# 40 years ago..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101 "2016-07-05T00:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CerebrAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@CerebrAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CerebrAl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/1 "2016-07-05T00:52:21Z")
Who remembers this? I was handling a garment a few minutes ago and I started humming this song…never been in a union. never worked in the garment industry, but I remembered this commercial. I looked this up and found it rather compelling, especially the one from 78… [Look for the Union Label 1978 ILGWU ad - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/2 "2016-07-05T01:19:52Z")
Oh yeah, I remember that one. Damn, now I’m humming it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/3 "2016-07-05T04:24:03Z")
Yeah, I remember. And thanks a lot for the earworm. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/4 "2016-07-05T12:44:45Z")
Thanks for the heads up, I turned the sound off before I watched. No, never seen those commercial before … ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/5 "2016-07-05T12:48:37Z")
I only know it because it was used on an episode of _South Park_. It’s got to be very late 70s or early 80s before I would have any real T.V. memories. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/6 "2016-07-05T17:18:07Z")
[A Saturday Night Live parody.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CU1cdTlQE) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/7 "2016-07-05T18:52:37Z")
Forty years ago today, plus a few hours, Wife had her first probable heart attack. “You should have woken me!” “I couldn’t move. I meditated it away.” Denial, etc. Start of a trend. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/8 "2016-07-05T18:54:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Forty years ago today, plus a few hours, Wife had her first probable heart attack. “You should have woken me!” > > “I couldn’t move. I meditated it away.” > > Denial, etc. Start of a trend. What does this have to do with the thread topic? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/9 "2016-07-05T20:02:28Z")
Maybe his wife was in a union at the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/10 "2016-07-05T20:05:40Z")
I sure do remember that commercial, because my grandmother was a member of the ILGWU. She put in 25years in a dress factory way BITD, doing piece work, right here in downtown Philadelphia. Yes children, we actually used to make things right here in the USA. I remember seeing the sewn-in labels of the dresses she bought at her factory, some of which she had help to make. The union was a godsend for its members, and the pensions, while small by today’s standards, were enough to put retirees on a better footing. Every month when her pension check came in the mail, she’d actually kiss it, and smile. Remembering all this makes me smile too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/11 "2016-07-05T20:31:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What does this have to do with the thread topic? Nothing. The title got me thinking about July 5, 1976. And before you deny the obvious, yes, everything is about me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/12 "2016-07-05T20:47:22Z")
July 5, 1976, was my first wedding anniversary. Now it’s nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/13 "2016-07-05T21:40:53Z")
I didn’t even need to click on the link to know exactly what the OP was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/14 "2016-07-05T21:45:09Z")
^^With or without a mouseover? If without, then that’s probably an act of psychic reading worthy of Uri Geller. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/15 "2016-07-05T22:45:37Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I didn’t even need to click on the link to know exactly what the OP was talking about. I suspected it was that tune. Without a mouseover. “Garment Industry” is the giveaway. In college my roommates and I parodied that tune relentlessly with random obscene lyrics. And now we are all physicians, saving lives. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/16 "2016-07-06T00:59:13Z")
Yes, I remember. It was a catchy tune. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/17 "2016-07-06T01:00:40Z")
40 years ago today my mother was less than 3 weeks pregnant with me, and my memories of commercials from when I was still a largely undifferentiated ball of cells is a bit fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/18 "2016-07-06T01:11:28Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I didn’t even need to click on the link to know exactly what the OP was talking about. Yep, me too. And being as I have a head full of jingles that I heard as a kid (8.O.O… 3.2.5…3.5.3.5.) I still remember the words. I guess those ILGWU commercials didn’t have much of an impact on Americans’ buying habits, did they? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/19 "2016-07-06T03:00:46Z")
I remember those as well. Very catchy song. The ILGU was finally dissolved in 1995. I’m surprised it lasted that long. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101/20 "2016-07-06T03:09:57Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I suspected it was that tune. Without a mouseover. “Garment Industry” is the giveaway. . . . Eh. . . without a mouseover. . . and just the title of the OP “40 years ago. . .” you deduced it was the ILGWU jingle? “a-MAY-zing, Holmes!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-years-ago/759101.md?page=2)