# Memorable advertising jingles for defunct products **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212 "2007-11-29T19:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/1 "2007-11-29T19:33:19Z")
There are several still kicking around obscure corners of my brain, occasionally sneaking into consciousness, even though the products they promoted are either off the market or deep in obscurity. These relate to growing up in the New York area: Castro Convertibles. As I remember, these were convertible sofa-beds advertised heavily in the 1960s and apparently even earlier. \*Who’s the first to conquer living space It’s in-con-tra-vertible That the first to conquer living space Is the Castro Convertible Who conquers space with fine design who saves you money all the time who’s tops in the convertible line Cas-tro convertible!\* I never bought one of these or knew anyone who did. They seem to have been to the '60s what futons were in the '90s. Then there was Dorman’s Endeco Cheese, a truly oddly named product promoted via lots of radio ads. The jingle’s lyrics were more annoying than memorable, and included the claim that “we make cheese the old-fashioned way”, which I imagine involved a large vat in Passaic, New Jersey. Never ate the stuff. Lastly there was Rheingold beer, which I seem to remember sponsored the Mets when they were awful, and had a jingle set to a (previously) obscure classical waltz: _My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer I drink Rheingold whenever I buy beer Rheingold’s taste ain’t effete Smells like old stinky feet Pabst and Schlitz can’t compete With my beer!_ Or something like that. Rheingold went bust after awhile; last I heard it had been reincarnated as a microbrewery beer under new ownership. I’ve never tried either the old or new Rheingold. Other product jingles you can’t delete from your memory files, no matter how you try? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/2 "2007-11-29T19:42:11Z")
Fruit Corners Fruit Bars. Taste so good, makes your taste buds shout Looks so ugly, gonna knock you out! “They did that to fruit?” “Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity!” Fruit Corners Fruit Bars We think they’re rather pretty! Fruit Corners…Fruit Bars So Good And ugly! (screeeeeeeeeam) …From the mid 1980s, FTR. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/3 "2007-11-29T19:43:14Z")
From my childhood in Texas: _Everything is beautiful At Peacock’s_ I can’t even remember what Peacock’s was. Also _Micky Batson Datsun!_ who got really annoyed when Datsun changed to Nissan (“They ruined my slogan!”). A defunct fruit drink from the 1980s in England (I write this from memory): \*Way down deep in the middle of the Congo A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango, He stuck it with the others And he danced a dainty tango. The python picked the passionfruit The marmoset the mandarin The parrot painted packets That the whole caboodle landed in. So when it comes to sun and fun And goodness in the jungle, They all prefer the sunny funny one They call Um-Bongo. Um-Bongo Um-Bongo They drink it in the Congo.\* ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/4 "2007-11-29T19:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Then there was Dorman’s Endeco Cheese, a truly oddly named product promoted via lots of radio ads. The jingle’s lyrics were more annoying than memorable, and included the claim that “we make cheese the old-fashioned way”, which I imagine involved a large vat in Passaic, New Jersey. Never ate the stuff. Ah, yes, Dorman’s Endeco Cheese. I always wobndered about that name – it’s l;ike Ruth’s Chris Steak House. I spent _years_ wondering what “Endeco” cheese was. They ran TV commercials, too, with animated cows. You neglected to include the lyrics: \*Buy yourself a Package Of Natural Goodness Dorman’s Endeco Cheese! Dorman’s! Dor-or-man’s Ooh-ooh-OOH-oooh-oohohh-ohh-OHHHHHH! (Spoken) Dorman’s – The Cheese With the Paper Between the Slices! \* How about Ipana Toothpaste, with its spokescreature Bucky Beaver? _Brush-a, Brush-a, Brush-a With your new Ipana!_ I think Brylcream is still around, but its jingle isn’t: _Brylcream! A little dab’ll do ya!_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/5 "2007-11-29T20:07:06Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] _Brylcream! A little dab’ll do ya!_ [/QUOTE] _Use more only if you dare. But watch out, the gals will all come to ya. They’ll love to put their fingers in your hair._ There’s also: _Winston tastes good like a cigarette should._ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/6 "2007-11-29T20:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] You neglected to include the lyrics: Dorman’s! Dor-or-man’s Ooh-ooh-OOH-oooh-oohohh-ohh-OHHHHHH! [/quote] There’s such a thing as _purposeful_ neglect, ya know. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > \*(Spoken) Dorman’s – The Cheese With the Paper Between the Slices! \* I had forgotten that part. Were they the first to come up with this innovation? Maybe “Endeco” is Sicilian dialect for “Paper Between The Slices”. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/7 "2007-11-29T21:33:45Z")
Here’s a jingle I remember from back in the 1960’s: “Two guys singing the jingle pretty fast”… _Moola-Coola, Moola-Coola_ _Moola-Coola, Moola-Coola_ _Moola-Coola, Moola-Coola_ _The softdrink that comes from a cow!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/8 "2007-11-29T21:35:37Z")
