Oddity Archive: Episode 21 - Protect & Survive

This time out, the Archive takes its second trip to England, this time to discuss----nuclear war??? It's the feel-good episode of the year!
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[@shkeni]

Charly says always tell your mummy before you go play in nuclear fallout!

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Charly says Keep away from the tall, angry green men and the blokes in scrap metal armor. You'll live longer.

[@ChuckD79]

Hilariously, in an Amazon review of the P&S DVD, one reviewer describes the closing synth jingle as sounding "like a Dalek being tortured"! 😂

[@n1msu]

If only that reviewer knew that the synth was made by the original dr who music composer. I'd say it sounds more akin to a dalek completing a system check or reboot,

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

That sound at the end of the PSA makes me feel like an episode of Regular Show is about to start.

[@einherrjar]

when i heard the fart at "turn off the gas" i laughed so hard i nearly sharted. jolly good show old boy!

[@riceboy1701e]

+Glitter Jugend I had to listen to that about...oh...several thousand times...giggling like the five-year-old that my wife accuses me of being.

[@miata149]

"Bring out your dead . . . bring out your dead . . . bring out your dead . . . ."

[@funnyscares595]

miata149 I'M NOT DEAD!

[@miata149]

; - )

[@mariic2]

"Here, he says he's not dead."

[@ITILII]

@@funnyscares595 You're not fooling anyone !

[@briansavage932]

"We will explain what to do if you are out of doors" "pshh I've got plenty of doors" Hahaha

[@NerdsMcGee]

Rest in peace, Mr. Donaldson. Kind of eerie that I was re-watching this episode, and wanted to see when he stopped working for the BBC, only to find out he died today.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

Peter Donaldson has the calm, disciplined voice one needs to hear in times of crisis. I'd really like his voice narrating my life in my head. Edited to add: I know we were taught to hate on Wikipedia in school, but it's not the enemy! It's a wealth of resources on a subject matter, and a great place to start researching. If I could only access one website for the rest of my life, it would be Wikipedia.

[@smittykins]

I read "1984" in 1984(My senior year of high school).

[@loganmacgyver2625]

smittykins coincidence?

[@nicholasj.bonniecrawfordab2346]

4:19 Good fricking grief, I'm getting some MAJOR South Park vibes from this. The animation in this is pretty much the ancestor of South Park.

[@mariic2]

These shorts should be in a mod for the Fallout games.

[@alanadame1653]

Haaaaa

[@gormless-idiot]

maybe they'll be in fallout london

[@izzystar5904]

@@gormless-idiot engineer gaming

[@AmberLeighD]

The jingle is in Fallout London, and the Attaboy (pipboy) uses the family for the animations! @@gormless-idiot

[@mix3k818]

9:03 "...we couldn't just STAY HOME." Well that aged well with the recent pandemic...

[@MrFLAIMEBRAINE777]

I really respect the riff man, appreciate the dark humor cx

[@endmiee35816efqe]

i think you should've really mentioned the movie When The Wind Blows in this episode.

[@danrusso6962]

That movie is great

[@endmiee35816efqe]

Dan Russo sad, too

[@cac_deadlyrang]

*_ThE cAkEs WiLl bUrN!_*

[@Matty112uk]

That jingle at the end is doom itself, uuughhh!

[@eddyez2]

Matty112uk Exterminate!

[@ebru5716]

Matty112uk Eiowowowowowo.... Puttaputtaputtaputtapuh, huh!

[@jamesslick4790]

It's my ringtone.

[@loganmacgyver2625]

if you are out of doors buy some

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It's worth saying two things. One, the advice given in Protect and Survive was later revealed, in the late '90s, to be totally useless. Secondly, doing the robot dance like the guy at 4:15 DEFINITELY wouldn't help.

[@neilpower60]

Listen for the all clear, then you can go out into the charred, irradiated wasteland that once resembled your home

[@sergeantwaters9668]

The synth at the ending of the videos sounds like something the Devil himself would play on his synthesizer.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Is it weird I was more freaked out by Charlie’s meowing than Protect and Survive?

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Charlie staring at the viewer is more terrifying. especially with his uncanny valley paper face.

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

My great grandkids' school had a shelter in the basement of the school hall. There was canned food, and the school held regular drills to get all the students into the shelter. The school was across the street from Midway Airport. I expect it would have been a target. It's doubtful the kids would have survived a nuclear explosion a mile or less from the school.

