Best advertising jingle ever?

[Redstone]

(This one is indeed real, but you have to be pretty old to remember it.)

Rockwell calculators,
Gee, they're really neat...
They have big green numbers,
And little rubber feet.

(I don't have the time to go into the details of the campaign behind this ditty, but it really was a minor stroke of genius.)

Your favorites?

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Redstone!

Hey, sweetie!

Good to see you hereabouts!

I don't remember any jingles, but I do remember a TV ad by Alka-Seltzer; it shows 2 men in a life raft on the open ocean; nearby a large ship is sinking.

The ad shows them sitting there as the sun rises and sets several times.

The last frame shows just one man...

And then it says: Alka-Seltzer. When you've eaten something you shouldn't have.

I think it won an award; I thought it was hilarious!

:hi:

[nytemare]

2. The Toys-r-Us commercial from the 80's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJ-ZLdrTwY

[Redstone]

3. That one kid had a Hopping Hoomdorn! I want one!

Redstone

[Auggie]

4. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz...

oh, what a relief it is.

My bologna has a first name,
it's O-S-C-A-R
My bologna has a second name,
it's M-A-Y-E-R.
Oh I love to eat it everyday,
and if you ask me why I say,
'cause Oscar Mayer has a way
with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

[pokerfan]

5. Five...

Five dollar...

Five dollar foot-long...

[TK421]

55. amazing thing is...they still suck!

I got violently ill off of one of their sandwiches once...regular Italian hoagie

bad meat, bad something...can't even say what it was, and have never given a dime to their shitwiches ever since! fuck Subway

[OhioChick]

6. Be Like Mike/Gatorade Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0AGiq9j_Ak

[Auggie]

10. +1. That redefined the concept of jingle

Awesome score for a spot.

[Inchworm]

11. Hehe, I musta been drunk that year

I vaguely remember that one. It's good though :+

:hi:

[jobycom]

16. yeah, that was a brilliant campaign.

:thumbsup:

[LisaM]

23. We have our own version of that in our family

Sometimes I dream
That he is me
And I'm out golfing with my bookie..
Who buys some drugs,
The league just shrugs...

Like Mike
If I could be like Mike!

[riderinthestorm]

7. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onion, pickle on a sesame bun.

Or "Where's the beef"?

Or "Time to make the donuts?" in that mournful tone at 3 am....

[Mojambo]

8. By Mennen!!!

Short, simple, totally unforgettable

[geardaddy]

13. That was my first thought!

lol.

Co-STAN-za.

[sakabatou]

27. This one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrtIj9APNM

[deutsey]

9. Hot dogs, Armour Hot Dogs

What kinds of kids eat Armour hot dogs?
Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks.
Tough kids, sissy kids
Even kids with chicken pox
Love hotdogs, Armour hot dogs
The dogs kids love to bite!

[MilesColtrane]

12. Schaefer is the, one beer to have, when you're having more than one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nrRlXlbWCU

Directly to the point: If you are looking to get fucked up for little money, and you don't mind the crappy taste, Schaefer's for you!

And here's the oh, so hip, 70s version, featuring some white guy with a porn stash on the modular Moog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QBcrliFNk&feature=related

[musette_sf]

30. Cerveza Schaefer es la major

cuando se toma mas que una

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCTtiJCNyQ

[gratuitous]

14. Wyler's soft drinks about three cents a glass

WylerWylerWylerWylerWylerWylerWyler

That or:

Nesbitt's Orange soda pop, soda pop, soda pop

That's the one with R. Crumb-inspired cartoons that ends with the corporate Mr. Big intoning that that was "the dumbest commoicial I've ever seen."

[geardaddy]

15. "From the land of sky-blue wa-ha-ters"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g

[Robb]

20. The beer refreshing!!

...I was singing this at my daughter only yesterday, while feeding her ham.... :D

[geardaddy]

22. lol!

Excellent.

[gratuitous]

26. Eat Rath wieners, come on strong

Heap big energy all day long
Rath Blackhawk wieners for lunch or snack
Heap big energy in every pack

Three or four guys in buckskin pants and headdresses on a set with a teepee, hoofing it for all they were worth. Yes, it was every bit as bad as you're imagining. If you remember Hamm's, you probably remember Rath Blackhawk Wieners.

