@@jamesesterline I do. His name is Elias Jacob (1928-1992). He was in the final episode of season 1 of 'The Love Boat', which aired on May 20, 1978. He portrayed Herman Bass and although he was featured regularly in the episode, he uttered not one line.
In the super mario tv show there used to be scenes with real life actors before the start of each episode, those actors really show how they'd look like too
@@HenriqueMuitI used to watch that. I also watched the old Mario live action movie as well. So to me, this rendition of the Mario universe feels right at home to me.
@@kaj7135Well if you look at the animated characters in the game, you’ll see that they’re both wearing red shirts, Luigi has his familiar green overalls, but Mario’s overalls are blue.
💯 I enjoyed this, this was a bit before my time but it brought me back to playing it on atari with my brother in the early 90s, I only knew mario from the NES games so it was weird seeing Mario in this game amd donkey kong
People are gonna argue about Luigi saying “Mario, Where are you?” in the movie being a reference to this commercial once more people discover it, and it’s gonna be hilarious lmao
No internet. You had to make every second of airtime count back then. Now they intentionally make all ads shitty and annoying so you’ll pay for “premium” services.
Something’s gumming up the plumbing Poor Luigi’s in a bind Giant turtles out to get him Creepy crabs are right behind Fighter flies, jeepers, yipes! They’re all coming out the pipes Mario, where are you?
It's Atari Mario Bros. with Mario from Donkey Kong, his brother Luigi, and lots of crazy creatures, and it's twice the fun when two play at once 'cause you need all the help you can get.
@@aaronjones6299 This actually came long before the Super Mario Bros Super Show on NBC. This was for the 1983 Atari game, while Super Show premiered in '89.
From this commercial I gather that Luigi was the original plumber in the family. And after the incident with Donkey Kong, Mario got fired from his carpenter job and gets a job helping out his brother
I think that the ad also proves that Luigi is the hard working responsible one and Mario is the cowardly lazy oof. Luigi isn't yelling for Mario because he's scared and needs Mario to rescue him, he's yelling because Mario is late for work and things are getting out of hand because Luigi is a man short.
@@SlayerRunefrost Luigi seems visibly more worried and anxious than angry. Plus, it has been established multiple times throughout the franchise that Luigi has always been the coward who tries to get out of involvement in Mario's adventures (despite being naturally more physically capable) while Mario is the one always walking whole plains, caves, deserts, shores, jungles, mountains in the sky, the clouds themselves, and volcano-adjacent locations in the Dark Lands just to save the Princess every week.
I miss old video game commercials! I love that they would try to act out scenes from the actual game and also they would show the gameplay. Nowadays it's just cut scenes. You can't even really get a full scope of what you're getting into because all you're being shown is cutscenes the whole time
I suppose its because back then with the limited graphics commercial creators had to use their imagination to create fun scenes like this in order to get people hyped.
I couldn’t agree more. I also think that same imagination went into the development of games back then. Unlike the raw sewage that passes for games nowadays.
Honestly people are getting less and less tolerance for that shit. You usually get a CG reveal trailer, but every game nowadays has a gameplay trailer, and if it doesn't, it's really suspect.
Easily the most accurate live action depiction of Mario I’ve ever seen. They even nailed Luigi’s personality, which Nintendo themselves didn’t decide on untill Luigi’s Mansion.
Of all the places to source the music for their video game commercial, Atari/Nintendo chose the theme from "Car 54, Where Are You?" A sitcom from 1961 A gaming company needs to bring this back at least once, like have the next Red Dead game trailer be set to the Andy Griffith theme
Luigi is not a coward he literally went through a haunted mansion to save his brother and he tried to save his brother in the sewers of giant crabs and giant turtles he’s a hero
a true coward isn't just someone who expresses their fear, it's someone who runs away when they're needed the most. Luigi is always there for his friends, he's not a coward, he's just the neurotic brother; Mario is just more emotionally stable he's not braver, in fact Luigi is kinda braver for constantly overcoming his fear, perchance.
Something's gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind! Giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind! Fighter Flies! JEEPERS! YIKES! They're all coming out the pipes!! *MAAARIO WHERE ARE YOU?!*
It's Atari MARIO BROS., with Mario from DONKEY KONG, his brother Luigi and lots of crazy creatures, and it's twice the fun when two play at once, cause you need all the help you can get!
I'd love a Mario horror game where you play as Luigi fixing the broken pipes while being chased by nightmare inducing koopas, fireflies, and creepy crabs.