[@meetoo594]

Our school had one under the sports hall, it wasnt for the kids though, it was a command and control bunker for the mayor, police chief etc. Would have been funny watching the bunkers occupants trying to keep 1500+ kids from smashing their way in if the siren (also on top of the school building) went off. We were about 5 miles from an airbase so would probably be screwed anyway, shelter or not. Infact I recall having to plot the blast/heat/fallout radii for various yields detonated where the (cnd loving) teachers thought most likely Soviet targets on an o.s map, so each kid could see how fucked they were at school or at their house. Spoiler: No mater where I was, I would have died horribly, so great job there teachers. Showing us `threads` didnt help either.

[@daftoptimist]

On the one hand I never thought I'd live to see the day where we have to fear nuclear war AGAIN. On the other hand, damn, these shorts are entertaining, in a grim yet kitschy sort of way.

[@AstroFuture404]

For anyone wondering: the video got flagged in July for reasons still unknown. Nothing has been changed between this posting and the original--I was confused enough to check Benny boy's Twitter to see if he explained it. That said, this is one of my favorite episodes. Glad it won't be going away any time soon.

[@mylesmccloud8746]

+Pichi Brando Possibly that Orchard Music Company deciding to bully KZbinrs for no reason but to cause misery is the cause of this flagging incident.

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

+Grimmb0mb The Russians complained, because this would allow people to prepare for the nuclear attack. The Russians can't win a nuclear war if the Brits are hiding behind pillowcases full of sand.

[@toratio8547]

The credits mention a closing song that doesn’t seem to be playing - maybe he removed it?

[@zerothefool2399]

Something is jacked up about that cat. "Meowmeowmremomeaorw" "Charlie says I should tell mummy where I'm going." NO HE DIDN'T! HE'S DYING!! SEND HIM TI THE HOSPITAL!! HOLY HELL!!! 10:21 Turn of the gas, **fart** and the electrecity in the mains. In your home, *not* at the power plant.

[@superorangecat6937]

Am cat, can confirm.

[@iamnomad101]

A couple nitpickings:- The SMPTE color bars are only used in NTSC countries (read: most of North America, Japan, and South Korea, among others). The UK uses PAL like most of the world and thus use such test cards as Test Card F or the Phillips PM-whatever pattern.- It's BBC Radio 4, not BBC 4 (which is a digital TV channel).- Signing off is referred to as "closing down." That's it for now. Carry on.

[@cryaboutit432]

Wow, you had to let it all out.

[@OlagGan]

Quite right!! It's Radio 4. Actually pre late 1960s it would have been under the old name "The BBC Home Service". BTW did you know that in the early days of the WTBS they actually had entertainment programs on to keep the peoples minds off what was actually going on outside.. "Round the Horne" was one of the programs that was listed for use in the WTBS, however the entertainment part was shelved to allow for more news and information to be broadcast.

[@smittykins]

The way "Protect And Survive" wraps around the family reminds me of metal-bending equipment sometimes seen on "How It's Made."

[@riceboy1701e]

10:22 *POOT* I STILL giggle like my inner five-year-old does!

[@cac_deadlyrang]

11:16 Be orderly and don’t panic, uh... _AWOO_ *_A W O O_*

[@hellowhirled]

i think its neat that you include the “original upload stats” and every video you share those on is doing better now than it did then

[@YouthfulElf]

Whew! I didn't see that coming at the end! Well played!

[@yotsubafanfan]

What's funny is we use the same procedures for Tornadoes as they do for fall out. Complete with sirens!

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

R.I.P Peter Donaldson

[@DrewberTravels]

6:00 The only way the British can go on vacation is if there is nuclear war.

[@kargaroc386]

They'd try and rush-approve a bill, in a situation where they'd have minutes, not days, to prepare.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

+kargaroc386 They'd have had days if not weeks to prepare for an attack. It's highly unlikely the Russians would have attacked out of the blue without some sort of political / diplomatic build up.

[@kargaroc386]

That makes more sense

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

kargaroc386 This video is quite scary. I remember back in the 70's being old enough to understand that I could die in a nuclear war at any moment but not old enough to understand the politics and why this was highly unlikely. Looking back I also realise that in various directions I lived 7 miles from the centre of one of the UK's biggest cities, 3 miles from it's airport and 3 miles from a private airport attached to a factory that built military aircraft. Basically I'd have been dead 3 times over if war had broken out. Which is a happy thought...

