+Holden Ryan haha cool!! at least you could claim to be a little more hardcore- maiden was a bit obscure- everyone knew the name but most people didn't know any of their music. my brother it's all so pathetic haha- i wonder how many of my "hardcore" friends secretly lived in really nice clean houses in rich neighborhoods
Yep. No conflict at all. You can be punk and a painter, or a poet, or anything else you want... except maybe a billionaire, or a CEO, or a corporate shill, or anything else that sucks.
Because they made it sound the way they wished it sounded instead of the reality. They were scared of the reality, and especially scared that if they showed the real thing, kids would actually like it.
My favorite part is when the VCR stops recording a minute too soon so you miss the very end but see a bit of the metal video this recorded over. Ah, memories of old technology.
Its actually an alternate ending where Terry becomes a successful rock star and his family has no choice but to respect his choices in life and they become closer because of it. Pretty wholesome ending if you ask me
I don’t know. Back in 1982, I went on a week long job interview trip. I stayed in a tent in the woods and transformed myself from jeans and t-shirt to office professional in restrooms in gas stations, fast food, interstate rest stops! I washed at night from a basin after dark in the woods, once, in a stream at night with Ivory soap, was said to be biodegradable! I was offered two of five jobs and took one. I worked there for five years. There were no complaints about my appearance or hygiene!
The only people who considered A Flock of Seagulls to be punk, were the same ones who were terrified of real punk, and did everything they could to run and hide from it.
Ahh the insidiousness of the 80’s… When kids dressing punk was used fuel the paranoia of aging baby boomers while invisibilizing the underlying causes of things like adolescent drug use, crime, and poverty so that neoconservative politicians could cut social spending.
This was surprisingly more wholesome than i expected. I was expecting a film just bashing on punks the whole time but i think the main message of the whole movie is "You shouldn't try to keep your kid from changing, instead try to understand WHY they are doing it"
Yes, turns out it was 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 who were afflicted with punk rock syndrome; the kids are sweet as pie. Except for Terry's creepy brother. Tell you what--if I had two sons, he's the one I'd be worried about.
"I had no idea it would end this late." "Go and put your PJ's on" Meanwhile, the sunshine and sound of birds chirping are happening. What planet are they on?
I was a fan of punk rock in the 1980s, and I remember all the anti-punk propaganda movies and television shows like Class of 1984, and the anti punk episodes of Quincy and ChIPS. This was a breath of fresh air. The punk fans still had a long way to go, but at least somebody tried to put punk rockers in a positive light, and not portray them as violent thugs and drug addicted criminals. It was a good start.
What's more punk than changing your life in an airport bathroom? And they should have had someone like the singer of GBH as a guest, bringing his daughter to the nursery or something
P.s. I see a lot of people commenting that he's not punk. You guys are right,he's more early eighties new wave to me(just an opinion, please don't call me names.)
+Alicia Kistner-King i agree that punks can absolutely have good attitudes, and many of them do. The point we're making is that this character is NOT punk, haha. Putting on a punk exterior, while having none of the life experience that leads a person to wear (and do) certain counter-culture things, is just wearing a costume. I was Superman one Halloween- the character in this special is as punk as i am superhero. Come to think of it, i am allergic to some types of Kryptonite- perhaps i should get that checked.
Me and my friends used to get fucking baked in college, order Dominoes pizza and watch these specials. How the hell did I miss this one? Well, time to break out the bong and DoorDash my delivery.
From the hysterial reactions to the kid's transformation, I thought this program must be from the very early 1980s. However, I looked it up and found out it was from late 1987! It looks as if people would've been accustomed to punks by the late 1980s, or, as usual, TV of that era was caught in a cultural time warp because of older TV writers and execs. LOL
now the woke idiots get offended if a boy identifies himself as "a male" on TV, I think we were a "tad" better off in 87 when free speech existed and racial tensions werent at an all time high thanks the Left Wing critical race theory dopes.
Jesus! In 1987 they (meaning white, middle-class Americans) still had no idea what "punk" was. They still thought it was just some "threatening" dude in leather with earrings and a mohawk, who was going to pull out a switchblade. (You just knew they switchblades! They ALL had switchblades! Didn't you see The Terminator?)
The hotel manager is Roxie Roker, Helen Willis of The Jeffersons. She's Lenny Kravitz' mother. She mispronounced the band Sieg Sieg Sputnik as Ziggy Ziggy Sputnick.
Terry the kid who went punk is Jay underwood, The boy who could fly, not quiet human , still not quiet human , Sonny in the beat goes on . I also recognize the actress playing the mother Christine Belford who played Rickys mother Evelyn on Silver Spoons . The actor playing the father is Bernie Copland who plays the Dr. on the Love Boat. The hotel owner is James Best Governer Gatling on Benson. The Hotel Manager is Roxy Roker neighbor Helen on The Jeffersons. And the music teacher is Albert Hague he played Mr. Shorofsky music teacher on Fame.
The UA-cam algorithm is a wonder. I watched a Ministry video that lead me to an appearance by Al Jourgensen on a Phil Donahue episode about punk kids to this that looks like an after school special I never heard of, and I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I just don’t remember so much handwringing over punk rockers.
No, this only works for both The Beatles and Zeppelins ZOSO album. Strawberry Fields Forever and all of those Paul is dead stuff if you remember that crap? It says here that the final few minutes are missing from this movie ( which may or may not really matter much? ❤ Greetings from Boston, Massachusetts Amerikkka!
