This is serious (serious).
We could make you delirious (delirious).
You should have a healthy fear of us (fear of us).
Too much of us is dangerous (no no no no).
Doctors tell the pharmacies (pharmacies)
Types of pills that you will need (you will need).
And they know the harm that we can be (we can be)
If we’re not taken carefully (no no no no).
We’re not candy (believe us!)
Even though we look so fine and dandy.
When you’re sick we come in handy, but
We’re not candy… ohhh, no.
Ah, the power of advertising. I haven’t heard this public service announcement jingle in 15+ years—since I was home sick from junior high; yet I remember it word-for-word and note-for-note (much to my poor wife’s dismay).
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Youtube has several videos of this. Played it for my wife and kids and my wife told me her head is forever damaged.
It is so bizarre that I was searching for The Magical Garden when the memory of the little blue pills popped into my head. Finding both made my day & reading that I am not alone in loving the two is even better! Thanks! The internet is awesome!
Wow!!! I'm at a lost for words. My niece and I actually grew up together in the NY area back in the 80's, and til this day we still talk about that PSA. Of course we moved to the south and I guess it never made it down there. When we would sing that song of course in our 30's people look at us like we where crazy. Have to admit....we begin to think we actually made in up in our childhood. Then one day we were just browsing the web for old theme songs and my niece came up with a great idea. Look up the old We're not Candy theme song. Me being skeptical...I didnt think we could find it. Then there it pops up...the first link from searching on yahoo. Now I have it saved to my laptop to share with my kids...And ok ...I will send it to my niece so she can prove to her friends and co-workers she is sane...lol. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
THANK YOU! I grew up in the NY area and now live in Minnesota and NO ONE knows what I'm talking about when I mention this PSA. I LOOOOOOOVE this so much! Thanks for making my day!
If you were a kid living in the NYC metro area in the '80s and you DON'T remember this song, you DIDN'T watch much television. It was always on during after-school kid programming. It's soooo drilled into my head to this very day. In fact, it's a long time tradition that my cousins and I frequently sing this song during family gatherings, including this past 4th of July. We were even trying to teach it to my cousin's 2½ year old. My other cousin even wants to make up "This Is Serious!" t-shirts for us wear at the next family gathering. And yes, we still know all the words.
I'm surprised it still doesn't run on TV today. It's just as effective as ever, and can still teach kids not to gulp down medication that's not meant for them.
Can I get emailed the mp3 of 'we're not candy'? or have it posted?
Thanks
Another PSA from the workshop of Jim Henson...only he could had come up with something like that!
Check out retrostatic.com -- they have the ENTIRE We're Not Candy PSA. And you can download it!!!
i don't know if anyone here knows this, but the rapper Busta Rhymes used this PSA for one of his songs, Dangerous. he uses as his hook..." this is serious , we can make you delirious.....etc." google it.