I imagine a mix of Iron Lung and FNAF for the art style. It could be a pseudo-3D game, like Sister Location. The game could follow Luigi in the same situation as the commercial, but for several nights. At the end, it’s revealed Mario was too busy fighting off DK, leading to Luigi dying a horrible fate, stuck in the sewers.
@@roymakescomics_Luigi's Mansion_ consists entirely of Luigi fighting supernatural horrors, solving puzzles, and obtaining keys to make forward progress-not the sort of horror game we're talking about.
"Something's scouring the tower, poor Peppino is in a bind! Giant pizza out to get him, he's-a gonna lose his mind! but there's he can do, if cannot his crew GUSTAVO, WHERE ARE YOU!"
"Waiting, hesitating til' my clock runs out of time instant failure if he gets me WHY ARE YOU SO HARD TO FIND? if you want to get your cash you had better double dash MR STICK, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
To this day, franchise remains obscure. Super Mario Bros. became 10th best selling game in 1984. Reviewers describe it as a "fine hidden gem for NES enthusiasts overshadowed at release by such big hits as Hudson's Nuts & Milk and Super Pitfall". [4]
It's Atari Mario Bros. with Mario from Donkey Kong, his brother Luigi and lots of crazy creatures! And it's twice the fun when two play at once, cause you need all the help you can get! *MAAAARIO WHERE ARE YOU?* Mario Brothers, new from Atari!
@@nintendosage77 not then! We couldn’t find one around to save our lives! I finally found one more than thirty years later at a flea market at a retro game stand!
Hey, does anybody know the name of the actor who plays Luigi here? I mean, he IS technically the first actor to ever play the role. I feel like it'd be unfair if it was impossible to find out who this guy is/was.
You know you probably wouldn't like Mario. He'd be your landlord and be this obnoxious short guy that becomes 10 feet tall after taking drugs (mushrooms). And nobody would like X-men's the Wolverine unless he made them with the exception of the guy who contracts him out to kill people and then only from behind a desk in another country.
Since I'm a 90s kid when I hear Mario brothers i think super Mario and when I hear donkey Kong I think donkey Kong country. Amazing how far they went from their roots.
The thing that has always been interesting to me about Luigi is that he ACTS like a coward, yet he still gets shit done. Like. He never DOESN'T follow through. I think that's partially what makes me like him so much.
Agreed, it makes him a more developed character compared to Mario in a way. Bravery doesn't mean not experiencing fear. It means continuing forward IN SPITE of your fear.
TV Tropes uses Luigi as the example of a Cowardly Lion, he is afraid of everything, but he gets the job done especially when his brother and friends are in danger.
@Bro Dude wasn't that the whole lesson of The Cowardly Lion, that he was actually brave because he would fight to protect his friends. Same thing with Scarecrow, he was actually smart as he was the one who would come up with solutions to their problems, same with Tin man, he was actually kind as he was shown to care for others.
Little known fact: This advert's song was actually a parody of the theme to an old TV show called "Car 54, Where Are You?". Also some portions of the VeggieTales song "The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps" were based off that same melody as well.
The real top comment is this one! Not goofballs arguing about Luigi being a coward or yarping about the Mario Bros. live action movie. We need people keeping the real trivia like this alive.
@@bludeuce3855 ERM ACSHTUALLY☝🏻🤓 I'm aware, fool. The latter song was released in 1999. No way did I say it was before this advert. Go ahead, click Dislike on both my comments
@@bludeuce3855 ERM ACSHTUALLY☝🏻🤓 I'm aware, fool. The latter song was released in 1999. No way did I say it was before this advert. Go ahead, click Dislike on both my comments
Lyrics. "Something's coming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind, giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind, fireflies, jeepers, yikes! they're all coming out the pipes... MAAAARIOOO, WHERE ARE YOU!!!"
To be fair, this was Luigi's first appearance; it would be hard to say he was from anything else when he literally didn't appear in anything else at the time.
@@MrNoobNub Actually, it was the Game and Watch game "Mario Bros" where they worked in a bottle factory, that was Luigi's first appearance. Though he's literally just a shadow with a hat and the name "Luigi". Mario Bros the arcade game would be his first true debut.
It was actually super Mario 3 where Luigi was changed to look different. Super Mario 2 in Japan used the same sprites as super mario. The american super mario 2 took Luigi's design from super mario 3. Which launched in Japan the same month super mario 2 launched in the u.s.