[geardaddy]

42. I don't recall those.

Hamm's was big here, because it was brewed here. Where are Rath Blackhawk Wieners from?

[jobycom]

17. I'd like to teach the world to sing.

All the rest are pale reflections. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAgh86j5alI

[BlueJazz]

18. C7 Lettuce

[KamaAina]

19. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.

HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.
HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.
HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.
HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.
HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead.

Think of it as a spoken word jingle. :P

[sakabatou]

28. Dear god that commercial was annoying

[Redstone]

29. Unbelievably annoying, but memorable, yes?

Redstone

[XemaSab]

21. As the first comment says

"People not even born when this came out still know the theme."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWzuQ1ufGs

[LisaM]

24. Punky Chips Ahoy! Oy! Oy!

It's not the best ever, but I loved it.

[Doc_Technical]

25. Colt 45 malt liquor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBqq27rDucs

[musette_sf]

31. My beer is Rheingold

The dry beer
Ask for Rheingold wherever you buy beer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfc4InJ7shk

[musette_sf]

32. It's for Everybody!

http://www.archive.org/details/vd_is_for_everybody

[S n o w b a l l]

33. Stanley Steemer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTEaj45AZc&feature=related

I work for a tv station....met this guy recently to do some jingles for our clients. He's really awesome and does great studio work not only with advertisers, but with great artists..unfortunately, most of our clients think jingles are so 1970's, afraid we weren't too successful to sell anyone on them.

I didn't know you owned an advertising agency, Redstone!

[rurallib]

34. That 5 note 'State Farm Insurance ?theme?

da - da - da da da
I heard many years ago it was written by Barry Manilow - know not if it is true.
But you hear those notes (an example which I cannot find) and immediately you think State Farm

[hamsterjill]

50. Another Manilow...

I am STUCK on band aid brand 'cause band aid stuck on me!

[mwdem]

35. When I saw this, I thought of Alka Seltzer..

"Pop, Pop, Fizz, Fizz, oh what a relief it is"

[velvet]

36. that's a cute one

Here's an oldie circa 1960:

Louie the Fly
I'm Louie the Fly
Straight from rubbish tip to you
Spreading disease with the greatest of ease
Straight from rubbish tip to you
I'm bad and mean and mighty unclean
Afraid of no one!
'Cept the man with the can of Mortein."

Wait, I just remembered the last bit ...

Poor dead Louie
Louie the Fly
A victim of Mortein.
Mooooooortein.

[AsahinaKimi]

37. Big Red

Noticed on Hulu.com some one adapted the song and changed the lyrics for long distance coverage.

OLD Commerical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxiuuJVT-8

NEW JINGLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94QyEoqr5k

[velvet]

38. Aeroplane Jelly

If endurance is a measure of jingle effectiveness then this is definitely a candidate, it's been around since the '30s and a perennial favourite when aussies are drunk enough to sing but too drunk to remember the words of "I Did it My Way". I can type it from memory :

I like Aeroplane Jelly
Aeroplane Jelly for me
I like it for dinner
I like it for tea
A little each day is a good recipe
The quality's high as the name will imply
And it's made from pure fruit
One more good reason why
I like Aeroplane Jelly
Aeroplane Jelly for me!

You can hear it here at the National Film and Sound Archive: http://www.nfsa.gov.au/education/aeroplane_jelly.html

Some background from Wikipedia:
Aeroplane Jelly is a jelly brand in Australia created by Bert Appleroth. Appleroth's backyard business, Traders Pty Ltd, became one of Australia's largest family-operated food manufacturers and was sold to McCormick Foods Australia, a subsidiary of United States corporation McCormick & Company, in 1995. Aeroplane Jelly is the market leader in Australia's jelly market, with over 10 million packets sold annually. Strawberry is the best-selling flavour.<1>

Aeroplane Jelly ran a successful advertising campaign featuring a jingle that has become part of Australian culture. It is one of Australia's longest running jingles, and was played on radio over 100 times per day in the 1940s. The jingle was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in June 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroplane_Jelly

The rest of the article is quite interesting, it says seven-year-old Tommy Dawes got 10 guineas and an onyx ink-stand for posing for the label and singing the song. Apparently the composer originally wrote the melody for a jingle honouring one of our most contentious early prime minister, Billy Hughes.

