Fun fact: Anthony Daniels wrote this spot after doing some other PSAs. He told them he'd like to do an anti-smoking one, and they said that if he wrote it, they'd shoot it.
Our dear friend (and former smoker) Mike White created this spot, which won the Public Service Announcement Clio award in 1980. Mike worked for many health agencies and organizations, including the US Public Health Service and the CDC. He persuaded Lucas Films to allow the Star Wars characters to be used for this campaign to reduce childhood smoking. He passed away at age 83 on April 19, 2020, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Not to mention, even if you are a Droid, smoking can make you get very dirty, and I'll bet it's not good for your electrical components, metal, or paint. So don't smoke, R2-D2!
I used to squeal with joy when this and the other one (about vaccinations) would come on. I couldn't get ENOUGH of those droids. (I love the way Artoo is cheerfully whistling to himself as he smokes.)
+Jennifer Schillig LOL, yeah I was like, but 3PO he's so happy just listen to him. hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoot not a care in the world, then along comes this gold plated Nazi harshing his buzz.
This was my introduction to Star Wars when I was little. I didn't know why that weird, sad robot wouldn't let the little one smoke. My dad smoked all day. He seemed to like it. RIP Dad. P.S. I found the bones, Dad. The ones you buried in the yard. They weren't animal bones, Dad! They were people! Why DAD WHY?!
Sounds like R2 is actually doing bong hits I remember being like 4 or 5 when this PSA was on TV. I was very confused by 3P0 breaking the 4th wall at the end, since he didn't in any of the movies
Ahhh....the memories are strong with this one! I haven’t seen this PSA since I was a kid, when this first aired. I would get so excited whenever this would air. I absolutely couldn't get enough of Star Wars.
@@lilyo5248 his right leg definitely reflects the light a bit different from the rest of his body. The only reason some people can’t see it is because they process color slightly differently, are looking at too dim a screen for their lighting conditions, and/or the old-school video quality
@@AndrewMarinoOfficial anthony himself has talked about this.. depending on the camera angle/lighting the silver leg can reflect the gold one, ambient colors in the room, etc, (which is why it doesn't always look silver in some shots even in the original film)..
So he litters instead, dropping a burning cigarette indoors? Really, it's weird enough they did this with characters that don't have lungs, but it's even stranger that the picked the one without a mouth.
Here’s the thing: that was played during Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid so much that I have all the lines memorized to this day. All of R2’s lines. I can whistle R2D2’s dialogue from this commercial completely accurately thirty-five years after it aired. Sometimes I wonder why my brain holds on to random flotsam like that, but then I realize that given a choice, I would RATHER have R2D2’s dialogue from a cheesey anti-smoking PSA memorized than something useful. ANYBODY can know USEFUL stuff. Reply
Ian Osmond mine too! I have no info anyone can use. I can deliver commercial jingles, high notes, low notes, cartoon themes and timing and sounds. Anything I need to remember now? Gone with the first step towards another direction
"A message from a distant galaxay far, far away". Since Star Wars is taking place in the future, the word "Galaxay" may have been referring to the Samsung Galaxay phones that do exists today!
Just a few months ago, I had the honor of meeting Anthony Daniels at a con recently, and it was one of the greatest con-guest-meeting experiences ever. I got in his line and the minute he walked in the room, he walked past me and I said, "Hey, Mr. Daniels! I made you something!" I gave him this piece of fan art that I made that showed C-3PO saying the speech he gives at 0:43 with the text "C-3PO SAYS" preceding it. He was beyond happy to receive it and he read it out loud to the line as C-3PO and everyone applauded, including me. Super nice guy. I always loved C-3PO as a Star Wars character and this makes me love him even more.
I was expecting this to be cringey or be about marijuana but it really isn't bad at all, I like this. it's just a little weird seeing/hearing these characters doing a message like this.
wanna bye some death sticks? you dont want to sell me death sticks i dont want to sell you death stick you want to go home and rethink your life i want to go home and rethink my life
Here's looking at you Grievous.
