DOH "Enteng Ebak" (found Filipino cholera and sanitation PSA; 1994)

Poster of the PSA

Status: Found

Date found: 26 Mar 2024 (Wanted)
19 Apr 2024 (Balitang Kalikasan)

Found by: UndustFixation

"Enteng Ebak", commonly known as the "DOH Enteng Ebak" commercial, is a set of Filipino health PSAs aired in 1994. The commercials were made famous for parodies of Filipino news programs and the impersonations of news anchor Noli De Castro and actor Robin Padilla.

Variants

Wanted

Status: Found

The PSA features Enteng Ebak throws pesky garbage in the river from his house creating the particles of cholera which has spread from the river to the plants and the garbage. Then, an animated fly infects the rice, a spoon, and a water on a cup. An entire family is then showed eating food but then, a father, a grandma, and a boy had taken a lunch with cholera infected, then. a kid was infected with stomachache with the mom taking care of a father having diarrhea and another patient infected with tetanus had to be taken to the ambulance. The commercial ends with a shot of the ambulance with a title card saying "GUMAMIT NG MALINIS NA PALIKURAN NG SAKIT AY MAIWASAN" (USE CLEAN TOILET DISEASE IS PREVENTED).

Here is the transcript of the PSA:

Announcer: WANTED!
Reporter: Pinag-hahanap ang kilabot na si Enteng Ebak. Nagdadala ang pagnabib na mikrobyo sa pag-ebak kung saan-saan lugar. Ebak na hawakan at dinapuan ng langaw na dumadapo naman sa pagkain, at mga gamit sa kusina. Ebak na may mikrobyo mabilis, lumipat sa tao. Kaya't marami ang nakakasakit ng bulate sa tyan, pagtatae, at titus. Wag tumulad kay Enteng Ebak! "GUMAMIT NG MALINIS NA PALIKURAN NG SAKIT AY MAIWASAN."

(Looking for the dreaded Enteng Ebak. Breathing brings germs to the surface everywhere. Ebak to be touched and infested with flies that in turn land on food, and kitchen utensils. Ebak with germs quickly, move to humans. So many suffer from stomach worms, diarrhea, and titus. Don't be like Enteng Ebak! "USE A CLEAN TOILET CAN PREVENT DISEASE.")

Balitang Kalikasan

Status: Found

The PSA opens with an anchor introducing a made-up personality named Enteng Ebak. Enteng himself seeing the TV with the drawing of the dirty bathroom that then shows the proper steps to doing the toilet practice. The commercial ends with the anchor saying his signature trademark "Magandang Gabi, Bayan" line.

Reporter: Para sa descenting linis, na taguriang Enteng Ebak para sa "Balitang Kalikasan".

(For descending clean, nicknamed Enteng Ebak for "News of Nature".)
Enteng Ebak: Bayan! Problema mo ba ang maruming palikurang? Kung ngayon, magkining! Sa inidoro lang umebak. Wag magtapon ng papel at matigas na bagay sa inidoro. Buhusan ng tubig na di naamoy at langawin. Ang resulta, at dapat, hugas agad ng mga kamay! "Tadaan! Panatlihing malinis ang palikuran upang sakit ay maiwasan."

(Country! Is a dirty toilet a problem for you? If now, shine! Just hide in the toilet. Do not throw paper and hard objects in the toilet. Pour water that does not smell and flies. The result is, and should be, wash your hands immediately! "Remember! Keep the toilet clean to prevent illness.")
Reporter: Yan ang aming payo! Magandang Gabi, Bayan Magiliw.

(That's our advice! Good Evening, Friendly Town.)

Availability

On January 17th, 2024, Facebook user Blake Gripling posted on the Obscure and Lost Media group about the PSA. It is also mentioned by Facebook user Marian Jenny Marquez in a comment regarding another PSA by the DOH alongside other PSAs featuring Herbert Bautista, Jimmy Santos, LA Lopez and Health secretary Juan Flavier.

On March 26th, 2024, UndustFixation found the "Wanted" PSA on their YouTube page. Later on April 19th, 2024, the "Balitang Kalinisan" PSA was also uploaded just 3 weeks after the first PSA was uploaded.

Gallery

"The Wanted" PSA.

"The Balitang Kalikasan" PSA.