# 1970s jingles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674 "2005-09-27T15:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/21 "2005-09-27T20:17:25Z")
Is everybody ready? Comic books and rubber bands Climbing to the tree tops Falling down and holding hands Climbing through the window Remember when you were a kid? Well, part of you still is And that’s why we make Faygo Faygo… remember… faygo… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/22 "2005-09-27T20:25:43Z")
I’ll never be able to ditch the _Spotlight_ jingle from my brain. They were the HBO before there even was an HBO, I believe. At least, they were the pay movie channel we had when I was a toddler, and then one day…poof, it was gone, replaced by HBO. Anyway… _Spotlight, Shining bright, Day and night, We light up the stars at Spotlight!_ I never heard that jingle after turning roughly three years old, but I don’t think I’ve gone a week since then without that earworm wrigging through… ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/23 "2005-09-27T21:43:05Z")
Sometimes you feel like a nut Sometimes you don’t Almond Joy’s got nuts Mounds don’t ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/24 "2005-09-27T22:29:09Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Who’s the McGreatest McClown of them all > In the spring, summer, winter, and fall? > Whose smile is happiest? > Whose food is crappiest? > Ronald. Ronald McDonald! > > I’m sure that’s not quite right, but I can’t for the life of me remember what the correct lyrics are. I remember: (some opening question, perhaps “Who’s the McFunniest fellow in town?”, followed by… _Who’s our McFavorite Hamburger Clown? Whose tricks are trickiest? Whose mind is quickiest? Ronald! Ronald McDonald!_ I also vaguely recall “any time of the year” as part of the jingle. **xizor** : [Here are the complete lyrics](http://www.keener13.com/blog/2005/06/remember-when-you-were-kid.html) to the Faygo song. However, the transcription is inaccurate. After “Pony rides and Sunday nights”, the lines should be: _Roller skates **and yo-yos Fairy tales and** snowball fights Climb in_ through the window\* - as I always heard it, although “Climbin’” could just as easily be correct ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/25 "2005-09-27T22:34:34Z")
… and suddenly I just had _Mazola Corn goodness_ Burst into my skull and give my brain a swift kick. Has to be sung like a Native American, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/26 "2005-09-28T01:12:48Z")
Don’t give me that same old soda A so-so cola I want a rock and roller. I want a pop I want a Shasta. Shasta soft drinks ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/27 "2005-09-28T02:11:32Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > **McDonald’s** > _McDonald’s in my kind of place > It’s such a happy place_ > (And here’s where I can only remember the ‘alternate lyrics’) > They take your license plates > Put mustard in your face!\* McDonald’s is my kind of place They serve you rattlesnakes French fries right up your nose Ketchup between your toes ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/28 "2005-09-28T02:22:18Z")
Here’s two for the SoCal codgers: _If you need a car or truck Go see Cal Better value for your buck Go see Cal Buy a new car for your wife She will love you all her life Go see Cal Go see Cal Go see Cal_ (As a kid I thought they singing “pussy cow” instead of “go see Cal.”) _Pete Ellis Dodge Long Beach freeway Firestone exit Southgate_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/29 "2005-09-28T02:32:42Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Originally Posted by Beware of Doug > Yaaaaagh Make Them Stop Kill Me Now The Fiiiire In My Braiiiiin Aieeeeeee!!!11 > > Ar? 😕 What product was that from? 😛 Johnson’s Baby Shampoo. 😉 Ball Park Franks. They plump when ya cook 'em! Baaaaaaaall Park Franks. _Carly Simon:_ Anticipation. Anticipay-ay-tion, it’s makin’ me wait. _VO Man:_ Heinz. It’s slow good. Gee, if I could think of a French’s Mustard jingle, I’d have a tripleheader here. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/30 "2005-09-28T08:16:24Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > McDonald’s is my kind of place > They serve you rattlesnakes > French fries right up your nose > Ketchup between your toes Our version was: _McDonald’s is your kind of place Hamburgers in your face French fries between you toes Dill pickles up your nose And then we have our special shakes Made from polluted lakes…_ And of course: _You deserve a break today So throw up and crawl away From McDonald’s_ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/31 "2005-09-28T10:04:37Z")
