Know what I mean Vern.
Good one!
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.)
Edgar, Edgar, this is your tummy, Edgar.
Wow, that gave me flashbacks. Speaking of that cereal…
Call Roto-Rooter, that’s the name
And away goes trouble, down the drain
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!
It’s a silly millimeter longer.
(one variety of Chesterfield cigarettes called, logically, 101s)
-“BB”-
It’s what’s up front that counts.
LSMFT – Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
Not the way I heard it. Of course, I was in the 4th grade.
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
Does no one else remember the playground joke for that Lucky Strike tagline?
“Lucky Strike: can’t strike back”?
Also, another one that was runny to us kids,
“Papa Joe” Griesedieck
LS/MFT
“Loose straps mean floppy tits”
Don’t know that one.
If you’ve got the time, we’ve got the beer. Miller beer.
From one ginger beer lover to another: Faygobrau!