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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 3:16:59 GMT
I remembered seeing this commercial a lot on Nickelodeon back in the early 2000’s. It starts with a kid at his birthday party and he opens a present that happens to have a puppy in it. He’s really excited to get the puppy but then he leaves with his friends and leaves the dog on the table with the dog all alone staring at the camera. The commercial then goes to I think the boy and his father at the dog pound because the kid neglected his dog. I remembered the narrator said something like “don’t do this to your dog” or something like that.
The commercial’s message basically was don’t neglect your dog. It’s a very sad commercial actually but it had a lot of truth behind it. I’ve been trying to find this commercial for years and have never been able to find it. I looked on YouTube and google, but to no luck. Hopefully someone knows what this commercial was for. Thanks!!!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 14, 2019 5:23:44 GMT
I remembered seeing this commercial a lot on Nickelodeon back in the early 2000’s. It starts with a kid at his birthday party and he opens a present that happens to have a puppy in it. He’s really excited to get the puppy but then he leaves with his friends and leaves the dog on the table with the dog all alone staring at the camera. The commercial then goes to I think the boy and his father at the dog pound because the kid neglected his dog. I remembered the narrator said something like “don’t do this to your dog” or something like that.
The commercial’s message basically was don’t neglect your dog. It’s a very sad commercial actually but it had a lot of truth behind it. I’ve been trying to find this commercial for years and have never been able to find it. I looked on YouTube and google, but to no luck. Hopefully someone knows what this commercial was for. Thanks!!!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 14, 2019 6:01:35 GMT
Here's another one that again is NOT it, BUT enjoy...
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 15:12:40 GMT
Couldn't find it, but I don't doubt it's real. Some of those older PSA's could be pretty brutal. I recall an ASPCA-type one from some time back that starts with the interior shot of a house during a snowstorm, and sounds of a party of some sort going on. A few seconds into the soundtrack we hear someone say "It's really nasty out, maybe we should bring in the dog." The response is "Nah, dogs are okay being outdoors in this weather. They like the cold." During this, the camera pans out the window across the snow covered yard and stops on the body of the dog, frozen to death in his doghouse.
(If I recall correctly, the light from the window is showing across this, implying someone in the house could have seen the dog was in trouble, if they'd just bothered to look.)
That ad stayed with me, and always makes me be extra certain about animal welfare in winter weather.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 15:52:53 GMT
Couldn't find it, but I don't doubt it's real. Some of those older PSA's could be pretty brutal. I recall an ASPCA-type one from some time back that starts with the interior shot of a house during a snowstorm, and sounds of a party of some sort going on. A few seconds into the soundtrack we hear someone say "It's really nasty out, maybe we should bring in the dog." The response is "Nah, dogs are okay being outdoors in this weather. They like the cold." During this, the camera pans out the window across the snow covered yard and stops on the body of the dog, frozen to death in his doghouse. That ad stayed with me, and always makes me be extra certain about animal welfare in winter weather. DAMN!!!! |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 15:55:19 GMT
Couldn't find it, but I don't doubt it's real. Some of those older PSA's could be pretty brutal. I recall an ASPCA-type one from some time back that starts with the interior shot of a house during a snowstorm, and sounds of a party of some sort going on. A few seconds into the soundtrack we hear someone say "It's really nasty out, maybe we should bring in the dog." The response is "Nah, dogs are okay being outdoors in this weather. They like the cold." During this, the camera pans out the window across the snow covered yard and stops on the body of the dog, frozen to death in his doghouse. That ad stayed with me, and always makes me be extra certain about animal welfare in winter weather. DAMN!!!! I can't even find this one on Youtube. There are a few pretty harsh PSA's I can't find any record of on the internet, but I definitely recall seeing them. I'd like to think they did their job.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 16:17:20 GMT
I can't even find this one on Youtube. There are a few pretty harsh PSA's I can't find any record of on the internet, but I definitely recall seeing them. I'd like to think they did their job. I think what stuck with me about the commercial I saw was how sad and kind of creepy the commercial was. The look on the dog’s face after everyone left was really sad, but also the fact that besides the the narrator talking and the kids getting excited about the puppy there was no music or anything in the background so when it showed the dog alone on the table just looking at the camera there was just dead silence and that was kind of creepy, but I also think it was to get the point across. If they added any sad music or something it’d have been very cliche. Also I think the camera moved over to the puppy in the cage in the pound crying and barking to be let out which made the commercial even more sad. I just remembered wanting to smack the kid for neglecting the dog like that. |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 16:22:37 GMT
I can't even find this one on Youtube. There are a few pretty harsh PSA's I can't find any record of on the internet, but I definitely recall seeing them. I'd like to think they did their job. I think what stuck with me about the commercial I saw was how sad and kind of creepy the commercial was. The look on the dog’s face after everyone left was really sad, but also the fact that besides the the narrator talking and the kids getting excited about the puppy there was no music or anything in the background so when it showed the dog alone on the table just looking at the camera there was just dead silence and that was kind of creepy, but I also think it was to get the point across. If they added any sad music or something it’d have been very cliche. Also I think the camera moved over to the puppy in the cage in the pound crying and barking to be let out which made the commercial even more sad. I just remembered wanting to smack the kid for neglecting the dog like that. When you describe it in detail, that rings a bell. I'm pretty certain I may have seen this ad at some point. I love animals, and I like kids, but I always feel a parent has to be very certain of what's involved when buying a pet for their child, absolutely. This sounds like another PSA that wasn't afraid to be pretty tough about getting its point across.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 16:38:13 GMT