Luigi was still fat in the "Super" games too, especially in Super Mario Bros 3 where both Mario and Luigi had those huge potbellies *(although in the newer versions like in All-Stars or Super Mario Advance they have him slimmed down).* It wasn't until the N64 games where he was considerately slimmer than Mario. Although games like Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games show Luigi has the same porportions as Mario. Mario's actually not as fat as he used to be either, he looks sort of thinner himself just not to the extent as Luigi. Also, both of them were depicted to be middle-aged back then as well. It wasn't until the early 2000s when they were aged down to be in their mid-20s.
Long Long time ago. In a Gaming Console far far away. There was the Atari 2600, and it had 3 Nintendo Games. Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior and Mario Bros the arcade games. Then the 1983 North American Video Game Market crash happened.
One of my earliest memories was going to my neighbors house to play their Atari/this. When SMB3 came out, I loved that it had that VS mode that was a throwback to original Mario.
I remember seeing this as a young kid. I wanted that game so badly! Finally got it on NES. Man, I forget how long I've been around sometimes. Don't worry. It will happen to you, too. ;P
"To stop those monsters, one-two-three, Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free, It's got Paul Anka's guarantee ... MAAARRRIIIOOO WHERE AAARRREEE YOOOOU?!"
man, rip to the actor in this. his acting is definitely very lively and cartoony, nice catchy song, visually it is kinda uncanny and i could imagine to really young kids a bit terrifying but i imagine they mustve put a lot of thought into this, and just for a 30 second ad
God, when he sang "Mario where are you!?" I was 4 years old again. I remember running around screaming that and annoying my mother lol. LIfe is so short.
When saw I this as a kid I thought Mario isn't there because he has run out of lives and is now dead, but Luigi doesn't know it yet. That was a pretty creepy thought for such a comical commercial.
@@TheRealJochen No but most modern people just see Donkey Kong as a "mario character". People are mostly familiar with him in Mario spinoffs, modern Donkey Kong merchandise branding is under the "Super Mario" label and even the Mario Movie pushed this association further
TIL, this is an homage to the Car 54 Where are You Theme. Leave it to old people to reference an even older thing that none of the kids would have gotten back in the day.
I don't think he's singing.
He's genuinely terrified.
This is 100% what italian people sound like when in distress.
Thats normal, I suppose.
@@Mick_92 i live in italy XD
Both
Why did I read this to the tune of the song 😅
I like how this one-off American Atari commercial ended up turning Luigi into a coward sidekick for the rest of the series.
Luigi's not a coward - cowards don't turn up. Poor suffering bastard playing second fiddle to his stumpy douchebag brother? But naturally.
And the animated series too
Coward? Nigga owns a haunted mansion..
@@VWDAWGXP Okay, can we please not use that word?
Nacho cheese
Love Luigi’s actor in this, he’s clearly having a great time shooting this commercial
Fun fact: no one knows who the actor is
Luigi lost weight after this. He was so scared he stopped eating.
@@jamesesterline looks like Horacio Sans from SNL 😅
@@jamesesterline I do. His name is Elias Jacob (1928-1992). He was in the final episode of season 1 of 'The Love Boat', which aired on May 20, 1978. He portrayed Herman Bass and although he was featured regularly in the episode, he uttered not one line.
@@Spookje09 source?
This is actually, what I'd Imagine Mario and Luigi to look like back in 1983
In the super mario tv show there used to be scenes with real life actors before the start of each episode, those actors really show how they'd look like too
It disturbs me that Luigi is wearing red tho…
@@HenriqueMuitI used to watch that. I also watched the old Mario live action movie as well. So to me, this rendition of the Mario universe feels right at home to me.
@@kaj7135Well if you look at the animated characters in the game, you’ll see that they’re both wearing red shirts, Luigi has his familiar green overalls, but Mario’s overalls are blue.
? Theres no mario, only a fat luigi who looks like mario should
Kind of crazy how back then, Mario's claim to fame was that he was the guy from Donkey Kong.
Mario is rude luigi is best
@@buggybugs2143 Luigi is the Pope!
Featuring Mario from Donkey Kong
He was called Jumpman then.
There's another game before that.
It's like Luigi's Mansion...before Luigi's Mansion.
And no ghosts insted flys crabs and turtals
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@@scott56994 dont reply the same one change it stupid delete it
Gotta say, not a bad commercial. It's quite charming and well-made.
💯 I enjoyed this, this was a bit before my time but it brought me back to playing it on atari with my brother in the early 90s, I only knew mario from the NES games so it was weird seeing Mario in this game amd donkey kong
@@rossrobertson674ikr it's crazy how long time ago Mario used to be on Atari but not on other consoles. I only know Mario as a Nintendo only thing.
