Back in the late 70s I worked at an animation studio called Ovation Films, Inc... and THIS was one of the first commercials I worked on. The animation was done by a man named Howard Basis, and I did the "in-betweens" as his assistant. I was floored to discover recently that this commercial was featured on Family Guy! I thought I was having some sort of flashback!...
@@DouggieDinosaur well, I had nothing to do with the live action part, but I believe that's called a "jump cut" - just a cleverly edited way to make it appear as if all the kids disappeared. It's effective... and gets the point across...
@@DouggieDinosaur They tied them all to strings and yanked them really hard at the same time. So fast, in fact, that they were completely out of frame in 1/24th of a second, giving you the illusion that they simply disappeared!
The playground abruptly becoming empty was actually a very striking and clever way of showing the gravity of the situation. Very well done for an old commercial!
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Goes to show that quality has always been timeless. Ever compare the animation of original He-Man to more modern American cartoons? We could've had an anime-level all our own by now
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I thought I would be scared by this commercial. Like most disturbing PSA parodies we have now, I thought this would have scary imagery, abrupt ending and strange text on the screen. But I was wrong . Mcgruff perfectly explains it, in a way children can understand. A very good commercial for the 80s
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that's what happens when someone kidnaps a kid. they literally just vanish in thin air, leaving their clothes and possessions floating in mid-air before they clatter to the ground.
McGruff retired years ago and now lives off of his pension in Oceanside, CA. He spends most of his days tending to his garden and always smiles politely when he waves at the passing neighborhood cars. Although he seems happy, there is a part of him that wishes for one final crime fighting adventure. An opportunity to put back on his trench-coat and go out guns-a-blazzin'. Semper fi McGruff!
This is misinformation. McGruff knew he was a dog and therefore could not be judged by the laws of men. So he stalks the night in alley ways in the city looking for trouble so he can finish it. Like Charles Bronson.
Yeah, never get in a car with anyone who drives worse than you do. Or Indian cab drivers who just got here, for that matter. Lol. I don't recall most rides in a cab. I recall 2 or the three Uber. Why? Because there was all this harsh braking and maneuvering for 0 reason.
This had happened to me when I was around 13 years old. I was hanging out with my dad at his business. He was busy working, so I decided to walk to the gas station down the street to buy some snacks. It was a 2 minute walk. At the gas station, some old man was parked towards the back of the building. He saw me walking and offered me a ride home. He said he knew my mom from work. Even setting aside that my mom was a stay at home mom, it was still obvious what he was doing. I declined and kept on walking. He never got aggressive or physical.
Good, can't trust nobody everybody lies at some point in life. Think smart run towards people if they follow you . Doesn't matter if you a girl or boy can happen to anybody.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar heres the story of a murderer who killed almost millions of children a day with torture methods noone will possibly ever think, but here's a cool wallet and I'll tell you all about for the next 2 minutes.
I must say; I was taught by my dad never ever go near a car that stops to "ask for directions", let them flag down an ADULT, you are a child and a normal adult does NOT ask a child for directions, or handle out puppies or candys! He always reminded me to run if a car stopped beside me or was infront of me with an open door, run, don't look back, just run. I was very aware of my surroundings always, and it didn't scare me, it made me feel safe.
I remember this cheesy PSA. It never saved my life or anything like that, but it did teach me not to talk to strangers- at least until AIM existed (I’m that old).
This PSA may well have saved my life! When I was a kid (about Jenny's age), I was walking home from school one day and a stranger pulled up in a car along side me, asking if I needed a ride. I was the kind of kid who was very trusting of adults, but I immediately remembered seeing this PSA between Saturday morning cartoons, so I just stood there shaking my head no. The guy eventually drove off. Who knows what would have happened to me if I got in that car. Thank you McGruff!
Really? It was only this commercial? Because I was a kid in vaguely this period of time and it wasn't just one commercial, I was constantly being told not to talk to strangers and definitely not to get into a car with one by teachers, and a few times they had a police officer visit the school and lecture everyone in the auditorium to say this. It was a message that was kind of hard to miss. Then again, so was "Just Say No", yet it seems like I was about the only one to take that seriously or else there wouldn't be much drug use today.
The children disappearing into nothingness, leaving the playground completely empty was a scary but clever way of showing the severity of the situation. Well done, McGruff! I've learned a lot from you as a kid.
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Everyone keeps saying that but a lot of clever film making was being made around this time and decades before. They just had to actually be clever and not rely on a computer to do most of the work for them. That scene wasn't surprising to me at all. Most of you guys probably just haven't seen enough older movies.
@@Martel4 Indeed, not being used to how things actually go lead to the film technology of decades prior being underestimated. Some of the stuff in the best film could be comfortably confused for 2010 stuff.
Even before social media, there were cyber chatrooms. Personally, I think the Internet should be treated like smoking, drugs and alcohol; restricted to ages 18 and up. Kids don't need Internet; they have TV, games and toys.
@@JanetStarChild Well I agree, but what about school? I mean we just went theough covid where kids hat to beon their computers. Imagine what it would’ve been like if kids have never seen or worked with a computer. But I agree, kids are on the interebt too early. I mean everytime I see babies already staring at their phones I just, I just become so mad. What kind of parents ket this happen? Who tf knows what they’ll come across.
What’s disturbing is that we do not have enough commercials like this today. Thousands of kids are missing and the big news networks never talk about it. Also people are way too trusting on social media and a lot of parents out there are irresponsible. I see some of the young parents focus more on their cell phones 📱. We need to make sure that the children of this era are healthy and safe.
