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  • Apparently I have a habit for not drowning my food in condiments, so that leaves the only one in favor of the ad. Catchy.

  • Don't drown your food...... in anything that's not Kraft ranch dressing

  • "I Love the 80's" (2002-VH1) Public Service Announcement for 1980! :-) I miss those. They (VH1, or, excuse, viacom) need to put another one together. That would be a 4th edition.

  • I don't care what the lifeguard say, i love drowning my nuggets in BBQ sauce and my salad in ceasar or ranch dressing. And don't get me started on nachos, what kind of weirdo eats tortilla chips without con queso. I don't care, i love drowning my food.

  • Ooh hoh hoh you should see what I do to carrots.

  • its been a tough day at the office, so you come home, have some dinner, drown you food, pop in a movie, maybe have a drink. its fun right? wrong, don't drown your food

  • I was going to put a schtickle of dressing on my salad but ended up drowning the thing. Lewis won't be happy.

  • It's funny because nowadays, you dan't see PSA's, but you see lots of fat, lazy, dumb children.

    Coincedence? I think NOT!

  • @MrMcFuzzyBuns: Okay, but what does being fat have to do with being dumb? =p 

  • My food drowns in Lake Tapatio...Mmmmmm.

  • I remember this commercial so well from my childhood...anti-fat propaganda! Hilarious...

  • @mamataaura haha i actually remember all of the words:)

  • yeah don't drown your food, just cover them in salt. yum. :)

  • Sorry that doesn't apply to french fries hahaha.

  • HTF DID I GET HERE?

  • screw you. i'll use as much ketchup as i want!

  • Tell you what, Lewis. When you chip in on the grocery bill, you'll get a say in my drowning of food, or lack thereof. Until then, I'll use as much hot sauce as I damn well please.

  • @8x13Wolf Cracks me up! I'm totally going to steal that!

  • Just get over it you dumb commercial! I drown my nachos in like punds of cheese and the leftover cheese I drink! I also love to drink pickle juice! :P

  • Screw you, tiny singing man in a scuba mask.

    /slathers that potato with cheese, chives, yogurt, and bacon/

  • They had one for drowning your food with condiments...

    ...was this a serious thing back then?

  • @uponit57 No, not really. This song was cute back then, nothing more. All of us as kids back then would eat things loaded with condiments, then we went outside and played. Games like Baseball, basketball, street football in some cases, hide and seek (usually from the cops (;-)) Drugs and AIDS were the big things back then, but how do you make a jingle for kids about AIDS, which was a new disease then? Nancy Reagan had the "just say no" to drugs campaign, and that was it.

  • My kids thought I was crazy when I would sing these jingles to them. LOL! This one was my fave. Probably because I realized I liked veggies when they weren't over cooked or drowned in yucky stuff like my mom always made. I still eat dry salads. I just don't like dressing.

  • @suthrndaysi It affected me too. Although not to the point of being a raw food person. Moderation can be good too, say semi-asphyxiation with a low fat vinaigrette, not total drowning. I do like stuff mostly plain though - my Mom however still insists on margarine on everything! Parents were not listening, but I did.

  • My philosophy!

  • Lewis' voice (or Louis if you like) sounds like Barry Gordon's (Clamhead of Jabberjaw) or Brenda Vaccaro's (Scruple of the Smurfs).

  • He did say "food's so much better when it's practically plain" so a little bit of sauce/dressing is ok!

  • Who is Louis the Lifeguard's voice? Is it Timer (Lennie Weinrib) ?

  • @JGCooney Arnold Stang, I think.

  • Screw you Cartoon Guy..Baked Potatoes Taste Nasty without Sour Cream. I'd rather eat a raw Potato.

  • With all of the hydrogenated oils, HFCS, and chemicals added to processed foods, I feel that eating veggies with something to enhance the flavor beats the alternative. These were great PSAs, though, and I get the point about overdoing it.

  • words of advice...

  • i remember watching this!  i miss watching these. back in the day when the cartoons kicked ass and these little things rocked as well.

  • I'm guilty of that with ketchup.

    I don't remember this psa.

  • I don't even drown my French fries or salad with salad dressing

  • Who pours mayo in a salad?

  • @Cyberwolf087 Mayo in a chicken salad is the bee's knees.

  • This commercial brings back memories. I would be mean to my food. I would stab my food with a fork, then drown them, then chew them and eat them. My food would feel pain and suffering only for a few minutes. d:)

  • thats true.

