Great PSA. I love how the guitar wails and dies off at the end, just when the camera reveals that Mark is dead and in a coffin. We need more public service announcements today that get right to the point and scare the shit out of people. Let's face it, AIDS is something you can't sugarcoat. Whatever happened to advertising creatives who had the balls to make stuff like this?
Always loved this PSA because we needed a hard-hitting one back in the day. Hell, w/HIV now being considered a "manageable" disease, we need, at all ages, this kind of kick-in-the-nuts to remind us of the stakes involved. Most people aren't aware, for example, that sometimes the virus a carrier has mutates to make one of their drug cocktails ineffective. Not only does this make people' vulnerable to secondary illnesses, but on occasion a doctor may not be able to find an adequate replacement drug therapy.
Right in today’s society people don’t think AIDS is a big deal because of the new treatments keeping people living longer. But in fact it is still a BIG DEAL. Even though they have new treatments HIV/AIDS is still something that you don’t wanna get. And as you pointed out some of these new treatments are ineffective on some of the AIDS patients that a lot of these HIV treatment commercials don’t point out. So I feel like these HIV treatment commercials in the present day causes more harm than good.
And that's not even taking into account what can happen when two HIV-infected people have unprotected sex with each other and they both have different HIV strains that could possibly combine, hence the term HIV superinfection.
We've come along way from the early days of HIV/AIDS.. Things have changed so much. In those days if u found out u had hiv it was like u were waiting to die. Now these days which meds and taking care of urself it's not like that anymore.
@@rwall3450 The medications are also extremely expensive. Which is why it is still a death sentence in developing countries where most people cannot afford them.
When I was riding/walking to work very early in the morning, replaying the end of this ad in my head, especially the winding down of the music, creeped me the fuck out. This ad works.
Morticians usually prepare the dead body for viewing such as embalming the body and applying makeup to make the person look more alive, so the loved ones have a pleasant final memory of the deceased.
The mortician who did the work for Mark really had his/her/their hands full since a person who has full-blown AIDS, especially in its final stages, really looks terrible.
They never aired this one as often as they should have. It's also a reminder that anybody can be HIV-infected and that HIV does not care about anything except three words: "Are you human?"
That's to reveal how much damage HIV does to a person's body from the inside out. And many end-stage People With AIDS certainly look like the zombies you just mentioned on account of wasting syndrome and more than several diseases wreaking havoc at the same time.
@@thecajunphoenix That's gotta be absolute hell at its worst. Thankfully now we have medication that helps keep the virus at bay so it doesn't develop into full blown AIDS.
@@RyanSellman1 You are right about that being Hell and then some. Still, antiretrovirals are only a start, and HIV itself has so many different strains it's very difficult to keep all of the strains of HIV at bay.
It got awfully Suspect around 0:20 that he Was dead in a coffin a bit before the end of the Guitar Riff.. I think it was supposed to make you think for a very quick second then reveal what you just suspected. Great PSA P.S yes I know Sus Amogus
The scariest thing about this (except the internet lurker logo) is the fact that Mark *really* looked dead. It's either by a good make-up artist or they used a dead body.
Hey you guys I have a question. I remember my best friend telling me about this ad, only she said that the actual stiff (forgive my expression) is actually talking. I could have sworn that there are two versions of this ad floating aorund. Are there??
He never worried about having a dinosaur scream at the end, he just did.
Okay, kinda obvious but you just gave me a case of the chuckles...😝
He never worried about dying from A.I.D.S. He just did.
The ending clip is scarier than the PSA
As a young adult in the 80's, I never wondered about why this PSA kept me celibate for most of the decade... IT JUST DID!!!
brothereUam are you still celibate
Yeah, THATS why you never got laid…😒
Great PSA. I love how the guitar wails and dies off at the end, just when the camera reveals that Mark is dead and in a coffin. We need more public service announcements today that get right to the point and scare the shit out of people. Let's face it, AIDS is something you can't sugarcoat. Whatever happened to advertising creatives who had the balls to make stuff like this?
Too many "concerned mothers" and fragile snowflake SJWs who would either get offened or send a bunch of hatemail saying that the PSAs are too scary. 🙄
@@Stephie2007 I see this on smoking adverts and they get pulled. Do they not realise they are there to show the dangers
Very effective PSA. Especially if you were a '90s kid like I was. Assuming that this ad was from the '90s.
Always loved this PSA because we needed a hard-hitting one back in the day. Hell, w/HIV now being considered a "manageable" disease, we need, at all ages, this kind of kick-in-the-nuts to remind us of the stakes involved. Most people aren't aware, for example, that sometimes the virus a carrier has mutates to make one of their drug cocktails ineffective. Not only does this make people' vulnerable to secondary illnesses, but on occasion a doctor may not be able to find an adequate replacement drug therapy.
Right in today’s society people don’t think AIDS is a big deal because of the new treatments keeping people living longer. But in fact it is still a BIG DEAL. Even though they have new treatments HIV/AIDS is still something that you don’t wanna get. And as you pointed out some of these new treatments are ineffective on some of the AIDS patients that a lot of these HIV treatment commercials don’t point out. So I feel like these HIV treatment commercials in the present day causes more harm than good.