I would argue that this message isn't actually a good one. This is a case where your empathy works against the ability to rationally judge the situation.
We should probably find some way to make the internet only accessible to adults. It's way to dangerous for kids. I'm being serious when I say this. Kids shouldn't freely have access. There needs to be a way to do it. We just keep acting like it's not a big deal, but it totally is 😡
these commercials arent even directed towards kids. thats why the parents are the ones who the dog is speaking to. they stopped with these nonsense commercials, because it was understood that most kids arent stupid enough to get themselves into a situation where theyd get abducted, and the ones that are clearly dont give a shit what a cartoon commercial dog has to say.
My babysitter attempted to kidnap me from my pre-school. Thankfully the staff knew it was suspicious and my parents got a restraining order against her. Ironic because I remember these McGruff commercials but always focused on the stranger danger part.
Watching these with my kids in 2022 since they’ll never be played on TV, sadly. I can honestly say McGruff kept me safe and aware as a little kid. Growing up in the 80’s/90’s hit different.
The thing he leaves out is he says “[…] even people they know” but in fact it’s almost Always people they know. It’s fair to be wary of strangers but the real problem has always been perpetrated by family members and friends and the portrayal of kidnapping and child sex abuse in media has always done a really poor job showing that
They always fear monger about strangers picking kids up off the streets, but the truth is that most missing child reports and AMBER alerts are related to parents not sharing custody like they should. It's not even incidents where a parent kidnaps their own child, though that does happen too often as well.
I remember reading something about the creators of the "don't talk to strangers" movement regretting creating it because in reality the real danger is the people kids know. Statistically it's closer family members who pose the big threat. I know first hand unfortunately
@@Mineralsss its a shame because kids and teens cant even have fun anymore. Life shouldnt be like this. When i hear my mom talk about her stories i almost get jealous because god knows i cant do what she did nowadays 💀
@@Mineralsss Because they don't care! About the kids, the country, the environment, nothing! Everyone's only out for themselves nowadays, even before this dreadful pandemic. And the sad thing is that people have always hated each other. All that hatred was just bubbling beneath the surface.
@Bender Bending Rodriguez Franklin credit union most of the "pea doughs" were politicians. Governments are involved in this worldwide, not everyone but enough with high levels of influence have been corrupted, not saying that all those at high levels are "pea doughs" themselves(just as bad if not worse in some ways knowing and not doing anything about it) or that every single one knows/is corrupt, but enough of them are.
Should have talked about being wary of family instead of strangers. A divorced mom or dad, an uncle or aunt, grandmother or grandfather, they are more common to steal children than strangers. We don't like to talk about this as it sounds insulting. But, your children are more likely to be hurt and abused by your family than strangers on the internet.
True that, the other day i was with my family on a local theme park and we went into a old toys museum (very cool) and i hear a phone notification and when i turn around i see a mother and 2 young kids (probably 7 to 10 years, i dunno i don't care) and i was expecting the mom to pull out her phone, but no. It was one of the little kids, parents these days, i had my first at the age of 13 when i started high school
This commetcial literally saved my life as a kid! I had just seen it during Romper Room before leaving for school in grade one. I ran ahead of my Granny to the bus stop so I'd be first in the line to get on, when a guy approached and put my backpack which I'd laid down to keep my place in his back seat. He told me to get it if I wanted it. I didn't because I had just seen this that morning. Anyway the guy ended up being responsible for three abduction. One he actually killed! You'd never see this type of thing nowadays. That's one of the reasons why kids are so freaking stupid and naive today.
Studies have shown child abduction has been decreasing in the US since the 90s (like most other crimes). But hey, it's not the CZcams comments without someone saying [x thing] is worse nowadays. (I'm happy this PSA helped you though)
The bad thing with the "Don't talk to strangers" advice is that many adults take it to an extreme level and treat every adult man that is alone with his kids as a pedophile or something. Also there have been many cases of adult men that helped lost kids with the parents of these kids instead of thanking these men they treat them like kidnapers.
@@ThePicasoBlack Or a relative. Statistically it's more likely that a child is going to be abused by a family member, friend of the family, or other familiar authority figure (e.g. teacher or priest) than by a stranger on the street. "Don't let creepy uncle Jerry near your kids" doesn't play as well on TV though.
I remember a bloke pulled up to me when I was about 8 years old He opens the passenger door and had a map on his front seat (this was the late 90s) and said he was lost. He asked me if I lived around here, and I said yes cause I wasn't allowed to tell lies. He said he was looking for a certain road, and could I point to it on the map for him. I said to him that I'd go ask my Mum cause she would know and said I'd go home and get her - he slammed the door and drove off. Still gives me chills to think what could have happened...
Man these PSA’s were so straightforward and cutthroat with their messages, the ones made today are hardly ever as hard-hitting as one like this. Wonder why that is…
I was around 8 years old when these commercials were around. Back then I was like “oh cool, look at the cartoon dog” not paying any mind to what he was actually saying. Today, this just hits different. 🥺😢😭
I remember a car did that to me when I was 15. I looked a lot younger at the time. Some creepy guy drove along side me with the passenger door open. I will never forget how terrifying this was for me. I was also very angry. I feel as though ( now) he was trying to steal my childhood. I didn’t get in that car but I reported it to my parents.
We need to tell everyone to note the make and and model of cars and the license plate. You can always go the opposite way if someone's bothering you. Or a way cars can't go. Yell FIRE! Yell, I DON'T KNOW YOU! STAY AWAY FROM ME! That will get their attention.
