Ad jingles you remember from at least 20 years ago (preferably fondly)

[Bossy Monkey]

The most remarkable one was the original song for Carowinds, the theme park on the NC/SC border just south of Charlotte. I still remember nearly all the words these 30 years later. (Probably having kids singing was an advantage in trying to appeal to kids.) No doubt nobody not living in SC or NC at the time ever heard it, but it was pretty cool.

Dunno if it's strictly speaking a jingle to use a hit record in a commercial, but I don't think anybody who was alive when it was on can forget Edie Adams doing "Hey Big Spender" for Muriel Cigars. (Yes, young ones, they used to have tobacco commercials on TV.) Here's a neat article about her: http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/19980801roddy.asp A Good soul.

The little kid in overalls fishing and singing about his baloney. "How's that?" Cuter than anything or anybody.

Yours?

Edit: The one that inspired this was the "Taste Sheraton" campaign of 20-25 years ago. We stayed in a Sheraton this past weekend; can't say I enjoyed the taste that much.:)

Editedit: "Hold the pickles/ hold the lettuce..." aka Pachelbel's Canon. Seriously, listen to the latter; caused us great hilarity back in college.

[chelsea0011]

1. "Pop pop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is"

[ProfessorGAC]

85. Um! I Think It Was "Plop, Plop", Not "Pop, Pop"

Methinks you don't remember it as well you thought! Just kiddin'!

I had to reply because when i read the title post of the thread that was the first commercial jingle that popped into my head, too.
The Professor

[trof]

2. My baloney has a first name. It's O-S-C-A-R.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Brill Cream...a little dab'll do ya

[chelsea0011]

7. watch how, the girls will all pursue ya

love that one

[Liberal Dose]

4. Taste me taste me, come on and taste me - Doral cigarettes

Geez I feel so old!

:cry:

On edit: Because that was waaaay more than 20 years ago.

[merh]

5. "I'm an acne pimple, lonely as can be"

Don't cry pimple, I'll keep you company
Hey fellow pimples, will three be a crowd
All together pimple, sing real loud
LaLa LaLa - ahhhh


I believe it was a clearasil commercial

[Aristus]

6. "We interrupt this winter to bring you some refreshing smiles of summer!"

A Coke and a smiiiiiiile
Makes you feel GOOD
(It's so refreshing)
Makes you feel nice
Have a Coke and a smile

That's the way it should be
And I'd like to see-ee-ee
The whole world smiling at me
Coca-Cola adds life, so
Have a Coke and a.......
SMI-I-I-LE!!!!!!

[terrya]

8. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby...to Get Whree You Got to Today"

Virginia Slims. Yes, I remember the days of tobacco ads on television.

[Liberal Dose]

16. You've got your own cigarette now, baby (jingle now stuck firmly in head)

[ClintonTyree]

9. Brusha, brusha, brusha....

new Ipana Toothpaste (sung by Bucky Beaver).

Wow, I'm REALLY dating myself with this one. If there are more than 5 DUers that remember this, I'll eat my hat!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. I remember that one :)

[tridim]

14. Wasn't that from Grease?

[merh]

19. I remember it.

:hi:

[clydefrand]

27. I thought I'd be the only one here old enough to remember that.

But I see I'm not! And the best thing about this is that we both can remember at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[In_The_Wind]

64. I hope you like the flavor of your hat

BTW can we have pictures of you eating it ... cause I remember Bucky Beaver quite well

[LonelyLRLiberal]

73. . . with a brand new flavor, it's dandy on your tee-eth

[Seabiscuit]

79. Our house was always stocked with Ipana tooth paste because my

father worked for Bristol Myers, which made Ipana.

So yes, I also grew up listening to Bucky Beaver ads.

[xmas74]

10. The Hamm's Beer Commercial!

It was my favorite commerical growing up.

"From the land of sky blue waters..."

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. Yep and "It's the water, that makes it Olympia brew"

[xmas74]

21. My dad still has to drink Olympia every time he visits his home!

[Nothing Without Hope]

77. yeah, it ended "HAMMMMMS!!! The Beer Refreshing!" n/t

[xmas74]

78. And the bear dancing around just fascinated me as

a young child.
I really loved that commercial.

