I have an idea for an Above The Influence commercial parody...need opinions

[Lethal G]

I'm pretty sure by now that many of us have seen that one dumb Above the Influence commercial with the poorly-drawn pot smoker and his dog. For those that haven't, it goes something like this:

Pot Smoker (talking to dog): "Don't stare at me. I can quit pot whenever I want."

Dog: "How about now?"

Pot Smoker: "Next week is better."

Dog: "You disappoint me."

The scene then cuts to the dog raising a flag with an arrow as being "above the influence", with abovetheinfluence.com in the right hand corner.

My idea was to take a new twist on this commerical, and instead show a DEA officer/government official with the dog, and instead have the conversation go something like this:

Gov official: "Don't stare at me. I can tell the people the truth about marijuana whenever I want."

Dog: "How about now?"

Gov official: "Next year is better."

Dog: "You disappoint me."

Scene then cuts to a list of anti-prohibition websites to check out for more information.

Comments, ideas, and constructive criticism are welcome. I have a lot of experience with digital animation and could easily make something similar.

[rebgirl420]

hahaha I LIKE IT!!

[BlazinTreesX3]

Can you arrange for the Dea officer to die sometime maybe by the dog? he says well you wont tellt he truth ill just bite you in the throat...

Your idea was great though..

[horror business]

Yeah, this is actually a serious parody though. I like it alot. By that I mean, it's not making fun of them, it's just telling the ACTUAL truth.

[Snorbel]

Haha... have the DEA guy smokin' a joint too.

He should be sitting at a desk brainstorming ideas for the next commercial. The dog walks up and then frowns or shakes his head. The guy looks over:

Guy: What are you looking at?
Dog: When are you going to tell them the TRUTH?

Camera goes to an over the shoulder view with the guy looking at a piece of paper with LIES scribbled at the top and underlined twice and a list of each piece of propaganda bullshit.

Guy: Well... All I have to do is switch to the other piece of paper!

Camera follows the guy's look to the other piece of paper with TRUTH at the top. Beneath it is a list with a single bullet point:

* Cannabis gets you hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

The man starts cracking up.

Guy: Dog, I need a smoke break.
Dog: Yeah, me too!

Dog pulls out a joint and they start smoking together.

[Lethal G]

Haha... have the DEA guy smokin' a joint too.

He should be sitting at a desk brainstorming ideas for the next commercial. The dog walks up and then frowns or shakes his head. The guy looks over:

Guy: What are you looking at?
Dog: When are you going to tell them the TRUTH?

Camera goes to an over the shoulder view with the guy looking at a piece of paper with LIES scribbled at the top and underlined twice and a list of each piece of propaganda bullshit.

Guy: Well... All I have to do is switch to the other piece of paper!

Camera follows the guy's look to the other piece of paper with TRUTH at the top. Beneath it is a list with a single bullet point:

* Cannabis gets you hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

The man starts cracking up.

Guy: Dog, I need a smoke break.
Dog: Yeah, me too!

Dog pulls out a joint and they start smoking together.

LOL, now there's an idea I could use.

[not_the_kitty]

I never got the point of above the influence anyway...I get high so then arent I technically "above" the influence? And anyway that dog probably just wanted the kid to throw out his stash so he could eat it out of the garbage later and get stoned.

[orangeman]

I like this. I think it should happen and I think it should be on T.V.

[Coelho]

EXCELLENT IDEA, LetalG! :thumbsup:

[IanCurtisWishlist]

i have a hilarious idea.

u know the one where the guy offers the alien the joint and the alien is like, "no thanks". and then the hoochie ho gold digging bitch runs off with the space alien in his flying saucer?

there should be a continued montage of footage where the rejected guy meets some really cool hipster people who smoke weed. then they smoke weed and get drunk off 151 rum--and the rejected pot smoker becomes filthy rich and is able to own a luxury yacht. the filthy rich pot smoker gets to party it up all day long and lives the high life thinking to himself, "i didn't need that bitch anyways". then all the bitches come to party with him and smoke weed on his luxury yacht and he fucks them all.

meanwhile the bitch who left him in the first place gets pregnant with an alien baby , the alien bails on her and she is left to live off of intergalactic foodstamps for the rest of her fucking existance while the no good deadbeat father cruises in his spaceship back to the nebular galaxy, probably off to seduce some other unfortunate creature with "above the influence" shit. The alien is off to mislead more people. Kind of like what above the influence does.



sounds kind of elaborate yes?:D

[MisterGreen]

i like the first idea. very creative.

[Abunai]

Lets do it!!

[Lethal G]

Well guys, I've taken this idea a step further and already rendered a few JPEGs from the animation. It will be fully animated soon, and hopefully put somewhere like YouTube. Tell me what you think.

[MisterGreen]

haha, that is so awesome. i can't wait to see the final product.

[horror business]

Well, bush will be out of office in a year. I think a dea officer would be better. or the fda, since they claimed that it has no medical benefit.

Don't forget to have the dog raise the flag (with a marijuana leaf on it preferably), and then give a link to a site such as norml or a site with facts.

[Lethal G]

Well, bush will be out of office in a year. I think a dea officer would be better. or the fda, since they claimed that it has no medical benefit.

Don't forget to have the dog raise the flag (with a marijuana leaf on it preferably), and then give a link to a site such as norml or a site with facts.

Sounds like a good point. I'll be sure to change it shortly.

[Splifted]

Haha, when I saw a different version with the dog, the guy was like "i feel bad about smoking, but i'd feel less bad if you smoke with me" and the dog was like "no thanks" and walked off and raised his flag. Lol, being lit, my brain played the version that it thought would be funnier for me afterwards, it went something like this:

Pot Smoker (sitting on window): "Hey dog, you wanna hit this?"

Dog: "No thanks."

Pot Smoker: "HOLY FUCKING SHIT A TALKING DOG!!!!!!!!"
*falls off window*

*scene fades to black*
(in big white, centered letters): "Marijuana: It's the shit!"