  • only read a couple comments, but jeesh, the message is to taste the food your eating not the condiment, I still sing this song when I grab a condiment, which I don't use very much of

  • is that potato a guy? and so is the life guard...and he is all hugging up on him...how weird for a kids clip:P but then again little kids were innocent back then...

  • what's wrong with ketchup?

  • Whats the point of this weird commercial!

    Condiments actually make some food taste better specially vegatables which I really hated!

  • @7DARKHELLS condiments are good if you don't overkill hiding the taste of the food. I used to try and hide the taste of anything I hated with ketchup. It's better if kids learn what veggies they like to eat so they will keep eating it when they aren't forced. And cooked veggies taste different than raw- textures make a difference. Give kids choices.And teach kids that their taste buds change so they'll try things more than once. I didn't eat any veggies in my twenties except Chinese.

  • This was always my fave of the bunch

  • What the..... Why would anybody besides me care what I put on my food? It's nobody's business if I want to drown my food or not..

  • Fuck this- I drown my food in Caesar dressing AND tabasco sauce- makes it taste better. Besides, why not drown it? I want my food to be dead after all.

  • Hey louis...i'm going to drown you IN YOUR OWN BLOOD

  • I remember this commercial but never understood it. Why are they against condiments ? It's so hard to get kids to eat sometimes in the first place so who cares if they use condiments.

  • To this guy drowning your food is like killing them so isn't eating your food also like killing them?

  • omg.theres a murder goin on.call 911. Somebdys tryin to kill vegetables. they need the death penalty,lol.

  • Worst cartoon character ever (flipper guy)

  • I don't drown my food, but to me a plain potato tastes dull.  Gimme butter, sour cream or ranch dressing.

  • oh shut up little lifegaurd kid thing

  • Anyone ever try to eat a salad without dressing? Lettuce leaves by them self doesn't taste very good.

  • Screw you lifeguard. Imma drown my food whether you like it or not!

  • WTF!!! SO DAMN GAY LIKE WOW!!!!!!!!!!

  • this commercial actually made me put ketchup on everyting!

  • It's possible to add flavor to your food without drowning it.......didn't you know that, you silly lifeguard? :D

  • wow that was....incredibly gay

  • So what? That potato and the other foods were going to die anyway.

  • For years my family would repeat this at the dinner table. Now whenever I accidentally add too much salad dressing I have a flashback.

  • Shocking flashback..now I know why I barely eat food as an adult.

  • Cute PSA.. lol 

  • I'm really fat, and I don't drown my food. I don't know why I'm fat.

  • @mtallmen184 If you're serious... It could be a million different possibilities. Slow metabolism.. Have you ever been checked for Hypothyroidism? Also, not eating the right foods, a good variety and eating often! Small meals, more often. Maybe lack of activity? Best of luck to you. =)

  • 19, and almost under weight. Try to make me stop drowning my food. I DARE you. :]

  • It's not as a bad to drown your food as it is to be a yuck mouth.

  • Cute!

  • you can drown your food. just do some exercise after. he says as his fat ass sits comfortable on a chair at 2 in the morning

  • Who said I even wanted to see my food. I'd rather see a plate of sauce.

  • I'd rather have steak sauce on my steak and butter and sour cream on my baked potato.

  • @MDSJR67 absolutely:) and hollandaise on my peas

  • I never understand the concept of this cartoon psa. Who cares if you put to much stuff on your food.

  • @DoktorSick Louis cares. That's who.

  • mmmm... now im gonna make big bacon sandwiches and cover them in brown sauce

  • dont drown your food in anything except... KETCHUP!!!!

    I could eat ketchup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I could drink it with my ketchup soaked meals.

  • WELL CAN YOU DROWN PEPOLE

  • this ad of sure was banned by Heinz & Bestfoods

  • It did nothing for me i am still fat and i only drown my mashpotatoes in gravy on Wednesday which is porkchop nite

  • i will not drown my food i will not drown my food i will not drown my food O.o

  • This one is my favorite!!!!!!

    Ask MY KIDS*

  • I can drown whatever I want to! Food tastes better plain? That's your opinion! Quick someone place that dude with the flippers in the garberator!

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  • But what happened to beans and rice so nice?

  • I remember this from the 80's. But seriously, does anyone else think it looks like the potato is about to make out with Louis?

  • thank you so much! where oh whereeee did these commercials go?! so sad! no wonder Americans are on the SAD diet now!