[hfojvt]

12. You deserve a break today, so get up and get away

to McDonalds

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. I believe the great Barry Manilow wrote that one...

[jmowreader]

48. Keith Reinhardt wrote that one

Keith was McDonalds account manager for Doyle Dane Bernbach when that account came in the door. According to DDB's site, the original lyrics were "We're so near yet far away" (as Mzztakable said) but the McDonalds marketing department couldn't figure it out. So they trashed the lyrics and kept the music.

[Liberal Dose]

31. The original lyrics started, "We're so near yet far away..." n/t

[hfojvt]

44. actually they were far away

we did not get one in my town until 1977 or so.

[tridim]

13. Honey Comb's big, yea yea yea!

It's not small, no no no!

[ms liberty]

17. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese,

pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!

my favorite though, has no words, just a tune. It's the VERY old Maxwell House commercial. Black & White, about 1960-62? All you see in the commercial is the clear piece in the top of the coffepot, perking to the tune. It's impossible to reproduce as words. My mother said I would wake up in my crib and pull myself up to watch it.

[Bossy Monkey]

83. I think they must have remade the Maxwell House one in color 20 years on

because I remember something like that, but don't remember my infancy (born in 1962).

[Maddy McCall]

18. Here comes the king, here come's the big number one. Budweiser beer.

Budweiser beer is still the second to none.
When you say bud you've said it all.

[MrSlayer]

20. The Bubble Yum theme.

Which featured the Flavor Fiend whom no one seems to remember but me.

[Aristus]

33. I remember the Flavor Fiend!

He looked like a Muppet-version of Freddy Kreuger, with an orange sweater and a weird kind of slouch hat. Bubble YUM!

The Bubble Yum theme had lyrics if I remember correctly; The last line was: "Great long-lasting flavor, Bubble Yum. (Bubble YUM! growls the Flavor Fiend)

[MrSlayer]

39. YES!

When you try new soft and juicy Bubble Yum. (Bubble Yum!)
A flavor fiend will be there wanting some.

[Liberal Dose]

22. I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony...

I've seen their new commercial. They changed the words to, "I'd like to teach the world to chill." Worst idea since New Coke.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. Who is the "hip band" in that new commercial? Anyone? Or just models?

[Liberal Dose]

34. Most likely a bunch of nobodies trying to earn acting creds.

[Bossy Monkey]

41. Music by G Love; presumably the people in the ad are actors

Here's something purporting to be a story about it, obviously a Coke press release: http://www.csnews.com/csn/cat_management/pack_bev/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000968825
Gotta love an ad agency with Bogusly in the name, though.:D

[Dave Reynolds]

23. This may be a little too regional,

but Paramount potato chips had a singing chip "Slim Chipley"

I'm Slim Chipley, the guy you see
on the Paramount potato chip bright red sack.
I'm the flavor deputy, protecting freshness in every snack.
They're delicious, and so nutritious.
Yessirree, they're pips!
Paramount potato chips.

Late 60s, early 70s or so.

[trackfan]

24. "Oh Fab, I'm glad there's lemon freshened borax in you"

"You'll look better in a sweater washed in Woolite"

the best:

Look for the Union label when you are buying a coat dress or blouse./
Remember somewhere our Union's sewing, our wages going to feed the kids and run the house./
We work hard, but who's complaining. Thanks to the ILG we're paying our way./
So always look for the Union label. It means we're able to make it in the USA.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

25. "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony..."

"I'd like to buy the world a Coke (ugh), and keep it company..."

On edit, beaten out! :cry:

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Ultra Bite Tooth Paste, taste you can really feel!

Ultra Bite gives your mouth (kiss blowing noise) .......*Ding* Sex Appeal!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

29. I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner..that is what I'd truly love to beee

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

32. "Hot dogs. Armour Hot dogs. What kind of kids eat Armour Hot Dogs?"

Fat kids. Skinny kids. Kids who climb on rocks!
Tough kids. Chicken kids. Even kids with chicken pox!
Oh hot dogs!
Armour Hot dogs.

The dog kids love to bite!

[4morewars]

35. "La Choy makes Chinese food.....swing.......

American !"

"Why not ?"