_You’ll wonder where the yellow went When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent._ ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/9 "2007-11-29T21:38:27Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] A defunct fruit drink from the 1980s in England (I write this from memory): \*Way down deep in the middle of the Congo A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango, He stuck it with the others And he danced a dainty tango. \* [/QUOTE] In Brit pronunciation, do Congo, mango and tango rhyme?!? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/10 "2007-11-29T21:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] In Brit pronunciation, do Congo, mango and tango rhyme?!? [/QUOTE] Mango and tango do. Congo, not so much. Nor does jungle rhyme with any of those words. But it was so enthusiastic, the lack of rhyme was forgiven. ETA: yay! [I found it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRBohQxBh2k&feature=related). They don’t make ads like that any more. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/11 "2007-11-29T22:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] _You’ll wonder where the yellow went When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent._ [/QUOTE] Don’t they still make Pepsodent? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/12 "2007-11-29T22:08:59Z")
Datsuuuuun! We. Are. Driven! The first Chevy of the Eighties - Chevy Citation Northwest Orient \ Airlines ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/13 "2007-11-29T22:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=Skara\_Brae] Don’t they still make Pepsodent? 😕 [/QUOTE] Yep. We have no problem finding it at the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/14 "2007-11-29T22:29:18Z")
In NE Ohio we have: _Garfield 1 2-3-2-3_ Which is the old old old telephone number for [looks it up…] The Home Corporation which does…[looks it up…] “Home Improvements.” They were still using this jingle in the 80’s, but it didn’t really do them any good since everyone remembered the jingle yet there was no way to “call” that number by then. But alas, it seems like they were saved by the Internet. Now we can “call” [www.garfield12323.com](http://www.garfield12323.com) and find out what the heck they do. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/15 "2007-11-29T23:43:45Z")
There used to be a home-improvement store called Ole’s in the LA area. The jingle was sung by a woman: _With Ole’s help You can do anything!_ Does anyone remember Zooroni? “Zooroni, Zooroni for Lunch!” My siblings always asked for this canned, animal-shaped pasta product, but our mom never bought any. Same for Beany Weeny, whose jingle was sung to the tune of “Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini.” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/16 "2007-11-29T23:57:59Z")
Grandma’s Cookies, for which my mother worked (not the cheesy national brand but one local to Portland, Oregon) had this little ditty (from memory) Buy Grandma’s Cookies Go try some right away, You’ll love Grandma’s Cookies, You’ll eat them every day. Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum - They’re so tasty, Better be hasty, Buy Grandma’s at your grocer’s Today! The family owned business that made these cookies was sold off long ago to some chain or something, and the local Grandma’s name retired. My memories include the fact that we always had large tins full of free broken cookies, one of the perks of working there. (My father worked for a meat-packing plant, so we also had plenty of meat at low prices, but they were wholesale only and so didn’t have a jingle.) I suppose Kraft Cottage Cheese is still around, but this is like the shortest jingle/commercial I remember: A cartoon bird rushes onscreen in front of a large clock with a second hand ticking down, and says "I have six seconds to sing: Buy Kraft Cottage Cheese You’ll love it, love it, Buy Kraft (pushes back second hand on clock) Cottage Cheese!" I guess you had to be there… Roddy ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/17 "2007-11-30T00:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] Castro Convertibles. [/QUOTE] For the rest of the day, I’m going to have the image of Fidel driving around in a convertible, cigar clenched in his teeth, waving his military cap in a carefree manner to the cheering multitudes. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/18 "2007-11-30T01:14:45Z")
I have fond memories of it always beginning to feel like Christmas when I saw the first Payless Christmas commercials: “Merry Christmas, from Payless Merry Chriiiiistmaaaaas!” That was it. But they made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Hasn’t been such a thing as a Payless in at least ten years. Rite-Aid, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/19 "2007-11-30T01:52:20Z")
…but the first web hit I got says “out of stock.” And their [advertising campaign](http://www.diamondbeauty.com/graphics/misc2/wildroot-charlie.jpg) is [definitely](http://www.freewebs.com/salesmansam/fosdick.jpg) defunct. (Sing to tune of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”, in a fast four-beat) _You better get Wildroot Cream-Oil, Charlie It keeps your hair in trim You know it’s non-alcoholic, Charlie It’s made with soothin’ lanolin You better get Wildroot Cream-Oil, Charlie Start usin’ it today You’ll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie Keepin’ all those gals away (Hi-i-ya Baldy) A little goes a long long way (You’ll hear me screamin’) Get a bottle right away (Your druggist has it) Keeps you lookin’ neat all daaay_ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212/20 "2007-11-30T02:07:42Z")
I remember the commercials in the New York area for Kleinsleep (a local chain of mattress stores). “Have more fun in bed Have more fun in bed. Buy your bed at Kleinsleep, and have more fun in bed!” The commercials also showed novelty headboards, like the one with a basketball hoop on it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212.md?page=2)