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

Did you know they play the shorts on a loop in the imperial war museum in Salford, Manchester England, Earth also Micheal Crawford as Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do Ave Em on the box "The Cat did a woopsy in my barre" Classic

[@nickythehickey]

Never in a million years would I have thought that Charlie Says and PROTECT AND SURVIVE were made by the same production company (production company? Animation studio? Whatever it is)

[@loganmacgyver2625]

my history teacher told me we will watch protect and survive when learning about the cold war

[@xWasabiNekoProx]

I just watched this while wearing headphones for the first time and noticed the "I think my face is on fire.... I think my face is on fire... :(" i havent laughed so hard in a really long time oh my god

[@davidt-rex2062]

I was at a club where they played a hard hpuse version of Charlie Says abd the protect and survive. It was amazing.

[@fibrodad1354]

threads is one scary movie, also these vids Protect n survive were used in two tribes. frankie goes to hollywood.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

+JRushPixel I used to believe that, however to avoid any potential copyright issues the band instead found the voice actor from the videos and had him read from a slightly revised script. Great single from an under appreciated LP.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

+JRushPixel Also, Threads is indeed an incredibly scary movie.

[@DrGun-re1kd]

I imagine the Sovie... er.. Russians would be using neutron weapons, in order to preserve everything but the residents. Perhaps some EMPs as well.

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

+Dr. Gun If I were them, I'd have leading missiles that shout a message "It's OK to come out now". That way people would come out from behind their doors and suitcases full of sand to become viable targets for nuclear weapons.

[@DrGun-re1kd]

Crabby Old Gamer That would make a great deal of tactical sense. Many people often do as instructed.

[@AbbeyB77]

I don't find these protect and serve shorts to be any more frightening than watching Run Hide Fight instructional videos these days featuring young school children. I guess I have a morbid fascination with such calm instructions for situations in which unrehearsed panic can be deadly. No locked door is really going to protect you against someone with a gun who wants in, especially if the kids are all on the floor lined up against a wall. Seeing a kindergarten teacher explain in a way that won't frighten four year olds that someone could walk into the school with a high powered automatic weapon for no reason so they have to sit in their superhero cave silently is quite unsettling to watch.

[@toratio8547]

These videos take me back to Scarfolk. But this video is gold. A+ black humour snark

[@UkSkin]

How did you make this episode without using "Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes" or "The Prodigy - Charly" ?

[@Sinn0100]

I will check that out meeto, thank you.

[@itzspencerr1403]

The protect and survive intro reminds me of Fallout 4's S.P.E.C.I.A.L advertisements.

[@itzspencerr1403]

+ianisthestar I just really like the Oddity Archive..

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Charlie says is nightmare fuel..

[@dminalba]

I seen some of them on the Charley Says DVD avilaible in the UK from Network, If you can get you hands on it it will work on USA DVD players as the DVD is Region 0

[@archaeopteryxgallopade2199]

Nuclear family. I see what you did there

[@zoekirk1848]

You might look at the Canadian version of this, 11 Steps to Survive. It’s available on KZbin, and the info in it is clearer than Protect and Survive.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

*My brain any time Patrick Allen is talking:* Ahoy there, Captain Star! Don't take any guff from them Zed Stacks!

[@Eli-dx2uj]

Laugh at these videos if you must but we'd benefit from something like this today

[@venangoproductions]

You and I have the same sense of humor “Bring out your dead”

[@Jeremy-si7jq]

I have been meaning to ask for a while now, but is your theme song your own creation or a sample?

[@ToxPhy]

10:49 I’ll have what she’s having

[@robynstopped]

Why did Charley have that look on his face? That sandwich must have been painful. Lolol 4:51

[@paulmartin4100]

Michael Crawford!! He's from where Im from, Isle of Sheppey, UK. OOOHH BETTY

[@orourkeda]

7:12 - Threads is the grimmest movie I have ever watched in my life, It is fucking horrific. The movie isn't bad it's just that the subject matter and it's portrayal is extremely unsettling.

[@maverickhistorian6488]

It achieved its purpose then.

