The American Social Health Association was always experimenting with new ways to educate the public about venereal disease. They helped produce the first VD education film, "Fit to Fight", in 1918 in order to educate soldiers being shipped abroad to fight in the first World War. Although this popular TV public service announcement informs the public that everybody is susceptible to venereal disease, strangely, it also seems to imply that having VD will make you successful, attractive and happy. Also, the song is quite infectious...

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Reviewer: d2Kplus - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 10, 2017

Subject: My favorite PSA ever



BTW for the people who believe this has the wrong Ad Council logo, The Ad Council's current logo debuted in 1969, the year this ad was produced.

http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Ad_Council This may be my favorite PSA ever. I was 6 or 7 when this ad started airing. The klezmer / German beerhall lament playing over the images of happy attractive people (95% White as was the practice at the time) twisted my mind forever.BTW for the people who believe this has the wrong Ad Council logo, The Ad Council's current logo debuted in 1969, the year this ad was produced. - March 10, 2017My favorite PSA ever

Reviewer: Veristo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 22, 2015

Subject: Date/Logo

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@Reviewer: torgman - January 8, 2010



And yet there's that exact, same pesky new logo likewise concluding, for example, this 1972 UNCF PSA ( @Reviewer: Mewster - March 18, 2007and@Reviewer: torgman - January 8, 2010And yet there's that exact, same pesky new logo likewise concluding, for example, this 1972 UNCF PSA ( http://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Campaigns/The-Classics/United-Negro-College-Fund). Reviewer: OrygunState - March 24, 2007 would, on the other hand, look to have it pretty much pegged. - February 22, 2015Date/Logo

Reviewer: dahszil - favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 9, 2014

Subject: they didn't call it the swingin 70's for nothing seems like nobody "was on the shelf" back then. just one big orgiastic america! and you could leave a job in the morning and find another in the afternoon. And minimum wage back then would pay 20 bucks per hr today....hmm we could learn something from those blissful 70's - September 9, 2014they didn't call it the swingin 70's for nothing

Reviewer: BenjaminS.T. - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 18, 2014

Subject: VD is for Everybody PSA I give this clip five stars. - May 18, 2014VD is for Everybody PSA

Reviewer: Freddie Jaye - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 13, 2013

Subject: "...it's REAL!" I used this clip in a collection of short films for a fringe-arts festival. At first, everybody thought it was a SNL-styled parody. What a surprise for them to find that it's a real PSA! - February 13, 2013"...it's REAL!"

Reviewer: Rooftopjump - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 13, 2012

Subject: Way back then In the 70's we were very aware of VD or STDs. More often it was NSU that spooked us and Cream even produced the song NSU. More sinister things arrived on the scene in the 80's, but even HIV seems to have lost a lot of the respect it used to engender. The online porn business has a lot to answer for (so they tell me). - July 13, 2012Way back then

Reviewer: Bigten88 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 27, 2012

Subject: Ah, That Sweet Blush of VD! I about wet myself when I saw this. Back when it came out, I was an almost tween-ager with bad ADHD, and my parents were aghast when I was rolling around humming/singing "VD, it's for everybody!"



I was also the one who left pamphlets for "The PILL" in my mom's bathroom. That I had gotten from the community college pamphlet stand during a "take your little bro or sis to campus day." It only came out years later at a family reunion as to which of us had planted the mystery literature. - January 27, 2012Ah, That Sweet Blush of VD!

Reviewer: WKAC Sports - - January 8, 2012

Subject: I remember this! Wow--haven't seen these for a WHILE! - January 8, 2012I remember this!

Reviewer: fnblunt - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 1, 2011

Subject: I Heart NY! Wakka-wakka - July 1, 2011I Heart NY!

Reviewer: I_loved_this movie! - - June 28, 2011

Subject: TV is for everybody Your mother gave me VD. In fact, your mother was for everybody. Which is how I managed to get it from her, and also why she had it. - June 28, 2011TV is for everybody

Reviewer: splue - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 5, 2011

Subject: was going to be a sitcom on PBS but the producers got too crabby with the director - June 5, 2011was going to be a sitcom on PBS

Reviewer: crusadir - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 28, 2011

Subject: LOL! Is that Barbara Streisand? LOLOLOLOL! - January 28, 2011LOL!

