Partnership for a Drug-Free America - So I can do more coke (1980)

I wonder how much the Partnership For A Drug Free America paid him for this ad?

"I'm always chasing rainbows!"

How appropriate.

The song makes this creepy

Ain't this the guy that does those DirecTV commercials now? And the judge on Raising the bar?

BlueSage... you hit the nail on the head. This is the nation of consumerism.

He forgot to mention all the women he could buy!

BlueSage makes a good point.


"I should work harder, so i can buy more consumer items". "I should work harder so i can buy more consumer items".....ummmm "I should work harder, so i can buy more consumer items"

We are being bred to want too many "toys"
spending money is our nations new addiction.

that was 1 of the 3 useful psas in the world

kinda makes you wonder what the person who made this psa was on wow

LOL

"I should work harder, so i can buy more consumer items". "I should work harder so i can buy more consumer items".....ummmm "I should work harder, so i can buy more consumer items"

Geez, what a uncanny simularity !.

Glad I uploaded this one -- I knew the actor looked familiar but didn't realize it was the same dude who sang "Good Book Song" in "A Mighty Wind" until just now (which is ironic).

ChowTimer, the song is called "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." I believe it was written nearly 100 years ago and it's been recorded by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Judy Garland to Perry Como to Alice Cooper (talk about diverse artists!). It's a poor-pitiful-me song, and the rest of the lyrics would be fitting too.

They should put this back on the air.

The actor in the commercial is a young John Michael Higgins. You might recognize him from several Christopher Guest films (Best In Show, A Mighty Wind). Most of you will recognize him as the singing sprite/brother of Jennifer Aniston's character in The Break Up(2006). Anyway, I hope this information is helpful. It's a very disturbing and memorable commercial.

Who is that guy?? Anyone know??

Well this ad gets its point across well but what's with the person singing at the end? Its unrelated but it gives the ad more creepiness.

It just goes to show what it's like when you do coke. Just an endless routine cycle revolving around coke, which slowly takes control of your life.

Yeah, I agree with totaly.

It's just a cycle that never seems to end. It can take over your life. I think the boxed room represents his mind being set on one thing, which is coke.

If you notice, he seems robotic-like as if it's some kind of routine.

Just an endless cycle.

Yes I do remember this one and it was pretty scary at the time.

What was that he sniffed?? And what is up with that boxed in room he was in??

I was maybe 5 years old when I first saw this. I didn't understand it at the time. I used to think he was talking about the drink. lol

Ah, yes! They used to show this all the time when I was a kid, along with the "This is your brain on drugs" ad.

CRACK IS WHACK!

Hmm...all right, then.

...wtf?

wow.....