Another cancer to my collection
Lolol this comment got me!!!! Great job!!!!
@@neilhannan7525 time to abandon smokig
You don't want to sell me death sticks.
I don't want to sell you death sticks. I want to go home and rethink my life.
Eh, I don't wanna sell you death sticks.
I wanna go home and rethink my life.
@@Mac14329 you want to go home and rethink your life
@@reptile1687 I'm gonna go home, rethink my life.
Fun fact: Anthony Daniels wrote this spot after doing some other PSAs. He told them he'd like to do an anti-smoking one, and they said that if he wrote it, they'd shoot it.
Good for him. That's a great way to use your notoriety for good.
@@ConceptJunkie this changed not a souls mind about smoking…
That's wonderful!
@@CaptainRockoBD DId mine. I don't eat poison.
"GALAXAY"
Would you smoke a J with R2 Dan?
Wow, that's uh...that's quite embarrassing
@@feistygheisty1980 who TF wouldn't
That's messed up I've seen this many times and I never noticed that till now
@@specterkev LOL same here
I always imagined R2-D2 as a blunt smoker. Smoking cigs brings him down a notch.
Agreed 😄
hes probably trying to get off them w normal cigs
Don't smoke kids
Our dear friend (and former smoker) Mike White created this spot, which won the Public Service Announcement Clio award in 1980. Mike worked for many health agencies and organizations, including the US Public Health Service and the CDC. He persuaded Lucas Films to allow the Star Wars characters to be used for this campaign to reduce childhood smoking. He passed away at age 83 on April 19, 2020, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
I remember this ad when it was running. I had R2 "lines" memorized lol. And to this day, I still have never smoked.
Same here!
Not to mention, even if you are a Droid, smoking can make you get very dirty, and I'll bet it's not good for your electrical components, metal, or paint. So don't smoke, R2-D2!
Okay
@@parker-boy98 okay
To be fair, at this point, R2 had seen some shit. Let him have a smoke.
“R2 do you really think I don’t have a heart”
“WhOoOoOoOo”
Translated: Nooo! (In a little kid voice!)
"What do you mean 'Of course, you great, golden jerk'?" 😉
They need to start replaying this on TV
Why???
'Cos it's funny and nerdy.
It's better than those real cost ads those things are disgusting
@@acoolcat. Well then it's working if you think it's disgusting
That is plays a positive message too
I used to squeal with joy when this and the other one (about vaccinations) would come on. I couldn't get ENOUGH of those droids.
(I love the way Artoo is cheerfully whistling to himself as he smokes.)
+Jennifer Schillig LOL, yeah I was like, but 3PO he's so happy just listen to him. hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoot not a care in the world, then along comes this gold plated Nazi harshing his buzz.
+Batman Laughed Gold plated nazi haha
@@batmanlaughed800 lmao
R.I.P. Kenny Baker.
who is he?
+Chesco the actor who plays R2-D2.
ohh he passed? I thought all the main actors were still alive
Alec Guiness??????
@@ChescoYT I have some bad news for you from the distant future of 2019
Why aren't the Avengers telling people not to smoke?
+ShantyIrishman The Avengers Are The Kool Kids.XD
Ben Grimm told kids not to do drugs.
Steve Rogers walks up to the camera and back straddles a wooden chair.
Steve: So, you think smoking makes you look cool. Let me tell you a story...
The Singularity Engine! Are you proud of me now father?!
you must be feeling pretty cool right now, with your fragile mortality slipping through the sands of time!
Owen has a farm you know!
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Unexpected Auralnauts.
This was my introduction to Star Wars when I was little. I didn't know why that weird, sad robot wouldn't let the little one smoke. My dad smoked all day. He seemed to like it.
RIP Dad.
P.S. I found the bones, Dad. The ones you buried in the yard. They weren't animal bones, Dad! They were people! Why DAD WHY?!