rrrrraaaAAAAAIIIIINNNNNNNIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEERRRRRRR Beeeerrrrr (Motorcycle) Rain-ier Beer(frogs) ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/32 "2005-09-28T13:32:12Z")
**Burger King** _It takes to hands to handle a Whopper! The two fisted burger at Burger King!_ **Sara Lee** _Everybody doesn’t like something, But nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee!_ > [@Torgo](#): > > If you need a car or truck > Go see Cal > Better value for your buck > Go see Cal > Buy a new car for your wife > She will love you all her life > Go see Cal > Go see Cal > Go see Cal Don’t forget Cal Worthington’s dog, Spot! > [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > 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 > I love to eat it every day > And if you ask me why I’ll say > 'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way > With B-O-L-O-G-N-A You haven’t lived until you’ve heard David Sedaris sing this in the voice of Billy Holliday! P.S. Wasn’t cigarette advertising banned from TV and radio by the 70’s, thus depriving millions of American children of the opportunity to hear the theme music from _The Magnificent Seven_? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/33 "2005-09-28T14:20:17Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > B]Burger King\*\* > _It takes to hands to handle a Whopper! > The two fisted burger at Burger King!_ I thought it was _The burgers are bigger at Burger King._ > [@zagloba](#): > > P.S. Wasn’t cigarette advertising banned from TV and radio by the 70’s… Yes, in 1971. The Doral advert I mentioned is the last one I remember with a jingle. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/34 "2005-09-28T14:45:29Z")
Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fry. Icey Coke, Thick Shakes, Sundaes and Apple Pie. (repeat, repeat, repeat) You deserve a break today, at McDonalds! Sometimes in the summer, It’s hard to beat the heat. Mommas not cookin so when Daddy comes home, he’ll take us to McDonalds to eat. He says it fits his budget, and the food tastes very good. Plus we get to see our friends, from the neighborhood. (You deserve a break today, at McDonalds) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/35 "2005-09-28T14:55:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Here’s to good friends, tonight is kinda special… (Lowenbrau) (Continued) The beer will pour… Must say something more, somehow So tonight Tonight Let it be Lowenbrau Another: Me and Sparklett’s Water, makin’ friends! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/36 "2005-09-28T15:32:48Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **xizor** : [Here are the complete lyrics](http://www.keener13.com/blog/2005/06/remember-when-you-were-kid.html) to the Faygo song. However, the transcription is inaccurate. After “Pony rides and Sunday nights”, the lines should be: > > _Roller skates **and yo-yos > Fairy tales and** snowball fights > Climb in_ through the window\* > > - as I always heard it, although “Climbin’” could just as easily be correct Thanks Sternvogel, unfortunately in Detroit in the 70s, they never showed the entire song in the commercials, just the 30 second abridged version. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/37 "2005-09-28T15:47:39Z")
I don’t believe it, I just don’t believe it, The things I can do with my Spyrograph. Let’s all go to A&W, Food’s more fun at A&W, Grab a pint of root beer, Maybe two or three, Take four pick from the burger famileeeeeeeee… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/38 "2005-09-28T15:49:00Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I don’t believe it, > I just don’t believe it, > The things I can do with my Spyrograph. > > Let’s all go to A&W, > Food’s more fun at A&W, > Grab a pint of root beer, > Maybe two or three, > Take four pick from the burger famileeeeeeeee… “your” pick, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/39 "2005-09-28T15:51:02Z")
Labatt 50 Ale …me and the boys and our 50. Me and the boys and our beer. (group of 30ish year-old males playing touch football, and drinking beer!) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674/40 "2005-09-28T17:14:59Z")
> [@Torgo](#): > > Here’s two for the SoCal codgers: > > _If you need a car or truck > Go see Cal > Better value for your buck > Go see Cal > Buy a new car for your wife > She will love you all her life > Go see Cal > Go see Cal > Go see Cal_ And his classic tagline: **If you find a better deal, I’ll eat a bug!** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-jingles/323674.md?page=3)