# Give us a line from an old TV commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 30, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253 "2025-11-30T05:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/101 "2025-12-11T21:01:34Z")
“Quality is Job 1.” (Ford Motors) “The quality goes in before the name goes on” (Zenith TVs) _ **-'BB"-** _ ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/102 "2025-12-11T21:17:07Z")
Nooobody… (pretty much an Indy thing) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/103 "2025-12-11T22:18:58Z")
> [@doc481](#): > > “I’m stuck on Band-aids cause band-aids stuck on me.” > > Dang I’m old. Ahem, Band-Aid _brands_. You wanna be sued? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/104 "2025-12-11T23:33:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Ahem, Band-Aid _brands_. You wanna be sued? Yeah, but was that on the early ads? ETA: Nope, it was not: > **[1.3M views · 30K reactions | Teri Garr & John Travolta star in a Band-Aid...](https://www.facebook.com/iluvvideo/videos/teri-garr-john-travolta-star-in-a-band-aid-commercial-in-1973-before-they-became/1858440321555480/)** > > Teri Garr & John Travolta star in a Band-Aid commercial in 1973 before they became famous. ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/105 "2025-12-12T02:01:40Z")
Anyone else remember Noelco? ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/106 "2025-12-12T02:02:25Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Nooobody… > > (pretty much an Indy thing) …but Nobody… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/107 "2025-12-12T02:10:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …but Nobody… Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/108 "2025-12-12T02:26:00Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Nooobody… > > (pretty much an Indy thing) And a Toronto thing. I well remember Mel Lastman and his son Blair hawking their Bad Boy furniture and appliance chain, which had locations only in Toronto: “Nobody beats Bad Boy on price! Nooooooobody!” ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/109 "2025-12-12T03:04:01Z")
Bob Catterson Buick, Indianapolis ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/110 "2025-12-12T03:09:14Z")
🎶 Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose! :🎶 ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/111 "2025-12-12T03:32:50Z")
Laura Scudder’s potato chips are the noisiest chips in the world!!! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/112 "2025-12-12T14:53:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Anyone else remember Noelco? The Christmas-y variation of Norelco? With stop-motion Santa riding an electric razor? Nah, don’t know it. 😉 How about: Secret. Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/113 "2025-12-12T16:06:14Z")
Leeeeeheeheeheeeeeheeeeheeeeevi’s HAW HAW ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/114 "2025-12-12T16:20:05Z")
OK, not quite fair because it’s a jingle, but: Robert Hall. Many variants, and a song apparently by Les Paul and Mary Ford! _…When the values go up, up, up and the prices go down, down, down, Robert Hall this season Will show you the reason, Low overhead, low overhead._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/115 "2025-12-12T16:40:25Z")
Another jingle, I could just quote a single line but I end up singing the whole thing it whenever I start: _We’re having Beefaroni Beef with Macaroni Beefaroni’s full of meat Beefaroni’s really neat Beefaroni’s fun to eat Hooray for Beefaroni_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/116 "2025-12-12T23:04:00Z")
Betcha can’t eat just one! _Lay’s Potato Chips_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/117 "2025-12-13T03:15:53Z")
Ring around the collar! 😱 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/118 "2025-12-13T03:16:56Z")
Tonight, let it be Lowenbrau. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/119 "2025-12-13T03:28:21Z")
[Ayds - Helps you take off weight amd helps you keep it off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmxmHpBj4E) ---
**Author:** ![absolutqt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@absolutqt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absolutqt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/120 "2025-12-13T04:48:50Z")
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