[LiberallyInclined]

36. thirty-seven twenty-seven, south ashland avenue...

at ferrell/hicks...

it's a chicago thing.

[Midlodemocrat]

37. Choo Choo Charlie was an engineer.

The theme song for Good and Plenty. Still my favorite candy.

[Maddy McCall]

38. Delta Village! In Tallulah!

Another regional jingle. :D

[BrotherBuzz]

40. Soaky sticks in my mind even though I never used the stuff.

"Soaky soaks you clean in oceans full of fun, scrubbly-bubbly, flibbity-flubbity clean before you’re done. Soaky soaks you clean and every girl and boy gets a toy when it’s empty, when it’s empty it’s a toy,"

[Bossy Monkey]

42. The Tijuana Smalls jingle was really terrific

Does anybody else remember when they banned cigarette ads but not those for cigars, so all the tobacco companies came out with "little cigars"? This lasted maybe six months before Congress banned tobacco ads from TV outright. Great jingle, though. ("Ten for the road, baby, for you baby...")

[Kat45]

43. Real old: "Lirtrle girls have pretty curls, but I like Oreos"

"Oreos are nice because
they're the very best cookie ever was.
Girls are nice
but oh what icing
comes on oreos....

(A little boy is singing it.)

[Kraklen]

45. My little pony, my little pony...

I can't think of any that aren't toy commercials.

Anyway, can remember the tune of that one, if not all the lyrics.

[sakabatou]

46. That PSA about pills not being candy...

[steely]

68. did part of it go...

"...here's a little beauty from me to you-ty
just inhale and sniff - it is aero-plane glue..." ?

[sakabatou]

84. No

"... And we look fine and dandy.
Just remmeber: we're not candy!
No! No!"

[steely]

69. did part of it go...

"...here's a little beauty from me to you-ty
just inhale and sniff - it is aero-plane glue..." ?

[steely]

70. Let Hertz put you in the drivers seat.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

47. Some MP3 of Brazilian ones. Believe it or not you may recognize some.

Which may be translations of worldwide campaigns.

Like those:
http://www.orizamartins.com/jingles/kolynos-ah.mp3
http://www.orizamartins.com/jingles/nestle-sulflair.mp3

Those are Brazilian only AFAIK:
http://www.orizamartins.com/jingles/pernambucanas.mp3
http://www.orizamartins.com/jingles/rocambolepullmann.mp3
http://www.orizamartins.com/jingles/varigmensagemnatal.mp3

[Lilith Velkor]

49. Jhoon Rhee (DC area)

When you take Jhoon Rhee Self Defense
Then you too can say
Nobody bothers me!
Nobody bothers me!
Call USA-1000
Jhoon Rhee means might for right!
(little boy: Nobody boddas me! little girl: Nobody boddas me ee-da!)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

56. I wonder if his kids are still running that business. I remember the

commercials well.

[Lilith Velkor]

58. Tai Yim Kung Fu is in the old building

Master Yim rocks!

[wallwriter]

50. No...body demands...more from a Datsun (ba bum!) than Datsun (ba bum!)

We! Aaaaaaaaaarrrre DRIVEN!!

[jmowreader]

51. The Energy Rapper

You know how the administration is running around claiming that we're not torturing the Iraqis we've got in Gitmo? That's both true and false.

Okay, we're not pulling out fingernails.

However, what we're doing is far worse: We're playing the Energy Rapper for them.

Soldiers stationed overseas only get one television channel, American Forces Network. It belongs to Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Now understand, as a governmental agency they can't play real commercials with real production values, so they play "Public Service Announcements" instead. These PSAs have completely eliminated the need for Army hospitals to stock Syrup of Ipecac.

You learn the History Of Your Rank.
You learn the History Of Your Branch Insignia.
You learn Why You Shouldn't Make Jackrabbit Starts In Your Car. (They play this one in Korea too, and almost no one there has a car.)
Married guys learn that if you invite the single female troops in your platoon to your house for dinner with your family, your wife won't think you're screwing them on the side. (Well, unless you really are and then you're on your own.)
And in Korea you learn that you can get free rubbers from your company orderly room. Like we didn't know that.
Oh, and the German Phrase of the Day, which some of my troops kinda modified into the Russian Phrase of the Day (which was an obscene phrase involving goats until two men from the State Department who could read Russian saw the sign and told our humorless operations sergeant what it really said) and the Polish Phrase of the Day (which was even worse). We also had the German Obscenity of the Day, and this one did change--mainly because the asshole who wrote it kept posting it on the company bulletin board and the CO kept tearing it down.

