Even though the ad literally outlines how he’s immune to the effects of smoking.
@funnyscares5959 жыл бұрын
Looks like Voldemort went to a plastic surgeon and got a nose.
@csstuff4215 жыл бұрын
I agree LOL this is so funny
@scottwatson85214 жыл бұрын
Harry Potter I can smell you lol
@indoroyale78483 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 this one had me wheezing
@dianebutler7332 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@simonhoare12415 жыл бұрын
This mid-80’s ad (usually aired around 7pm) was intended to freak smoking adults out of the habit. But all it did was screw up a generation of 5 year olds who became too scared to go upstairs to bed and had nightmares for weeks
@stuartylad11 ай бұрын
I was one of those kids! Just watched this all the way through for the first ever. No wonder it gave me nightmares!
@marvelstarwarsfan841010 ай бұрын
Even though I wasn’t born in the 80’s Anti-Smoking ads still scared me as a child in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s
@kevino437210 ай бұрын
Stopped them smoking though
@tino91178 ай бұрын
You kids better have not smoked after the extremely scary ads traumatized you out of it
@JasonC17828 жыл бұрын
Pretty good prosthetics for 1985.
@torpedoboy43 жыл бұрын
The 80s were the height of prosthetics thanks to Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, etc...
@jackieyoshi61083 жыл бұрын
The 80's was the generation for prosthetic horror films!
@bunchofrandomjunk2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@NuclearBlue09 Жыл бұрын
It's an animatronic
@phoebecarter82699 жыл бұрын
This creeped the hell outta me 30 years ago when I was 5 and creeps me out even more at the age of 35.
@natalijatheghost6 жыл бұрын
This is nothing compared to the voteDOOMSDAY one that genuinely scared me, a goth teenager who loves creepy psas like this one here, but the one I mentioned, just too much 😖
@simonhoare12415 жыл бұрын
Yeah, same! This was the #1 source of my childhood nightmares. (Born 1980)
@GarryStock4 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when this ad came out and when i first saw it i couldn't sleep for weeks!
@annamariehughes83123 жыл бұрын
I saw this at the cinema when I went to see carebears ... I was 4 ... I hid under the seat lol I was really scared
@olympus70008 жыл бұрын
The cinematography in this spot is fantastic. Barry Myers made some great ads.
@jeanemlicar Жыл бұрын
Isn’t Barry Meyer the guy who portrayed Bizzaro in the live action Superboy TV 📺 series?
@terryjones3202Күн бұрын
@@jeanemlicar No. It's Myers not Meyer
@Amy216506 жыл бұрын
0:21 “self cleaning lungs”, yet he still wheezes!!!
@bensimpson20013 жыл бұрын
Yes I dont think you have quite gotten it. A natural born smoker doesn't exist its pointing out things that are wrong with smoking and saying it clearly isn't natural
@James-ee1wn3 жыл бұрын
At any rate, we already have self-cleaning lungs.
@ClareGC7 жыл бұрын
This advert used to come on just before bedtime every night when I was little. I was so terrified, it nearly put me off TV for life!
@GarryStock4 жыл бұрын
Same here!!!
@CroatianComplains Жыл бұрын
I think it was supposed to put you off smoking for life.
@Martin94769 жыл бұрын
Given that this was 1985, this advert was way ahead of its time. And 37 years on, the message still isn't getting through to most people.
@tinystalker18217 жыл бұрын
Smaller ears, because they don't listen
@heck94067 жыл бұрын
Its not that we don't listen, we just don't care.
@lazurm6 жыл бұрын
I guess you don't believe the stats indicating that the smoking rate has gone down to less than half of what it started at, in the U.S. For those who remain, it may be that the "message" doesn't change their belief that smoking is worth dying for.
@nthgth5 жыл бұрын
Oh pipe down. People know how bad it is for them now. The message is understood. It's just something some people like to do, even though they understand the risks.
@murrayjones6945 жыл бұрын
The problem is cigarettes are highly addictive but smoker rates have been going down though
@johnnymccraze9 жыл бұрын
The UK never ceases to amaze with the effectiveness of their PSAs.
@richardpurves6 жыл бұрын
The ad itself is good, but it really took banning it inside buildings especially pubs and taxing the (*!!! out of cigarettes to make people stop.
@paulspark728710 ай бұрын
"Smaller ears, because they don't listen". I loved this advert :-)
@clowngutz4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who actually likes the background music? It’s so creepy and melodic, something about it is just fascinating to me!
@jaysonklein60183 жыл бұрын
I dig it too. Cold, efficient future.
