“Honeycombs big(yea yea yea)
It’s not small(no no no)”
I dont remember the rest.
I’d like to teach the world to sing,
In perfect harmony.
I’d like to buy the world a Coke,
And keep it company,
(that’s the song I sing)
I really liked that commercial.
There was a Stokowski-like cartoon character that conducted the BandAmericard (pre-VISA) commercials:
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum…BankAmericard!
Something, something, something, something…BankAmericard!
Arrrgh, I wish I could remember the words!
Western Airlines…The Only Way to Fly!
and
(Pacific Southwest Airlines with their 
airplanes. Remember those orange and pink hot pants uniforms?)
So when you need a lift,
catch the one
that’s gonna make you smile today,
Smile all the way
Catch Your Smile…PSA!
I remember a local jingle.
But it wasn’t a local jingle.
It was a jingle from hundreds of miles away.
It was on the cable that carried three independent TV stations from Los Angeles. A coworker with cable reported the same feeling I had: this guy must have a horrible location.
Over and over and over children’s voices chanted:
- Pete Ellis Dodge
Long Beach Freeway
Firestone Exit
Souuuth-gate.*
Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.
30 seconds are up?
Okay.
(singing fades)
- Me and my RC, me and my RC, cause what’s good enough for other folks, ain’t good enough for me…and my RC*
and
- It’s the Real Thing (Coke is)
What the world wants today*
and the opera-within-a-commercial where the man discovers that his Rice Crispies box is empty:
- Noooooo mooooooore Rice Crispies!*
but is saved by the appearance of his mother-in-law:
*I brought Rice Crispies
Enough to last for a full year!
(That’s how long I’ll be here) *
But even as he rejoices in a full box of Rice Crispies, all is not well, because
- It’s her thirteenth visit so far this year*
I loved that one.
Seeing this thread made me realize that the old ad jingles that have plagued me for the longest seem to have finally been expunged from my memory.
Talkin’ really old, really jingly old ad jingles, here-- the kind that rattle around in your head for years.
Thanks to The Mel Blanc show, for the longest time I couldn’t brush my teeth without a really inept “our product will enhance your sex life” jingle getting stuck:
Make your ------ ------ -------, ------ ------ ------- ----- — -------- —, Use Col - gate, Tooth Pow-der.
Similarly, I was haunted by another, courtesy of mmmm… Eve Arden as Our Miss Brooks:
Something, something something something, Lustre Cream Sham-Pooooooo!
And now they’re gone! Whee!
Of course, some smart-ass is bound to come along and fill in the blancs, condemning me to another ten years of suffering under the yoke of marketing for defunct products. (At least they’re defunct-- I compulsively buy Lux bar soap, thanks to Cecil B. DeMille – and in my heart of hearts I still think of it as Lux Toilet Soap, which is just wrong.)
koeeoaddi, I still have my zookey. Not from Philly, though—Woodland Park in Seattle used the same promotion.
OK, something “original” (to this thread, that is). I’m sure that hypnosis would pull all sorts of drivel, but how about:
Half the fun of having feet is RED GOOSE SHOES!
I remember the Doublemint Gum jingle.
You deserve a break today
So get up and on your way
To MacDonald’s
And thanks Mr. Blue Sky for recalling the dreamlike hypnotic Nestle’s “a dream as sweet as this” jingles from the 80s
Riiiice-a-roni
The San Francisco treat!
Riiice-a-roni
The flavor can’t be beat
And for Northwesterners of a certain age
Franz bread, the good bread
Flavor beyond compare
If you lived in central PA in the 70s you’ll remember an ad for the furniture store Sam’s (in Phillipsburg), with the song…
“Sams In Phillipsburg, open daily 9 to 9…”
How 'bout the 70s alcoholic anthem, “Martini and Rossi, On the rocks/Say ye-e-esss”
Jon
The unsinkable taste of Cheerios
Not a lotta sugar to weigh down those
Cheerios!
Look how they float, no keepin’ 'em down!
No you can’t, you can’t sink
The unsinkable taste of Cheerios
Cheerios!
I’m a Pepper
She’s a Pepper
He’s a Pepper
We’re all Peppers
Wouldn’t ya like to be a Pepper too?
Be a Pepper, drink Dr. Pepper
Be a Pepper, drink Dr. Pepper
When it says Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s
On the label label label
You will like it like it like it
On your table table table table
Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s!
Raise your hand, raise your hand
If you’re Sure!
Have a Coke and a (ding!) smile!
You’ve got the right one baby… Diet Coke
Current ads:
I’m a Ford truck man
That’s what I drive
I ain’t got no boundaries
I don’t compromise
I’d rather walk ten miles
And be down on my luck
Than ride around the corner
In another kind of pickup truck
Ain’t no doubt my king of the mountain’s
Built Ford tough
Good taste echoes from the canyon
(canyon canyon)
Corbett Canyon
(canyon canyon)
800-588-2300 Empire Today!
Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs!
What kind of kids like Armour hot dogs?
Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks!
Tall kids, short kids, even kids with chicken pox!
Love hot dogs, Armour hot dogs!
The dogs kids love to bite!
Most of the ones I was thinking of have already been mentioned, so I won’t repeat them. But I haven’t seen this one yet:
Yum, yum Bumblebee
Bumblebee tuna
I love Bumblebee
Bumblebee tuna
Yum, yum Bumblebee
Bumblebee tuna
I love a sandwich made with Bumblebee!
Speaking of local (Philly) ones – a friend of mine’s father wrote the Melrose Diner jingle umpty-ump years ago. They did a 30-year promotion where a slew of people got together on the inside stairway at the Art Museum and sang it, and you can see my friend for about .2 seconds.
That car was the Plymouth Arrow, and the music was written by Harry Nilsson. It came from his obscure but entertaining album * The Point * in which Arrow was a little pointy bodied dog.
Wherever tires are rolling,
on ice, or mud, or stone,
the name that’s known is Firestone,
where the rubber meets the road.
You can take Salem out of the country BUT!!
(sousaphone: a-whoomp-boomp-boomp-boomp)
You can’t take the country out of Salem.
My Buddy (my buddy)
My Buddy (my buddy)
Wherever I go, he goes
My Buddy (my buddy)
My Buddy (my buddy)
My Buddy and me!
My Buddy and me
like to climb up a tree
My Buddy and me
We’re the best friends that can be!
Shortly followed by the Kid sister jingle.
This one’s more of a cartoon theme song, but I had to add it too:
Transformers, more than meets the eye.
Battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.
Transformers, robots in disguise.
Tobacco tastes best
When the filter’s recessed,
Smoke Parliament!
Winstons taste good
Like a (clap-clap) cigarette should!
From the land of sky-blue wa-a-ters
wa-a-ters
From the land of pines, lofty balsams,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamms, the beer refreshing,
Hamms!
(mountain climber)
Before I climb one thousand feeties, I get the eaties for my Wheaties.
(baseball player)
Before I swing for the bleacher seaties, I get the eaties for my Wheaties.
If you gave me some time I could come up with some more…I feel like there were several of them.
**
I’m pretty sure it was "America is asking you to call"