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Random Media from Childhood that Sparked Nightmares

Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:47 am
Posted by Hoodie
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:47 am
New Orleans home-improvement company L.A.S. ran the ad linked below when I was roughly 5-years-old. The hungry, green monster scared the tar out of me, and then the two-headed man really put the weird factor over the top.

Does anyone here recall this spot or have similar stories to share?

LAS Commercial (1980), "Fight the Uglies"
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29500 posts
Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:48 am to
The whole "baby Jessica" story made me terrified of manhole covers and any hole in the ground.

Still get the eebie jeebies when I walk past them.


Educate yourself

This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 11:50 am
Posted by FenrirTheBeard
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:48 am to
Unsolved Mysteries scared the shite out of me. I can still recite the phone number from memory.

1-800-876-5353
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted by Tangineck
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:50 am to
Some documentary on PBS about killer bees when I was about 10. I was scared shitless of bees for awhile after that.
Posted by furrydogs
USA
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:51 am to
That is hilarious. I don't remember the "ugly" monster but I totally remember the old guy in the tshirt sticking his chest out. What was that all about?
Posted by Ed Osteen
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:52 am to
What the frick was the end of that ad with the guy in the circle and their horrible logo
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:52 am to
The fricking clown on are you afraid of the dark
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:54 am to
I didn't notice the older gentleman flexing his chest as a child, between the monster and the two-headed man. I suppose someone off-camera told him to show-off that t-shirt with the company mascot and slogan.

Such an unusual ad...
Posted by Shexter
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Posted by djangochained
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:57 am to
LAS baw posts here
Posted by OysterPoBoy
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 11:59 am to
We need a rule that only Tyga Woods can start a thread with “Random”. It gets my hopes up for nothing.
Posted by alpinetiger
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:04 pm to
The Crow from Hee-Haw

Posted by dkreller
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:05 pm to
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:05 pm to
Damn...I haven't thought of that commercial in YEARS! I remember as a kid wanting one of those sweet assed shirts.

Though, I was more freaked out by the double headed guy at the end than the green ugly thing.

For me, it was this made for TV movie called Don't be Afraid of the Dark. There were these tiny little cone headed monsters that lived in the fireplace, and there was this one scene where they were out and trying to kill the wife and they had a straight razor when she was in the shower. I've thought of that scene hundreds of times over the years while in the shower.

LINK

This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 12:11 pm
Posted by Larry
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Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:08 pm to
The music video for Mr Roboto scared the shite out of me for some reason

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Posted by GreenRockTiger
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:12 pm to
Large Marge still kinda freaks me out ….

My kids think it’s funny, one if them said that’s what I look like
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Posted by DLauw
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:13 pm to
Tom Petty’s video for Don’t Come Around Here No More

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