Fireworks PIF: The Return of Twitching Flesh

No idea when this is from - 1998, apparently - but it seems to me to be a return to the good old days when the first week of November was a time of horror and dread for children like myself, who knew that as soon as Rainbow finished, or even (this was the worst thing) in the space between Children's BBC and Neighbours, a horrible advert featuring a mutilated child screaming in agony could show up to terrify you into not being a moron with explosive devices.

This one is the natural heir to the faintly surreal "Don't Be a Dummy", although it also takes its cue from "November 6th" - remember, with the little girl displaying her bandaged hand to the camera? The difference of course is that this one doesn't have the bandadges on. And it's twitching.

Nice use of the jump-cut as well. Don't throw fireworks around, dumbasses. Unless you're in Iraq, obviously.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• PIF
• Public
• Information
• Film
• Service
• Announcement
• Fireworks
• Hand
• Mutilation
• Fingers
• Throwing
• Explosions
• Countdown
• Bang

[JohnnyBeatdown]

Dudes throwin' gang signs

[Applemask]

Pretty small membership, that gang.

[diogeneslaertius666]

am i supposed to feel phantom pain in my hand after watching this?

if so they did a great job

[Applemask]

I expect that was what they were going for, yes.

[wuzzlevideos]

Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

Where did you find that? I don't remember it at all.

[Applemask]

Same place you got those million road safety films.

[sds1522]

fireworks the loud killer

[sds1522]

theyr actually really loud

[ceredigio]

This is from 1998.

[3DPlanets]

I bet the firecracker fuse was real, while the rest was totally empty.

[toffeematt]

there are some really dumb stupid people who I guess think playing with Fireworks Is a game well maybe If they had more sense then they quite possibly wouldn't end up being severely hurt or sustaining horrific injuries and the person in this rather disturbing video clearly has no real sense of direction and chooses to put himself in a very dangerous situation where he ends up facing the tragic

consequences by having a badly disfigured hand In my opinion he was a prat for messing with Fireworks

[RandomnessRocks6]

kids havent even counted to 4 yet but hes puttin up 3 fingers

[AbiH31]

Thanks for posting!

[Eldritchard]

If your that stupid as a child that you hold onto a lit explosive youre probably not going to end up doing a job requiring full dexterity. You can shovel shit just as well with a maimed hand...

Did they really make that child hold it just for an advert'this might sting son for its for the greater good'

[bernierinthazone]

exactly, ppl are too stupid to see when there screwing themselves i guess

[bernierinthazone]

thanks man, youve inspired me to hold 5 M-80s in my hand and light them. peace

[AnthonyUK]

People who hold fireworks going off are stupid,I would NEVER do that;I always bury them in a container of soil,or place on a flat surface as directed then light and step away 5m upwind if I'am using garden fireworks and step away 25m upwind if using display fireworks.