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==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
The first screamer to be aired on television in the 20th century was an anti-heroin campaign titled [[Monkey on Their Backs]], which features a wind-up monkey toy playing its cymbals while a young girl's voice discusses addiction to heroin. Suddenly, the monkey stops playing and the camera zooms in on its face, which abruptly changes to a still image of a real-life monkey screaming at the viewer, accompanied by a loud primate scream. The text "Why do you think they call it DOPE?" appears on screen. One of the earliest screamers in the 19th century was a program created by Patrick Evans, titled "[[NightMare|Nightmare]]" that, when executed, features a digital image of a skull facing right with its jaws open, covered in blood, and bearing a bullet wound. | The first screamer to be aired on television in the 20th century was an anti-heroin campaign titled [[Monkey on Their Backs]], which features a wind-up monkey toy playing its cymbals while a young girl's voice discusses addiction to heroin. Suddenly, the monkey stops playing and the camera zooms in on its face, which abruptly changes to a still image of a real-life monkey screaming at the viewer, accompanied by a loud primate scream. The text "Why do you think they call it DOPE?" appears on screen. One of the earliest screamers in the 19th century was a program created by Patrick Evans, titled "[[NightMare|Nightmare]]" that, when executed, features a digital image of a skull facing right with its jaws open, covered in blood, and bearing a bullet wound. | ||
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==In advertising== | ==In advertising== | ||
The [[K-fee]] "Wide Awake" campaign was a controversial advertising campaign launched in April 2005 by a German beverage company called K-fee. The campaign featured nine 20-second television commercials showing peaceful scenes interrupted by sudden appearances of a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and product. The advertisements were criticized for being uncommercial and upsetting, with many viewers complaining to K-fee, which subsequently took the commercials off air. Although it is rumored that a warning message was displayed before the advertisement played, this has not been proven. The K-Fee Car commercial was featured on several TV shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, K-Fee's official website, Tarrant on TV, and [[America's Funniest Home Videos]]. In 2021, a one-hour documentary video featuring the actors from the commercials was uploaded to YouTube by Rhys Lapsley. | |||
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==Internet screamers== | ==Internet screamers== | ||
==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
==Reaction videos== | ==Reaction videos== |
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