I remember this commercial airing on ABC during Disney 1 Saturday Morning. We need more PSA’s with McGruff teaching our children the dangers of strangers and to never hop in somebody’s car you don’t know.
You could clearly tell that this pup is the type of boy to have seen truly awful things just by looking at him. This was one of the better PSAs of the 1980s.
It’s crazy how much has changed being released from school. I was born in the 90s and remember when I was in elementary our teachers walked us to the front of the school. Some kids had parents come pick them up and a lot of us would walk home and nobody batted an eye. Now I have my kids in elementary and the schools won’t allow it. They either have to be picked up via car lane or at the door but a parent/guardian has to be seen physically getting their kids.
Back in the 80's when I was in day camp, they had us watch an educational video that was hosted by McGruff. Made in the early 80's. It did show this with Jenny being approached by a stranger but she just keeps walking away knowing not to accept rides from strangers. It also showed how easily property can be stolen. A boy rides his bike to school and leaves in the bike rack. When school's over, he comes back for it and sees that it's gone! He yelled, "My bike!" He then rides a new bike to school, puts it in a bike rack but this time chains it up. McGruff is heard explaining that a bike should always be locked up when you leave it, even if you're only gonna be gone a few minutes(It takes less than a minute for an unchained bike to be stolen). Another boy is seen riding his skateboard. He comes home and leaves it out in front of the house while he goes in but when he comes back, it's gone and he yells, "My skateboard!" When he's riding a new skateboard, he brings it in with him when he gets home. McGruff is heard saying that items shouldn't be left out in the open carelessly and they should also have your name and address written on it. He also mentioned how it's important not to forget to lock doors when leaving home. We then see a man, his wife and their daughter leave their house and get into the car but McGruff is heard mentioning that the husband forgot to lock the door. As the family drives off, we then see 2 guys hiding behind the bushes watching the family leave and as soon as the family's gone, the 2 guys just open the door and go into the house and start stealing stuff. McGruff is heard saying that people forget to lock their doors, criminals can break in easily. One other thing I remember is that he mentions that if you find an item laying around somewhere but know that it belongs to somebody, give to an adult to take care of. We see 2 boys on a baseball field and see a baseball glove laying on the field and they think they'd better give to the coach. McGruff says that those boys did the right thing. That's mostly what I remember from it but all things that should be remembered.
Ah, the glory days... Back when television advertisements and educators actually CARED about educating people, especially kids. Now, its just "Screw the people! It's every man for himself now!"
@@DamontheDemon7 back in my day everything was great, everything today sucks and tomorrow will be worse. Signed millions of predictable youtube commentors when talking about music , tv, movies or anything pretty much in the past.
Children are more likely to be kidnapped by somebody they know. Still, don't talk to strangers. Human beings can't be trusted. Teach your children how to defend themselves too. If they are chaotic, they will be less likely to be taken. Don't call for help either. Scream 'fire' & don't stop fighting until the kidnapper leaves them alone. Be smart, be safe, be pure chaos in the face of danger. Don't let yourself be taken away from those that care about you.
Not all strangers are bad. I feel bad not really talking to the neighborhood kids when they want to pet my dog (and the dog LOVES kids) for this reason. Yell YOU'RE NOT MY DAD! THAT'LL get their attention! Women have been known to pair up with sick men for kidnapping/murder. Read The Gift of Fear. Gavin DeBecker. It's about a bad feeling people ignore thars the issue. Not all strangers.
I feel like a lot of kids in the 80s just went out and played without adult supervision or oversight. They had a whole lot more freedom than kids today.
This "stranger danger" thing that Mcgruff propagates is what took children's freedom. It started the paranoia. Many ppl ban their children from playing outside on their own and then they have the audacity to complain that children spent too much time indoors, playing on their phone.
This was perhaps the most super-serious kid message of the era. And powerful. A 2021 survey showed that 9 out of 10 people still recognize McGruff, who premiered in 1980. McGruff was created as a bloodhound, specifically, because true to their name, "This breed is famed for its ability to discern human scent over great distances, even days later. Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, and lost pets" (Wikipedia).
@@ryanraich1299 you said the words! That is what I tried to say. Maybe this is one od those "things you only notice as adult" he is talking about missing children and we know how crude that can be he is sending a message to kids and adults alike and he is doing it in a way both parties can catch up with the importance.. the people behind this PSA stayed respectful but with no breaks when it came to the truth, heck he even says you may be looking at jenny for the last time that is a big implication right there, most PSA nowdays are focused on saying what things should not happen instead of what things can happen and how to avoid them. I remember I once twitted a post of "things to do in case of kidnapping attempt" and you would be surprised by how many people ignored it except for those who started to call out on me saying that things like that should not happen at all and that I was part of the problem by encouraging people to be prepared for such things
Lol well. That's the animation of the 80s. Not that CGI animation from today. I prefer this style over CGI. I'm sure Mcgruff has heard a lot of horror stories that's happened to children.
I like how Mgruff also mentioned you could be kidnapped by someone you know as well. Its always stranger danger making kids unaware of creepy relatives.
Back in the late 70s I worked at an animation studio called Ovation Films, Inc... and THIS was one of the first commercials I worked on. The animation was done by a man named Howard Basis, and I did the "in-betweens" as his assistant. I was floored to discover recently that this commercial was featured on Family Guy! I thought I was having some sort of flashback!...
How the heck did they make the kids disappear off the bicycles so perfectly ?!?!