+Casper Howell you obviously weren't around in the '80s. That guy's look has nothing to do with glam metal; it's influenced by New Wave/New Romantic/post-punk. Back then, that imagery was to punk what glam was to metal.
@@heinoustentacles5719 Yeah, Terry was the most reasonable person in essentially every interaction. And he was always empathetic and concerned for others. The movie was honestly a good bait and switch. It seemed like a moral panic story about the horrors of a punk kid but ultimately had a message of "don't worry if your kid dresses a little different. And listen if they try to talk to you."
it sucks how people judge others on how they look. I mean the day care was so fast to judge the dude on his look. They never thought that kids might see his look, think he is "cool" and want to be like him - including his good behaviors and stuff. its sad that 20 years later we still do the same thing.
@@Guitcad1 I doubt this scared anyone. Wally Cleaver joins a band; Ward and June decide to be cool with it. It's his Republican brother who scares me, because I know what's coming from them types.
Those gosh darn punkers 😂😂😂 If anyone has VHS like this with old commercials and stuff please don’t throw them away. There are actually collectors out there that buy stuff like this. Or just keep them. It’s a part of history. Or at the very least do what this person did and upload it to UA-cam. Better to keep it though. Or or give it to someone who appreciates it. I have a recording of some old news reports and space shuttle takeoffs. This stuff is so much fun.
I don't understand this being any kind of 'issue' in '87. It was passe' by this time. And this kid is definitely more new wave than he is punk. It would be hilarious if you could find some early episodes of Fame, which ironically has that music teacher on there, and on Fame, he is all but condoning a student's look of expression, but it was still too early to disco and they were kind of crisscrossing disco with 'punk' (again, I'd say it was all more new wave).
all these comments and everyone miss the best part, besides having Benson's governor, Love Boat's doc & Bewitched's pharmacist, Fame's professor, it has Lenny Kravitz's mother who played Helen Willis on the Jefferson's you have to love this
@15:16 - "He makes me so uncomfortable, Max!" Yes, with his black clothing, red spray-on highlights, squeaky-clean smile and polite attitude. Quite uncomfortable indeed. Man, the 80's, those were the days!
"Hey Mom...Can I have ten bucks to have my wiener pierced at the mall"? The piercing pagoda is having a two for one special so me and Randy were going to get it done before we go to the leather store".
all you need is Alice (Linda Lavin?) who works at a diner, and Chris Farley (RIP) to warn you if persist in looking punk, you'll end up living in a van down by the river.
Okay, I don't understand why Terry couldn't just wash off his make-up, take out his earring, and comb down his hair (maybe with a little gel) to play with the school orchestra, and then revert to the punk look when he's playing with his punk rock band. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
"Because it's who I am!" Same as nowadays with what I see this kid who is supposed to be transgender on Roseanne-The Conners, insisting on wearing makeup to school. Thirty years ago, it was 'rebellion'. Nowadays, it's 'part of me' tho the rebellion was also part of who we are. Boy, that rebellion fizzled out and quick!
@@PixieMeat_444 and those self-loathers who think they are something else and undergo any knife or however many hormones they take will simply age on and realize they are still the same person as before, no matter how much they insist they are "happier now than I was before." Ain't nothing going to change. Self respect starts within. If it ain't there before, it never will be.
The photo of the guy above the word "punk" looks like a cross between Dave Gahan lead singer of Depeche Mode and Philip Oakey lead singer of The Human League. LOL!
OMG!!!! I remember seeing this ages ago and so glad it's on UA-cam!! I loved this little programme, so chuffed to see it again! wOOt! Jay Underwood (Terry Warner) was also on Uncle Buck, he played Bug, a good actor! Always wise to never judge a book by its cover...just because some have piercings, tats, have a taste in music that isn't appreciated by some, doesn't make these individuals evil or criminal.
I remember watching this as a kid. His parents should be happy that their son didn't end up like the kids in the movies, "Suburbia" or "Class of 1984"... just sayin.' People just shouldn't judge others based on appearance. However, if I had ever dressed in my usual attire at my former office job; I would have been fired.
Hollywood: I don't know what this "punk" is and the music but let's make a movie about it! Punks: wtf is this? This isn't even punk this is rock and roll. Hollywood: close enough
I know it is just a film, but I wonder why many kids feel like they have to choose between two extremes? At the end he could have chosen to study classical during the day, and explore other expressions of music on the weekend that did not require such an extreme look. When he’s older he could have combined all aspects of both genres, like a true musician. In the meantime he would have acquired applied knowledge from playing with a contemporary band and proper classical music training from school. If they really wanted to make these after school specials teach valuable life lessons, they should have shown how to make life decisions. Young adults and kids learn this ability from very limited sources.
+kristina C Kristina, I think the key to understanding why we did what we did in the 80's is that we were just fuckin' idiot teens. There. That's the beginning and end reason right there. BTW, punk rock was a lot of fun.
OR let people dress how they wanna dress and study what they wanna study and do what they wanna do. I think that's the better lesson to teach when it comes to this..
Me: How dare you listen to that Christian Punk music smut. You are grounded for two weeks without your bible or your christian punk music. Kid: NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Who cares if he didn't dress typical punk. The message is the same. I'm not any specific thing, goth, punk, whatever, I dress different because I am different and this is how I'm comfortable. I shouldn't be denied a job because of piercings or tattoos as long as they aren't explicit in anyway. (which I don't have yet except my ears and lip) It's stupid how someone would judge someone on how they dress. It's none of people's business how another would dress as long as their no-no's are covered.
