# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/141 "2025-12-15T19:54:40Z")
“Tastes great!” “Less filling!” ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/142 "2025-12-15T20:08:18Z")
For some reason, reminds me of this… > [@knoodler](#): > > “Tastes great!” “Less filling!” - **Wife:** “New Shimmer is a floor wax!” - **Husband** “No, new Shimmer is a dessert topping!” - **Wife:** “It’s a floor wax, I’m telling you!” - **Husband:** “It’s a dessert topping, you cow!” ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/143 "2025-12-19T16:11:57Z")
It’s not how long you make it, it’s how you make it long. Winston Super King Size cigarettes _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/144 "2025-12-19T17:32:03Z")
Sexual innuendos were de rigueur for the tobacco industry apparently! ETA: “Should a gentleman offer a Tiparillo?” ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/145 "2025-12-23T20:20:33Z")
Wait, don’t order now… there’s more! ---
**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 24, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/146 "2025-12-24T18:09:04Z")
When you’re out of _ **‘brand’** _, you’re out of beer _and_ The beer that made Milwaukee famous! both were taglines for Schlitz beer _ **-“BB”–** _ ---
**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 24, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/147 "2025-12-24T18:10:00Z")
Sit, Ubu, sit ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/148 "2025-12-24T18:26:38Z")
Wasn’t that a tag line? ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/149 "2025-12-24T20:36:53Z")
Mother, _please!_ I’d rather do it myself! ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/150 "2025-12-24T20:39:03Z")
And this one can be found in Wikipedia ([Estudiantina - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estudiantina)): My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer, Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer! It’s not bitter, not sweet, It’s the dry-flavored treat, Won’t you try extra-dry Rheingold beer! ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/151 "2025-12-25T10:48:23Z")
There was not a kid in America, other than maybe Amish, or Deaf, born between about 1964 & 1976 who could not sing this: Two all-beef patties; Special sauce;\* Lettuce; Cheese; Pickles; Onions; On a Sesame seed bun. Endlessly parodied. \*Supposedly a propriety recipe, later revealed to be Thousand Island dressing ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/152 "2025-12-25T15:28:16Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Sit, Ubu, sit > [@knoodler](#): > > Wasn’t that a tag line? Yes, it was the closing tag for [Ubu Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Productions), maker of _Family Ties_ and other TV shows. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-us-a-line-from-an-old-tv-commercial/1025253/153 "2026-05-24T23:44:37Z")
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