The Legend of Zelda Commercial

[ZaffireWolf]

I remember this scene from Eraserhead.

[DustinOffAClassic]

0:15

PE-PE-PE-NES

[thereefshark]

I didn't know David Lynch made a NES commercial

[VideogamesAreSerious]

#1 game in insane asylums

[TheeDarkBatman]

Great Job.

[SeamustheHound]

Art Garfunkel has really let himself go...

[jeromer9788]

ROB!!!!!! 0:28

[jeromer9788]

ROB!!!!!!

[Squeejee09]

Well no WONDER so many people think Link is Zelda!

[Havocme]

Well, this commercial explains some weird pronunciations I had in my head of those monsters. That and the weird voice that spoke them. Damn 80s memories from when I was 8-ish. :P

[TwinUzis]

What the shit was that?

[teejaynumber13]

A better commercial would have simply had a guy dressed as link wiping green blood off his sword.

[jamesw6374]

Is that Zapp Brannigan doing the voiceover?

[panther2598]

Dude, lay of the meth!

[HawtDawg925]

PEA PEA PEAHATS!

[flowertrue]

drugs are bad, mkay?

[iammadrightnow]

P-P-P-Peehants!

[ultimatebman]

this is what happens when you let a schizophrenic retard with severe ADD make a commercial.

[randybob275]

Is that John Kassir?

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[Kojo220]

Whoa. Just... whoa.

[TheTibbysan]

Man, he just seems retarded,,, <_< At least could he have dressed as Link.... No... That woulda make Link look bad, never mind,,,

[TechUnadept]

Then he dies. The entire movie's about who or what "Zelda" is. (it's a Citizen Kane remake). Turns out, Zelda's his sled.

[ebiljebus]

This guy did the voice for the Cryptkeeper. Just sayin'.

[ChildrenofAmory]

I remember watching this commercial when it originally aired and even as a child, I thought it was the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

[DeakDude2]

lol slender man

[guiltygearalonecompl]

I played that game for the first time when I was a wee, impressionable lad... and it didn't drive me monkey-fuck insane like it obviously did to that poor sod

[lukegrraaa]

Anyone else waiting for that guy to scream "BEWARE THE SACRILEGE"?

Just me? okay.

[ultimatevideodude]

Rofl 0:18 sounds like pe-pe penis xD

[BMassey1987]

I was gonna say something about this being like David Lynch's The Legend of Zelda, but I'm glad to see its a common thought here.

Good lord, what were they thinking? Not one second of the live action footage relates to anything in the game. Randomly shouting out names of people and creature while doing interpretive theater doesn't convey any information to the potential customer, it just leaves you confused and mind fucked.

Which way to go? i dont know, back to juliard?

[dimitryryutta]

dude i found this guys more creepy and anoying than the Link from the thegend of zelda cartoon

[pizzamanopenup]

The first time I saw this I could not stop laughing at "P-P-Peahats". It still cracks me up.

[greenbergjn]

Wait. Is this real, or just someone's edit?

[ColeVecsion]

So the director just told him "act lke a more retarded version of robin williams, go!"

[MageIanBorthwick]

This commercial was the single BIGGEST reason the game didn't sell 4 times as many copies as it did in the first months it was out. it takes a lot to make Americans forget how stupid this commercial is. And I admit it, I was not in a rush to buy the game after Larry Fine Jr here scream "Zelda!" repeatedly as he danced across the plain floor.

[codenine1]

When he said peahats I thought he was gonna say penis.

[cedaytonarydr]

I remember seeing this commercial when I was a kid and thinking to myself: "What the hell was that?!?!?!"

[chocolate11pie]

ZELDAAAAA AYAYAYAYA! OCTOROCKS!

[Tareltonlives]

ALL ZELDA AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY

[Ammit5]

OCTOROKS!!!  TEktITes!!! P-P-PEAHATS!!!

[Kool212]

No wonder parents thought kids mind would melt playing video games.

[Nouseeker]

heeere's zelda!

[AlwaysRemainNever]

Crazy Guy: ZELDA!!!!

Zelda: Get away from me you freak!

[Medevenx]

@AlwaysRemainNever Stop being funny because you're not. You suck.

[AlwaysRemainNever]

@Medevenx YEAH. That's me.

[justatractgirl]

@Medevenx imagine if you had to comment back like this to every single unfunny youtube comment that was trying anyway. you'd be here forever...

[MasterofPirates]

Wow. That's how you make a commercial.

[darthwinst]

I fully remember this horrible commercial. Somehow it still made me want the game.

We were pretty stupid kids in the 80's, apparently.

[electroman076]

I thik we bought the game in spite of this commercial because I thought this guy was a gay back then along with my friends !!!

[Kemonokami]

David Lynch would be proud.

[NukeA6]

This is the first Zelda commercial? WTF were they thinking?

That must've been a real miracle that Zelda sold so well.

[Kemonokami]

Proof that methamphetamine is a spectator sport.

[doodoostickstain]

haha i remember seeing this and getting worried that bad things would happen to my mind if i played the game. he was obviously a bit off if not obsessed.

then i played it.

[Boolglunk]

Somebody needs to lay off the drugs.

[Tymathee]

Lol hilaroius i dont think that'd make me want to buy it htough...

now, the package and the E"now youre playin with power" logo would, nintendo was da ish back in da day.

[wiseye61]

what the...?

