Every year the dutch government is running a campaign against safer use of fireworks... Cause each year there's a heap of people starting the new year in the hospital.
Appearantly last year they ran these commercials. I never saw them... until they took 'm out of the archives, and showed them on a TV program, to make people aware of the 2008 commercials that are basically more of the same...
The 2007 batch:
Part 1: Arms Arriving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGpeHfybM6Y
Part 2: Mother Of All Rockets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWmK4mpImWw
Part 3: Eternal Rains Of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0bjH1YHxA4
Part 4: Firy Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2P0U4baOSw
All came from this site:
http://www.laaf.info/
The 2008 continuation:
Unfortunatly for you guys only with dutch subtitles, so I'll have to translate I guess
Part 1: Axes of Evil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxzxjqzfQg
Translation:
Friends and foes...
The enemy fears the Axis of Evil.
A wave of fear will swallow them up!
We have a new Ally...
Belgium!
The country that just like us...
...fights an everlasting battle...
...the Language battle! (reference to the French/Flemmish languages that are used in Belgium)
The country that just like us...
...produced many war lords!
Belgium is our Ally...
...because here we can...
...purchase forbidden explosives!
Ally!
Sorry?
The War Flame!
Weeping Widow!
Therefore we are now known as F.L.A.A.F. ...
... instead of L.A.A.F.!
The Flemish Liberation Army Against Freedom!
We are even...
...on the trail of...
...the Secret of the Atom! (Atomium in Brussel is shown)
Illegal fireworks makes hundreds of casualties each year.
Be warned for Belgium fireworks. (Belgium can sell fireworks all year round, while the dutch sales only are allowed 3 days before the 31st of December).
Part 2: Smart Bombhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soUKzY6DZGMTranslation:
Ally!
Wait!
Something new!
Big Thunderboom!
Test?
Big Thundertest?
Yeah, that's not possible, eh?
Our Belgium Brothers have provided...
...a Smart Bomb.
We shall test this Smart Bomb...
...on this special testsite.
Abdel, demonstrate!
Stupid Goats!
First select a target, then fire!
The car!
That one!
The chicken?
The Belgium guy!!
Show courage, Ally!
Here it comes!
The Bomb missed!
huh?
The Bomb missed!
Speak clearly, Donkey!
Do you understand?
What?
Illegal fireworks can do permanent hearing damage up to 50 meter (164 feet).
Be warned for Belgium fireworks.
Part 3: Vulcan of Justicehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_52xJT2afbgTranslation:
Friends and Foes...
...today we have...
...received a gift...
...from Belgium, our faithful ally.
The Volcano Of Justice!
Fantasy?
Volcano Fantasy?
Let us wait no longer...
...demonstrating...
...of our unified power!
Light it!
Light it!!
Light it!!
But Abdul is still there.
Have you not seen the length of the fuse?!
Light it, Donkey!
Light it!
Light it!
Light it!!
Illegal fireworks can have a fast fuse. It will burn with 2 km/sec (6560 feet/sec)
Be warned for Belgium fireworks.
Part 4: Dancing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYay7UcTqXk
http://www.flaaf.be/