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‘The Fatal Floor’: PSA battles scourge of killer throw rugs back in the 1970s

Throw rugs
 
“Polish a floor, put a rug on it – you might as well set a man trap.” That line, which appears in “The Fatal Floor,” an amazing British public service announcement from the 1970s, is so much more enticing and dangerous and complex than ... anything else in the ad. I’ve watched it five times, and I’m no closer to figuring out how in tarnation it ever made it to air. Someone wrote this ad, found a suitable location, cast it, did makeup, there may have been multiple takes. There’s editing and even a noteworthy visual effect.

All to serve the purpose of ... warning the home viewer to be careful not to put a throw rug on a slippery hardwood surface.

That’s the peril they’re worried about…. throw rugs. I’m serious.
 
The Fatal Floor
“You might as well set a man trap.”
 
I have to admit, they did a good job. I’m throwing away all my throw rugs. But I’m going to keep those greasy rags right next to the gas range until I see a commercial telling me not to.
 

 

Posted by Martin Schneider
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03.31.2014
09:12 am
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Nasty TV ad depicts body artist as HIV carrier
08.24.2010
04:28 pm
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Warning: this ad is toxic.

Created by the German advertising agency Zeitsprung, this extremely nasty public service announcement depicts HIV in the form of a body modification artist. Yeah, guys with tattoos and earrings and bumps on their heads should be avoided at all costs when it comes to hugs. They might be HIV positive. But big white cuddly bears are okay. You already knew that, right?

Since when has HIV been transmitted through hugging?

The ad is worthless, or at best confusing, as information and propagates an ugly stereotype about people who look different than the average guy on the street.

The message to wear condoms gets lost in the ad’s horror movie shock effect.

 

 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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08.24.2010
04:28 pm
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