# Ad jingles you still remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949 "2013-03-03T23:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/81 "2013-03-05T16:47:36Z")
If you want to save a buck, go see Cal! If you need a car or truck, go see Cal! Buy a new one for your Wife, she will love you all your life! Go see Cal. Go see Cal. Go see Cal! Cal Worthington and his dog spot. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/82 "2013-03-05T16:48:01Z")
Garfield 1- 2323 Garfield 1-2323! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/83 "2013-03-05T18:14:38Z")
Another one from the late 50’s (?) for _Nifty_ notepaper binders (for school) that had two pegs at the top instead of three rings on the side. “Take Nifty to school with you.” ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/84 "2013-03-05T21:06:10Z")
Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya. ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/85 "2013-03-05T21:25:48Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > Garfield 1- 2323 > > Garfield 1-2323! That’s what I came in here to mention as well. Guess all those hours of watching superhost and Lannigan hosting the afternoon movie payed off 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/86 "2013-03-05T22:00:10Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > PSA against jaywalking > > Don’t cross the street in the middle in the middle > In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block > Google tells me that They Might be Giants recorded this song many years later. The music for that ad was used all the time in the Addams Family series - I don’t know who stole from who. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/87 "2013-03-05T22:04:56Z")
From Stan Freburg’s Jenos Pizza Roll commercial, to the tune of the William Tell Overture: Have a piece, Have a piece, have a piece of Pizza Roll. which was also the music used for a Lark cigarettes commercial, which had a car driving down the street with a sign saying “show us your Lark pack.” Freberg had someone hold up a sign saying “show us your Pizza Roll pack.” The spokesperson from the Lark commercial, lighting up a ciggy, goes up to a guy and says “I want to talk to you about that music.” Then Clayton Moore in Lone Ranger costume goes up to him and says “I want to talk to you about the same thing.” [Obligatory link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE-NdrzfFOo). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/88 "2013-03-05T22:15:58Z")
_Do you have Trouble? Wait, don’t run. This kind of Trouble is lots of fun. Pop-a-matic pops the dice, Pop a six and you move twice! Race your men around the track And try to send the others back._ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/89 "2013-03-05T22:31:49Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya. The whole thing goes: Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya, Brylcreem, you’ll look so debonair. But watch out, the gals will all pursue ya, They love to get their fingers in your hair! (hint: no, they don’t) A local jingle for Grandma’s Cookies from the 50’s: Go buy Grandma’s cookies, Go try some right away. You’ll love Grandma’s cookies, You’ll eat them every day. Yum yum yum yum They’re so tasty Better be hasty, Buy Grandma’s at your grocer’s Today! And **missred** , it’s Let’s all go to the lobby, Let’s all go to the lobby, Let’s all go to the lobby And have ourselves a treat (uses the tune of “for he’s a jolly good fellow” except with fewer syllables) Roddy ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/90 "2013-03-05T23:22:28Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I still hear two local (Philadelphia) jingles in my head from my childhood: Also for the Phlly Doper, _All the animals in the zoo are jumping up and down for you Asking you to be sure to plan a trip to the zoo as fast as you can. Storybooks that really talk, you turn on with a key tell fascinating things about the animals you see. Storybooks and zoo keys together guide you through a world of new adventure awaits you at the zoo!_ (early to mid 1960s) ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/91 "2013-03-05T23:31:45Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The whole thing goes: > > Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya, > Brylcreem, you’ll look so debonair. > But watch out, the gals will all pursue ya, > They love to get their fingers in your hair! > > (hint: no, they don’t) > > Roddy I realize now that your fingers would be slick with grease, but back then I thought Kookie (who looked like he used a gallon of the stuff) was so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/92 "2013-03-05T23:32:33Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Are you referring to [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-z-DQD0Fo) jingle? That’s the one I came in this thread to post. To this day, that sometimes pops into my head and I will just burst into song, really building on the background lady’s crescendo. > [@](#): > > A couple from McDonald’s: > > There’s more > in the middle > of an egg mcmuffin > than an egg > in the middle > of a muffin > Two all beef patties > special sauce > lettuce cheese > pickles onions > on a sesame seed bun I remember this one, from memory, so it may be wrong: “Big mac, filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, french fries! Icy coke, thick shake, sundaaaaee and apple pies!” I also loved the O.B. [jingle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnvLwEOqJw), and still will break that out to this day, harmonizing with my daughter, who only learned the song from me, since they’ve not played that commercial in decades. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/93 "2013-03-05T23:53:00Z")
When I was in the Navy, working long hours at sea, I would always start the day by saying “Time to make the donuts!” , from a very old Dunkin Donuts ad, as seen here: [Time to Make the Donuts!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petqFm94osQ) ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/94 "2013-03-06T00:11:45Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > \ > And **missred** , it’s > > Let’s all go to the lobby, > Let’s all go to the lobby, > Let’s all go to the lobby > And have ourselves a treat > > (uses the tune of “for he’s a jolly good fellow” except with fewer syllables) > Roddy You are so right, **Roddy**! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/95 "2013-03-06T01:00:54Z")
Reach out, reach out and touch someone. Reach out, reach out and just say “hi” ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/96 "2013-03-06T01:41:02Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > Ha-ha! 🙂 My sight memory of this commercial is in black and white. We had a color TV by '68, so I had to have seen it earlier. May have run before. We got our first TV in '65(for parents 10th anaversary) so I couldn’t have seen it for '64 elections. Moved into our new house in '66 and that’s where I saw it so must have been '66 or later. Maybe it ran for off year elections. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/97 "2013-03-06T02:20:06Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > “Pete Ellis Dodge! > Long Beach Freeway > Firestone exit > South Gate!” Pete Ellis? What a great, great guy! And in San Diego we had: [See Pearson Ford, they stand alone, at Fairmount and El Cajon!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PtoPsuN1lo) Others: _A hundred thousand times a day… (Well, maybe 99,999) Someone lights up a Santa Fe!_ [Wow! I saw color TV!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtnsHJCex3s) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/98 "2013-03-06T03:02:56Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > “A DEE Doo!” (Los Angleles plumbing outfit) No _way_! Somebody else remembers “[Adee Do](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp65qT47ZIM)”? That’s great! I used to say that all the time when I was a really little kid. I think it was my favorite commercial ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/99 "2013-03-06T03:17:04Z")
To the tune of “Fur Elise”: \*Oh how I wish I were already there, Instead of here, Playing this song, I would have a big chocolate shake, A cheeseburger, And also -oops- and also fries. And I would eat The fries myself, And not give any To my dumb brother They’re mine, they’re mine, all mine! Oh boy, my recital is almost done, It wasn’t bad, I’m still alive, And now I can have my chocolate shake, My cheeseburger, And also -oops- and also fries.\* From a [1986 McDonald’s commercial.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2yklZeEbFE) ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949/100 "2013-03-06T03:26:42Z")
[Another McDonald’s commercial from 1987](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGE1NYCniDE). To the tune of “Mack the Knife”: \*When the clock strikes Half past six, babe, Time to head for The golden lights It’s a good time for the great taste Dinner! At McDonald’s It’s Mac Tonight!\* I remember him saying, “Come on, make it Mac Tonight!” at the end, although this YouTube version has him hawking a 99 cent Big Mac (!) instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-jingles-you-still-remember/651949.md?page=6)