Because not everyone wants to see people's genitals. Like a straight person wouldn't wanna see someone of their own gender naked, or a gay person doesn't wanna see the opposite persons or an asexual (like me) doesn't wanna see anyone's. It makes people uncomfortable. There's a time and people for your genitals, not in public or people who don't want them. It's not ok to show someone your genitals if they don't want to see
Well, not everyone wants to see someones body modifications - it makes people uncomfortable. There's a time and people for your body modifications, not in public or people who don't want them. It's no ok to show someone your body modifications if they don't want to see. I'm hoping you're seeing the double standard I just walked you into.
Well if someone has a tattoo, that's an art thing really. If someone doesn't like the art you did that's they're problem. I don't see why that would make someone uncomfortable unless it was offensive to them. It's kinda natural for people to not want to see genitals all day unless you like that. I mean, for a job interview, it's time to wear a suit probably (depends on the job), they aren't trying to show them off there, but if they happen to have some visible, they can't really cover it. You can easily cover your no-no's
This was the after school special that planted the seed for what I would become later in life... that and the fact that my high school crush wrote in my yearbook to "Turn Punk". 🤣
Rafael Rosas i’d say the left and the right wing are both at fault. It’s only mind boggling to see how even to this day, they still don’t realize how much destruction they’re both causing to society. Life sucks, yo.
OH MY GOD! String Racers! Those things were sweet. I knew two friends who had them and after we spent half an hour untangling the damn things we entertained ourselves for ten minutes or so.
Can't believe people were so closed minded and lame back then--if they had issues with this kid, just imagine their attitudes towards poor people and minorities...or anyone outside their norm.
See, that's always the problem with this ideology. This kid was NOT unique because of his 'look' and everyone wasn't going around staring bug-eyed at him. This was nothing more than a fashion trend. I checked for when this one came on and by this time, 1987, this was indeed very fashionable. It was not rebellious.
Young people have this twisted idea that people were obsessed by race etc in the 80s. Sorry youngsters. Things were quite well in the 80s and 90s. Your generation was manipulated and you reverted us back to Jim Crow. Thanks assholes.
I think they are pushing this hard rock and classical music being two different worlds too much. Sooo many bands say they were influenced by classical you can clearly hear Holst in Black Sabbath.
@brokenwindows8920 Those people freaking out then are now being awakened in the night in nursing homes for roll over and bed change. Bet they're really terrified now with some of the stupid crap people ink on their visible parts especially. 😢
Holy shit, not only this episode, but those commercials😮 I totally forgot but I now remember about 99% of those commercials. This period of time was definitely around the time of my adolescences, it’s all here😂
To all: You do know this is over 30 years old, right? Punk was pretty shocking to most people when it first hit the scene. Like so many things, it developed over time and finally became what we know today. Besides that, the message is to accept other people's differences (refer to the little handicapped girl in addition to the teenager). These programs were made for kids as an After School Program a long, long time ago when society was very conservative.
LMFAOOOO. The parents act like he is a criminal in drugs because he decided to change his look. BTW my brother was in a Punk band and none of them liked like they were in the Cure 😂🤣😭💀
5:30 - "Hey dad...I was thinking about changing my look."
Punk rock rule # 1- Check with your parents to make sure it's ok.
kinda like when i was 14 and i wanted to be a headbanger, so i had my mommy take me to the mall to get metallica shirts
BrooklynPerson30000 Lol! I did they exact same thing, only with Iron Maiden.
+Holden Ryan haha cool!! at least you could claim to be a little more hardcore- maiden was a bit obscure- everyone knew the name but most people didn't know any of their music. my brother it's all so pathetic haha- i wonder how many of my "hardcore" friends secretly lived in really nice clean houses in rich neighborhoods
BrooklynPerson30000 I look back now and realize what a complete doofus I was lol. Actually..i still am..
haha- that's very funny but nope.. you admit it and have a sense of humor about it- THAT erases all doofus particles
I want everyone to know that you can be punk/alternative and still play classical music
Flight of The Valkyries is a punk standard..
A real punk doesn't say what you just said ...
@@raulgarcia8063 cringe
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Yep. No conflict at all.
You can be punk and a painter, or a poet, or anything else you want... except maybe a billionaire, or a CEO, or a corporate shill, or anything else that sucks.
I love it how whenever you see a band playing "punk" in a movie, it sounds more like pop or new wave.
Except Repo Man haha! The Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Fear, Black Flag...
@@LakeErieOH1 Have you heard the Name Droppers?
@@bernielomax4702 no, but i'll look for them here in youtube
Except Star Trek IV. Course that was a radio. But still.
Because they made it sound the way they wished it sounded instead of the reality. They were scared of the reality, and especially scared that if they showed the real thing, kids would actually like it.
My favorite part is when the VCR stops recording a minute too soon so you miss the very end but see a bit of the metal video this recorded over. Ah, memories of old technology.
It's a fit ending tbh
i love it.
Its actually an alternate ending where Terry becomes a successful rock star and his family has no choice but to respect his choices in life and they become closer because of it. Pretty wholesome ending if you ask me
@@djtoxxikk that's a way to think about it
Ahh goddammit! Now I need to watch this entire movie!❤😂 Greetings from Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite obvious by this point in our history lol
I love how at 3:22 the mother says "I had no idea it would end this late" when it's clearly daytime.