@Ronnie.Raymond2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I’ve actually wanted to hear an isolated instrumental track of this ad for years!
@LOL_MANN2 жыл бұрын
stop simping anti-cigs backround music lol
@dianebutler7332 жыл бұрын
Nope
@def-c_616 Жыл бұрын
Everyone in the comments: “Wow, what a profoundly disturbing warning against smoking…” Me: “This would make an amazing concept for a Biopunk/Body Horror Sci-Fi Dystopian film, novel, comic or game!”
@WolfKing-dv6xd3 жыл бұрын
Today in school, we did CPR training and I SWEAR the training dummies looked EXACTLY like this guy!
@Makothehybrid Жыл бұрын
“Smaller ears because they don’t listen.” I cannot believe how well that line aged.
@paulnash69446 жыл бұрын
"Unfortunately, the first natural-born smoker has never been born." That's true, and it's best to keep it that way.
@nthgth5 жыл бұрын
Lol that that's even a concept. It needs to kill people before they reproduce in order to trigger evolutionary adaptation.
@jaysonklein60183 жыл бұрын
@@nthgth smoking while pregant can cause the baby to possibly die, prematurely.
@luke149463 жыл бұрын
@@jaysonklein6018 on netflix there's a documentary series called "broken", And one episode was about VAPING, And there was a service in the uk that helps people "quit" smoking, by encouraging them to vape instead, and there was a GIRL WHO WAS PREGNANT AND FUCKING VAPING!!! Still isn't great though,
@CometMedalChavez2 жыл бұрын
Be the change you want to see in the world.
@benthejrporter7 жыл бұрын
This gave me nightmares as a kid.
@15kilkenny7 жыл бұрын
I had nightmares for years as a kid from this
@UnderTheTableGremlin7 жыл бұрын
If that doesn't scare you into quitting cancers, I don't know what will
@kegster120023 жыл бұрын
I was 9 when this advert came out and it absolutely terrified me.
@asafisher45878 жыл бұрын
the design and style reminds me of Blade Runner
@ekathe857 жыл бұрын
Asa Fisher I would have said that if you didn't.
@splinky92268 жыл бұрын
While the CDC Former Smokers and NHS Testimonial campaigns in my opinion are the more realistic and effective anti smoking ads, this PIF is still bloody good and effective with it's atmosphere, special effects, ominous music and the overall message.
@tannerplant89196 жыл бұрын
This actually has me thinking. What would our species evolve into if every single generation of humans smoked cigarettes for thousands of years?
@nthgth5 жыл бұрын
But we pretty much hav-- ohh, I see what you did there 😉
@jaysonklein60183 жыл бұрын
Won't be possible, as the final line in this psa drops the hint that smoking while pregnant will likely cause the baby to die at an earlier age.
@Chaoticgoodcryptid23192 жыл бұрын
when I first saw the Disney trilogy of star wars, I thought Snoke reminded me of this dude. Still do.
@manuelbello58062 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too
@charlottewillcox68573 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! This advert terrified me as a child! I’ll always remember the small ears...
@grahambrown50623 жыл бұрын
Me too. I was convinced smoking caused ears to shrink.
@charlottewillcox68573 жыл бұрын
@@grahambrown5062 YES!!!! Me too! 🤣
@juniorjamie5 жыл бұрын
This messed me up as a kid! I couldn't sleep properly for days. Truly terrifying.
@pastelkiera50334 жыл бұрын
I can't sleep properly _now_ ;-;
@manuelbello58064 жыл бұрын
Supreme Leader Snoke anyone?
@seanstark43123 жыл бұрын
There needs to be an instrumental version of the music from this
@chopper.mk50944 жыл бұрын
Used to be scared of this in the 80s when I was little
@platform93199 жыл бұрын
Creepier than Jimmy Savile!
@WolfKing-dv6xd4 жыл бұрын
Dad, please please quit.
@Ronnie.Raymond2 жыл бұрын
Status update?
@WolfKing-dv6xd2 жыл бұрын
@@Ronnie.Raymond He's still smoking.
@Ronnie.Raymond2 жыл бұрын
@@WolfKing-dv6xd 😞
@JayArgonaut10 жыл бұрын
I remember this, haven't seen it since the 80s. thanks for uploading.
@richardpurves1495 Жыл бұрын
There were a lot of ads at this time that had the "Blade Runner" aesthetic. Probably because Ridley Scott's company RSA had a "house style" for shooting and just happened to be how Blade Runner was shot ;) Anyway, look for the "Quattro" drink ads for similar although that one was by the Max Headroom people.