@@yaboijuanito1460 I guess technically it was on an arcade machine and then on atari
People are gonna argue about Luigi saying “Mario, Where are you?” in the movie being a reference to this commercial once more people discover it, and it’s gonna be hilarious lmao
Man, you really got to appreciate how much effort they put into a 30 second advertisement back in the 80s.
And it's one million times better than these days' commercials. It's so stupid it actually gives you a laugh.
Better than the live action Disney remakes
I vaguely remember seeing this commercial during saturday morning cartoons.
No internet. You had to make every second of airtime count back then. Now they intentionally make all ads shitty and annoying so you’ll pay for “premium” services.
seriously, ads has devolved so much
from "Memorable Song" to "Oh cool Sonic has nice shoes" to "I CAN'T REACH PINK COLOUR"
"His mustache is falling off."
Director: "Who the F cares? Keep rolling!"
how did i not notice that
This comment deserves more likes.
Hahahaha
My guess is it was done on purpose for effect. It's too obvious for it to be a mistake. It was the first thing I noticed when I saw the thumbnail
@pkmnrgby 9698 That is disinformation and I'm gonna paddle your ass boy. I am old enough to be your grandfather.
Something’s gumming up the plumbing
Poor Luigi’s in a bind
Giant turtles out to get him
Creepy crabs are right behind
Fighter flies, jeepers, yipes!
They’re all coming out the pipes
Mario, where are you?
LUIGI I'M COMING
I'M A COMING LUIGI
LOL
Congratulations on getting N64 likes.
It's Atari Mario Bros. with Mario from Donkey Kong, his brother Luigi, and lots of crazy creatures, and it's twice the fun when two play at once 'cause you need all the help you can get.
Luigi’s actor looks a lot more like Mario.
This commercial pretty much paved the way for the Super Mario Bros. tv show some years later.
Luigi doesn't get any respect. Not even in the old days.
This may have even been the first piece of media to display Luigi as being a coward.
@@RWBYraikou888 it was the second being the Mario Bros TV show and the one to truly make it a main stay being Luigi's Mansion
Luigi isn't a coward, he's just very cautious.
@@aaronjones6299 This actually came long before the Super Mario Bros Super Show on NBC. This was for the 1983 Atari game, while Super Show premiered in '89.
Luigi Dangerfield
It’s crazy how They literally made Luigi here look like a color swapped Mario
Heck, he even looks like Bob Hoskins.
Well, it was before Luigi were made taller and lankier to distinguish him from his brother.
i fr thought it was mario and was so confused on why mario was asking where mario was lmao
Why does Luigi look like Mario?
It looks like Mario is calling for himself...
But his hat says "Luigi"
I guess Luigi wasn't yet established as the skinny one.
@@Red-Wolf-Ben In the game footage shown here it looks like Luigi is just as fat as Mario.
@@LetoAtreides82 Exactly!
He doesn't hit his growth spurt and weight loss until the gap between super mario bros 1 and 2.
From this commercial I gather that Luigi was the original plumber in the family. And after the incident with Donkey Kong, Mario got fired from his carpenter job and gets a job helping out his brother
As I see it, Luigi wanted Mario to get out of his depressed state after the break up with Pauline to join him and his plumbing business
That's not far from the story put forth by the print ads.
I think that the ad also proves that Luigi is the hard working responsible one and Mario is the cowardly lazy oof. Luigi isn't yelling for Mario because he's scared and needs Mario to rescue him, he's yelling because Mario is late for work and things are getting out of hand because Luigi is a man short.
@@SlayerRunefrost while what you said is definitely right and a funny interaction to imagine, idk how tf it proves what you said is right
@@SlayerRunefrost Luigi seems visibly more worried and anxious than angry. Plus, it has been established multiple times throughout the franchise that Luigi has always been the coward who tries to get out of involvement in Mario's adventures (despite being naturally more physically capable) while Mario is the one always walking whole plains, caves, deserts, shores, jungles, mountains in the sky, the clouds themselves, and volcano-adjacent locations in the Dark Lands just to save the Princess every week.
🎶MAAARIO WHERE AAARE YOU?!🎶
I died
Matti A. Dd
@@boriselloboparody7685 so did Luigi, immediately after the camera cut he was beheaded by the crab claws
soooo...MARIO IS MISSING!
Where the f you at Mar-io?
"It's twice the fun when two play at once"
They say right as Mario screws over Luigi
The announcer says "Mary-oh"
I thought I was the only one bothered by that. XD
That’s how people from the uk (like me) pronounce his name instead of Mar-Reo
That's how it pronounced
@@ShunkunJr The name is Italian, put the word "Mario" in a TTS that speaks Italian and you'll hear "Mahr-ee-o."