And when they get home the youngest is immediately told to get into her pajamas.
Yeah if they're going to cook dinner at home they might as well go out to eat, it probably takes about the same amount of time.
I know you wrote this 8 years ago but if it started at 10am and went til 7pm or something, that would still make sense
Must be California. The sun goes down at 8:30 during summer. Or an endless day in Alaska.
I think she meant the meeting 📅
The woman playing Miss Brooks is Roxy Roker- Helen Willis on The Jeffersons & Lenny Kravitz's real life mom- now deceased, RIP ❣
I KNEW SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR
And the principal is from Benson from a spinoff of Soap as well- the governor! He went into directing tho’!
'Maaaaax! We cannot put a punker in charge of the nursery! The guests will be up in arms!'
Best line ever.
I'M SO IMPRESSED HE PULLED OFF THAT MAKEOVER IN AN AIRPORT BATHROOM
At least for back then. Nowadays it’s almost to walk into to a public restroom and see a guy putting on makeup😂
chill the hell out zachary
@@EDGar-wi6np great day tho for us 😌
Nothong wrong at all with a guy wearing makeup.
I don’t know. Back in 1982, I went on a week long job interview trip. I stayed in a tent in the woods and transformed myself from jeans and t-shirt to office professional in restrooms in gas stations, fast food, interstate rest stops! I washed at night from a basin after dark in the woods, once, in a stream at night with Ivory soap, was said to be biodegradable! I was offered two of five jobs and took one. I worked there for five years. There were no complaints about my appearance or hygiene!
The day my kid auditioned for Duran Duran.
It's incomprehensible this movies did not win any academy awards
The day my lame kid tried to become a roadie for a Flock of Seagulls.
@A S Yes, and that is why they rejected him. All he had going for him was the hair. LOL
Do you like A Flock of Seagulls?
No, but I can tell you do.
I had wonderful flock o seagulls hair in senior high. No shame.
The only people who considered A Flock of Seagulls to be punk, were the same ones who were terrified of real punk, and did everything they could to run and hide from it.
Literally spit OJ reading that!!! 🤣
Ahhh the innocence of the 80’s....When kids dressing punk made national television.....Man i miss the 80’s
We brought you AIDS and Iran-contra. We weren't that innocent. And this video wasn't what we were contending with either.
Club kid's.
Ditto and did you notice that "punk" look very much resembles today's "normal" (more like just common) .... so sad. Where is my time machine??!!
Ahh the insidiousness of the 80’s… When kids dressing punk was used fuel the paranoia of aging baby boomers while invisibilizing the underlying causes of things like adolescent drug use, crime, and poverty so that neoconservative politicians could cut social spending.
I don't. We disabled people had no rights back then. We still have few, but at least we have some.
I was waiting for him to belt out Blitzkrieg Bop or Holiday In Cambodia on that violin
Imagine Black Flag’s “My War” on violin 😂
This was surprisingly more wholesome than i expected. I was expecting a film just bashing on punks the whole time but i think the main message of the whole movie is "You shouldn't try to keep your kid from changing, instead try to understand WHY they are doing it"
Yes, turns out it was 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 who were afflicted with punk rock syndrome; the kids are sweet as pie. Except for Terry's creepy brother. Tell you what--if I had two sons, he's the one I'd be worried about.
...and god bless us everyone!
Yeah, the kids are alright... or at least they used to be :'')))
Ugh. The 80's. Every time you'd use a public bathroom there'd be some kid going punk in there.
Hahahahahaha!
I Know RIGHT .........
😂😂😂
Lmaooooooo
Yep! That's where I always made my transformations; one bathroom at home, two siblings- always room in a public restroom!
The day my kid turned into a new romantic
The lessons is keep your kids away from airport bathrooms.
😂😂🤣
Larry Craig may tap on the door for some airport loving
i was SOOO psyched when i saw that you left the commercials on this!!!!!!! takes me back to my childhood
Pete and Pete and dark winged duck too me right back to being 6 or 7. T.v. in the 90s was so much better then it is today for both kids and adults
this aired?????
The "throw-yo!"
They're not the original commercials. Those are from yeeeeaaaars after the movie first aired.
"I had no idea it would end this late." "Go and put your PJ's on"
Meanwhile, the sunshine and sound of birds chirping are happening. What planet are they on?
Gallifrey!
+Chachi Shapiro there a good family, they go to bed at a decent hr, get up early and jog after a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Maybe they're near the Arctic Circle where it's 24 hrs of sunlight for a couple weeks in Summer :)
😂😇
Thank you! i had to check if other people were bothered by that too.
I was a fan of punk rock in the 1980s, and I remember all the anti-punk propaganda movies and television shows like Class of 1984, and the anti punk episodes of Quincy and ChIPS. This was a breath of fresh air. The punk fans still had a long way to go, but at least somebody tried to put punk rockers in a positive light, and not portray them as violent thugs and drug addicted criminals. It was a good start.
Punks never take drugs or hit each other.
No one ever into punk in the 80s would call it…..punk rock 😂🤣🙄
@@guidadiehl9176fer sure never ever ever LMFAO
That Quincy episode was amazing. I still say “escape goats” to this day
I love Class of 1984, iconic movie, cool soundtrack.