Reviewer: Pathman - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 23, 2010

Subject: VD VID Wow, where can I get some VD? - September 23, 2010VD VID

Reviewer: terieber - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 16, 2010

Subject: It's ironic... It doesn't come across as 'pro-VD' if you get the irony. The point of the PSA is that all the happy smiley people have VD and don't know it yet! They're sure not gonna to be smiling when the doctor tells them what that funny discharge is, I tell ya what! I agree that kids wouldn't get the irony, but it was of course meant for adults, and I think it's brilliant! - May 16, 2010It's ironic...

Reviewer: doowopbob - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 10, 2010

Subject: ...Gee... ....Did One Girl Get It From Her Horse..? - April 10, 2010...Gee...

Reviewer: torgman - - January 8, 2010

Subject: IS ANYONE GOING TO FIX THE DATE ON THIS??? This is NOT from 1969. More like late 1970's. - January 8, 2010IS ANYONE GOING TO FIX THE DATE ON THIS???

Reviewer: NoiseCollector - - November 4, 2008

Subject: Love the title I'll pass though! Rubbers, people, rubbers. - November 4, 2008Love the title

Reviewer: Zeeol.com | Zee online - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 25, 2008

Subject: stronly recommanded

http://www.zeeol.com/index.php/Career-Employment/questions-and-answers I find this story is very fine. - July 25, 2008stronly recommanded

Reviewer: MasterBastard - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 6, 2007

Subject: VD - The REMIX! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJzKOyG2LMI



hilarious hilarious MasterBastard -- September 6, 2007VD - The REMIX!

Reviewer: elocina - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 25, 2007

Subject: worth the download I'd heard the song being played on the RETROcrush podcast, and the visuals (when combined with the song) make it even funnier. - March 25, 2007worth the download

Reviewer: OrygunState - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 24, 2007

Subject: 70's not 1969 It should be noted that VD means 'Veneral Disease' which comes from Venus, the Goddess of Love. Now it is called STD or 'sexually transmitted disease'.



This commercial was filmed in the 70's. In the jogging segment there is a 1970 Ford Maverick and an orange 1971-2 Dodge van, neither looks brand new. Also the violin player's sweater-shirt and hairstyle combo looks just like mine did circa '77-'78. Note the girl in the opening shot has feathered hair, made popular by Farrah Fawcett from the original Charlies's Angels. This ad is circa 1974.



I saw this spot as 'yoot' in the 70's and I never forgot the song. It was played until the late 70's. By then it was dated by several years. At that time, there was no digital, so you could tell that a commercial or rerun was old by how scratchy, dirty and worn the film and soundtrack were.



At an idle moment at work this song came to my head and I absently-mindedly started to softly sing it. Then I though, 'what if someone hears this?' - March 24, 200770's not 1969

Reviewer: Mewster - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 18, 2007

Subject: 1969? I think this was more like 1979. Look at the Ad Council logo at the end: that logo wasn't adopted until the late 1970's - March 18, 20071969?

Reviewer: esalkin - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 10, 2006

Subject: That DAM song is in my head now! Thanks alot!(not).

Just seeing the title has that silly jingle bouncing around in my head. I was almost 13 when this PSA hit and I agree that it mad me want to find out what VD was and how I could get some.



A real classic example of how disconnected the two generations really were. They tried to make a "hip" warning and turned out a pro-VD ad instead. - January 10, 2006That DAM song is in my head now!

Reviewer: tesan - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 9, 2006

Subject: Eureka! I searched for years and years for this PSA. I even contacted the Ad Council (who said they'd mail me a VHS copy of it, but never did). I was 10 when it first aired, and I never forgot it, mostly because of the song.



Like the other poster on here who had people think she was nuts when she'd tell them about this PSA, I, too, would get funny looks from people when I'd tell them about its existence.



Now, I don't have to tell them anymore. I can show them. Now VD really *is* for everybody. ;) - January 9, 2006Eureka!

