MR. YUK (1981) - Danger Sticker - TV Ad

Warning sticker for Children - 1981 Australian commercial.
Everywhere I'm stuck, they'll recognise my frowning face & shout, Mr. Yuk!
Broadcast on 13th April 1981 on Sydney's Channel 10.

[@WhyWhydaguy]

didn't know mr. yuck had a presence outside of America

[@BBC600]

Me too. It looks to me like they cut on printing costs and didn’t make it the same yucky green as the original.

[@brycewalat5321]

I think the difference in design is because the original Mr. Yuk sticker was copyrighted.

[@postmodernrecycler]

When I was a kid I definitely would have put these on dad's cigarette cartons or canned vegetables or the toilet seat.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

About the canned vegetables is funny!

[@brycehippensteel928]

That sticker was on the back of my family’s old green phone for some reason.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Really? That is strange, how come?

[@BBC600]

Maybe it had the telephone number for poison control on it like they did in the United States?

[@silveryote1]

Well if you ate the phone that would definitely cause call waiting

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@eleanorhogan8643 Probably an attempt to stop kids playing with the telephone. ☎🚫💡

[@JoCox4048]

Because Mr. Yuk is mean… Mr. Yuk is *GREEN*

[@Banner18MindTrip]

This video is a cultural gem.

[@patrickphilip777]

I remember the green Mr. Yuk stickers in the late 90s in my old house. I asked my mom what the green face meant and she said it was Mr. Yuk and that if I touch or eat stuff that has his sticker on it, Mr. Yuk would come to our house and make a yucky face at me and that it would be "very unpleasant."

[@stultusmcgee9099]

“Huh, well I’m open to trying new things”

[@superpan218]

Australians got something rather jovial, whereas we Americans got something more sinister.

[@mikehevalow5953]

This music was too happy and chipper. The 1975 Mr. Yuk ...now as a Kindergartner, seeing that commercial come on, especially during a thunderstorm was pretty intense.

[@youtubetheheydugeee1384]

Now I’m a sticky fella (Start here)👇👇

[@tylercuddletail]

You had Mr. Yuk in Australia?!? I thought this was only an American thing?!?

[@Gloryzuki]

I guess it was only used scarcely in most Australian medical centers/pharmacies

[@McDumDum]

I know this is an improvement over the scary commercial, but I feel like having a catchy tune for kids about drain cleaner and gasoline usually backfires.

[@carlopez3]

Oh no the TVA!

[@polocatfan]

this would just encourage kids to mess with stuff

[@nevanski]

usa: RUN. aus: hey kids! im here to keep ya safe!