What's more punk than changing your life in an airport bathroom? And they should have had someone like the singer of GBH as a guest, bringing his daughter to the nursery or something
Imagine watching this movie with John Lydon. He'd never shut up!
P.s. I see a lot of people commenting that he's not punk. You guys are right,he's more early eighties new wave to me(just an opinion, please don't call me names.)
Isn't it horrible that you have to ask people not to call you names in the comments. I know where you're coming from though. ❤
I see comments like this as gatekeeping, If he has the politcal mindset and he listens to the music then hes punk.
@@sggy_ramen6882 Agreed. It's not just about fashion and styling.
yes very true not punk at all just a waver
He’s not drunk half the time, so not punk
If the kid capitalized on learning both, he'd have invented symphonic metal.
I love how when the parents turn on the TV coincidentally the story is exactly about their family, LOL. Also that that would even be a news story!
They've only got 50 minutes!
To tell a story to an audience who, let's face it, is not that bright.
The day my kid became a poser.
haha nice
the "punk mentality IS and will always be..."fuck -you"....
+Alicia Kistner-King i agree that punks can absolutely have good attitudes, and many of them do. The point we're making is that this character is NOT punk, haha. Putting on a punk exterior, while having none of the life experience that leads a person to wear (and do) certain counter-culture things, is just wearing a costume. I was Superman one Halloween- the character in this special is as punk as i am superhero. Come to think of it, i am allergic to some types of Kryptonite- perhaps i should get that checked.
pacman
These "punks" would get their ass kicked.....
Despite being cheezzzy, having anything even remotely punk on TV in the early 80's was great.
Also a surprisingly positive message instead of a hysteric moral panic.
"Our son looks different! It's the end of the world! AAAGHH!"
“A Sigue Sigue Sputnik-lookalike is sitting outside in the lobby waiting for us to hire him as our day care counselor.”
I thought she called him Ziggy-Ziggy Sputnik.
*is noon* "i had no idea it would end this late" "go ahead and get into your pj's hun"
yeah the sun is shining brightly
Me and my friends used to get fucking baked in college, order Dominoes pizza and watch these specials. How the hell did I miss this one? Well, time to break out the bong and DoorDash my delivery.
Bro can I come?!? Sounds amazing
dam im about to hit up uber eats and get this pizza while this L gets rolled
Cool white kids like us🤣👊
Meat lovers when smoking weed is amazing pizza
Wow! How admirable that you can work, maintain grades and watch tv all while getting "fucking baked"!
From the hysterial reactions to the kid's transformation, I thought this program must be from the very early 1980s. However, I looked it up and found out it was from late 1987! It looks as if people would've been accustomed to punks by the late 1980s, or, as usual, TV of that era was caught in a cultural time warp because of older TV writers and execs. LOL
now the woke idiots get offended if a boy identifies himself as "a male" on TV, I think we were a "tad" better off in 87 when free speech existed and racial tensions werent at an all time high thanks the Left Wing critical race theory dopes.
Late eighties was the most uptight, stick up the ass time to be a teenager. Think...Parents taking life advice from Nancy Reagan.
Jesus! In 1987 they (meaning white, middle-class Americans) still had no idea what "punk" was. They still thought it was just some "threatening" dude in leather with earrings and a mohawk, who was going to pull out a switchblade. (You just knew they switchblades! They ALL had switchblades! Didn't you see The Terminator?)
Maybe the hysterical reaction is due to the fact that he showed up for a job interview dressed like that?
@@bifftannen2062 😂 oh conservatives…. You’ll never be punk
reserving a table for your parents at a gig you're playing, now thats punk
The hotel manager is Roxie Roker, Helen Willis of The Jeffersons. She's Lenny Kravitz' mother. She mispronounced the band Sieg Sieg Sputnik as Ziggy Ziggy Sputnick.
Was it mispronounced or just a really genius line though?
@@melissam6037 You might be right.
This was the last thing I could not find on the internet for sooo long. I had even written the company to try and get a copy. Awesome!
I spent over 15 years trying to find a song I heard on the radio in 1988, so I know the feeling.
I'm going to be disappointed if my kids DON'T turn punk!
Right 'ere with you, luv
Watch out. They'll probably turn prep just to push your buttons.
@@markaaron8586 Facts, reverse psychology is a bitch🤣
@@venompredcam9422 prep- lmao jk jk
*rawr* 1m sc4ry f34r m3 oh hey mcr stannie 😳
I adore all the faux hawks these shows hairdressers come up with, when styling "punks"
Then you would LOVE the episode called "Next Stop Nowhere" from the 70's show Quincy M.E.! Check it out when you can!
Terry the kid who went punk is Jay underwood, The boy who could fly, not quiet human , still not quiet human , Sonny in the beat goes on . I also recognize the actress playing the mother Christine Belford who played Rickys mother Evelyn on Silver Spoons . The actor playing the father is Bernie Copland who plays the Dr. on the Love Boat. The hotel owner is James Best Governer Gatling on Benson. The Hotel Manager is Roxy Roker neighbor Helen on The Jeffersons. And the music teacher is Albert Hague he played Mr. Shorofsky music teacher on Fame.
You watch way too much TV 😁
The mother was also on Beverly Hills 90210 as Steve’s mother
Jay underwood was also in uncle buck with John candy
Christine Belford was also Little Blake's nanny on Dynasty.
YES Mr. Shorofsky!! 😁 We used to watch Fame all the time.