This comment is a roller coaster. And I love it
Lol- wtf? 🤣🤣
the what
I'VE LEARNED MORE FROM THIS PSA THEN IN SCHOOL!!
thank you for this awesome video, i will be showing this to my dad since he smokes and loves star wars!
Sounds like R2 is actually doing bong hits
I remember being like 4 or 5 when this PSA was on TV. I was very confused by 3P0 breaking the 4th wall at the end, since he didn't in any of the movies
Same. I recall being emotionally disturbed by this. Lol. I was probably 4-5.
I remember this! It was on an old Star Wars VHS tape.
Never thought I'd ever see R2-D2 smoking a cigarette... And I'm happy I did.
Keep up the good work Anthony Daniels
Trivia time: Anthony Daniels wrote the script for this.
I used to love this commercial, thanks for the memories :)
Well if R2-D2 thinks smoking makes you look grown up, that's good enough for me. I'm gonna go get a pack right now! :D
LMAO!!!! ME TOO!!!
Ahhh....the memories are strong with this one! I haven’t seen this PSA since I was a kid, when this first aired. I would get so excited whenever this would air. I absolutely couldn't get enough of Star Wars.
R2D2 is so cool
00:08 I dont think I've ever heard anything more cheerful than this from R2, he's holding a cigarette tho lol
Oldy but goody! I remember this commercial.
No silver leg on Threepio here.
PROVEN FACT VIDEOS it is silver. his right leg
no it isnt, look during the beginning. personally I think this took place before 3p0 was repaired with the wrong color leg.
@@lilyo5248 his right leg definitely reflects the light a bit different from the rest of his body. The only reason some people can’t see it is because they process color slightly differently, are looking at too dim a screen for their lighting conditions, and/or the old-school video quality
@@AndrewMarinoOfficial anthony himself has talked about this.. depending on the camera angle/lighting the silver leg can reflect the gold one, ambient colors in the room, etc, (which is why it doesn't always look silver in some shots even in the original film)..
Cigarettes? Shouldn't they call them "death sticks"?
I do that to give my dad (who smokes) a hard time lol.
that wasnt invented yet
The term death sticks came long after this ad. In a PSA, they need to call it what it is anyway.
So he litters instead, dropping a burning cigarette indoors?
Really, it's weird enough they did this with characters that don't have lungs, but it's even stranger that the picked the one without a mouth.
Then the starship catches fire....kills the rebel leadership... way to go, Artoo!!!!
Here’s the thing: that was played during Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid so much that I have all the lines memorized to this day.
All of R2’s lines.
I can whistle R2D2’s dialogue from this commercial completely accurately thirty-five years after it aired.
Sometimes I wonder why my brain holds on to random flotsam like that, but then I realize that given a choice, I would RATHER have R2D2’s dialogue from a cheesey anti-smoking PSA memorized than something useful. ANYBODY can know USEFUL stuff.
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I replied.
Ian Osmond mine too!
I have no info anyone can use.
I can deliver commercial jingles, high notes, low notes, cartoon themes and timing and sounds.
Anything I need to remember now? Gone with the first step towards another direction
I remember this commercial well when it first appeared on TV. I was upset to see R2 smoking.
Wouldn't seeing the cool, cute droid smoke, as the whiny killjoy droid berated him for it, actually make kids want to smoke more?
"A message from a distant galaxay far, far away". Since Star Wars is taking place in the future, the word "Galaxay" may have been referring to the Samsung Galaxay phones that do exists today!
ttonyat The Galaxy exists, there is no Galaxay handset.
ttonyat I was under the impression that Star Wars took place "a long time ago"...
+Hellwyck I see some mentioned thru Google. It's funny I use to see more of them before.
ttonyat I have no idea what that was meant to say.