@@DouggieDinosaur well, I had nothing to do with the live action part, but I believe that's called a "jump cut" - just a cleverly edited way to make it appear as if all the kids disappeared. It's effective... and gets the point across...
Thank you for your important job!
Now you have an fan ;)
well done, 2D animation is a prized and dying art x
@@DouggieDinosaur They tied them all to strings and yanked them really hard at the same time. So fast, in fact, that they were completely out of frame in 1/24th of a second, giving you the illusion that they simply disappeared!
The playground abruptly becoming empty was actually a very striking and clever way of showing the gravity of the situation. Very well done for an old commercial!
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Goes to show that quality has always been timeless. Ever compare the animation of original He-Man to more modern American cartoons? We could've had an anime-level all our own by now
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It seemed harsh to kidnap them all but it helped save many more kids over the country
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2021 McGruff: “Don’t talk to Redditors or Discord Moderators, kids.”
It’s true 😂😂
Or people named James who can do makeup
Or certain CZcamsrs and artists who are reaching popularity, this shizz is scary kids!
I wish I had friends though, im so lonely.
Yea don't trust them
I thought I would be scared by this commercial. Like most disturbing PSA parodies we have now, I thought this would have scary imagery, abrupt ending and strange text on the screen. But I was wrong . Mcgruff perfectly explains it, in a way children can understand. A very good commercial for the 80s
Hello fellow _Clone High_ fan :D
@@momo-chanthegerbil6205 WHAVWHEVJSVWAHAHAUAHAVAHAVAHVAHVAJAVAUAVAHVQJQBAHAB clone high
The bat hovering for a moment then falling is a genuinely good effect for an 80's TV commercial
In all fairness it's probably just one frame being repeated before it falls lol.
The group shot in sync was pretty nuts though
The whole setting of the props was actually super smooth
*Then
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Okay but how did they transition the kids disappearing into nothingness like that? That was so good. And Laurel and Hardy!!
That was a great effect with those bikes being in place (you can tell it's not perfect as the kids playing basketball weren't synced correctly).
It’s good editing for the mid 1980’s, thats for sure.
love laurel & hardy and charlie chaplin!
Probably Onion skin filter type effect. They paid pretty good attention to the bikes, but not so much the basketball
that's what happens when someone kidnaps a kid.
they literally just vanish in thin air, leaving their clothes and possessions floating in mid-air before they clatter to the ground.
We need him for today in these times.
McGruff retired years ago and now lives off of his pension in Oceanside, CA. He spends most of his days tending to his garden and always smiles politely when he waves at the passing neighborhood cars. Although he seems happy, there is a part of him that wishes for one final crime fighting adventure. An opportunity to put back on his trench-coat and go out guns-a-blazzin'. Semper fi McGruff!
Nice update! I always wondered what happened to him. He's in his 70s now. But that doesn't mean u can't teach an old dog new tricks
This is misinformation. McGruff knew he was a dog and therefore could not be judged by the laws of men. So he stalks the night in alley ways in the city looking for trouble so he can finish it. Like Charles Bronson.
In reality the VA got busted for crimes.
the guy that voiced him actually did 10 years in prison for drugs and weapons! LOL
Brian Griffin was so funny in the PSA
That's exactly why I came here.
And don't forget to bark at it
@JVAnimation321 Hello? Mcgruff? Should we pick up the bikes?
Lmao
Lol that’s why I’m here 😂
1980s "don't talk to strangers or get in their cars
2010s: there's an app for that.
Yup Uber lol
🤣💀
I’m dead
Uber… Lyft lol
Yeah, never get in a car with anyone who drives worse than you do. Or Indian cab drivers who just got here, for that matter. Lol.
I don't recall most rides in a cab. I recall 2 or the three Uber. Why? Because there was all this harsh braking and maneuvering for 0 reason.
"Hey the bikes fell down"
This had happened to me when I was around 13 years old. I was hanging out with my dad at his business. He was busy working, so I decided to walk to the gas station down the street to buy some snacks. It was a 2 minute walk. At the gas station, some old man was parked towards the back of the building. He saw me walking and offered me a ride home. He said he knew my mom from work. Even setting aside that my mom was a stay at home mom, it was still obvious what he was doing. I declined and kept on walking. He never got aggressive or physical.
Good, can't trust nobody everybody lies at some point in life. Think smart run towards people if they follow you . Doesn't matter if you a girl or boy can happen to anybody.
Okay, that PSA was brilliant. No scare tactics, no insulting the viewers, just pure facts, and a character we can remember to remind us those lessons.
And no one using youtube (at that time) using dark cartoon video essays to talk about this stuff.
@@firelightyear "BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED I NEED MONEY SO LETS TALK ABOUT OUR SPONSORED AUDIO BOOK SERIES!!!"
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar heres the story of a murderer who killed almost millions of children a day with torture methods noone will possibly ever think, but here's a cool wallet and I'll tell you all about for the next 2 minutes.
No scare tactics!? Those kids disappeared! XD
Well, definitely scare tactics from beginning to end, but that's the point of the whole psa. Kids going missing is scary.
"every day in this country, 60 kids go missing."
THE SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES!
Sundays - The day when some people goes to church.
😆
Dont forget with the time, the population grow
@@slayride136 and?
@@emoji7397 d
I must say; I was taught by my dad never ever go near a car that stops to "ask for directions", let them flag down an ADULT, you are a child and a normal adult does NOT ask a child for directions, or handle out puppies or candys! He always reminded me to run if a car stopped beside me or was infront of me with an open door, run, don't look back, just run. I was very aware of my surroundings always, and it didn't scare me, it made me feel safe.