The UA-cam algorithm is a wonder. I watched a Ministry video that lead me to an appearance by Al Jourgensen on a Phil Donahue episode about punk kids to this that looks like an after school special I never heard of, and I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I just don’t remember so much handwringing over punk rockers.
03:00 "I was thinking of trying out some rock and roll!" "Very interesting! Make sure you play those records backwards, kid!"
No, this only works for both The Beatles and Zeppelins ZOSO album. Strawberry Fields Forever and all of those Paul is dead stuff if you remember that crap? It says here that the final few minutes are missing from this movie ( which may or may not really matter much? ❤ Greetings from Boston, Massachusetts Amerikkka!
The Day My Kid Made a Fashion Improvement
The Day my Kid Went GLAM METAL more like
+Casper Howell Not enough rage!
+Casper Howell you obviously weren't around in the '80s. That guy's look has nothing to do with glam metal; it's influenced by New Wave/New Romantic/post-punk. Back then, that imagery was to punk what glam was to metal.
+Casper Howell the day my kid became billy idol lol
Da Lime Still not as bad as it looks.
+Casper Howell +Da Lime more like Sheena Easton thank Billy Idol
the day a screenwriter who knows nothing about punk wrote a screenplay about punk
Agreed. This is from the 1 % point of view
This movie is certainly very sanitized, but I think the moral is ultimately quite good.
100 percent agreed
@@heinoustentacles5719 Yeah, Terry was the most reasonable person in essentially every interaction. And he was always empathetic and concerned for others.
The movie was honestly a good bait and switch. It seemed like a moral panic story about the horrors of a punk kid but ultimately had a message of "don't worry if your kid dresses a little different. And listen if they try to talk to you."
Punk is a Attitude. Not a fashion 0:49
The first half of the candy-pink 80s: the 50s revisited.
The day my kid went GG Allin.
it sucks how people judge others on how they look. I mean the day care was so fast to judge the dude on his look. They never thought that kids might see his look, think he is "cool" and want to be like him - including his good behaviors and stuff. its sad that 20 years later we still do the same thing.
Try 35 years.
People who wouldn't be born for five years are starting to get old and boring.
@@Guitcad1 LOL I was a teen punk when this came out and I might be 60 but I sure aint boring
Reminds me of watching Sally Jesse Talk shows when the kids would come out and be punks and she would give them terrible makeovers 😂
as a crust punk, kids always thought I looked interesting. even some Russian tourists took interest in me, my vest, and pants
Dirty-Rag Kid and then they got close, and the smell drove them away. Did you bother them for change too?
Crusties have phones?
I know it's only a movie, but this movie is absolutely the furthest thing from REAL punk music.
It was not "only a movie."
It was a scare campaign. Capitalizing on hysteria and ignorance.
@@Guitcad1 I doubt this scared anyone. Wally Cleaver joins a band; Ward and June decide to be cool with it. It's his Republican brother who scares me, because I know what's coming from them types.
oh yeah. this is in no way punk.......new wave? ok
Punk Rock 🧷 Is A attitude and colored hair spray doesn't make U Punk Rock 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 9:57
Those gosh darn punkers 😂😂😂
If anyone has VHS like this with old commercials and stuff please don’t throw them away. There are actually collectors out there that buy stuff like this. Or just keep them. It’s a part of history. Or at the very least do what this person did and upload it to UA-cam. Better to keep it though. Or or give it to someone who appreciates it. I have a recording of some old news reports and space shuttle takeoffs. This stuff is so much fun.
Thanks for that. I really do appreciate these You Tube uploads.
Right?! I actually loved seeing all those commercials again. 😂
I don't understand this being any kind of 'issue' in '87. It was passe' by this time.
And this kid is definitely more new wave than he is punk.
It would be hilarious if you could find some early episodes of Fame, which ironically has that music teacher on there, and on Fame, he is all but condoning a student's look of expression, but it was still too early to disco and they were kind of crisscrossing disco with 'punk' (again, I'd say it was all more new wave).
I loved watching "Fame". It made me want to go to a school "of the arts". I never did. 😢
it wasnt passe to the kind of lame parents that were watching this kind of thing or being shocked by the punk kids on Donahue or something LOL.
@@newwavepop I remember those kids. They were worked up at the beginning, but by the end of the show, they were bored.
Plus “Doc” from the Love Boat is playing the Dad! 😂
seeing old commercials is so cool. brings back the memories
sounds more like New Wave than Punk
Is your profile pic Santa's Brother?
They couldn't put real punk on Nickelodeon the kids would freak and parents would sue them.
+A. Nonny Mouse 😂
only posers classify things like u just did
all these comments and everyone miss the best part, besides having Benson's governor, Love Boat's doc & Bewitched's pharmacist, Fame's professor, it has Lenny Kravitz's mother who played Helen Willis on the Jefferson's
you have to love this
Also the mom from Christine.
She really went for the uptight mom demographic.
I did not understand a single wird you just said
And the guy who wrote the music for *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*
Steve sanders mom from Beverly Hills 90210
@15:16 - "He makes me so uncomfortable, Max!" Yes, with his black clothing, red spray-on highlights, squeaky-clean smile and polite attitude. Quite uncomfortable indeed. Man, the 80's, those were the days!
wow, I stand corrected. Just saw a Pete & Pete commercial. So 90's then? This has 80's written all over it.