Even though it looks like it's the future it's really a long long time ago
R2d2 smoking never thought I’d see that
Just a few months ago, I had the honor of meeting Anthony Daniels at a con recently, and it was one of the greatest con-guest-meeting experiences ever. I got in his line and the minute he walked in the room, he walked past me and I said, "Hey, Mr. Daniels! I made you something!" I gave him this piece of fan art that I made that showed C-3PO saying the speech he gives at 0:43 with the text "C-3PO SAYS" preceding it. He was beyond happy to receive it and he read it out loud to the line as C-3PO and everyone applauded, including me. Super nice guy. I always loved C-3PO as a Star Wars character and this makes me love him even more.
I remember this when I a kid 1983
I remember this old tv ad
I was waiting for smokey the bear to come in at the end with another PSA after R2 just let go of that cig without putting it out
smoking while watching. i felt like C-3PO was talking directly to mee.
I'll be using this in my Freshman Composition class tomorrow to teach rhetorical analysis. Should be fun! :)
Smoking is probably why General Grievous coughs so much!
Actually, it's a side effect of his cybernetic implants.
I was expecting this to be cringey or be about marijuana but it really isn't bad at all, I like this. it's just a little weird seeing/hearing these characters doing a message like this.
How have I not seen this before
0:22-0:24-"Yes, now golden robots and trash cans on wheels, THAT'S very adult."-Nostalgia Critic
when this came on in the 70s as a kid in the 70s it felt like u were getting a sequel to Star Wars (before it was called episode IV) !
I remember seeing this on TV as a kid. I never noticed the spelling mistake in the closing caption. "Galaxay"
"R2D2! You've found a Juul!!!"
brother this look like it from the 90s that's awesome
Proof that C3PO never had a silver leg! Screw you Mandela effect!
R2 was smokeing some of that sweet weed.
Artoo’s out there smoking that good space kush 💨
If you smoke, you need to go home and rethink your life.
Ah, I wanna go home and rethink my life
This used to air a lot on WLVI in Boston.
this was my introduction to star wars
You don't want to sell me deathsticks
At least they didn't call it a cigarra.
C3PO as Deadpool
0:54 - 0:58
R2: There's one way to find out. You still got that bag I gave you?
R2 was just trying to impress the other droids at school.
"Galaxay"?
I’m watching this while vaping in a smoking room in a hotel.
The sound of what sounds like R2 smoking pot is the funniest shit ever.
As a non smoker, I approve this ad.
I like the forlorn version of the theme song at the end of this.
Nightmare blunt rotation
"- R2...do you really think i...dont have a heart?..."
That last line was just depressing.
It is!
Not necessarily. R2 could be saying "No!"
This reminds me of the Sonic Sez segment where Grounder smokes.
I didn't know robots had lungs
Insert obvious Deathstick joke here:
Let's see Disney show R2 getting high before the next movie comes out.
General Grievous would disagree
R2d2 can’t get sick so he can do all the pot he wants
R2 making up those death sticks
How did r2 smoke? He doesn’t have a mouth!
My right ear liked this.
There are WORSE things than Cigarettes in 2022!
C3po makes and sells death sticks
Actors who threw there life away : r2d2 gets addicted to smokeing : (
Please, don't snoke
Grrrreat message
I can certainly agree with you there!
RIP Kenny Baker.
This should be a warning for General Grievous Lmao💀
Artoo wasn't smoking, he was just holding the cigarette. There's a difference.
Wow...
Smoking is bad... but throwing a lit cigarette on the ground is OK :)
Haha this is so awesome. xD
Chopper would just tell Threepio to go (squawk) himself.
I don't remember this. I remember a whooping cough one.
1:01 they're just friends right
*Cue General Grievous coughing violently in the background*
0:14 Top 10 anime betrayals
I hope this is cannon...
I suppose there's a lesson for me in this... *Coughs*
wanna bye some death sticks?
you dont want to sell me death sticks
i dont want to sell you death stick
you want to go home and rethink your life
i want to go home and rethink my life
I want to stay kid
George Lucas made that smorking commercial.