[Kemonokami]

Then his mom walks in, and he's cowering on the floor naked, screaming "Zelda" over and over again, with the walls and floors coated in his own warm feces.

[gotikaster]

O.o

[BohemianBlasphemy]

Twilight Princess has the same nightmarish creatures this freak fears, plus a female demon from another dimension who is also your shadow and talks to your mind, you transform into a sacred beast, paradise is populated by human-faced turkeys and you can actually play it by waving at your TV.

So keep this guy away from it or he'll end up making Ganon voodoo dolls out of kindergarteners.

[Kemonokami]

@BohemianBlasphemy

I'd pay to see what that kind of voodoo doll would look like.

[evans0305]

Cocaine is one hell of a drug.

[BEEGER1]

Ahh, I remember the days when video game commercials didn't make ANY FUCKING SENSE...

Now they're like movie trailers.

[abrahamsocool]

That comersial didnt seem so lo buget when it first came out. I remember getting exited just to see game shots in those comersials.

[apollo079]

I hate to say it, buy me too!

[CJAnonymous]

Words fail me.

[OdinM1]

Schizophrenia. The gift that keeps on giving!

[Tonsuma]

Dude, thats not funny. My penis has schizophrenia. Apologize!

[OdinM1]

Dah! I apologize! Just please...... No details...

[Tonsuma]

Well you see, it all started when The View made a casting call, and originally wanted to higher Oprah, Rosie O'Donnell, Queen Latifah, and Anna Nicole Smith... but they decided that was way too much meat to be showing on public television, and then the...

[Lucario582]

How can a penis be schizophrenic?

[PatTheNESpunk]

With this commercial, it's a miracle that Nintendo sold more than 3 copies.

[HabAnagarek]

How old are you people? Clearly born after this commercial aired. It's John Kassir, who voiced the Crypt Keeper and appeared in 1st and Ten, as well.

[Aldaraia666]

Honestly, this guy probably took an entire sheet of this tainted 'Zelda LSD', and now his mind is fiercely blown that he believes he is being stalked by Octoroks, Tekties, Leevers and even Peabats, in his very own home.

[Straightedge00000000]

Wow what the fuck

[aerostella]

Worst Zelda commercial by far.

[zealot256]

agreed

[wblstudios]

Tim Burton's "The Legend Of Zelda"

[Tonsuma]

HAH YOU ROCK

[drplbiftin]

that man needs a straight jacket

[nerferazon666]

hahaha! xD that commercial doesnt make me wanna a ledgend of zelda game even though it was funny.

[readordiefanatic]

isn't that the fucking guy from Ghostbusters 2?

[technoskull]

Wheres your princess now!?

[SageOverride]

That guy in the commercial is John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper in Tales From the Crypt!

This reeks of awesome.

[CinemaBiohazard]

I'm thankful because Kassir has quite a range, and if someone actually talked like that in real life (on top of looking like Eraserhead and John Turturro's bastard child), they would probably end up being beaten to death.

[Scythemantis]

Leevers make me do that too. Those little bastards get EVERYWHERE!

[Questpeace]

Ur doin it wrng.

[Luis2899]

This was the first commercial for Zelda in America. Than the second one followed with the two nerds.

[Albee213]

I cant believe this... I seen it with my own eyes on tv... Even then I thought it was stupid!

[MarioLazar]

P-P-P-PEAHATS!!!!

[jamescgale]

I remember this. Damn I was about 6 years old.

[buff001]

TEKTITES!!!  LEEVERS!!!

This has been stuck in my head for 20 years.

[TyVulpine]

Same...

[shinryuken07]

I usually think the Japanese have the weird ads, then I watch this.

[JohnSpartan2k7]

This brings back memories

[Elendieldunadan]

oh my gosh. such a nerd. lol

[tyger813]

That was the guy who did the vocie of the Cryptkeeper, Buster Bunny (in some episodes), and in this commercial? Never knew that! Too abd this commercial makes you not want the game lol. What were they thinking? Ty

[RDawg5555]

He sounds like a pedophile trying to find his victim.

[chaksheba]

lmao I remember this commercial.Now he did Reefer Madness the musical.

[sexualburgerking]

Good lord I hated that commercial back in the day. HATED IT!

[flarnfilth]

i remember this..ha

[NintendoFreak1988]

This guy has played a little TOO much Zelda

[NintendoFreak1988]

I think he's played a little TOO much Zelda...

[madfishmonger]

I remember that logo. Hilarious.

[DivineShadow999]

What the fuck is going on here? It's like the insane asylum for crack addicted zelda fans.

[Zerudah]

The Zelda rap is starting to look good about now...

[Tkreft1128]

His name is John Kassir -- and he is still funy as hell.

He was in that "reefer madness" musical remake in 2005.

[toddsmitts]

He's also done a lot of voice work, including the voice of the Crypt-Keeper. Also, until recently, he was married to Julie Benz (Darla from "Buffy" and "Angel" and Rita on "Dexter").

I remember this ad from when I was a kid. Not sure if it really made me want to buy Zelda more.

[IammeoramI]

My god we have'nt changed much now have we?

[stanbonez]

that guy has issues

[chewbacca1010]

Three words:

What the fuck?

[MangekyoItachi]

I was here. This message is proof.

[Mitsukara]

Peepeepeepeehats!

[frenkmelk]

That phraselet has been part of my cultural memory for way too long now. Glad i found it!