Where is Smokey?

September 27, 2007 3:56 PM

Where can I find a Forest Service PSA commercial where a beautiful lady tells you that "only you can prevent forest fires" before she pulls off her face to reveal Smokey Bear?
posted by guruguy9 to society & culture (8 comments total)

Here.
posted by fandango_matt at 4:03 PM on September 27, 2007

That's totally freaky - not sure how I missed it on youtube but thanks!
posted by guruguy9 at 4:07 PM on September 27, 2007

Aaaah!
posted by wemayfreeze at 4:40 PM on September 27, 2007

Its Joanna Cassidy--Zhora from Blade Runner. (This predates Blade Runner, though.)
posted by Prospero at 4:49 PM on September 27, 2007

It's, I mean.
posted by Prospero at 4:50 PM on September 27, 2007

creepy. tre creepy.
posted by andythebean at 11:34 PM on September 27, 2007

I don't know if I've seen that since I was a kid.

I have to say there's a real uncanny valley quality to the ending.

Wikipedia describes it as "famous but unsettling".
posted by dhartung at 2:13 AM on September 28, 2007

Wasn't that ad remade remade recently? I can't shake the feeling I've seen a newer version on television.
posted by bradlands at 9:13 PM on September 29, 2007