And the jingling! Don't forget that
"Hey Mom...Can I have ten bucks to have my wiener pierced at the mall"? The piercing pagoda is having a two for one special so me and Randy were going to get it done before we go to the leather store".
And then, GREEN DAY was born...
Hellz yeah
And then you realised green day makes pop-punk
Green day fucking sucks
josh schaefer Dookie was a good album by them, but after that...geez
BILL STALKER Blech
The day my kid joined the Romantics
johnnybob goldstien
The day my kid joined Duran Duran
The drummer from the Romantics
Kicks ASS !!! !
"What I Like About You."
Centsless - thank you for leaving in the commercials. So many people take them out. It was such a treat to watch these old ads.
id be so jazzed to have a punk watch me as a kid lmao
My students' parents were always polite.
This movie has a very "school program" feel to it. hehe
It is an afterschool special
@@punkrockvalexactly!
It's clearly like noon in that opening scene. Why are they acting like it's like 8pm?
have you ever been to a classical recital? feels like forever o'clock by the time it's done.
Fair, fair
9:32 Lenny Kravitz's mom
Props, for knowing who Sigue Sigue Sputnik was
And Helen on the Jeffersons
she totally said it wrong
More like the day my kid turned into a juggalo.
I despise juggalos!
That'd be worse!!! Punks are a bunch of little girls by comparison to jugalos they're wanted by the FBI!!!
😂😯
all you need is Alice (Linda Lavin?) who works at a diner, and Chris Farley (RIP) to warn you if persist in looking punk, you'll end up living in a van down by the river.
Okay, I don't understand why Terry couldn't just wash off his make-up, take out his earring, and comb down his hair (maybe with a little gel) to play with the school orchestra, and then revert to the punk look when he's playing with his punk rock band. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
"Because it's who I am!"
Same as nowadays with what I see this kid who is supposed to be transgender on Roseanne-The Conners, insisting on wearing makeup to school.
Thirty years ago, it was 'rebellion'.
Nowadays, it's 'part of me' tho the rebellion was also part of who we are. Boy, that rebellion fizzled out and quick!
NOOOO!!! You're only allowed to be ONE THING!!!
And it has to DEFINE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!
How else will you ever fit in a box otherwise? 😮
This!!
@@2up3rm4n1 Being transgender isn’t about “rebelling” it literally is who you are, and that’s not a bad thing.
@@PixieMeat_444 and those self-loathers who think they are something else and undergo any knife or however many hormones they take will simply age on and realize they are still the same person as before, no matter how much they insist they are "happier now than I was before."
Ain't nothing going to change. Self respect starts within. If it ain't there before, it never will be.
I appreciate you keeping the old commercials in lmao
The photo of the guy above the word "punk" looks like a cross between Dave Gahan lead singer of Depeche Mode and Philip Oakey lead singer of The Human League. LOL!
Idk what I like more, the movie or the commercials. Whatta blast from the past!
OMG!!!! I remember seeing this ages ago and so glad it's on UA-cam!! I loved this little programme, so chuffed to see it again! wOOt! Jay Underwood (Terry Warner) was also on Uncle Buck, he played Bug, a good actor!
Always wise to never judge a book by its cover...just because some have piercings, tats, have a taste in music that isn't appreciated by some, doesn't make these individuals evil or criminal.
I miss these days…. The absurdity was incredible…
For a second at the end I thought that clip of Shotgun Messiah was a vision of Terry's future.
ha ha I haven't heard that band ages...reminds me of my teen years
We’re to believe that a college professor wrote an expose on “Why Kids Go Punk”
She certainly read the room.
I remember watching this as a kid. His parents should be happy that their son didn't end up like the kids in the movies, "Suburbia" or "Class of 1984"... just sayin.' People just shouldn't judge others based on appearance. However, if I had ever dressed in my usual attire at my former office job; I would have been fired.
The day a dork gave himself a makeover.
Hollywood: I don't know what this "punk" is and the music but let's make a movie about it! Punks: wtf is this? This isn't even punk this is rock and roll. Hollywood: close enough
And not even a mosh pit? God Hollywood is fucking retarded
@@emanuelbostan5737 mosh pit? That's a 90s thing. In the 80s we slammed
Boy, Roxy Roker must have had a coronary when Lenny Kravitz grew dreads in the airport bathroom!
I like Doc much better when he was "gettin' busy" with random women on a cruise ship.
First...wear your sneakers like Robert Smith!
I know it is just a film, but I wonder why many kids feel like they have to choose between two extremes? At the end he could have chosen to study classical during the day, and explore other expressions of music on the weekend that did not require such an extreme look. When he’s older he could have combined all aspects of both genres, like a true musician. In the meantime he would have acquired applied knowledge from playing with a contemporary band and proper classical music training from school. If they really wanted to make these after school specials teach valuable life lessons, they should have shown how to make life decisions. Young adults and kids learn this ability from very limited sources.
+kristina C True, probably why these sorts of specials died out.
+kristina C Kristina, I think the key to understanding why we did what we did in the 80's is that we were just fuckin' idiot teens. There. That's the beginning and end reason right there. BTW, punk rock was a lot of fun.
Stefan Adamcik It was.
OR let people dress how they wanna dress and study what they wanna study and do what they wanna do. I think that's the better lesson to teach when it comes to this..
true it's important to explore all musical genres
Me: How dare you listen to that Christian Punk music smut. You are grounded for two weeks without your bible or your christian punk music.