This is probably the nicest PSA I’ve watched, no scary imagery, just a dog with a trench coat talking about a serious issue!
McGruff keeps us safe. What a good boi.
☺️☺️🐶🐕
As all dogs are
@The Black Colombo where tf did you get that? Like genuinely where did you see the word "satanic"?
@@henrysmart6854no you just hate dogs
the dog is a cartoon dog he can’t see your are compliment !
I remember this cheesy PSA. It never saved my life or anything like that, but it did teach me not to talk to strangers- at least until AIM existed (I’m that old).
It doesn't seem cheesy
america online instant messenger?
Or maybe....it DID save your life.
You just don't realize it 🤔
I don't know what the fuck AIM is...
@@bernardomarkuskampffdemelo4323 it was like discord in the pre-myspace days
I got chills when I saw the thumbnail. That's how memorable this PSA was for me.
This PSA may well have saved my life! When I was a kid (about Jenny's age), I was walking home from school one day and a stranger pulled up in a car along side me, asking if I needed a ride. I was the kind of kid who was very trusting of adults, but I immediately remembered seeing this PSA between Saturday morning cartoons, so I just stood there shaking my head no. The guy eventually drove off. Who knows what would have happened to me if I got in that car. Thank you McGruff!
^ Fake comment
Really? It was only this commercial? Because I was a kid in vaguely this period of time and it wasn't just one commercial, I was constantly being told not to talk to strangers and definitely not to get into a car with one by teachers, and a few times they had a police officer visit the school and lecture everyone in the auditorium to say this. It was a message that was kind of hard to miss. Then again, so was "Just Say No", yet it seems like I was about the only one to take that seriously or else there wouldn't be much drug use today.
The children disappearing into nothingness, leaving the playground completely empty was a scary but clever way of showing the severity of the situation. Well done, McGruff! I've learned a lot from you as a kid.
I bet all of them said somebody's boy kid looked like a girl;.
man you are retarded even when i was 5 i knew never to just walk into a random dudes car lmao
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@@DimityPockets yes, that is awesome.
Ngl that disappearing transition was extremely smooth especially since this was filmed in the 1980’s. Impressive.
Ikr, the fact that both bikes are in the *exact* same spot and left hovering there for a second right before falling kinda blows my mind!
Long before the Thanos snap existed
Everyone keeps saying that but a lot of clever film making was being made around this time and decades before. They just had to actually be clever and not rely on a computer to do most of the work for them. That scene wasn't surprising to me at all. Most of you guys probably just haven't seen enough older movies.
@@Martel4 Indeed, not being used to how things actually go lead to the film technology of decades prior being underestimated.
Some of the stuff in the best film could be comfortably confused for 2010 stuff.
Y'all acting like they filmed this in the 1930s this is 1984 nothing about that transition was amazing
I wish we had commercials like this now
A commercial so well made with the purpose of protecting people.. this is another level!
1984- kids don't talk to strangers
2022- kids talk to strangers on a daily basis thanks to social media.
Even before social media, there were cyber chatrooms.
Personally, I think the Internet should be treated like smoking, drugs and alcohol; restricted to ages 18 and up.
Kids don't need Internet; they have TV, games and toys.
of course those people can kidnap kids just as easily as when meeting up physically lol
@@JanetStarChild Well I agree, but what about school? I mean we just went theough covid where kids hat to beon their computers. Imagine what it would’ve been like if kids have never seen or worked with a computer. But I agree, kids are on the interebt too early. I mean everytime I see babies already staring at their phones I just, I just become so mad. What kind of parents ket this happen? Who tf knows what they’ll come across.
@@Pollicina_db
Internet supervised by an adult is okay, so long as the adult is the one navigating through cyberspace.
bruh take your heart medication.
What’s disturbing is that we do not have enough commercials like this today. Thousands of kids are missing and the big news networks never talk about it. Also people are way too trusting on social media and a lot of parents out there are irresponsible. I see some of the young parents focus more on their cell phones 📱. We need to make sure that the children of this era are healthy and safe.
@Logia SD shut up
I would argue that this message isn't actually a good one. This is a case where your empathy works against the ability to rationally judge the situation.
It’s because they’re too busy reporting stuff that “experts” say (AKA: About the big orange man stupid or sleepy sack of dementia dust)
We should probably find some way to make the internet only accessible to adults. It's way to dangerous for kids. I'm being serious when I say this. Kids shouldn't freely have access. There needs to be a way to do it. We just keep acting like it's not a big deal, but it totally is 😡
these commercials arent even directed towards kids. thats why the parents are the ones who the dog is speaking to. they stopped with these nonsense commercials, because it was understood that most kids arent stupid enough to get themselves into a situation where theyd get abducted, and the ones that are clearly dont give a shit what a cartoon commercial dog has to say.
My babysitter attempted to kidnap me from my pre-school. Thankfully the staff knew it was suspicious and my parents got a restraining order against her. Ironic because I remember these McGruff commercials but always focused on the stranger danger part.
Watching these with my kids in 2022 since they’ll never be played on TV, sadly.
I can honestly say McGruff kept me safe and aware as a little kid. Growing up in the 80’s/90’s hit different.