[RockaFowler]

39. Faygo

http://www.faygo.com/Display.aspx?id=22

I can't find this POP in Florida, though. Used to love it as a kid in Michigan :)

[StarlightGold]

40. Charlie says...

Love my Good-n-Plenty. Charlie says...Really Rings the Bell. Charlie says...Love my Good-n-Plenty don't know any other candy that I love so well.

:)

[Arkansas Granny]

41. A kid will eat the middle of an Oreo first and save the chocolate cookie outside for last.

That jingle has stuck with me for years.

[annabanana]

43. "Winston tasts good, like a cigarette should"

How old am I?

[kentauros]

45. Old enough to remember the Flinstones ad, I bet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZvHiiWFbBU

[marigold20]

53. Are you old enough to remember the Old Gold dancing girls?

At least, I assumed they were girls - they had large replica Old Gold cigarette boxes covering everything but their legs. I don't remember the advertising jingle though.

[annabanana]

44. "Brusha Brusha Brusha, with the new Ipana"

Dear GOD I'm old.

[redwitch]

46. "Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?"

I am astounded at how many jingles remain in my head after decades but I have to stop and think long and hard for where I put my glasses five minutes ago. Scary really.

I always loved the Christmas time commercials for Norelco with the little elves skiing on the razors. Don't remember the audio, just the visuals.

[Bennyboy]

47. 8675309 Jenny.....

Oh...Greg Kihn song. Still though, that tune is great.

[NewJeffCT]

48. That song has been going through my head for months

A local stay-at-home mom watches our daughter after school, and her name is Jenny, so that song always goes through my head when I pick my daughter up after work.

[Brother Buzz]

49. Soaky

Soaky soaks you clean,
in oceans full of fun,
scrubbley-dubbley, dibbley-dobbley,
clean before you're done!
Soaky soaks you clean,
and every girl and boy,
has a toy when it's empty,
when it's empty,
it's a toy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgzxdSTHrEs

"More Fun Than Getting Dirty"

[jmowreader]

51. The Oscar Mayer Wiener spot

Followed by "I'd like to teach the world to sing," the Alka-Seltzer "plop, plop, fizz, fizz" and "mama mia, atsa spicy meatball" spots, "See the USA in your Chevrolet," and the Life Cereal ad with Mikey. "He won't eat it, he hates everything."

You know what the two most popular spots ever made are? They're both Christmas spots. One is for Folgers Coffee--the one where the son comes back from college early in the morning, infiltrates his parents' kitchen and wakes them up with the smell of Folgers brewing. The other is for Andre Champagne--"ring in the holidays, ring out the year."

This is something I want everyone here to think about: There are very few people who would say they love advertising--most of us who do admit to loving advertising earn our daily bread from it. Most people would say they absolutely despise advertising. But take all these people who fucking HATE advertising, and talk to them a bit, and you find out what they really hate is bad advertising. Good advertising sticks with us. Only in advertising are you required to tell your whole story in a few seconds of airtime or a little bit of print. Buy this, do this, go here, don't do that--sell that right now. Now obviously a lot of advertising is really fucking bad--"head on! Apply directly to the head!" But some advertising transcends time.

[hippywife]

52. I don't see TV ads anymore and have forgotten a lot of them

but I still hear the one for a local dry cleaning business in Columbus, Ohio, Swan Cleaners.

Everything we do, will wear well on you!

I haven't lived there for 13 years but I still have one of their paper wrapped hangers with their logo on it, so that's what makes me think of it often. :rofl:


Hope you're doing well these days. :hug:

[kwassa]

54. Brylcreem, a little dab will do ya .......

with the woman coming out of the Brylcreem tube.