Mério is as bad as Worio. Like, they SAY their names, and people still say them wrong. “Flip the M in Mério upside-down and you get Worio”... -_-
I miss old video game commercials! I love that they would try to act out scenes from the actual game and also they would show the gameplay. Nowadays it's just cut scenes. You can't even really get a full scope of what you're getting into because all you're being shown is cutscenes the whole time
I suppose its because back then with the limited graphics commercial creators had to use their imagination to create fun scenes like this in order to get people hyped.
@@adrianoippolito1999 Perhaps. Still kind of a shame they let the cutscenes do all the work. At least these were memorable.
I couldn’t agree more.
I also think that same imagination went into the development of games back then. Unlike the raw sewage that passes for games nowadays.
Honestly people are getting less and less tolerance for that shit. You usually get a CG reveal trailer, but every game nowadays has a gameplay trailer, and if it doesn't, it's really suspect.
@@adrianoippolito1999 Now they just consist of cut-scenes that rarely show the actual gameplay.
Easily the most accurate live action depiction of Mario I’ve ever seen.
They even nailed Luigi’s personality, which Nintendo themselves didn’t decide on untill Luigi’s Mansion.
Of all the places to source the music for their video game commercial, Atari/Nintendo chose the theme from "Car 54, Where Are You?" A sitcom from 1961
A gaming company needs to bring this back at least once, like have the next Red Dead game trailer be set to the Andy Griffith theme
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who noticed that.
imagine watching the new GTA trailer and then it's set to The Simpsons Theme
Yes, Car 54! I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if that was deliberate, or an accident?
@@ryancampbell955how could this be an accident?
R.I.P luigi he was eaten by a crab
Luigi : im alivie!!
50 ways to die ft Lugi:
Hugged by a crab, cut in half by the Spirit Reaper...
That was larry the lobster lmao
LOL XD
Giant enemy crab
Ah, the era when Mario and Luigi looked the same.
It's weird that Luigi's unique design didn't really begin to stick until the SNES era with Super Mario Kart and All-Stars.
El Mario Verde
Yes, they're called Mario Twins.
This commercial is much more accurated, aesthetically speaking, than the movie
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to those who see this after the illumination movie, they mean the original live action film.
They got us on the first half.
@@davidthecommenter still better than that movie
@@Hippie629 I prefer the mario movie over twilight. XD at least its bad enough that its good ._. twilight makes me depressed
Maybe Luigi should have called NYPD & ask them to send car 54 to him for help
I thought the guy was Mario at first.. I'm like why the heck is he calling to himself lol
freestyla85 same
I didn't even realize it was supposed to be Luigi at first. I just figured it was some random plumber who needed Mario's help.
It LITERALLY calls him Luigi within the first 3 seconds...
The guy who role as Luigi. He made Luigi become fatter.
Luigi is not a coward he literally went through a haunted mansion to save his brother and he tried to save his brother in the sewers of giant crabs and giant turtles he’s a hero
Player 2 is #1!
a true coward isn't just someone who expresses their fear, it's someone who runs away when they're needed the most. Luigi is always there for his friends, he's not a coward, he's just the neurotic brother; Mario is just more emotionally stable he's not braver, in fact Luigi is kinda braver for constantly overcoming his fear, perchance.
The Mario & Luigi series would like to have a word with you.
Thank you! There’s a difference between being scared out of your mind and being a coward
No matter how scared he is.
This has huge historical value- it’s the first time we saw Luigi portrayed by an actor.
Something's gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind! Giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind! Fighter Flies! JEEPERS! YIKES! They're all coming out the pipes!!
*MAAARIO WHERE ARE YOU?!*
It's Atari MARIO BROS., with Mario from DONKEY KONG, his brother Luigi and lots of crazy creatures, and it's twice the fun when two play at once, cause you need all the help you can get!
MAAARIO WHERE ARE YOU?!
retrogamelover2012 Mario Brothers! New from Atari!
(Luigi holds a white flag)
(Luigi goes in a pipe)
I'd love a Mario horror game where you play as Luigi fixing the broken pipes while being chased by nightmare inducing koopas, fireflies, and creepy crabs.
I'm envisioning a hybrid of _Mario Bros_ and _Five Nights At Freddy's_ of sorts. That could be great.