  • Awesome. 30+ years later this commercial is burned into my brain. To this day I still don't drown my food because of this ad. Everytime I've tried to explain the drowning potato to people they think I'm nuts. No one remembered this. Now I have proof. Sure brings back Saturday mornings.

  • I still remember this. It must have made an impression on me as a child because I hardly EVER put anything on my food! lol

  • its be cuz time's change

  • I always like this commercial but not putting anything on your food. Might as well eat cereal without the milk. lol

  • Hey, superleviathan, "food's so much better when it's practically clean" and "It's no fun to eat what you can't even see" are at least reasons, even if they're not very informative.

  • This PSA violates a cardinal sin by never explaining WHY drowning your food is bad.

    As bad as a lot of anti-drug PSA's are, they at least explain WHY you shouldn't use them. Likewise ones like Mr. Yuk.

  • I guess the explanation is "food is always better when it's practically plain," which obviously will not appeal to any children. LOL

  • Would you like a little cheeseburger with that ketchup?

  • I always thought that they say don't drown your food because it's a lot healthier to eat it without all that extra junk on it like sour cream and butter

  • i use to always remember this little ditty when i was a kid, and someone brought me fries. I would tell them don't drown it, or let me put the ketchup on myself. lol

  • How are you supposed to eat food if it isn't covered in ketchup? Food without ketchup is disgusting.

  • Why don't we have these anymore?

    No wonder our kids are fat and stupid.

    lol

    Where are the PSAs?

  • Public service announcements

  • @brainwashedmasses stfu a ground ass person talking about kids you ass wipe.

  • @brainwashedmasses Yes and where is schoolhouse rock, Timer, or how about the Family Film Festival? Kids aren't stupid though. I think they get better schooling than we did. But they miss these kind of lessons. Yuck mouth says it better than mom ever did. Kids don't really want to hear parents all the time. These were fun.

  • LIES i always drown my food and it takes amazing!

  • I won't drown my food. But I do wanna drown Lewis.

  • drown lewis? y?

  • How many people drown a whole ear of corn in ketchup? Honestly?

  • have a little dressing. DON'T DROWN YOUR FOOD! XD

  • drown that shit

  • these psas where pretty informative and had a good messge behind it they where just a little cheesy though and tacky

  • Its always funny hearing Arnold Stang talking.  He's doing the voice of the lifeguard.

  • That was perhaps the most bizarre PSA ever made.

  • i wanna drown the singing dude

  • I...still drown my food...

  • I bet you're a behemoth.

  • Big men need to eat

  • @VemberJudgement , Same here I still drown my food.

  • @VemberJudgement me too. LOL No not potato plain. MUST DROWN!!!! what's worse drowning or frying? Need at least one. LOL This is so much fun to remember though. LMAO At least I try not to drown in mayo and cream all the time. cheese and chili work too. and vinegar and oil for salad.

  • Don't drown your food. Eat it alive and let it suffer.

  • Im glad there's a PSA like this. The idea of having that much mayo or ranch dressing on food is making me dry heave.

  • I remember this PSA so well, mostly because I hated plain food as a kid (still do, to some extent, especially naturally "bland" foods like potatoes), and even at the age of eight or ten, when this was airing on TV, I thought it was just shy of insane: "But how can you eat a baked potato without sour cream?"

  • this takes me back, and directly applies as well cuz i drown the hell out of my food (some of it)

  • They need a PSA today that says don't eat food that has high-fructose corn syrup in it. Oh wait, every packaged food has high-frucose corn syrup in it. Never mind.

  • so you expect me to eat my food without

    mayo?madness..

  • I remember this PSA. However I never drowned

    my food even before I saw it. When I eat salad the only dressings I use are oil & vinegar.

  • god dangit you took my potatoe out of my sour cream dang your lewis!!!

  • The point of this ad was that there was no childhood obesity epidemic in the 70's and 80's. While you might say "eat what tastes good to you" and that's perfectly acceptable for an adult, people form habits early. Getting a kid to appreciate their food without condiments will benefit them a lot cumulatively down the line. You're also looking at this with modern eyes. This commercial was made at a time when lots of people put mayonnaise in salad, put slabs of cheese on pie and ate lard on toast.

  • Good point, in that time fat free was in little to no development and foods low on carbs or saturated fats was virtually non-existant

  • As a child I was so easily disgusted by anything goopy or messy, I couldn't BEAR condiments of any kind to touch what I ate, and you can forget about pudding, yogurt, chili, or thick soups. Half those things still gross me out!

