# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36224 "2015-07-21T16:21:23Z")

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Artists who were neither American nor British

1. Frida Kahlo
2. Claude Monet
3. Salvador Dali
4. Pablo Picasso
5. Raphael
6. Victor Vasarely
7. Hieronymus Bosch
8. El Greco
9. Henri Matisse

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36225 "2015-07-21T17:12:43Z")

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Artists who were neither American nor British

1. Frida Kahlo
2. Claude Monet
3. Salvador Dali
4. Pablo Picasso
5. Raphael
6. Victor Vasarely
7. Hieronymus Bosch
8. El Greco
9. Henri Matisse
10. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36226 "2015-07-21T17:19:41Z")

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Artists who were neither American nor British

1. Frida Kahlo
2. Claude Monet
3. Salvador Dali
4. Pablo Picasso
5. Raphael
6. Victor Vasarely
7. Hieronymus Bosch
8. El Greco
9. Henri Matisse
10. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
11. Vincent Van Gogh

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36227 "2015-07-21T18:24:08Z")

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Artists who were neither American nor British

1. Frida Kahlo
2. Claude Monet
3. Salvador Dali
4. Pablo Picasso
5. Raphael
6. Victor Vasarely
7. Hieronymus Bosch
8. El Greco
9. Henri Matisse
10. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
11. Vincent Van Gogh
12. Hokusai

> **[The Great Wave off Kanagawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa)**
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> The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura, lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa')\[a\] is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large wave forming a spiral in the centre and Mount Fuji visible in the background.
> The print is Hokusai's best-known work and the first in his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, in...

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36228 "2015-07-21T19:05:58Z")

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Artists who were neither American nor British

1. Frida Kahlo

2. Claude Monet

3. Salvador Dali

4. Pablo Picasso

5. Raphael

6. Victor Vasarely

7. Hieronymus Bosch

8. El Greco

9. Henri Matisse

10. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

11. Vincent Van Gogh

12. Hokusai

13. Gustav Klimt

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36229 "2015-07-21T19:11:41Z")

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No-longer popular, regional or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7TsRxZRZRII/hqdefault.jpg "RC Cola Commercial 1970's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TsRxZRZRII)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36230 "2015-07-21T19:16:29Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))  
I couldn’t find the No-Cal jingle or commercials I really wanted. This WAS a very popular brand of diet sodas when I was a kid, but they vanished in the mid Seventies.

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**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:** [July 21, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36231 "2015-07-21T20:36:46Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36232 "2015-07-21T21:07:01Z")

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Tools Needed or Ideal for Building a Wood Shed (this weekend’s project)

1. Scroll saw
2. Nails
3. Hammer

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**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 21, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36233 "2015-07-21T21:10:48Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Tab [1983 Tab Cola Commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGqFJt0VAI)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36234 "2015-07-21T21:11:36Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36235 "2015-07-22T00:35:24Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)

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**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:** [July 22, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36236 "2015-07-22T13:42:02Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)
6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36237 "2015-07-22T15:13:39Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)
6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256)
7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw)
8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36238 "2015-07-22T15:22:56Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)
6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256)
7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw)
8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc)
9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36239 "2015-07-22T17:33:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It&#039;s A Blizzard!](https://vimeo.com/115354256)

Hey! I’m drinking Fresca as I read this. And it doesn’t taste defunct.

It’s readily available at my local grocery store, and in the vending machine at work.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36240 "2015-07-22T17:36:52Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)
6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256)
7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw)
8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc)
9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0)
10. Ballantine Beer (add a ring, and then another ring…): [Ballantine Beer 1960 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9p_n7Wavs)

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36241 "2015-07-22T20:46:18Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> Hey! I’m drinking Fresca as I read this. And it doesn’t taste defunct.
> 
> It’s readily available at my local grocery store, and in the vending machine at work.

And RC is my daughter’s favourite cola. It’s available in all the stores around here.

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**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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36242 "2015-07-22T21:10:30Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> Hey! I’m drinking Fresca as I read this. And it doesn’t taste defunct.
> 
> It’s readily available at my local grocery store, and in the vending machine at work.

Maybe so, but RC was the model given as the 1st answer, and my daughter prefers it as well as SCAdian’s, so I thought it meant “not as popular as it once was”.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36243 "2015-07-22T21:14:35Z")

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No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles:

1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII)
2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ))
3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8)
4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk)
5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ)
6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256)
7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw)
8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc)
9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0)
10. Ballantine Beer (add a ring, and then another ring…): [Ballantine Beer 1960 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9p_n7Wavs)
11. Fanta ("Its’ fun to be thirsty!): [1970s Commercial for Fanta Soft Drinks - "It's Fun To Be Thirsty" 2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtzr3FtRmQ)

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