The thing he leaves out is he says “[…] even people they know” but in fact it’s almost Always people they know. It’s fair to be wary of strangers but the real problem has always been perpetrated by family members and friends and the portrayal of kidnapping and child sex abuse in media has always done a really poor job showing that
Yeah definitely. There’s another PSA that covers this (Child abuse/Neglect) that came out in 1993 with McGruff.
They always fear monger about strangers picking kids up off the streets, but the truth is that most missing child reports and AMBER alerts are related to parents not sharing custody like they should. It's not even incidents where a parent kidnaps their own child, though that does happen too often as well.
I remember reading something about the creators of the "don't talk to strangers" movement regretting creating it because in reality the real danger is the people kids know. Statistically it's closer family members who pose the big threat. I know first hand unfortunately
Thanks for explaining this. I think it's very important for people to understand this.
yeah if you ever look at a missing kids database just about all of them say 'suspected to be with her mother who doesn't have custody'
Brian: And don't forget to bark at it. 😂
Wow. Really takes me back seeing this commercial. I was just 5yo when this came out in 1984, and still remember it so fondly. Good times back then.
I'm glad we had these commercials. It saved a lot of kids. It saved my brother and I.
This gets particularly scary when you factor in all of the human/sex trafficking that's being uncovered
So sad to hear stories of human trafficking. How people can be so cruel and heartless?
@@Mineralsss its a shame because kids and teens cant even have fun anymore. Life shouldnt be like this. When i hear my mom talk about her stories i almost get jealous because god knows i cant do what she did nowadays 💀
@@Mineralsss Because they don't care!
About the kids, the country, the environment, nothing!
Everyone's only out for themselves nowadays, even before this dreadful pandemic.
And the sad thing is that people have always hated each other.
All that hatred was just bubbling beneath the surface.
Always been around, try checking out the "Franklin credit union scandal" and the case of "the disappearance of Johnny Gosch"
@Bender Bending Rodriguez Franklin credit union most of the "pea doughs" were politicians. Governments are involved in this worldwide, not everyone but enough with high levels of influence have been corrupted, not saying that all those at high levels are "pea doughs" themselves(just as bad if not worse in some ways knowing and not doing anything about it) or that every single one knows/is corrupt, but enough of them are.
We need McGruff now more than ever... Especially with how easy the internet makes it for predators to do their worst.
Yeah we need McGruff ads before kids CZcams videos
@@ci7210 and unskipable
Should have talked about being wary of family instead of strangers. A divorced mom or dad, an uncle or aunt, grandmother or grandfather, they are more common to steal children than strangers. We don't like to talk about this as it sounds insulting. But, your children are more likely to be hurt and abused by your family than strangers on the internet.
True that, the other day i was with my family on a local theme park and we went into a old toys museum (very cool) and i hear a phone notification and when i turn around i see a mother and 2 young kids (probably 7 to 10 years, i dunno i don't care) and i was expecting the mom to pull out her phone, but no. It was one of the little kids, parents these days, i had my first at the age of 13 when i started high school
@@GilliganTF2 I got my phone after I graduated highschool. I did however own a tablet and computer first
We need more stuff like this today. I remember these growing up and they definitely helped me be aware.
The small clip of Laurel and Hardy at the end….priceless!!
This commetcial literally saved my life as a kid! I had just seen it during Romper Room before leaving for school in grade one. I ran ahead of my Granny to the bus stop so I'd be first in the line to get on, when a guy approached and put my backpack which I'd laid down to keep my place in his back seat. He told me to get it if I wanted it. I didn't because I had just seen this that morning. Anyway the guy ended up being responsible for three abduction. One he actually killed! You'd never see this type of thing nowadays. That's one of the reasons why kids are so freaking stupid and naive today.
That's pretty intense, man. I'm glad you avoided that pervert.
Wow. I’m glad you didn’t get in the car with him.
Studies have shown child abduction has been decreasing in the US since the 90s (like most other crimes). But hey, it's not the CZcams comments without someone saying [x thing] is worse nowadays.
(I'm happy this PSA helped you though)
@@morbidsearch Imagine if it werent for this PSA we wouldn't be replying to their comment
That’s crazy!! So scary!! I’m glad you watched that commercial!!
The bad thing with the "Don't talk to strangers" advice is that many adults take it to an extreme level and treat every adult man that is alone with his kids as a pedophile or something. Also there have been many cases of adult men that helped lost kids with the parents of these kids instead of thanking these men they treat them like kidnapers.
I wouldn't say it's anything wrong with the advice itself, it's more of how people treat it & use it
Especially when almost every case you hear of a pedophile is a female teacher. But men get the bad rap.
@@BeesOfInk agreed. Some people just take it more so to the extreme.
@@ThePicasoBlack Or a relative. Statistically it's more likely that a child is going to be abused by a family member, friend of the family, or other familiar authority figure (e.g. teacher or priest) than by a stranger on the street.
"Don't let creepy uncle Jerry near your kids" doesn't play as well on TV though.
Yeah that's true even I got over protected but at least we know it wasn't his fault, it's our fault for taking it too far, not McGruff!
meanwhile 38 years later, we're getting in strangers cars and trusting them with delivering our food.
I remember a bloke pulled up to me when I was about 8 years old
He opens the passenger door and had a map on his front seat (this was the late 90s) and said he was lost. He asked me if I lived around here, and I said yes cause I wasn't allowed to tell lies. He said he was looking for a certain road, and could I point to it on the map for him. I said to him that I'd go ask my Mum cause she would know and said I'd go home and get her - he slammed the door and drove off. Still gives me chills to think what could have happened...
1984: Take a bite out of Crime!
2021: And don't forget to bark at it!