And that's not even taking into account what can happen when two HIV-infected people have unprotected sex with each other and they both have different HIV strains that could possibly combine, hence the term HIV superinfection.
We've come along way from the early days of HIV/AIDS.. Things have changed so much. In those days if u found out u had hiv it was like u were waiting to die. Now these days which meds and taking care of urself it's not like that anymore.
True but HIV/AIDS is something you still don’t wanna get. The HIV/AIDS treatments can be ineffective for some patients who have the disease.
@@rwall3450 Not to mention the different strains of HIV that could combine and make things worse.
@@rwall3450 The medications are also extremely expensive. Which is why it is still a death sentence in developing countries where most people cannot afford them.
When I was riding/walking to work very early in the morning, replaying the end of this ad in my head, especially the winding down of the music, creeped me the fuck out. This ad works.
This was one of the ones that really made me think compared to many of the others. Very powerful
This is one of the better AIDS PSA's, although it's pretty creepy to see it on the TV
Morticians usually prepare the dead body for viewing such as embalming the body and applying makeup to make the person look more alive, so the loved ones have a pleasant final memory of the deceased.
The mortician who did the work for Mark really had his/her/their hands full since a person who has full-blown AIDS, especially in its final stages, really looks terrible.
He never worried about getting Covid19. He just did
This was a very effective - and disturbing - PSA. Maybe we need more of 'em.
We do. A lot of people today think the disease isn’t a big deal but it still is.
We do indeed. Because the antiretrovirals work at extending an HIV-infected person's lifespan (most of the time), but they are not a cure.
Woah. How did I miss this one growing up?
They never aired this one as often as they should have.
It's also a reminder that anybody can be HIV-infected and that HIV does not care about anything except three words: "Are you human?"
Truly belongs in the “Don’t let this happen to you “ section.
Oh God I remember this.
This one is pretty good and effective.
I like that rock n roll music it blends well with the dead body
He never worried about being in the Internet. He just did.
Christ, that was creepy.
there's a partnership for a drug free america ad with the same concept.
And an anti-speeding one from the UK.
Yes, you're right... and it's not for the faint of heart!
m.ruclips.net/video/nb_gNGEM3BE/видео.html
... and the alternate version a poster added in the comments there:
m.ruclips.net/video/Mjjmnm4Ue5Q/видео.html
Is there a better quality version of this ad anywhere?
I know it's a serious ad,but the music is brilliant.
I don't know. I'll have to look.
how cool!! I kinda guess he was dressing for his own open-casket funeral, but the idea is fantastic!
Not the god warrior mom at the end 🤣🤣🤣
0:22 Let this be a lesson, don't let this happen to you. Don't die.
And now a word from our sponsor 0:31
@SomeWhereInTheSouth The mortician usually applies makeup to make the deceased look alive. But this poor guy probably look like zombies.
That's to reveal how much damage HIV does to a person's body from the inside out.
And many end-stage People With AIDS certainly look like the zombies you just mentioned on account of wasting syndrome and more than several diseases wreaking havoc at the same time.
@@thecajunphoenix That's gotta be absolute hell at its worst. Thankfully now we have medication that helps keep the virus at bay so it doesn't develop into full blown AIDS.
@@RyanSellman1 You are right about that being Hell and then some.
Still, antiretrovirals are only a start, and HIV itself has so many different strains it's very difficult to keep all of the strains of HIV at bay.
@@thecajunphoenix Yeah. It would be nice to see a cure eventually.
I remember that partnership for a drug free America used this very ad but with crack instead of AIDS.
@KaijuEigaMan88 They probably left or started making softie psas.
Mine as well.
They did the same dark plot twist with anti crack PSA!
ruclips.net/video/nb_gNGEM3BE/видео.html
Let's see how much of a field day Doug Walker has with this PSA in his next commercials video.
It got awfully Suspect around 0:20 that he Was dead in a coffin a bit before the end of the Guitar Riff.. I think it was supposed to make you think for a very quick second then reveal what you just suspected. Great PSA
P.S yes I know Sus Amogus
"Get hin out of here"
"He's got AIIDDDSSS"
The rat people from Captian Planet.
The scariest thing about this (except the internet lurker logo) is the fact that Mark *really* looked dead. It's either by a good make-up artist or they used a dead body.
Probably the former
Hey you guys I have a question. I remember my best friend telling me about this ad, only she said that the actual stiff (forgive my expression) is actually talking. I could have sworn that there are two versions of this ad floating aorund. Are there??
That's something even I don't know about.
ruclips.net/video/nb_gNGEM3BE/видео.html
Any of you know the meaning of that ring? Or know what kind of ring it is?
It's a class ring. A lot of students get them when they graduate high school, especially athletes.
Thank you very much for the response 😊
@@minuetteultraviolet You're welcome, glad I could help!
This one looks similar to the "Suit" PSA about crack.
Hey, it got the point across, right?
@UltiMattUK But the ad works, right?
Not just you.
wtf!😭😭😭😭😨😨😨😨😨😨
He never worried about getting the Anally Inflicted Death Sentence. He just took the Hershey Highway and did