I imagine a mix of Iron Lung and FNAF for the art style. It could be a pseudo-3D game, like Sister Location. The game could follow Luigi in the same situation as the commercial, but for several nights. At the end, it’s revealed Mario was too busy fighting off DK, leading to Luigi dying a horrible fate, stuck in the sewers.
You dudes never heard of Luigi's Mansion apparently...
@@roymakescomics_Luigi's Mansion_ consists entirely of Luigi fighting supernatural horrors, solving puzzles, and obtaining keys to make forward progress-not the sort of horror game we're talking about.
"Something's scouring the tower,
poor Peppino is in a bind!
Giant pizza out to get him,
he's-a gonna lose his mind!
but there's he can do,
if cannot his crew
GUSTAVO, WHERE ARE YOU!"
"Waiting, hesitating
til' my clock runs out of time
instant failure if he gets me
WHY ARE YOU SO HARD TO FIND?
if you want to get your cash
you had better double dash
MR STICK, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Before Super Mario 64,
they did a Car 54. :P
Ok boomer
You noticed that too, huh?
I remember this ad. It was a few years later, watching Car 54 on Nick at Nite, that I made this connection. Happy memories.
It's lovely to see these obscure long forgotten video game characters.
Yep very obscure and very hidden i never heard of them i dont think this series would be even closer to sonic the hedgehog
To this day, franchise remains obscure. Super Mario Bros. became 10th best selling game in 1984. Reviewers describe it as a "fine hidden gem for NES enthusiasts overshadowed at release by such big hits as Hudson's Nuts & Milk and Super Pitfall". [4]
Fun Fact: This is based on the theme song to the old sitcom "Car 54 Where Are You?"!
I've seen this rhyme before as an ad in old comic books, but never knew they did a full commercial like this! Nice!
This is a parody song of car 54 where are you theme song
Something's gumming up the plumbing...Poor Luigi's in a bind. Giant turtles out to get him. Creepy crabs are right behind.
Fighter Flies, Jeepers Jipes, they're all coming up the pipes! Mario, where are you?
It's Atari Mario Bros. with Mario from Donkey Kong, his brother Luigi and lots of crazy creatures! And it's twice the fun when two play at once, cause you need all the help you can get!
*MAAAARIO WHERE ARE YOU?*
Mario Brothers, new from Atari!
commercial Next
*Mario, where art thou?*
Luigi lost a lot of weight. Little known fact: the extra skin was how Waluigi was made.
I remember seeing this on tv back in 1983, dad bought it for us for the 5200! Loved that game; still have it to this day!😊
did you also get the VCS converter for it? Atari did their own ColecoVision thing (made an attachment to play 2600/VCS games).
@@nintendosage77 not then! We couldn’t find one around to save our lives! I finally found one more than thirty years later at a flea market at a retro game stand!
“MARIO WHERE ARE YOU?”
Meanwile Mario:
“Luigi Will Be Fine”
I've just watched the Mario movie.. I thought of this commercial in that scene where
Luigi is trapped in the cage and says "Mario where are you?"
Hey, does anybody know the name of the actor who plays Luigi here? I mean, he IS technically the first actor to ever play the role. I feel like it'd be unfair if it was impossible to find out who this guy is/was.
I was wondering the same thing! Too bad it's so difficult to find credits for commercials.
You know you probably wouldn't like Mario. He'd be your landlord and be this obnoxious short guy that becomes 10 feet tall after taking drugs (mushrooms). And nobody would like X-men's the Wolverine unless he made them with the exception of the guy who contracts him out to kill people and then only from behind a desk in another country.
What do you think dumbass? This was fucking 37+ years ago, and people don't even know about this game. Jesus Christ.
@@whenyounutinhermouthandshe chill bro
ElvenRaptor ever got his name ?
I like how this commerical from 83 managed to perfectly encapsulate Luigi's personally far before it was established
Who just now got this amazing piece of history in there recommended?
Since I'm a 90s kid when I hear Mario brothers i think super Mario and when I hear donkey Kong I think donkey Kong country. Amazing how far they went from their roots.
The thing that has always been interesting to me about Luigi is that he ACTS like a coward, yet he still gets shit done. Like. He never DOESN'T follow through. I think that's partially what makes me like him so much.
Especially in his own games my boy goes to work 👑
Agreed, it makes him a more developed character compared to Mario in a way. Bravery doesn't mean not experiencing fear. It means continuing forward IN SPITE of your fear.
courage doesn't mean the absence of fear, it means that you pull yourself together to get through thefear and do what has to be done. This is Luigi.
TV Tropes uses Luigi as the example of a Cowardly Lion, he is afraid of everything, but he gets the job done especially when his brother and friends are in danger.
