# Earliest TV commercial you remember verbatim **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917 "2021-05-25T21:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/21 "2021-05-26T04:07:19Z")
lol i even had that part wrong lol heres the commercial lol it was the first toy that i threw a campaign for … someone in the family still has it i think lol [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtIUvspKNwU) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/22 "2021-05-26T05:00:08Z")
Possibly: I clean without bucket (You don’t use a bucket?) I just use Fantastik, It’s quick and it’s strong. Tough grease, grime and good Are no match for its power, You spray it, you wipe it, And pffft! dirt is gone. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/23 "2021-05-26T05:08:05Z")
Same. It’s actually my earliest life memory. A surprisingly clear one when I saw it again as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/25 "2021-05-26T07:01:20Z")
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/26 "2021-05-26T07:05:18Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > A kid’ll > > Eat the middle > > Of an Oreo first > > And save the chocolate cookie for last! I think it was “the chocolate cookie _outside_ for last.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/27 "2021-05-26T07:17:38Z")
I could sing these jingles before I was five years old: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/o6F4GtyRfto/hqdefault.jpg "Brylcreem TV Commercial 1950's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6F4GtyRfto) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p5oHofzSmoY/hqdefault.jpg "1950s-60s Wrigley's Doublemint Commercial (Mariachi Players)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5oHofzSmoY) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/28 "2021-05-26T11:22:47Z")
I can recite this one from memory without missing a beat, and in the voice of the speaker himself (ca. 1969): _Isn’t this a great way to look? I’m Stan Herman of Mr Mort, and I designed it!_ _You know, perspiration stains can ruin this beautiful garment in just one day. So this year, I’m doing something I’ve never done before. I’m shipping this special tag with each dress._ _Listen:_ _“Anti-perspirant spays do not always provide enough protection. We therefore recommend the use of Ban roll-on for extra protection against perspiration.”_ _It’s true: Ban keeps you drier longer than any leading spray!_ _If you love your clothes, use Ban!_ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/29 "2021-05-26T11:56:51Z")
It’s a toss up between **Mr. Bubble** “Mr. Bubble in tub’ll get you squeeky clean Mr. Bubble in the tubble where cleanin’ is the scene…” And **Fig Newtons** “Ooey gooey rich and chewy inside Golden cakie tender flaky outside . . .” I don’t want to quote the entire lyrics but I know 'em, _and the choreography_. I figure I can be the secret weapon should we ever need to flush terrorists out of a cave. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/30 "2021-05-26T12:00:12Z")
So this has been stuck in my head since 1980 or so: _That great Pepsi taste_ _Diet Pepsi won’t go to your waist!_ _Now you see it - now you don’t_ _Diet Pepsi_ _One small calorie_ _Now you see it - now you don’t!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/31 "2021-05-26T12:07:48Z")
Apocryphally, American soldiers once used baseball World Series winners as “passwords” to route out spies. English soldiers purportedly asked for pronunciations of weird place names like Worcestershire. We do things differently in Canada - you need to know your _Hinterland Who’s Who_ and Grecian Formula Commercials - Hey! Rocket! Two minute penalty for looking so good! - the weird cackle of the old dude on Rez wood stain commercials… (not really) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/32 "2021-05-26T12:08:49Z")
**Nitpick:** root out ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/33 "2021-05-26T12:27:00Z")
Comedian Josh Sneed (in Fat Kids): “My son can bake a pizza in his room whenever he wants! It isn’t healthy! And it isn’t fair! I got a Snoopy Sno Cone machine! After four hours work you’d get half a Dixie cup filled with shaved ice. Big whoop!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/34 "2021-05-26T12:40:21Z")
Soldier! If you’re Canadian, tell me which store had “$1.44 Day”! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/35 "2021-05-26T12:46:54Z")
A&N Boutique (a.k.a. Army & Navy)? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/36 "2021-05-26T12:48:50Z")
I can still recall and recite a commercial for Clark Gasoline from 1966 (?) where a carnival barker was telling people that it was only “one thin quarter” for a gallon of premium. Gather round, gather round my good people and I’ll tell you the facts. Any car I mean car will drive better with Clark with a capital C and that rhymes with P and that means premium, for one thin quarter and that’s a fact that it’s only pennies more than regular. And if you don’t believe that my good people you should be riding a horse and buggy. Any car, I mean car will drive better with Clark with a capital C and that rhymes with and that means Power! ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/37 "2021-05-26T12:56:35Z")
Perhaps the Big Mac ingredients: “Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese…” > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > “Give it to Mikey” There’s a bit of a Mandela effect with the Life Cereal “Mikey” commercial. Without looking it up, try to remember what the boys say just before they give the cereal to Mikey. “Let’s get Mikey! \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” What goes in the blank? There was a thread about this some years back–I was quite surprised to see I was remembering it wrong all these years. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/38 "2021-05-26T12:59:41Z")
The cows and the sheep And the birds and the horses Were mooing and baaing And whistling and neighing Having lunch in the sun While Hugo and I Were having none In the back seat We sat, getting thinner The rumblings cried Give us Kentucky Fried Time for dinner So Dad stopped the car And Hugo said you go And I said no you go And soon he was back With the pack And then Dad hit the track So we ate in the back Feeling better inside A drive isn’t funny With an empty tummy Thank goodness for Kentucky Fried. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hdA2Z6xMres/hqdefault.jpg "OLD KFC ADVERT New Zealand 1970s") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdA2Z6xMres) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/39 "2021-05-26T13:26:02Z")
He wont try it, he hates everything. Then, “He likes it . . . hey Mikey!”. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/40 "2021-05-26T13:26:16Z")
“How do you get shirts so clean, Mr. Lee?” “Ancient Chinese secret!” “My husband, some hotshot. Here’s his ancient Chinese secret – Calgon!” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzixL7Ef-bI) ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917/41 "2021-05-26T16:15:37Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Grecian Formula Commercials - Hey! Rocket! Two minute penalty for looking so good! I left a leetle grey. My wife like eet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917.md?page=3)