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=== Showcase video ===
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==Links==
==Links==

Revision as of 10:16, 7 November 2024

Monkey on Their Backs is an anti-heroin PSA created by the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information (Which is part of The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is now called National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information) in the early 1970s.

It starts with a wind-up monkey toy crashing its cymbals as a little girl's voice says, "They say, people addicted to heroin have a monkey on their back. Isn't that cute?". Suddenly, the wind-up monkey stops playing as the camera zooms in on the monkey's face, which suddenly switches to a still image of a real-life monkey screaming at the viewer, accompanied by a loud primate scream. White text appears reading "Why do you think they call it DOPE?". This is generally considered to be the very first video ever made which can be called a screamer as we know it today, even though the term wasn't coined until the 2000's when online pranks like Kikia and What's Wrong became popular.

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Links

NOTE: The following video contains a screamer!

  • youtube.com/watch?v=AegsJYtwccw
    Permalink: bit.ly/3JnpDbd
  • 16mm version: youtube.com/watch?v=ai3RvxSoCdk
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Comments

Comments

Rorothescreamerfan FANBASE ACCOUNT
66 months ago
Score 1
Lyrics:

They say, people addicted to heroin have a monkey on their back. Isn’t that cute?

REEEEEEEEEE

Anonymous #1
60 months ago
Score 1
Now you know how it goes.
Hpuhpouh
24 months ago
Score 0
I agree. REEEEEEEEE.
RainLauncher85YT
59 months ago
Score 0
Bruh this ain't scary
Anonymous #4
53 months ago
Score 2
screamers gotta start somewhere
Anonymous #2
55 months ago
Score 0
Was there a screamer in the 60's?
Anonymous #3
54 months ago
Score 0
No!
Anonymous #5
53 months ago
Score 0
Oh, ok then!
Pmb1226
37 months ago
Score 1
The possibility of a "vintage screamer" out there is certainly interesting.
ABandC
46 months ago
Score 0
Wow. The origin of screamers!
Anonymous #6
43 months ago
Score 0 You
So, It Wasn't Kikia?
Maxie the Fox
38 months ago
Score 0
Isn't that cute?
TwxnMill
29 months ago
Score 0
Why do you think they call it DOPE?
Hello
28 months ago
Score 0
I first saw the "Why do you think they call it DOPE?" message in a Life in Hell Matt Groening comic
Screamer Cupcake
25 months ago
Score 0
R E E E E E E E E!
TheEpikShyGuy
25 months ago
Score 1
“Isn’t that cute?” “W A A A A A H”
DiscoverGuy1999
22 months ago
Score 0
It's been 50 years and HOW IS THIS STILL UP?
TWMO
22 months ago
Score 0
wdym?
DiscoverGuy1999
22 months ago
Score 0
This wasn't even banned!
DiscoverGuy1999
22 months ago
Score 0
Not as bad as the K-fee commercials.
Carsonlee0205
22 months ago
Score 1
"isn't that cute?" "WEAEAEAAEEAEAAH!"
Sonic fan149
15 months ago
Score 0
Isn't that cute? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAARRRRRRUGH
DianatheletterD
12 months ago
Score 0
Child: Isn't that cute? Monkey: I shall now imitate a skidding car
ABandC
10 months ago
Score 0
"isn't that cute??" RAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEAAAAGGGGGHHHH
Santino1234
5 months ago
Score 0
Que significa DOPE

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