But by far the most hideous waste of taxpayer dollars is the Energy Rapper. In it, this black guy who was about six feet tall and weighed about fifty pounds danced through a motor pool, a barracks, an office and Many Other Army Environments rapping "I'm the Energy Rapper and I'm here to say, Turn it Off Turn it Down That's the Army Way!" We all figured he was coming up on DEROS the next morning; would you like to spend the rest of your tour being known as the fucking Energy Rapper? Worse: they probably put the fact that he's the Energy Rapper in his personnel file, so his gaining unit can look in there and think "oh, you poor bastard..."

[yellowdogintexas]

52. Sing it over and over and over again, Frosty Morn

Sing it over and you'll sing it over again, Frosty Morn.

The height of a piggy's ambition,
from the day he is born,
is hope that he will be good enough
to be a Frosty Morn

accompanied by a cartoon of little piggies in farm caps, overalls and bit letters on their fronts spelling out Frosty Morn.

Frosty Morn made bacon, sausage, baloney and hot dogs.

[lpbk2713]

53. See the USA in your Chevrolet

By Dinah Shore, from about 40 - 45 years ago.

[gmoney]

54. The Big Fig Newton

Ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside
Golden flakey tender cakey outside
Wrap the inside in the outside
Is it good? Darn tootin'
It's the big Fig Newton
(Here's the tricky part)
The big Fig Newton
(One more time)
The big Fig Newtooon!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

55. It's not the same without the little dance. My college buddy and I used

to do the pose and say "here's the tricky part" all the time, LOL.

[Bossy Monkey]

57. Definitely the best one

though when I sang it for my girlfriend, who's younger, she definitely gave me a look like I was ready for the place with very, very soft walls.

[NMMNG]

59. "If you've got the time, We've got the beer, Miller Beer"

Then there was the pain killer (Anacin perhaps?) that used Carly Simon's song "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" as their jingle.

[lizzieforkerry]

60. My buddy, My buddy, My buddy and me! n/t

[AbbeyRoad]

63. "Kid sister, Kid sister, Kid sister and me!" n/t

[lizzieforkerry]

61. What would you do for a Klondike bar? n/t

[snickersnee]

62. N-E-S-T-L-E-S

nestles makes the very best...






















choOOOOOooooocklate

[AbbeyRoad]

65. "Get a little closer. Don't be shy."

"Get a little closer with Arrid Extra Dry"

[steely]

66. 100 miles, 100 mi-les - I can see, 100 miles

some window cleaner company ripped this one

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

67. Ancient Chinese secret Huh or Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

[LonelyLRLiberal]

71. When you're tired and you're hungry . .

and you're dead on your feet.

When you don't wanna cook,
but you just gotta eat ---

Go to Jack 'n the Box!

[nytemare]

72. "You can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan"

Cause I'm a woooooooman, Enjolie!

not sure of the spelling. That was 83ish, I think.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

74. That one really, really pissed me off!!!!!

I wanted to just slap the bitch.

[nytemare]

75. I was just a little one then, I thought it was kind of funny

Campy. That song was sure an earworm, that is for sure!

Welcome to D.U., by the way!

:)

[Nothing Without Hope]

76. "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with

Pepsodent"

I still think that one is digusting and would prefer to have forgotten it. Maybe by giving it to you I can finally banish it from my memory.

[Seabiscuit]

80. Mel Allen, broadcasting for the Yankees, leading into the Ballantine

commercial:

"Hey, get your cold beer!
Hey, get your Ballantine!
Hey, get your cold, cold beer
Get your ice cold Ballantine beer!"

[Seabiscuit]

81. "Sugar Pops are tops"

[radfringe]

82. N-E-S-T-L-E-S

Nestles makes the very best...



CHOOOOOCLATE

[mtnester]

86. ~Buckeye Potato Chips...Buckeye Potato Chips..

Get 'em at your grocer today!~