Anacin Commercial - Woman Screams at Her Child

[hangas1]

that screamin' kid would make anybody tense, lol

[freddylubin]

If you're feeling angry, take a pill.

[jb20092009]

I'll always associate this with The Art Linkletter Show. That was when you saw these.

Oh, and that kid's now in his 50s and had far more things to deal with in his teens and 20s...like drug addiction.

[jdorchen]

Sure your life is empty. Sure you're in a loveless marriage. Sure the universe is a could empty place devoid of meaning. Just take the pills.

[jdorchen]

@jdorchen cold, not could.

[TVDude78]

At the end they should of had a scene where she is back sewing again as little Jimmy sneaks up behind her with a big pair of sewing sheers as the voice over finishes and fades to black.

[KidNothing89]

Where was anacin for all the times I got my ass whooped!?

[fondoftheduh]

When I was a kid I thought all moms were like this.I thought this was a nice mom because she didn't slap him and she calmed herself down.

[james1200]

Combination of ingredients: morphine, cocaine and a touch of angel dust.

[texasghost]

Gee..wonder if that kid needed years and years and years of therapy after that one screaming incident?

[AbuBishir]

Forget Anacin. She needs Penis-sin

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

"Son, I'm going to lock your mother in the basement for the next three days. This will occur each and every month. So don't tell anyone, and don't ask any questions. And, yes, she has plenty of Anicin down there, so, not to worry."

[EarlyLAPunk]

Prevents child abuse.

[RazorFriendly]

Mom: Mommy's all better now that she's taken her Anacin. Now what was it you wanted?

Jimmy: To show you the card I made for you, you passive-agressive bitch

[faith2xxx]

She seemed okay while she was sewing!

[nanlisa]

Octomom wasn't even around back in the 60's

[LucidDivinity]

She seems crazy x__x

[WasabiChaos]

Wait, Anacin has only 2 active ingredients; aspirin and caffeine. Why aren't they telling us what this third one is? Or what any of them are for that matter!

[WasabiChaos]

Wait, Anacin has only 2 active ingredients. Aspirin and caffeine. What's this third one they speak of, and why won't they tell us?

[Telstar62a]

She has enough to worry about, what with a six-year old still playing with blocks FFS...

[datzfast]

she just needs a hysterectomy. she wont be pregnat again, and in a few short years jimmy will have grown up. hysterical ectomy .

[LSweet2007]

What's the secret ingredient cocaine???

[Johnnyboy792]

That actresses name is Janet Waldo..... she did the voice of Judy Jetson :0)

[elc1960]

I love how she's all tense and irritable at the beginning, and at the end she's so mellowed out (read: high) she's coloring in a coloring book. Looks like Mommy took a xanax and washed it down with some Grey Goose.

[stalzz]

eeek! PMS!

[MrRoflWaffles]

HENRY LANGHAM IS FAKE!

[kkryno]

the missing ingriedient is herion!

[mabiniss2]

Great, now she's gonna turn into a zombie.

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, Anacin is still manufactured- by NOT by "Whitehall Laboratories" (then a division of American Home Products), now "Wyeth Consumer Healthcare". Insight Pharmaceuticals makes it now, 'Jubal'.

[tennyc]

the missing ingredient is caffeine.

[lisa43832]

It's PMS Jimmy! Run! Now!! Go hide out at grandma's for a week.

[ntbsam]

On the boy's wall: Rams, Dodgers and Pittsburgh???

[elc1960]

@ntbsam Yup - believe it or not, back in the early '60s those were all good teams. Pirates had Clemente & Mazeroski, Dodgers had Koufax, Drysdale & Maury Wills, the Rams were perennial contenders. Now the Pirates are a perennial doormat.

[johnhrobiii]

I never liked those "Anacin" commercials where "you always hurt the ones you love". They created such "ill will."

[Sheri451]

It's called caffeine! They STILL have it.

[fenian123]

Does it also stop the voices in her head?

[JubalCalif]

Cool retro TV ad! THANKS for sharing! Do they still make Anacin? I love that segment on a "Family Guy" episode where Stewie & Brian discuss Anacin.

[stevieVantanna]

YOU Need Cymbalta!

[gayschloffen]

This was a GREAT commercial. Do you have the Anacin one where the person screams, "Mother, please, I'd RATHER DO IT MYSELF!!!"?

[elc1960]

@gayschloffen I don't believe ANYONE has that one. Shame, because it was so famous it inspired a pop song (by Jo Ann Campbell, circa 1962).

[weechriscraig]

caffeine 'soothes irritability and tension'?

[mediate27]

Waa, mommy doesn't love me! :'(

[palsee]

no I meant like a opiate or barbituate type it shooooooor looks it

[zekepig]

Why Anacin? Because all of the other brands contain cyanide.

[palsee]

I think there was some thing besides anacin in them there pills if ya knows my meaning

[dallasbyron]

Anacin had caffeine as an ingredient.

[lambchopxoxo]

well at least they are honest. now people still snap at their kids like this but its a secret

[nanlisa]

I know that this poor woman's stressed out, but she doesn't have to take it out on the child. If this were shown today, somebdoy would have called Social Services on her.

[quarqill]

@nanlisa I think they could ask Octomom to be their spokesperson because she will be doing a lot of screaming at her kids once all of them get older.We could use some Anacin because Octomom is a headache and a pain in the rear end.

[irish89055]

give da lady some Hadacol..lol

[hebneh]

And also speaking of "Mother, PLEASE! I'd rather do it MYSELF!", JoAnn Campbell's song also includes the phrase, "Keep Jimmy's bike out of the driveway." That was from yet another of these Anacin commercials, and I think that one showed the stressed-out father coming in the door after work and bitching to his wife something like, "Haven't I told you to keep Jimmy's bike out of the driveway??"' I presume that meant he'd had to get out of his car to move the damn bike before he could park his car.

[howdewyoudo]

I've been trying to find that video - can you find it? "The mother please...."one?

[saphopoem]

The secret missing ingredient caffeine!

[GypsyFairy69]

Junior ought to fix mommy a scotch on the rocks(double).

[boyRocky254]

omg it is hilarious at 0:09

[JayMazz]

she looks/acts as tho she just took a xanax/valium.

[DwighttFrye]

Speaking of "Mpther,PLEASE, I'D RATHER DO IT MYSELF!!!",doesnt anybody have that one? Remember they showed it for years,gotta be around someplace.Greatest ad ever made.

[fromthesidelines]

This was just one of a famous series of 1962-'64 Anacin ads that usually had a woman snapping at her family- the most famous of these was "Mother, PLEASE! I'd rather do it myself!!!". JoAnn Campbell turned that phrase into a 1962 hit record...for years, Anacin was one of Whitehall Laboratories' {American Home Products division} best selling over-the- counter remedies; today, Anacin is marketed by Insight Pharmaceuticals.

[RichHartley1970]

Take it out on your kid...unload on him, Medusa.

[Ugwamp]

An extra ingredient? Codeine?

[bagpiper2005]

Caffeine. A dose of Anacin has about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. It aids in the absorption of the aspirin and makes it more effective.

[bagpiper2005]

Oh lovely Anacin.

Only OTC pain medicine that actually works (for me anyway).