I miss the 80s.... Wish I could do it over again... Best decade ever
This was very effective. If I saw this as a child, the fear of everyone vanishing would stick with me.
Man these PSA’s were so straightforward and cutthroat with their messages, the ones made today are hardly ever as hard-hitting as one like this. Wonder why that is…
That transition to empty playground was absolutely incredible. Didn't feel like a jump cut or anything. That must have been a lot of work!
I was around 8 years old when these commercials were around. Back then I was like “oh cool, look at the cartoon dog” not paying any mind to what he was actually saying. Today, this just hits different. 🥺😢😭
I still remember watching McGruff on television too.
These advertisements actually saved my life.
I remember a car did that to me when I was 15. I looked a lot younger at the time. Some creepy guy drove along side me with the passenger door open. I will never forget how terrifying this was for me. I was also very angry. I feel as though ( now) he was trying to steal my childhood. I didn’t get in that car but I reported it to my parents.
Just like what Jenny did!
We need to tell everyone to note the make and and model of cars and the license plate.
You can always go the opposite way if someone's bothering you. Or a way cars can't go.
Yell FIRE! Yell, I DON'T KNOW YOU! STAY AWAY FROM ME!
That will get their attention.
McGruff taught you well.
She's gonna tell her folks about this.
Meme: And her dad too.
I remember this commercial airing on ABC during Disney 1 Saturday Morning. We need more PSA’s with McGruff teaching our children the dangers of strangers and to never hop in somebody’s car you don’t know.
You could clearly tell that this pup is the type of boy to have seen truly awful things just by looking at him. This was one of the better PSAs of the 1980s.
McGruff the Crime Dog used to show on TV back when I was a kid. He was a real hero in my opinion. Take a bite out of crime!
And don't forget to bark at it!
@@Naminski1a Right!
And don’t forget to bark at it 😂😂🐶
Brian Griffin from Family Guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good times back in the 80's
It’s crazy how much has changed being released from school. I was born in the 90s and remember when I was in elementary our teachers walked us to the front of the school. Some kids had parents come pick them up and a lot of us would walk home and nobody batted an eye. Now I have my kids in elementary and the schools won’t allow it. They either have to be picked up via car lane or at the door but a parent/guardian has to be seen physically getting their kids.
Back in the 80's when I was in day camp, they had us watch an educational video that was hosted by McGruff. Made in the early 80's. It did show this with Jenny being approached by a stranger but she just keeps walking away knowing not to accept rides from strangers. It also showed how easily property can be stolen. A boy rides his bike to school and leaves in the bike rack. When school's over, he comes back for it and sees that it's gone! He yelled, "My bike!" He then rides a new bike to school, puts it in a bike rack but this time chains it up. McGruff is heard explaining that a bike should always be locked up when you leave it, even if you're only gonna be gone a few minutes(It takes less than a minute for an unchained bike to be stolen). Another boy is seen riding his skateboard. He comes home and leaves it out in front of the house while he goes in but when he comes back, it's gone and he yells, "My skateboard!" When he's riding a new skateboard, he brings it in with him when he gets home. McGruff is heard saying that items shouldn't be left out in the open carelessly and they should also have your name and address written on it. He also mentioned how it's important not to forget to lock doors when leaving home. We then see a man, his wife and their daughter leave their house and get into the car but McGruff is heard mentioning that the husband forgot to lock the door. As the family drives off, we then see 2 guys hiding behind the bushes watching the family leave and as soon as the family's gone, the 2 guys just open the door and go into the house and start stealing stuff. McGruff is heard saying that people forget to lock their doors, criminals can break in easily. One other thing I remember is that he mentions that if you find an item laying around somewhere but know that it belongs to somebody, give to an adult to take care of. We see 2 boys on a baseball field and see a baseball glove laying on the field and they think they'd better give to the coach. McGruff says that those boys did the right thing. That's mostly what I remember from it but all things that should be remembered.
Ah, the glory days...
Back when television advertisements and educators actually CARED about educating people, especially kids.
Now, its just "Screw the people! It's every man for himself now!"
@@DamontheDemon7 It isn't like that. You are just complaining that people do think about themselves at all.
@@DamontheDemon7 back in my day everything was great, everything today sucks and tomorrow will be worse.
Signed millions of predictable youtube commentors when talking about music , tv, movies or anything pretty much in the past.
The guy wasn’t even hiding the fact he was a creep. he just open the door and was like get in…
McGruff! What a legend.
Ahhhhhh 80s PSAs, Nothing like ‘em 🤗😂
McGruff would be such an witty, and honest dog today in these times lol.
Makes me wish one in McGruff’s litter would rise up to the job and take over. You don’t see enough stranger safety commercials like this nowadays.
Children are more likely to be kidnapped by somebody they know. Still, don't talk to strangers. Human beings can't be trusted. Teach your children how to defend themselves too. If they are chaotic, they will be less likely to be taken. Don't call for help either. Scream 'fire' & don't stop fighting until the kidnapper leaves them alone.
Be smart, be safe, be pure chaos in the face of danger. Don't let yourself be taken away from those that care about you.
I remember hearing about monkeys stolen human babies somewhere...
@@mado-wh4jv Monkeys are assholes, so I'm not surprised if that's true.
Not all strangers are bad. I feel bad not really talking to the neighborhood kids when they want to pet my dog (and the dog LOVES kids) for this reason.
Yell YOU'RE NOT MY DAD! THAT'LL get their attention!
Women have been known to pair up with sick men for kidnapping/murder.
