music A.K.A. Garfield

[@Not-cloudless]

this is the best thing i have seen all day.

[@seanspear6224]

The avgn bought me here!

[@drewski1535]

Just got the vince and larry dummies and the red crash car in the mail part of the incredible crash dummy toys love them so much

[@luigiepic]

I took one look at the "y'know, most people couldn't live like this" one and the one right after it and just said "NOPE"

[@crashdemon]

my ela teacher showed us one of these in class it was a lesson on persuasive media

[@chrism7288]

You know? I wasn't going to listen to any of this advice until I finally got to the end and Bruce and Ray were just so damn likable. I can't say 'no' to them.

[@jessicamorgan20]

Bring back The Crash Dummies Vince and Larry Commercials to us. Buckle your safety belt, Dummies.

[@dats3]

I remember these growing up. However, the biggest influence on my seat belt use was taking driver's ed in high school. For four months, every time we got in the car we had to buckle up. It became a habit. I remember when I was in college my dad called me and that he'd been in a car accident. He refused to wear a seat belt even after it became state law. So when I picked him up at the scene he was being treated by paramedics for a cut to his head. Apparently his head hit the windshield. And, even after that experience he still refused to wear his seat belt unless he was in my car. I didn't want to be ticketed for his obstinance.

[@ugandaknuckles5691]

B Sharp damn man

[@MovieFan1912]

2:36-2:41 Hahahaha! This one has to be the funniest out of all of them for me.

[@cheetah-virusxi7560]

we need to bring these guys back

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

RIP Jack Burns, the voice of Vince.

[@goofusmaximus1482]

And Lorenzo Music, the voice of Larry.

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

@@goofusmaximus1482 I know Lorenzo Music for many roles, but I will always know him best as Garfield. I used to watch Garfield and Friends as a kid.

[@singlelightproductions508]

Let's find 2 Crash Test Dummies PSAs: One that includes Chip (Crash Dummy with green suit) and another when Vince was near the bull's eye. Keep Finding More Crash Test Dummies PSAs.

[@ItsABeautifulDay.]

Missing radio ones dummy cam

[@briansheil9763]

Single Light Productions I’m working on remaking these ads myself. I’m using my Nintendo 2ds and Flipnote studio 3D.

[@DisneyJulz]

And don't forget cute little Charlie, the dummy all in pieces that speaks in a new English accent and makes people cry

[@ClockwerkSamurai12]

Hard to believe the original voice of Garfield did this AND the Ruggles Ice Cream commercials!

[@williampatmon4516]

I remember them . Seatbelts save lives . They bring back memories .

[@PetaHatingChris42]

I know that Lorenzo Music does the voice for Larry, but who does Vince? It sounds a bit like Dan Castelleneta.

[@jsmith5212]

+Chris C. Jack Burns

[@adamhelsel6469]

Max Perdue Lorenzo music is the the voice of garfield

[@laurenlazarus977]

And Peter vankmen from the original Real Ghostbusters cartoon

[@DisneyJulz]

I think its the other way around

[@mattregg9852]

They should come up with a new one about texting and driving.

[@mjallen1308]

6:23 ITS THE BUGLE BOY COMMERCIAL! 😂

[@terrybogard2336]

IRON MAIDEN!!! 7:52.

[@dionr1168]

This headbanging is more fun than going through a windshield!

[@EdHunter2023]

UP THE IRONS!! 🇬🇧🤘😎🤘🇬🇧

[@hannahw8810]

i was terrified of these commercials when I was little

[@DanTheMan1985ful]

Well they're terrifying for a reason. The Ad Council and U.S DOT are doing their best by shoving the message DOWN YOUR THROAT TILL YOU GAG.

[@CoreyMillionaire2029]

Hannah W These are funny, dude.

[@RachelSemeson]

Yeah but they made toys of them.

[@DisneyJulz]

I'm 11 and I love these guys.

[@mareeschiller9613]

Can’t blame you

[@greatOaktree1]

Wonder what the budget on effects and props was they look extremely good plus we never had the dummies Ad in the UK but did have all the toys

[@bnascargify]

Thanks 4 posting

[@SegaMario]

Vince sounds like a mix of Homer and Hamm while Larry sounds literally like Garfield since it's the same VA.

[@themexipinos]

2:36 hey buddy, I didn’t know you knew how to drive…DRIVE…DRIVE… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH you can learn a lot from a dummy AHHHHHHHHH buckle your safety belt got me laughing

[@Stoneth]

I do enjoy Lorenzo Music's performance as Larry. Also there is one thing slightly inaccurate about these commercials and that is that depending on the test in question, real life crash test dummies can in fact wear seat-belts, especially for tests about the safety of the vehicle itself.

[@michaelbrantley.8628]

I remember this commercial yrs ago when I was a child back in the eighties brings back a lot a moments and memories comes on seven days a week day and nite and rip to lorenzo music the voice a garfield and friends was on ch two Saturdays from nine am to nine thirty am my favourite cartoon my generation he's gone but not forgotten with the Lord 🙏 forever amen.

[@darkdragon301]

This PSAs traumatized me

[@roykreutler8769]

I remember an old commercial,I'm guessing sometime in the 90's. It was an old commercial with Barney Fife where the crash test dummies were hanging off the side of a mountain. Haven't seen this one since. It was one of 3 I can think of. Anyone know where I can find it?

[@SantaDog81]

Vince sounds like discount Cliff Claven. Also at they're tempting me at 7:15, Ecto-1 was my childhood dream car.