@Bro Dude wasn't that the whole lesson of The Cowardly Lion, that he was actually brave because he would fight to protect his friends. Same thing with Scarecrow, he was actually smart as he was the one who would come up with solutions to their problems, same with Tin man, he was actually kind as he was shown to care for others.
80's commercials were the best!
0:05
Mario: Oh no! My pipes have crabs!
Guy: You should see a doctor.
Mario: I am a doctor!
But Doctor, I am Pagliacci
Based on the Theme to "Car 54 Where Are You?"
Good catch, dude!
You sonomabitch I hate you
I like how "Car 54" has 4 syllables but "Mario" only has 3.
“Somethings scouring the tower, poor Peppinos in a bind,”
"Giant pizzas out to get him, HE'S GONNA LOSE HIS MIND!"
But there’s nothing he can do, if he cannot find his crew,
Gustavo, where are you?
Waiting, hesitating, till my clock runs out of time,
@@SqweegeeYT it's a failure if he gets me, 🇼 🇭 🇾 🇦 🇷 🇪 🇾 🇴 🇺 🇸 🇴 🇭 🇦 🇷 🇩 🇹 🇴 🇫 🇮 🇳 🇩 ?
this is probably the first depiction of luigi being a sort of scared cat coward, so awesome to see how these characters were originally depicted
thought that crab was gonna snap luigi's neck for a second there...
It’s what the Live action movie should have been
One of the very few two player games of the era. Many fond memories.
When I went to see the Mario movie I was wondering if they'd reference something as obscure as this, so I was really impressed that they did
The Luigi from the ad looks more like Mario.
I love his movements in this so much. They're so smooth and fun. It's only a few seconds, but it is genuinely entertaining to watch this commercial.
Plot twist: Mario was the crab
This shouldve been a movie. I want more liveaction marios
I have a humor story
The Mario Bros Live Action Movie it's the worst movie ever in the 90s.
Would love to see a Mario movie like this. Cheesy and fun.
I love the narrators gentle voice
The goals of my channel be like:
Little known fact: This advert's song was actually a parody of the theme to an old TV show called "Car 54, Where Are You?". Also some portions of the VeggieTales song "The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps" were based off that same melody as well.
The real top comment is this one! Not goofballs arguing about Luigi being a coward or yarping about the Mario Bros. live action movie. We need people keeping the real trivia like this alive.
I knew that song sounded familiar.
VEggietales didnt start until the 90s to theres no portions of one of their songs in the commerical
@@bludeuce3855
ERM ACSHTUALLY☝🏻🤓
I'm aware, fool. The latter song was released in 1999. No way did I say it was before this advert. Go ahead, click Dislike on both my comments
@@bludeuce3855
ERM ACSHTUALLY☝🏻🤓
I'm aware, fool. The latter song was released in 1999. No way did I say it was before this advert. Go ahead, click Dislike on both my comments
Nothing gets kids hyped for a new challenging game more than a Car 54 reference!
Lyrics.
"Something's coming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind, giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind, fireflies, jeepers, yikes! they're all coming out the pipes... MAAAARIOOO, WHERE ARE YOU!!!"
It’s Mario! You know, THE GUY FROM DONKEY KONG! And his brother Luigi, but nobody cares.
To be fair, this was Luigi's first appearance; it would be hard to say he was from anything else when he literally didn't appear in anything else at the time.
@@TheMGMfan Have You Forgot About Mario's Cement Factory?
@@MrNoobNub Actually, it was the Game and Watch game "Mario Bros" where they worked in a bottle factory, that was Luigi's first appearance. Though he's literally just a shadow with a hat and the name "Luigi". Mario Bros the arcade game would be his first true debut.
@@icanliveforever1243 What About The Donkey kong jr Intro Cutscene? There Hes Just A Mario Duplicate tho. ( i just learned bout it)
MrNoobNub what the oof do u mean
boy was Luigi fat like his brother before Super was a thing. guess Luigi went on a diet before 1985,
In 1985 SMB he still looked like Mario actually in the old art. It wasn't until the obscure 1986 anime movie, and SMB2 he looked different.
It was actually super Mario 3 where Luigi was changed to look different. Super Mario 2 in Japan used the same sprites as super mario.
The american super mario 2 took Luigi's design from super mario 3. Which launched in Japan the same month super mario 2 launched in the u.s.
