AIDS (Australian ad, 1986)

[SpasticCollin]

watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo

It will give you nightmares.

[jr976evil]

so Ozzy!

[MrTwiddledee2008]

@jr976evil

Rampant, how a city stopped a Plague. A really top documentary how the homosexual community, intraveneous drug users, and prostitutes changed Australian history and saved countless lives.

[nicktubara]

"hey vicki, i got a condom...."

wow good for you, can you suck your cock with that? lol.

[willsay1]

is 'Terry' Richard Roxburgh?

[JayArgonaut]

Trip down memory lane, this was also shown in the UK during the 80's which was how I saw it. The "hey Vicky" line is still funny all these years on :)

[ledafox66]

Hi, I played Vicki in this ad. I only just found it after all these years and can't wait to show my teenage sons!!!!

[Sesquipedaliantique]

"Teenage sons"? So I guess that fella didn't use the condom after all then ;D

[ledafox66]

No...he didn't.....at least five times he didn't...aren't I a great advertisement for safe sex!!!

[werluluy]

@ledafox66 Teenage sons, huh?

I guess you didn't use the condom XD....

[AvengingDudikoff]

@ledafox66 Your last comment was awesome pwnnage.

[nicktubara]

@ledafox66, wow you make a pretty good looking goth chick way back hehe.

[JayArgonaut]

@ledafox66 does the government still show AIDS ads in Australia? They haven't bothered over here for years...

[AbsintheGirl27]

@ledafox66 Cool what a fantastic thing for you to take part in. I'm sure as an actress it was probably just a job but what a brilliant one to do. Seems Australia were way ahead of everyone when it came to educating about AIDs - I'm from England and we had some scary ads back in the day but these Australian ones are way way better. Hope your sons are proud of you, love x

[mikhailr13]

the punks at the end, r they listening to Crass?

[Breeslave]

Pardon me but these ads are very much in light of today's needs in very poor taste and like similar anti drug spots on television are in three types either scare the shit out of you or un realistic or controversial. the only way to get people to not do risky behavior is to educate them about sexuality and disease or drugs and peer pressure on an individual basis and not take a head in the sand atitude toward these issues which are prevalent everywhere. Condoms and Abstinence should be stressed

[electrogeek77]

They can't give a whole sex ed class in a one-minute ad. They're using popular advertising techniques in order to attract consumers to a product - in this case, materials that DO teach factual information about AIDS. I think that it was a good jump start towards proper education.

[dafcymru1]

poor freddie mercury

[gangwarden]

Aw Terry!

[shrr5842]

"hey vicky!, I have got a condom!"- so hilarious

[martyaus2905]

HEHE that was funny

[petey8887]

It's hard to believe how great Australia reacted to the early AIDS crisis compared to the way that America reacted. We still don't see commercials dealing with condoms and AIDS in 2008 let alone 1986. Kudos to Australians for not being afraid to talk about it and thus saving thousands of lives we've lost here in the states.

[AustralianAds]

Petey, do a search for 'AIDS prevention (Australian ad) 1987' on youtube. It's an Australian ad that became very popular and a little controversial at the time.

It's probably one of the best ads to have addressed the issue at the time.

[SCJohnson77]

@petey8887 bullshit

[bloggaloggs]

@petey8887 That's because the conservatives have your country in a stranglehold. I don't know why. The Americans I know are all broad-minded, long-term thinking progressives. It's time America was once again.

[timelleb]

if the guy drinking from it had aids yeah

[jimjams91]

What do you mean?

[shiftaling]

No that's not true, you don't catch HIV from a cup. That's just ill informed

[shiftaling]

"They say someone caught AIDS from a cup"

"Pfffttssh..."

LOL