@mkay10005 жыл бұрын
Did I imagine it or was there another advert with the same creepy smoking guy looking after a baby?
@pastelkiera50334 жыл бұрын
There was! It was a followup ad
@MsBananasmel Жыл бұрын
This scared the shit out of me when I was a kid
@emiliob74284 жыл бұрын
He's the guy that talks to Kylo Ren
@jaysonklein60183 жыл бұрын
... Snoke likes to smoke. Lolol
@emiliob74283 жыл бұрын
Jayson Klein yes
@ekathe853 жыл бұрын
Ridley Scott called, he wants his aesthetics back
@leoli61169 жыл бұрын
That was really ingenious.
@tuxedocat30203 жыл бұрын
Scary ad
@meleyeons4686 Жыл бұрын
This seriously scared me as a child!
@aishahbowron26483 жыл бұрын
This used to scare me when I was younger. The face especially caused me to leave the living room when it came on !. Not so scary now !.
@davemunro63802 жыл бұрын
But look at his awesome apartment!
@Crocs4cats4 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t there one of him leaning over a baby in a crib too? Scared the shit out of me but soon forget and started smoking at school😣 Glad to be free of that now.
@GentleJames7778 жыл бұрын
0.5 speed = perfect. even more powerful
@randomkiraxdxd2744 жыл бұрын
Tried it, only slow thinkers, sloths, and retards will understand this.
@TheMasterNo67 жыл бұрын
Like other commenters this used to scare the crap out of me as a child. I'd switch over as quickly as possible.
@MacStoker6 жыл бұрын
best ad ever for smokers
@kierancarter27105 жыл бұрын
“The first natural born smoker hasn’t yet been born” wrong! My dad was a teenager when this advert went on TV.
@GentleJames7778 жыл бұрын
i like the music
@jorgeslipknot70158 жыл бұрын
Do you know the name song??
@GentleJames7778 жыл бұрын
no but its proberly a horror composer person. wish i knew
@nthgth5 жыл бұрын
I fail to see this as an anti-smoking ad. Resistance to heart disease, thrombosis, and cancer would be fantastic. Ditto self-cleaning lungs (however the fuck that would work). This seems to imply that if everyone keeps on smoking, that's what we have to look forward to as a species. Did anyone proofread the narration?
@jaysonklein60183 жыл бұрын
If you pay attention to the last line... it drops the hint of WHY natural born smokers won't happen (hint: pregnant women shouldn't smoke).
@danielearwicker3 жыл бұрын
I don't get the bit about the nose. It filters out "impurities"? On the way out? So it holds on to the impurities and clogs up his nose with them? If he stuck the cigarette up his nose and sniffed it, it would make more sense.
@Ronnie.Raymond2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it’s a pretty confusing ad. Honestly, I find the ear bit even more stupid. “Smaller ears, because they don’t listen”. Like, what the fuck does THAT mean?
@cius962 жыл бұрын
@@Ronnie.Raymond it means that smokers usually don't listen to people telling them to quit, giving them advices, etc... they're stubborn and often don't have enough willpower to give up their bad habit. Therefore the ears would be kinda useless in a natural born smoker, simce they wouldn't listen to suggestion / advices anyway.
@garrettj68384 жыл бұрын
This ad is terrifying. They let this air?!?!
@ekathe853 жыл бұрын
My friend, you must be new to the world of PSA's. You'd be surprised (read: scarred for life) of what the brits aired in the 70's and 80's.
@annamariehughes83122 жыл бұрын
Yeah before.kids films at the cinema
@JadeEyes1 Жыл бұрын
In my head, this ad is set in the world of Blade Runner.
@timh70567 жыл бұрын
I remember this scared the shot out of me at the time☠
@Sir_Sectrix Жыл бұрын
Look it’s Voldemort, and he has a son. This psa is just weird and unnerving. With the creepy breathing, visuals and the weird ass man smoking
@1peskytim9 жыл бұрын
God I remember this!
@ultramariogod Жыл бұрын
I genuinely want to know who portrayed the natural born smoker and how they applied the make up
@Amy216506 жыл бұрын
News flash everyone, LORD VOLDERMORT HAS A NOSE!!!!! also he will be the worlds first natural born smoker
@adamcastorp6415 Жыл бұрын
I wish my body could adapt like this.