Luigi was still fat in the "Super" games too, especially in Super Mario Bros 3 where both Mario and Luigi had those huge potbellies *(although in the newer versions like in All-Stars or Super Mario Advance they have him slimmed down).* It wasn't until the N64 games where he was considerately slimmer than Mario. Although games like Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games show Luigi has the same porportions as Mario. Mario's actually not as fat as he used to be either, he looks sort of thinner himself just not to the extent as Luigi.
Also, both of them were depicted to be middle-aged back then as well. It wasn't until the early 2000s when they were aged down to be in their mid-20s.
@@briannawilson8845 upon looking up videos of the new version you are correct.
He was told to lose 30 pounds and grow 10 inches or his agent would replace him.
His eyes actually full of terror
Luigi in this commerical even sounds like the Luigi in the Mario DIC Cartoons.
Luigi: Mario! Wherever you are! Heeellllllppppp!!!!!!!!
Mario: I'm-a coming, Luigi!
Luigi : x-x
This feels like something from an alternate universe.
The question still stands “mario, where the hell are you?”
0:24 "did they use real lobster claw to destroy and cut off this guy's throat?"
Remember this is before the franchise really took off. So weird to think about.
Long Long time ago.
In a Gaming Console far far away.
There was the Atari 2600, and it had 3 Nintendo Games.
Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior and Mario Bros the arcade games.
Then the 1983 North American Video Game Market crash happened.
This is educational. Mario was on Atari.
Even without all irony, I really enjoyed this commercial.
One of my earliest memories was going to my neighbors house to play their Atari/this. When SMB3 came out, I loved that it had that VS mode that was a throwback to original Mario.
Back then: Happy howdy dody neighborino music
Now: "In a world..... "
I remember seeing this as a young kid. I wanted that game so badly!
Finally got it on NES. Man, I forget how long I've been around sometimes. Don't worry. It will happen to you, too. ;P
0:25 Rest In Peace Luigi.
EDU 6859 #ConTV yeah!
Doesn't he get on the hole of the pipe's top?
Looks more like he would be resting in pieces after that attack.
He doesn't die watch the end of the commercial
Luigi looks like mario
Tristan Chenault because this was the first time Lugi has been with Mario
Fluffer cool Dude 9183 and they were the same size
He should be taller
Yeah back in the day Luigi was just mario but with other colors
He was just a palette swap of Mario until the late 80s-early 90s.
"To stop those monsters, one-two-three,
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free,
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee ...
MAAARRRIIIOOO WHERE AAARRREEE YOOOOU?!"
I actually really like the puppets used for the creatures in this commercial
man, rip to the actor in this.
his acting is definitely very lively and cartoony, nice catchy song, visually it is kinda uncanny and i could imagine to really young kids a bit terrifying but i imagine they mustve put a lot of thought into this, and just for a 30 second ad
He’s dead? 🤔
Here's the thing: Kids weren't pussies back then.
@mayamanign He was middle age and overweight in this vid, and that was 40 years ago, so chances aren’t great yafeelmeh?
@@chrlpolk Ron Jeremy is the same age and fatter and he's still kicking.
Oh man. The production value on old VG commercials was really something else.
there was a comic version of this ad around the same time, just goes to show how massive this was
God, when he sang "Mario where are you!?" I was 4 years old again. I remember running around screaming that and annoying my mother lol. LIfe is so short.
When saw I this as a kid I thought Mario isn't there because he has run out of lives and is now dead, but Luigi doesn't know it yet. That was a pretty creepy thought for such a comical commercial.
One of my favorite Smash Bros levels.
It's so surreal hearing Mario introduced as "Mario from Donkey Kong" in this
Then: It's Mario from Donkey Kong!
Now: It's Donkey Kong from Mario!
Cranky Kong: Where did I go wrong?
I dont think anybody has ever said donkey kong was from mario
@@TheRealJochen No but most modern people just see Donkey Kong as a "mario character". People are mostly familiar with him in Mario spinoffs, modern Donkey Kong merchandise branding is under the "Super Mario" label and even the Mario Movie pushed this association further
TIL, this is an homage to the Car 54 Where are You Theme. Leave it to old people to reference an even older thing that none of the kids would have gotten back in the day.
You have to admire amount of effort they put in this is commercial.
I'M OVER HERE LUIGI.
Mario a crab grabbed me from the neck
I just realized this song is to the tune of "Car 54, Where Are You?"
It was in reruns on Nick At Night while this ad was running IIRC.
The late,great George S.Irving who narrated episodes of Underdog is doing the voiceover in the Commercial ad.
This game just predicted Luigi's timidation.
Everyone keeps talking about Luigi being a coward or not a coward, the real question is where is Mario?