There’s two ads I’ve been looking for for YEARS now, both were kinda unsettling to me as a kid for some reason:
The first one I saw on TeenNick (some time around 2012-2015 probably?) and it had the CEO of what I believe was a food company sitting at a desk in a well-lit room and he was apologizing for putting some sort of substance in his company’s products and claimed that the products will be pulled off of shelves and recalled immediately. I only saw it once but it stuck with me for some reason, and I’ve been looking for years and I’ve never been able to find it anywhere. If this sounds at least vaguely familiar please tell me so I know I’m not crazy lmao
The second one I saw was an ad I saw everywhere as a kid, but I mainly remember it coming on the most when I was watching Nick at Nite. This was a PSA talking about pertussis in babies. This was local ad done through the state of West Virginia that was very widely broadcasted for a while, I’d say I may have saw it at some point within 2008 to 2013 or so. There was a similar ad about pertussis that was widely broadcasted nationally, which featured a woman holding a baby, and that ad featured recordings of a baby coughing. The ad I’m thinking of and that ad are not the same, however they do feature the same recordings of the baby coughing. One thing about the ad I’m thinking of is that I believe there was a border around the ad that said something along the lines of “WVU Medicine” or “West Virginia University Health System” on it. If anyone else is from West Virginia and would wanna help me find this please do
The first is probably an announcement for a product that needs to be recalled or something and they decided to put it on TV for anyone for x product so they could return it and get a refund.
The first is probably an announcement for a product that needs to be recalled or something and they decided to put it on TV for anyone for x product so they could return it and get a refund.
yeah that’s probably about right. i don’t remember much about the company who the ad was for, but i think the name of the company had the word “smiles” in it
There was a similar ad about pertussis that was widely broadcasted nationally, which featured a woman holding a baby, and that ad featured recordings of a baby coughing. The ad I’m thinking of and that ad are not the same, however they do feature the same recordings of the baby coughing. One thing about the ad I’m thinking of is that I believe there was a border around the ad that said something along the lines of “WVU Medicine” or “West Virginia University Health System” on it.
It's also from the same organisation, Sounds of Pertussis, so they might be worth a look. Perhaps it was advertising a local vaccination drive with the charity's sponsorship.
The first is probably an announcement for a product that needs to be recalled or something and they decided to put it on TV for anyone for x product so they could return it and get a refund.
yeah that’s probably about right. i don’t remember much about the company who the ad was for, but i think the name of the company had the word “smiles” in it
Someone in the comments of the video I just linked mentions another Shards O Glass PSA where the CEO talks about a recall. I'm wondering if they were thinking of this 2001 ad, though:
Also, that first one reminds me of this smoking PSA from Truth. It was made for the Super Bowl but stayed in circulation for a while.
OH MY GOD THIS IS HUGE however i don’t know if this is the first ad i was talking about or not because the other one was in high definition, however shards of glass might be it. you’re definitely on to something
Someone in the comments of the video I just linked mentions another Shards O Glass PSA where the CEO talks about a recall. I'm wondering if they were thinking of this 2001 ad, though:
i was not alive yet in 2001 so i don’t think this could be it. however the presentation of the ad does kinda resemble the one i’m thinking of
There was a similar ad about pertussis that was widely broadcasted nationally, which featured a woman holding a baby, and that ad featured recordings of a baby coughing. The ad I’m thinking of and that ad are not the same, however they do feature the same recordings of the baby coughing. One thing about the ad I’m thinking of is that I believe there was a border around the ad that said something along the lines of “WVU Medicine” or “West Virginia University Health System” on it.
It's also from the same organisation, Sounds of Pertussis, so they might be worth a look. Perhaps it was advertising a local vaccination drive with the charity's sponsorship.
i’ve been looking everywhere on their stuff, and i can’t find it anywhere. i’m so lost haha
Also, that first one reminds me of this smoking PSA from Truth. It was made for the Super Bowl but stayed in circulation for a while.
OH MY GOD THIS IS HUGE however i don’t know if this is the first ad i was talking about or not because the other one was in high definition, however shards of glass might be it. you’re definitely on to something
hold on i’m actually gonna double down on this. the ad i’m thinking of was definitely a shards of glass ad. however, it wasn’t this one. this one was an apology type video, but it was the ceo of shards of glass saying it
OH MY GOD THIS IS HUGE however i don’t know if this is the first ad i was talking about or not because the other one was in high definition, however shards of glass might be it. you’re definitely on to something
hold on i’m actually gonna double down on this. the ad i’m thinking of was definitely a shards of glass ad. however, it wasn’t this one. this one was an apology type video, but it was the ceo of shards of glass saying it
i found this on an archive of the shards o glass website, but unfortunately it doesn't work imgur.com/a/YqbtViQ