@maxludlow66293 жыл бұрын
I was 8 when these came out. They scared the shit out of me. 😂not about smoking though weird campaign really
@alexthebandgeek75369 жыл бұрын
This shit is creepy af
@liamf78383 жыл бұрын
very creepy
@Matthew_Klepadlo5 жыл бұрын
Mommy… why do I have smaller ears? Sweetie, it's because you don't listen. Also if you're wondering, don't worry. You're not a mistake, you're a regret.
@Sparky1002 Жыл бұрын
a Blade Runner atmosphere Vibes
@LittleRose20015 жыл бұрын
They should air this again
@Barnaby_bo2 ай бұрын
Im glad i was a teenager in the 80,s.
@tutorial6717 жыл бұрын
its not that we dont listen, its that most of us started out as teenagers, we thought we were invincible, and once we knew we were probably going to die, it was already too late. I knew all the risks when i took my first drag when i was 16. still did it. 10 years later and im still smoking. dont have cancer yet so ima go light up.
@andrewmena3118 Жыл бұрын
This is why the 1980s had the BEST HORROR MOVIES. Its just the way hollywood was back then. Their thought process was way different
@corncake46772 ай бұрын
He seems chill
@menslady125eif25907 жыл бұрын
Voldemort's cousin!
@Hatsune-Miku_Fan9 ай бұрын
I think this psa is brilliant
@RCT3Crashes1008 жыл бұрын
It's actually thought that if our love of technology continues to increase, we'll need bigger heads to account for bigger brains, larger eyes to avoid eye strain, longer hands and fingers to accomodate devices in our hands at all times, and eventually our muscles will start to waste.
@Anonarchist8 жыл бұрын
Why need bigger heads when you can have hot swappable and cloud storage, memory, and processing power? Why need eyes when you can wire higer resolution multi frequency optics directly into your nerves? Why need limbs when your drone swarm does all the work for you? Squishy biologics are too delicate and slow to rely on long term.
@iprofessionalamateur8 жыл бұрын
Spot on except I disagree with the Bigger head part. The Heads shall get smaller because they'll be doing much less thinking. Machines will do our thinking.
@dibbidydoo43186 жыл бұрын
why would we have bigger brains?
@manuelbello58063 жыл бұрын
Forget about natural born smoker we should worry about natural born gamer
@manuelbello58063 жыл бұрын
And maybe no spine or a flexible spine
@djresource7173 жыл бұрын
Scary
@thatcatfrogwithabow7229 Жыл бұрын
Is it me, or does this guy look more like the first natural born Squidward?
@austinreed73432 жыл бұрын
What if PETA did a parody of this?
@karlbensley585 жыл бұрын
smokers dont listen ?????? lol
@r0tten.b0y Жыл бұрын
Damn this TOOL music video go hard
@davidjames5796 жыл бұрын
They got the future so wrong! Nobody smokes now.
@Pyjamarama11 Жыл бұрын
Blade Runner anti smoking style
@gantz22ify Жыл бұрын
This Harry Potter adaptation is weird.
@gregchamarakis98596 жыл бұрын
These k8nd if add should be on tv 24/7
@Goldenrod6366 жыл бұрын
So basically the first natural-born smoker will be Voldemort?
@louiseugeniojr.35302 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I never even bothered to touch a cigarette. Besides, the world's first natural-born smoker probably never will be born.
@mrkris-gk4lm Жыл бұрын
Natural Born Felonious Gru
@tanbasilio7 жыл бұрын
The same idea for "Meet Graham"
@RosieSapphire5 жыл бұрын
Tfw you're watching this video while smoking.
@knshinn26 жыл бұрын
Persistent rumour has it that it's Derek Griffiths under that make-up.
@MarioFan171 Жыл бұрын
Стероидтардағы Minecraft Villager
@youtubeisevil Жыл бұрын
Cool sci-fi
@jeanemlicar Жыл бұрын
Shit 👀 creepy as fuck.
@wildsurfer124 жыл бұрын
Why is Lord Voldemort doing an anti smoking advert?
@SaintHangman3 жыл бұрын
I think that's the late John Hurt who narrates this PSA since he also narrated several PSAs for protecting yourself against HIV in the 1980's.
@MovieFan19122 жыл бұрын
Some of this music reminds me of Bowser’s Castle from Mario Kart.
@invisibleman48272 жыл бұрын
This sounds so wrong but this makes me laugh 😂
@LittleRose20015 жыл бұрын
I wonder if JK Rowling got the idea of Voldemort from this
@jorgeslipknot70158 жыл бұрын
Hellraiser lml
@JontyMaster5 жыл бұрын
NEW CANADA!
@hotelmario5102 жыл бұрын
Clearly Blade Runner inspired. Wonder what the lifespan on this replicant model is?