    It's really bizarre they'd make a PSA out of this, though. Were condiments really that big a health issue? I mean, they are, but it's not something we think about much.

  • I remember this PSA. I never use condiments on my foods...however I need dressing on my salads!

  • I remember eating in the school cafeteria and some kids were smothering their fries with ketchup AND gravy! Yuuuuuuck! :(

  • Incidentally, I still hate sauces and dressings and stuff on my food. ;) Now I ask for it on the side!

  • I was the pickiest eater when I was a kid and everyone gave me shit for it. I mean, I freaked if ketchup or anything touched my food. And then I saw this PSA.... and I remember thinking they were speaking directly to me! I made my Mom and sister watch it! Lol.... my favorite part was the egg calling out for help. Lol... too funny! Thanks for finding this.

  • ummmm honestly this commercial atracted me to "drown my food" a whole lot more than i used to

  • I think I remember this commercial.

  • Haha, I already live by this philosophy....why muck up everything with a shotload of condiments?

  • I wonder if this is why I'll only eat plain cheeseburgers.

  • haha.. I remember this

  • So don't drown your food kids! Because it's bad! And only bad people do it! And you shouldn't do it, because it's not fun! Do you hear me? It's NOT FUN DAMMIT!!! And anybody who thinks otherwise is stupid and wrong and a bad person!!!

    Ha! What a crock!!!

  • I want to see someone eat a plain baked potato. It can't be done, I tells ya!

  • Every once in a while there will be baked potatos from some big feast leftover and they'll sit in the fridge. I'll be so into a project by the time I get to eating I'll just grab it cold and with nothing on it. Baked, nothing, eaten. I admit it.

  • Wow, that's crazy. I applaud you!

  • I agree,Precipitation!Also,some melted cheese & bacon bits for good measure.

  • You're making me hungry. Now I'm gonna have to go out for my lunch break and get a loaded baked potato. Where the hell am I going to get one? The closest Wendy's is, like, twenty miles away!

  • agreed i alway drown my backed potatoe in sour cream,butter and bacon bits......yummy

  • Isn't that Stimpy's voice?

  • Did he give the food mouth to mouth

  • This song pops into my head from time to time (usually when I'm dressing a salad). I could never understand the point of it as a kid. Fun to see it on youtube!

  • dont tell me what to do

  • damn i wish that were true...

  • No, except as the symbol of human generousity. But belief in A divine creator has helped sustain me through many trials.

  • I remember this...It's when I was fat...And felt bad about myself...

  • Hm, never saw this one, but I gotta love it!

  • God loves me anyhow friends

  • haha god? do u also bliv in santa?

  • You think they'd come up with adds like this for the youth of today. The children need this more.

  • I never want to do that, "drowning" food is flavourful. Further more are you really supposed to be nice to your food? If I spare it the pain of drowning I will just end up eating it.

  • What, it's better to eat it alive-piece by piece-than to drown it? The 'Saw' franchise is making sense to me now...

  • Help!

  • all tv before 2000 seems so different now.

    im sad :[

  • they need to run these again today with the kids we have today!!!!!

  • Geez,it's pretty damn sad when it's 20 years later and I can still recite this word for word. I will admit though,looking at stuff like this brings a tear to my eye.

  • JWade, you're not the only one. We kids who were raised in the 70's and 80's are the true products of the television generation. Those before us had new and original programming, we had reruns ad nauseum and the advent of the VCR.

  • Yow, this PSA has been a source of guilt for me over the years. I love ketchup too much.

  • LOL Don't drown your food in fucking RANCH! They need to play this now!

  • Uhhhh its TOTALLY educational. It means "Don't add extra fat, calories, etc to food with toppings."

    Ranch, mayonnaise, sour cream, etc all have lots of fat. Ketchup, A-1 etc is all loaded with sugar...

  • But I can't eat my potato plain :(

  • Well, it doesn't say "eat everything plain" -- just go easy on the "goo"...

    For example, a lot of people think a baked potato is really healthy food. Which it is. However, if you add tons of butter and sour cream and cheese and bacon to it, you might as well have had some french fries!

  • what if it's fat free sour cream? & smart balance margarine? 0_o

  • Truthfully, a lot of so-called fat-free foods are flavored with sugars. Sugar technically does n