Read The Gift of Fear. Gavin DeBecker. It's about a bad feeling people ignore thars the issue. Not all strangers.
Hey McGruff...give us a time machine to return to the best decade ever....awesome tv cimmercial!!
oh wow, I remember this ad ! Really takes me back, thanks !
Thank you family guy bringing the nostalgia back
McGruff: *Serious PSA about abduction.*
Seconds later: *THE SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES CONTINUE WITH LAUREL AND HARDY!*
McGruff: 😑😑😑
“It’s 11 o’clock. Do you know where your children are”
Homer: I told you last night, no!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We need McGruff now more than ever.
Don't talk to strangers, because they're only there to do you harm.
Not necessarily, but you can't really tell anything about them. The exception to the stranger danger rule is Cops; they've earned the public's trust!
Joe Humpston
It's a quote from the late great Ronnie James Dio. \m/,
stonent take a bite out of crime
Don't write in starlight 'Cause the words may come out real
Joe Humpston
how so?
"And don't forget to bark at it!"
I remember McGrath the crime dog I used to want his commercials a lot I still love that line take a bite out of crime
Don’t forget to bark at it- Brian Griffin
This is the EXTENDED version of this commrcial! I love it!!
We really do need more commercials like this for our youngins
I still use the term "take a bite out of crime". Great PSA!
I feel like a lot of kids in the 80s just went out and played without adult supervision or oversight. They had a whole lot more freedom than kids today.
This "stranger danger" thing that Mcgruff propagates is what took children's freedom. It started the paranoia. Many ppl ban their children from playing outside on their own and then they have the audacity to complain that children spent too much time indoors, playing on their phone.
Yep, the fear mongering worked. Helicopter parents have become the norm.
This was perhaps the most super-serious kid message of the era. And powerful. A 2021 survey showed that 9 out of 10 people still recognize McGruff, who premiered in 1980.
McGruff was created as a bloodhound, specifically, because true to their name, "This breed is famed for its ability to discern human scent over great distances, even days later. Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, and lost pets" (Wikipedia).
*smell-hound, like ol' Geetch, from an old Simpsons episode.
I didn’t grow up in the 80s, and even I know him.
What about those PSA drug prevention ones, this is your brain , this is your brain on drugs...... any questions?
I thought that police use german Shepards.
@@babygirl6789 No reason they can’t use both.
They need to bring mcgruff back !! Miss seeing on tv!
Brings me back
I like that they acknowledge that many kids are kidnapped by people they know
I think Jenny would be dead if she did get into that car
Probably raped first though
oh yeah, 100%
You think?
@@KaneRobot that is what would do to them now a days.
@Logia SD you rarely heard stuff like that and made jokes about it back then
Excellent memories fron this...
McGruff is my damn hero
Holy cow McGruff looks like he has seen things no anthro dog should have seen and still he can be PG
I was just thinking the same thing, I don’t remember mcgruff looking this ruff when I was a kid
@@ryanraich1299 you said the words! That is what I tried to say. Maybe this is one od those "things you only notice as adult" he is talking about missing children and we know how crude that can be he is sending a message to kids and adults alike and he is doing it in a way both parties can catch up with the importance.. the people behind this PSA stayed respectful but with no breaks when it came to the truth, heck he even says you may be looking at jenny for the last time that is a big implication right there, most PSA nowdays are focused on saying what things should not happen instead of what things can happen and how to avoid them. I remember I once twitted a post of "things to do in case of kidnapping attempt" and you would be surprised by how many people ignored it except for those who started to call out on me saying that things like that should not happen at all and that I was part of the problem by encouraging people to be prepared for such things
Lol well. That's the animation of the 80s. Not that CGI animation from today. I prefer this style over CGI. I'm sure Mcgruff has heard a lot of horror stories that's happened to children.
If a stranger approaches you, just take a bite out of them.
Yummy 😋
@@lutheranchic122 What??😂😂
Just remember to cook them first, raw meat can poison you!
Are we talking about stranger danger, or manibal the cannibal danger? Lol
😂😂😂😂
Awesome commercial!
Thank you for the video.
See how people cared about kids back then. We learned a lot of positive stuff from tv.
This is the thing that modern day kids still need especially with the internet and grooming etc
I like how Mgruff also mentioned you could be kidnapped by someone you know as well. Its always stranger danger making kids unaware of creepy relatives.
Why don’t we still have these?? If SO MANY kids went missing back then, it HAS to be even more now…
I remember watching this commercial when I was 6 yrs old. 🧒🏻📺 I'm 44 now. 👨🏻📱
Dang, i really just wanna reach through the screen and pet him for being such a good Boi.
sudden change from child abduction awareness to a laurel and hardy episode was amazing
I remember this commercial
Thanks for the nostalgia!🙂
I dunno man.. growing up i always told my friends I would never listen to a talking dog in a trench coat
(raspy voice) *Hey kid, wanna help take a bite out of my crime?*
This was broadcast the year I was born. I remember these when I was a child.
Oh bless the CZcams recommendations lord with this very important presentation by mcruffin. WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU
I was so freaked out by this as a kid. 38 yrs later and I haven't left the house since.
I didn't even exist yet when this commercial came out, but this is giving me some REAL nostalgic vibes.
Same here, I was born in the mid 90s but seeing stuff from the 80s makes me feel nostalgic.
Always Loved Mcgruff The Crime Dog!!! Such A Childhood Memory………We Need this, Especially in Today’s Crazy World!!! 💯🫵🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