[@itsPikachu]

Jack burns brother

[@titangirl161]

This list is missing one- I remember one where they're driving at night and have to keep swerving to avoid all kinds of things, including a moose, a sheep, and (if I'm remembering correctly) the townspeople

[@Stealthborn]

R.I.P. Whitney Rydbeck who played one of the dummies. He was also a mime and in Friday the 13th Part VI (he was one of the paintball players).

[@mrmotown313]

I also remember the safety belt PSA with Vince and Larry featuring iron maiden as well. My favorite part was at the end at 8:20 when the lead singer of iron maiden said, belt up, Don’t be a dummy!

[@gingered_pierce]

This is honestly better than most of today's shows.

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

I seem to recall one commercial where they were driving at night and swerve to avoid hitting a deer, a cow, an ostrich, and The Village People.

[@TommyBurd-e5m]

2:05 "How about this for an alternative?"

[@theNerve_theAudacity]

Is there some place I could find the radio jingle they did called "That's When Your Headaches Begin"? It was a parody of a slow doo-wop song with a chorus responding "ow, ow, ow" in the refrain.

[@JesusHooves99]

Who’s here from the new episode of AVGN

[@omegamaximus1727]

I am here.

[@ethansonic8885]

Me

[@Alexs23743]

Larry sounds a lot like Garfield circa "Garfield and Friends". "Jon, I just had a bad dream that I was a crash test dummy. I need a drink!!! (gulps down a truckload of coffee)"

[@182supermario]

There should be traveling comedy stunt show featuring these guys, and the Crash Test Dummy suits can really take such a pounding, that it's the most protective Stuntmen armor people could have, so they can do tons and tons of epic and creative stunts and crashes, while still promoting driving safety, like always Buckle Your Safety Belt, always use your mirrors, keep young kids in the back seat, make sure the kid is riding in a booster seat until the child weighs over 20 pounds, don't drink and drive, and don't throw liter out of your car, what do you think, would that be a good idea?

[@mrmotown313]

6:32, HOT chick: Excuse me, do you wear your safety belt? Vince the crash dummy: Why no, I don’t wear my safety belt. Hot chick: Thank you. By far the most hilarious crash test dummy PSA of all time! Lol! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@mjallen1308]

Its a parody of the 1980s Bugle Boy jeans commercial

[@mrmotown313]

@@mjallen1308 I know

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Mad nostalgia right there

[@briansheil9763]

Sounds like Janet is voiced by Patty Duietch from 'Match Game'. If so, who voiced Darlene?

[@gunman771000]

Its these PSAs that gave rise to the animated show in 93.

[@gilbertdennis4283]

Vince and Larry honestly should have remained as advertising mascots for the NHTSA to this day, only their advertisements should have been explaining to people rather more than the importance of seat belts. Examples of this include the different types of risky driving, the importance of air bags yet also how to avoid injuries involving them, vehicle theft & odometer fraud and ways to prevent them, plus ways to drive safely on slippery and/or icy roads (only if you really must do so) and how you should avoid doing it if you can. Skid the Kid from the Tyco Crash Dummies toyline should also have been used as a NHTSA advertising mascot to this day as well, used to promote their child safety tips (such as the dangers of leaving a child locked alone in a heated car, also preventing backover incidents, how children can mistakenly injure themselves with power windows, etc.). You STILL could learn a lot from a dummy (or should I say, THREE of them), for certain...

[@JohnSilverfan01]

Bring Vince and Larry back to tell people to get off their phones as they drive!! Bill Murray can do the voice of Larry in place of the late Lorenzo Music.

[@tiga92001]

Have Frank Welker of scooby doo fill in for Larry and dave collier from full house fill in for vince to get AD council and hot wheels to sponsor their NEW commercial and you got a deal Think about it

[@andysahadeo4256]

From early 90s till now I have seen this ad back

[@libertubey2199]

The irony of the second video is that the voice of Vince, Jack Burns, had the unenviable (and, unfortunate) task of replacing Don Knotts as Deputy Warren on "The Andy Griffith Show."

[@briancorvello3620]

God, I miss these commercials....

[@emiliosanchez2664]

fucker these commercials r FUCKING CREEPY

[@greendragon-sh9po]

I loved Lorenzo Music. May he RIP😔

[@codytaylor2663]

0:01-0:20-0:50-1:20-1:50-1:59-2:14-2:44-3:15-3:46-4:15-4:47-5:18-5:51-6:21-6:51-7:22-7:37-7:52-8:22

[@willampatmon5885]

Rip jack burns , lorzno music And ray charles!

[@singlelightproductions508]

On second thought, what is the name of the font that were using at the end of every Crash Test Dummies PSAs?

[@wyattfogel]

4:47 The Same Crash Test Dummies PSA Commercial As Seen In "Harry And The Hendersons" Where Harry Breaks The Window Of An Appliance Store Where He Breaks Two TVs & Threw One TV At A Dodge Diplomat Seattle PD Cruiser As The Commercial Comes On

[@amiibojeremiah809]

1:58 I love this one

[@andrewotaku1679]

I would have no idea about these if one of them wasn't used for a gag in Harry & the Henderson's.

[@darkdragon301]

Everybody gangsta till the crash dummies start to talk and drive the car out of the target

[@gavindiuguid2699]

5:58 Phillis Diller!

[@de-fault_de-fault]

How did I not remember Larry being voiced by Lorenzo Music?