Reviewer: mommymissy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 20, 2005

Subject: I can't belive it! Yes! I was not nuts! I was 6 years old when I saw this P.S.A in Washington State. I had no idea what VD was but I wanted it! Yes, it was for everyone. I so remember this I can still sing the song to this day. When I sing the song and tell people about this commerical they think I am crazy. (I am but that is beside the point).

Finding this P.S.A has made me happy. - December 20, 2005I can't belive it!

Reviewer: left wing films - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 2, 2005

Subject: VD is beautiful The film is quite bizarre

VD seems to be a cool thing for everybody aldo its irony maybe works at the sense that you feel that you could be next but still the music puts you in a very romantic mood which makes you want to be like the beautiful portraits of you girls and boys with VD.

I ll rate it 5stars for the great song which puts you in a very mellow mood - December 2, 2005VD is beautiful

Reviewer: DamianNY - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 11, 2005

Subject: It made an impression I actually remember this PSA from when I was six years old. I remember seeing it and being very afraid of everyone after that for fear that they could give me VD, even though I had no idea what VD was. I just knew it was bad and you could even get it from a little baby. - November 11, 2005It made an impression

Reviewer: ERD - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 25, 2005

Subject: In the style of Kurt Weill Music and theme very much in the style of Kurt Weill. Effective. - October 25, 2005In the style of Kurt Weill

Reviewer: Amckinn0724 - favorite favorite favorite - October 25, 2005

Subject: Strange Very Very Strange and bizzare - October 25, 2005Strange

Reviewer: Red Ryder - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 6, 2005

Subject: Everything is Music (that's right Bjork) I just like the song. It has a Peggy Lee "Is That All There Is?" feel to it. You know, torchy. - October 6, 2005Everything is Music (that's right Bjork)

Reviewer: dinomole - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 4, 2005

Subject: I gots to get me some of that VD VD seems to be really pleasent according to this - October 4, 2005I gots to get me some of that VD

Reviewer: MediaWhore - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 25, 2005

Subject: Sexual Disease never seemed this FUN! Wow, These are some really cheery people with an STD. Kind of reminds me of the ads you see today featuring people with Herpes. AS odd as this PSA is I believe it probablly achieved its intent by encouraging people with VD not to be ashamed and to see a doctor. - August 25, 2005Sexual Disease never seemed this FUN!

Reviewer: Leshaun Fossett - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 1, 2005

Subject: Bring this campaign back, but for HIV This would be a great ad campaign for HIV. - August 1, 2005Bring this campaign back, but for HIV

Reviewer: Rob Pascual - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 7, 2005

Subject: Lyrics VD -- is for everybody

Not just for the few

Anyone can share VD

With someone nice as you



VD -- is for everybody

Darlin' have no doubt

That anyone can get VD

That's what it's all about - June 7, 2005Lyrics

Reviewer: mrbentley - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 20, 2005

Subject: BROADWAY! I love this ridiculous little creation! One of the things I notice (being gay, myself) is that the song is very Broadway, very 1930's-Busby-Berkeley; something to make old-school gay campers sit up and take notice. I can't help but wonder if that's how they reached out to include the gay community in the pre-QUEER-EYE era. I mean, obviously gays were at risk just like anyone else but they certainly couldn't depict a vapidly smiling muscle-bound body builder arranging pansies in a vase shaped like Michaelangelo's DAVID....



I love to perform the song, accompanied on my banjo, in the streets of the French Quarter. Always good for a few tips! - March 20, 2005BROADWAY!

Reviewer: FP - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 3, 2005

Subject: Never thought I'd see this again! My parents and grade-school teachers hit the ceiling when this thing was on the air. They wouldn't say why the spot was so bad, because that would have involved giving us "uncomfortable" information. I asked an adult what VD was, and he told me it had something to do with removing your sandals in public. - February 3, 2005Never thought I'd see this again!

Reviewer: Scott Bot - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 3, 2005

Subject: VD for me, see! A strange little PSA that makes it look like everyone in the world who has VD is happy, bright and popular. It almost makes me want to get VD, so I can join these people.



The jogging guy towards the end looks like Bill O'Reilly... - February 3, 2005VD for me, see!