Like Father Like Son - Anti Smoking PSA 1967

It was the Halloween episode where Bart turns Homer into a jack-in-the-box (a spoof of the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life"). I thought I was the only person who noticed it!

Speaking of disturbing commercials from the '60s... there was one from the "Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?" series, maybe 0:15, that showed a wind-up monkey playing a drum, and a voiceover saying something like, "I've heard that people who are hooked on heroin have a monkey on their back... isn't that cute?" Then the camera does a sudden close-up on the monkey's face as it turns vicious and makes an evil sound. Don't know if it kept me from trying heroin, but it never made me wanna start.

Another of my earliest TV memories. What a headrush seeing it again. It disturbed me in several ways. Always thought it looked like the kid hurled a rock @ his dad after father launched his. Re-watch & see what I mean w/ screen direction & all. Plus the kid springs up & pops his dad in the face w/ a water pistol! What a devil child; must've grown up to be Damien in The Omen. If the old man didn't die from lung cancer, that little toe-headed demon from Hell was sure to get him in a sneak attack.

I remember this ad

I used to love picking up my dad's cigs and sticking my nose in the packet. They smelled all fresh and yummy

Johnny Smoke is on here if you have a look

Ha ha...didn't think of that! I actually have the MST3K version on DVD.

Sounds like Tom Bosley ( Howard Cunningham ) doing the "Like father like son" narration.

Brad Pitt was born 18 Dec 1963 (per Wikipedia). This ad was released around 1967 .Brad Pitt would have been 3-4, which is consistent with the apparent age of the child in this ad.

Looks like deleted scenes from MANOS-THE HANDS OF FATE.

I doubt it's Brad. This guy would have to be around 46 by now.

Ha! I would have picked it up. Too bad I missed that one. D'oh!

I remember another PSA that first aired about the same time as this one. I think it was by the American Cancer Society. It showed a series of warning signs and labels creeping out of the shadows-"FLAMMABLE","POISON","RR CROSSING" etc. It ended by showing the surgeon general's warning on a pack of smokes with the implication that it should be taken as seriously as the others. Does anyone remember this one? I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

That little kid grew up to be very famous.
Give up?
Its Brad Pitt.

YES! That blew me away, although it must be ten years ago. I'm sure only a few of us got the joke.