Kid: NOOOOOO!!!!!!
See THIS is the kind of silly "after school special" I was thinking in my head. The video I clicked on before this was dark and sad. ):
Who cares if he didn't dress typical punk. The message is the same. I'm not any specific thing, goth, punk, whatever, I dress different because I am different and this is how I'm comfortable. I shouldn't be denied a job because of piercings or tattoos as long as they aren't explicit in anyway. (which I don't have yet except my ears and lip) It's stupid how someone would judge someone on how they dress. It's none of people's business how another would dress as long as their no-no's are covered.
Why should their no-no's be covered?
Because not everyone wants to see people's genitals. Like a straight person wouldn't wanna see someone of their own gender naked, or a gay person doesn't wanna see the opposite persons or an asexual (like me) doesn't wanna see anyone's. It makes people uncomfortable. There's a time and people for your genitals, not in public or people who don't want them. It's not ok to show someone your genitals if they don't want to see
Well, not everyone wants to see someones body modifications - it makes people uncomfortable. There's a time and people for your body modifications, not in public or people who don't want them. It's no ok to show someone your body modifications if they don't want to see.
I'm hoping you're seeing the double standard I just walked you into.
Well if someone has a tattoo, that's an art thing really. If someone doesn't like the art you did that's they're problem. I don't see why that would make someone uncomfortable unless it was offensive to them. It's kinda natural for people to not want to see genitals all day unless you like that. I mean, for a job interview, it's time to wear a suit probably (depends on the job), they aren't trying to show them off there, but if they happen to have some visible, they can't really cover it. You can easily cover your no-no's
And yea, some face piercings can be weird to some, but it's their face.
This was the after school special that planted the seed for what I would become later in life... that and the fact that my high school crush wrote in my yearbook to "Turn Punk". 🤣
the sad thing is that all those moral majority republican families really did act that way and felt that way, haha stupid Reagan era
Rafael Rosas and Tipper Gore with some other Democrat wives started the PMRC.
this isnt how republicans are at all you are showing your brainwashing
Do you suppose it's Ronald Reagan's fault?
Rafael Rosas i’d say the left and the right wing are both at fault. It’s only mind boggling to see how even to this day, they still don’t realize how much destruction they’re both causing to society.
Life sucks, yo.
@@brianqrcode1673 some are, some aren't. A lot of conservatives nowadays would cringe at old school conservatives from the Reagan era
OH MY GOD! String Racers! Those things were sweet. I knew two friends who had them and after we spent half an hour untangling the damn things we entertained ourselves for ten minutes or so.
Can't believe people were so closed minded and lame back then--if they had issues with this kid, just imagine their attitudes towards poor people and minorities...or anyone outside their norm.
See, that's always the problem with this ideology. This kid was NOT unique because of his 'look' and everyone wasn't going around staring bug-eyed at him. This was nothing more than a fashion trend.
I checked for when this one came on and by this time, 1987, this was indeed very fashionable. It was not rebellious.
Young people have this twisted idea that people were obsessed by race etc in the 80s. Sorry youngsters. Things were quite well in the 80s and 90s. Your generation was manipulated and you reverted us back to Jim Crow. Thanks assholes.
just another day in paradise, etc...
“we just have to pretend we dont know him”
I think they are pushing this hard rock and classical music being two different worlds too much. Sooo many bands say they were influenced by classical you can clearly hear Holst in Black Sabbath.
Even bands like Black Flag were also influenced by Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane.
The term you want is "false dichotomy."
This conference seems really important
People came from all around the world, desperate to ward off Punk Syndrome! 😵
I would never treat my kids if I had any like I was embarrassed of them. The mom in this is ridiculous.
Épouse-moi ?
Remember kids, going punk is just when you buy new clothes.
The 80s: "OMG He has a red streak in his hair!"
Today: Teachers, Nurses, cops, etc have pink hair and/or tattoos
@brokenwindows8920
Those people freaking out then are now being awakened in the night in nursing homes for roll over and bed change. Bet they're really terrified now with some of the stupid crap people ink on their visible parts especially. 😢
Holy shit, not only this episode, but those commercials😮 I totally forgot but I now remember about 99% of those commercials. This period of time was definitely around the time of my adolescences, it’s all here😂
I love the Odie puppet, and the Tootsie Rolls commercial! Good memories 😊
cute little Odie🥹💗
I don't know what's funnier- this, or the Quincy punk episode
Who else is on a 2 day after school special marathon for 2 days in July 2024?
Late August here..
To all:
You do know this is over 30 years old, right? Punk was pretty shocking to most people when it first hit the scene. Like so many things, it developed over time and finally became what we know today.
Besides that, the message is to accept other people's differences (refer to the little handicapped girl in addition to the teenager). These programs were made for kids as an After School Program a long, long time ago when society was very conservative.
Punk was bordering on old age when this came out.
@@Guitcad1 oh really? tell that to rancid. brand new kick ass l.p. 30yrs in. what have you done? aerosmith cover band?
"I wish my hair would look like his"-me a 12 year old girl
i love seeing the 80s representations of punk x) its so cheesy
Should've been called, "The Day My Kid Went Poser Punk," lol.
lmao yea it looks rlly cheesy
LMFAOOOO. The parents act like he is a criminal in drugs because he decided to change his look. BTW my brother was in a Punk band and none of them liked like they were in the Cure 😂🤣😭💀
This did not commit the sin of being boring at all.