[@gondoravalon7540]

Wait... Patrck Allen voiced these? I THOUGHT his voice sounded familiar, he was Captain Starr on the 1988 UK TV series TUGS!

[@jonsnodgrass366]

ah ol stock footage that could be used in a godzilla film

[@artistwithouttalent]

15:27 Oh, must be 11 AM on a Friday.

[@yotsubafanfan]

artistwithouttalent We do it at 12:00 on Wednesday where I live. It helps tell me that I only have a couple of hours until I get off from work. 😄

[@artistwithouttalent]

yotsubafanfan Where are you from? (Central IN, FWIW.)

[@yotsubafanfan]

artistwithouttalent Western KY

[@grahamkeithtodd]

one of your states almost went through this for real yesterday morning...hahahahahahahaha

[@danielslade9485]

16:24 You guys don't mind if I drop in, do ya?

[@loganmacgyver2625]

I aint gonna fit the whole earth in a bag

[@imrustyokay]

You know, I'm a leftist and I don't mind nuclear power. Not nuclear weapons though. I'm very much against that.

[@waterandafter]

keep calm & carry on

[@JediMasterBaiter]

+waterandafter orig10.deviantart.net/5412/f/2012/292/c/1/keep_calm_and_carry_on_by_blaqdesign-d4gvesr.jpg

[@mariic2]

+James C That's more realistic.

[@sutorippuwebmaster8783]

I'm pretty sure at one point you considered riffing the entire series. Though I could see it getting a bit tiresome. Either way, I'd watch it.

[@michaelcarpenter2498]

Was this filmed in black and white. Just the host segments.

[@chrisjamesr77]

3:25 RIP Queen Elizabeth II!

[@alanadame1653]

That's sounds should a alarm instead

[@imrustyokay]

7:08 Hey, I'm considered a "Leftist", and that protest and survive is kinda stupid.

[@louiseogden1296]

As if Kim Jong-un would simply say, you're right chaps, a bunch of hippies in Britain don't like the idea of nuclear war, let's not do it...

[@collegeman1988]

Why are you posting this a second time, Ben? Did you re-edit this video?

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

+collegeman1988 Good god, don't you realize how important this is? If a nuclear bomb goes off near your home you have to shut off your stove or it might start a fire.

[@collegeman1988]

Lol. Never mind that all combustible material in the neighborhood where you live such as the grass, trees, shrubs, bushes, cars, houses, et cetera will be on fire after the nuclear bomb detonates.

[@Pat.Mustard.]

Michael Crawford?

[@eascec8374]

No Atlanta’s Slapstick On This Site In The First Place.

[@kargaroc386]

The sound has lots of pops and dropouts...?

[@crabbyoldgamer3028]

+kargaroc386 That's because of nuclear fallout.

[@angelocatapang6054]

10:23.fart.

[@wolfgangervin2582]

Anyone else seen all the p&s shorts?

[@nunnayahbeeswax8500]

+Wolfgang Ervin Yes and they are creepy as hell, especially for those of us who were around then.

[@iaincowell9747]

+Nunnayah Beeswax yeah a mushroom cloud is defently not going to scare the shit out of people.

[@JediMasterBaiter]

CASUAL TIES

[@xenohtype]

Bow ties not allowed.

[@ToastedAlmond98]

Surely this is no time for etiquette? Oh, well. I suppose in a nuclear holocaust, a man should be properly dressed!

[@iron1349]

"The Tugboat, for its size is the most powerful craft afloat"

[@gondoravalon7540]

And the Star tugs are the power behind the docks and waterways that make up the Bigg City Port. This... is Tugs.

[@AliasUndercover]

Brits have a fallout room? And I was happy when I bought a house with a den...sheesh.

[@wolfgangervin2582]

FIRST! Why the reupload?

[@Losaru]

+Wolfgang Ervin Maybe replaced the theme song? Not sure as I can't remember which episode it was that he changed them.

[@uncaaj6242]

+Losaru It looks as if the credits song was tagged with a copyright claim. In this version the credits are silent.

[@Colorband]

+The_BlueJay No, the credits were silent in the original UL, to make the stinger scarier.

[@uncaaj6242]

T.Y. Netees The credits said there was a song played during them, so that's why I assumed that was the edit. Guess not, then.

[@conzmoleman]

Sticking up for Thatcher? yuck

[@tylerlondon5052]

Trigger warning? Gay.