# Anybody know the lyrics to this jingle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107 "2005-02-03T03:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/1 "2005-02-03T03:19:43Z")
I remember a commercial from when I was a kid for Fig Newtons. There was a guy dressed up like a fig who sang a song that ended with “The Big Fig Newton - one more time! - The BIg Fig Newwwwwton” Anyone know the whole thing. I think it’s something like ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside cakey flaky tender pastry outside but this is a 20-30 year old memory here ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/2 "2005-02-03T03:23:50Z")
Continuing your lyrics: Put the inside in the outside Is it good? Darn tootin’ It’s the big Fig Newton One more time! It’s the big fig Newwwwwwwwtonnnnnn! Na-bis-co. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/3 "2005-02-03T03:26:04Z")
Ooey gooey rich and chewy inside, Tender flaky golden cakey outside, Put the inside in the outside, Is it good? Darn tootin’! It’s the big Fig Newton! (Here’s the tricky part…) [Actor balances on one leg] The big Fig Newton!! I’m a shameless pop culture junkie. Millions of stupid jingles like that are burned into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/4 "2005-02-03T03:26:01Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I remember a commercial from when I was a kid for Fig Newtons. There was a guy dressed up like a fig who sang a song that ended with “The Big Fig Newton - one more time! - The BIg Fig Newwwwwton” > > Anyone know the whole thing. > > I think it’s something like > > ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside > > cakey flaky tender pastry outside > > but this is a 20-30 year old memory here - ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside golden flaky tender cakey outside you wrap the inside in the outside and you’re good darn tootin’ you’ve got the big Fig Newton!\* I used to do the dance, too. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/5 "2005-02-03T03:28:19Z")
Wow, three responses in about 20 seconds. I had most of the lyrics right, just a few off here and there. I can remember my brother and I imitating the fig and doing the dance way back when. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/6 "2005-02-03T03:29:01Z")
All of us were close, none of use exact. [Check out the official Dope from Nabisco](http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_faqsingle&cat1=10&Faq_Question_ID=1312) ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/7 "2005-02-03T03:30:25Z")
Us. None of \*\*us \*\*were exact., damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/8 "2005-02-03T03:48:50Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Us. None of \*\*us \*\*were exact., damn it. All these years, I’ve been singing it wrong. Now I have lost all confidence in the dance. I am disappointed that I did not beat Mr. Blue Sky. ---
**Author:** ![skullatopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@skullatopsis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skullatopsis)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/9 "2012-10-30T00:41:56Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I remember a commercial from when I was a kid for Fig Newtons. There was a guy dressed up like a fig who sang a song that ended with “The Big Fig Newton - one more time! - The BIg Fig Newwwwwton” > > Anyone know the whole thing. > > I think it’s something like > > ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside > > cakey flaky tender pastry outside > > but this is a 20-30 year old memory here [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UyI3IL46yq4/hqdefault.jpg "Fig Newton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4) ---
**Author:** ![skullatopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@skullatopsis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skullatopsis)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/10 "2012-10-30T00:43:01Z")
Ooey gooey, rich n chewy inside, Golden flakey tender cakey outside, wrap the inside in the outside is a good darn tootin, doin the big fig newton, here’s the tricky part, the big fig newton, one more time, the big fig newtonnnnnn. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UyI3IL46yq4/hqdefault.jpg "Fig Newton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4) ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/11 "2012-10-30T02:15:51Z")
About 20 years ago, a friend of mine showed up at a Halloween party as the Fig Newton guy. We spent the whole night going ‘Here’s the tricky part!’ ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/12 "2012-10-30T03:50:24Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrS5Wg1WJuk) ---
**Author:** ![YeOldeFarte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@YeOldeFarte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YeOldeFarte)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/13 "2017-12-14T03:10:18Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I remember a commercial from when I was a kid for Fig Newtons. There was a guy dressed up like a fig who sang a song that ended with “The Big Fig Newton - one more time! - The BIg Fig Newwwwwton” > > Anyone know the whole thing. > > I think it’s something like > > ooey, gooey rich and chewy inside > > cakey flaky tender pastry outside > > but this is a 20-30 year old memory here I was getting a pack of Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies out of the cupboard “Fudge Filled” too!!! and just started silently singing this jingle to myself in my head and decided to see how old it was. Amazing how our minds work sometimes. Fudge filled chewy chips ahoy was the correlation and here is the answer you seek… I was born in 1961 btw… Ooey gooey rich and chewy inside, Golden flaky tender cakey outside, You wrap the inside in the outside and it’s a good darn tootin’ The Big Fig Newton One more time! The BIG… FIG… NEWTONNNNNE!!! (The ton part was held very long and had much more emphasis) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/14 "2017-12-14T20:41:22Z")
I used to be very pleased with myself that I could “do the tricky part”, which amounted to standing on one foot. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/15 "2017-12-14T23:14:08Z")
While we’re on the topic, does anyone remember a ditty about a “Rootin’ Tootin’ Fig Newton, and a Rough Tough Cream Puff?” My brother would sing that to me when I was little. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-lyrics-to-this-jingle/288107/16 "2017-12-15T12:08:57Z")
I remember asking my Dad what was so tricky about standing on one foot, and him replying, “Try it wearing a fig costume.”