# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/121 "2025-12-13T17:01:10Z")
Know what I mean Vern. ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/122 "2025-12-13T23:14:45Z")
Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/123 "2025-12-14T03:59:56Z")
800-5-8-8-2-3-0-0. EMPIRE! (Empire Carpet was a Chicago fixture for decades, and when WGN-TV went on satellite to cable systems nationwide, that damn jingle became a national earworm.) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/124 "2025-12-14T04:32:49Z")
Edgar, Edgar, this is your tummy, Edgar. ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/125 "2025-12-14T05:00:49Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Edgar, Edgar, this is your tummy, Edgar Wow, that gave me flashbacks. Speaking of that cereal… [“Good stuff, Maynard.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Eo8XUM4aQ) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/126 "2025-12-14T16:07:30Z")
Call Roto-Rooter, that’s the name And away goes trouble, down the drain ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/127 "2025-12-14T16:41:08Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > 800-5-8-8-2-3-0-0. EMPIRE! > > (Empire Carpet was a Chicago fixture for decades, People who had aerials in Indiana, as far south as 90 minutes south of Indy, could get Chicago channels. I remember that. I also remember after the time change, having two choices of times to watch shows on NBC & CBS (not ABC-- we got only one ABC station)-- it was so annoying that this happened in the _summer_, though-- it was during the first run, and the school year, that we really needed this! ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/128 "2025-12-14T18:00:37Z")
It’s a silly millimeter longer. _(one variety of Chesterfield cigarettes called, logically, 101s)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/129 "2025-12-14T18:29:31Z")
It’s what’s up front that counts. ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/130 "2025-12-14T19:28:13Z")
LSMFT – Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/131 "2025-12-14T19:48:37Z")
Not the way I heard it. Of course, I was in the 4th grade. ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/132 "2025-12-14T20:16:11Z")
You might remember something better, but Wikipedia shows this: The message “L.S./M.F.T.” (“Lucky Strike means fine tobacco”) was introduced on the package in 1944 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/133 "2025-12-14T22:25:55Z")
Does no one else remember the playground joke for that Lucky Strike tagline? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/134 "2025-12-14T23:10:38Z")
“Lucky Strike: can’t strike back”? ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/135 "2025-12-14T23:12:35Z")
Also, another one that was runny to us kids, “Papa Joe” Griesedieck ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/136 "2025-12-15T03:13:34Z")
LS/MFT “Loose straps mean floppy tits” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/137 "2025-12-15T06:33:29Z")
Don’t know that one. ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/138 "2025-12-15T07:32:56Z")
If you’ve got the time, we’ve got the beer. Miller beer. ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/139 "2025-12-15T16:06:07Z")
[Iv’e always loved that Miller Beer jingle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEs2rUbqmw&t=46s) ---
**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, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/140 "2025-12-15T16:43:56Z")
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