I think what stuck with me about the commercial I saw was how sad and kind of creepy the commercial was. The look on the dog’s face after everyone left was really sad, but also the fact that besides the the narrator talking and the kids getting excited about the puppy there was no music or anything in the background so when it showed the dog alone on the table just looking at the camera there was just dead silence and that was kind of creepy, but I also think it was to get the point across. If they added any sad music or something it’d have been very cliche. Also I think the camera moved over to the puppy in the cage in the pound crying and barking to be let out which made the commercial even more sad. I just remembered wanting to smack the kid for neglecting the dog like that. When you describe it in detail, that rings a bell. I'm pretty certain I may have seen this ad at some point. I love animals, and I like kids, but I always feel a parent has to be very certain of what's involved when buying a pet for their child, absolutely. This sounds like another PSA that wasn't afraid to be pretty tough about getting its point across. If it makes you feel any better, they didn’t really go into detail about why they had to bring the dog back. I got that the kid just never gave it any attention. |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 17:53:56 GMT
When you describe it in detail, that rings a bell. I'm pretty certain I may have seen this ad at some point. I love animals, and I like kids, but I always feel a parent has to be very certain of what's involved when buying a pet for their child, absolutely. This sounds like another PSA that wasn't afraid to be pretty tough about getting its point across. If it makes you feel any better, they didn’t really go into detail about why they had to bring the dog back. I got that the kid just never gave it any attention. Sad enough even without any more detail, and sadder because it happens IRL way too often.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 20:07:51 GMT
If it makes you feel any better, they didn’t really go into detail about why they had to bring the dog back. I got that the kid just never gave it any attention. Sad enough even without any more detail, and sadder because it happens IRL way too often. You think there’s actually a reason why we’re not able to find commercials like these? I think too many parents complained that it was too upsetting. Yet we get ones with a Sarah McLaughlin song playing and that’s too cliche. |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 23:02:34 GMT
Sad enough even without any more detail, and sadder because it happens IRL way too often. You think there’s actually a reason why we’re not able to find commercials like these? I think too many parents complained that it was too upsetting. Yet we get ones with a Sarah McLaughlin song playing and that’s too cliche. I've wondered that myself. I think it's possible some of these spots may have not run very long because they were upsetting and might have generated complaints. That might be even more true for an ad like this running on Nickelodeon. I just came across a website for The Ad Council today, the body that was behind the creation of a lot of PSA spots. I haven't had a chance to search on it yet, but I might see if there's a way of finding some videos of these, or at least confirming they existed. www.adcouncil.org/Of course, that would only count for PSA's that had been produced via Ad Council, I suppose. Not sure if ASPCA may have any type of archive for television ads they've run in the past that were created specifically for their organization.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2019 23:11:32 GMT
You think there’s actually a reason why we’re not able to find commercials like these? I think too many parents complained that it was too upsetting. Yet we get ones with a Sarah McLaughlin song playing and that’s too cliche. I've wondered that myself. I think it's possible some of these spots may have not run very long because they were upsetting and might have generated complaints. That might be even more true for an ad like this running on Nickelodeon. I just came across a website for The Ad Council today, the body that was behind the creation of a lot of PSA spots. I haven't had a chance to search on it yet, but I might see if there's a way of finding some videos of these, or at least confirming they existed. www.adcouncil.org/Of course, that would only count for PSA's that had been produced via Ad Council, I suppose. Not sure if ASPCA may have any type of archive for television ads they've run in the past that were created specifically for their organization. What doesen’t help with my commercial is, is that I don’t know what it was for. |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2019 23:24:31 GMT
I've wondered that myself. I think it's possible some of these spots may have not run very long because they were upsetting and might have generated complaints. That might be even more true for an ad like this running on Nickelodeon. I just came across a website for The Ad Council today, the body that was behind the creation of a lot of PSA spots. I haven't had a chance to search on it yet, but I might see if there's a way of finding some videos of these, or at least confirming they existed. www.adcouncil.org/Of course, that would only count for PSA's that had been produced via Ad Council, I suppose. Not sure if ASPCA may have any type of archive for television ads they've run in the past that were created specifically for their organization. What doesen’t help with my commercial is, is that I don’t know what it was for. Yeah. Something like 'Animal Welfare' might be too vague a search term. Animal adoptions or animal shelters maybe, but with a lot of these ads it's still hard to narrow down to a specific search.
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