U R what U eat: Time for Timer

[spankheather]

It's really a shame that kids today don't have things like this. Hell, kids today don't have just plain fun cartoons on Saturday morning. The 70s and early 80s really were the best time to be a kid.

[pyrogyra72]

Reminds me of the M&Ms commercial. "You are what you eat. What a bunch of malarkey. "

[ZwesomeGuy4444]

where the fuck is he!?!

[krewgarr]

The song is still catchy as hell! And rhyming "fish you" with "tissue" - classic. I used to love when he turned into that fish. But I couldn't figure out what those chunks on the conveyor belt were... They look a lot like tofu. Awesome.

[49goldenwalruses]

0:15 charlie and the chocolate factory factory noise

[classicphile]

Man, as a kid in the 1970s (I was born in 1969) I used to watch this, among the other "Timer" PSAs, on Saturday mornings. Brings back fond, nostalgic memories of me sitting in front of the living room 25 inch color tv (the only tv we had in the house. Unlike today where people practically have a tv in each and every room) watching my favorite Saturday morning cartoons while eating bowl after bowl of my favorite breakfast cereals. The 1970s really was the golden age of saturday morning cartoons.

[imfinago]

If I am what I eat I guess that makes me a pussy.

[John231984]

This bastard got me in trouble. He showed us how to make pops with juice and ice trays. So I use the oj in an icetray to make a bunch of pops. Needless to say, I got in trouble.

[ImpmonInThe90s]

@John231984 That's on the "Sunshine on a Stick" short. LOL

[mellotrongirl]

This character looks like the head of an intestinal parasite

[PurpleStorm8]

Genius!

[FutureKinjite]

You are what you eat, From your head down to your feet. Great Memories of this 80's commercial.

[Lotusia]

Favorite commercial when I was a kid.

[avelloch]

exercise those choppers daycan1

[daycan1]

there was one PSA from this time with a 50s group with a fonzie like character. Anybody remember what that is called.

[feebeebobeebee13]

@daycan1 ,

chopper?

[AnimationDiana]

This was seen on ABC Saturday mornings until 1997 when Disney took over.

[DSmoothMike]

I was him last night at some 80's party. Very few people remember that commercial, though.

[MiyagiDoKarate]

Wrong.

[MARVIN85]

OK someone fill in my spotty memory re: Timer. I vaguely remember a full length adventure with Timer in it (part live action/animation) where he traveled through the insides of a kid who was sick. The whole point was to teach everyone about germs and how the body fights off infections and such. Does anyone remember the name of this show or better yet have clips of it???

[sheppytim]

Yes, I remember this as well, but can't remember the name of it. I did see it on some odd cable station maybe 5 to 7 yrs ago. wish i taped it.

[deyoungparker]

Yup, there were actually two full length afterschool specials with Timer, both involving him traveling through a person's body. One was called "The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip" and the other was called "The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head". Good memory!

[hippiefreak66]

tv was so much better when i was a kid. this is a great blast from the past!

[kelseyisherex]

my insides arent choo choo trains!

i bet this made kids think that.

[DenOfVipers]

Too bad it's illustrated by having an anthropomorphic yellow lump loitering around inside my body! Timer's a goddamned nightmare.

[royalfuzziness]

In those days parents made there kids go outside and play, so rare was the time when you saw kids that were tubs of lard running around. Unlike today where every other kid is the size of Kenworth Truck.

[josseppie]

And we walked to school in blizzards up hill both ways lol

[leeroynaggins]

Actually what you say is true...

There was like 1 fat kid in my school...

and we tormented him until he cried great tears of blood!

Muwaahaaahaaa!!

But seriously, kids were told to go outside more and it was good. Now if kid go outside they'll get gunned downed by roving bands of bio-fiends.

True man

[Sparten942]

awsome

[RuffRuffman371]

What is timer supose to be?

[Cmenthed]

A thing

[twoweirdos]

I think he's a piece of cheese dresses as a cowboy lol

[thejoint25]

A cheese doodle....according to Peter Griffin.

[lizziebeth70]

OMG, I had forgot all about this. I love it. I can't believe I didn't remember it.

[GenXorcist1976]

OMG, I have had this song in my head since, probably, the late 70's/early 80's and only really remembered the "You are what you eat from your head down to your feet" part and would sometimes sing it aloud... I'd tell people it was from School House Rock. Now I know where it's REALLY from!!! Thanks for posting! Proof that I'm not insane in the membrane (insane in the brain) after all! LOL

[slydawg221]

this is exactly why it's not a good idea to be a vegetarian, because you need meat for protein.

[hobiehippo]

wow now i feel old it is over 25 years since I seen this *yesterday, when I was young, do many songs like this I could have sung"

[Immortal1000]

Today kids don't know what real cartoons are.

Most of them are inactive too. Instead of playing active games with their friends they sit

around playing, video games.

[groovyretrochick]

I remember that commercial... haha! Awesome.

[Stylemasterr]

now we got spongebob, and pokemon dora is okay but nowhere near the educational value as sesame st.

[Stylemasterr]

we 70's babies are the last gen who actually was cared about. we were encouraged to play outside, eat right, learn via elec. co. sesame st. 321 contact mr wizard mr rodgers.... our teachers gave a shit.

[ACF417]

I agree w/you all, but I'm also a teacher and I give a shit! Kids today (of all ages) are given WAY too many standardized tests! There's so much emphasis on test preparation, and what programs are neglected because of this? Music, Art, and P.E.! The students in my Study Hall are DYING to go outside, run around and just be kids! And don't get me started on the food served in the cafeteria...

[MVillani1985]

@Stylemasterr I'm an 80s kid and what you describe sounds like how I grew up. I always played outside, went to the park, ate home cooked meals, constantly was active. I remember most of the shows you remembered, plus you forgot a great one: SQUARE ONE, one of my favorite TV shows as a kid (I always wanted Mathman to win, but he only did half of the time, and I used to think Mr Glitch was supposed to be a garbage can). Man, I better stop now, you got me going down memory lane.

[GG74K]

@Stylemasterr Yep I was born in 66, isn't it amazing how lost society has become, and all the while thinking they are actually progressing...you forgot "new zoo review"

[joseshivers]

I don't think his advise is great he claims to need energy and therfore must eat PROTEIN, go figure?

[joseshivers]

Er thats advice.

[mattinthehatt467]

gtfo of me

[honeegrrl]

These were the days, these kids today don't know what real cartoons are.

[mgiac70]

i guess this means im pussy

[evoclin]

they need to show this shit NOW man wtf we got some fat ass kids

[JDB73]

You can say that again. Every other kid I see today is fat. We were the lucky kids of the 70s and 80s. We were actually active. Something today's kids can't seem to do much.

[kittyphilly1]

yeah i remember back in the day all the kids were athletic cuz we'd go on the monkey bars like its nothing. Not the chubby kids today!

[spindalis79]

Amen to that. I completely agree. As a child (born in '79) I was encouraged to find physical things to do outside. Today I am an avid outdoorsman. Kids today are quite fat with the advent of advanced gaming simulations, and crappy cartoons.

[the3muscitersxx]

im SCARED!!

[DBNHellspawn]

Very cool. I'm a huge Timer fan. .It's great seeing this again

[41Styles]

Yeah buddy great video.

[Staszu13]

Ah, good ole Lennie Weinrib (that's the voice guy, BTW)

[whammer0411]

Eep...think I just shat Timer...

[Polaris912b]

I just wish someone had recorded "Dig", which Timer appeared in.

[Isaaklvr]

Thanks for posting this! I have been looking for this for a long time, I always remembered this as a kid.