Old Ad Jingles You remember

From my 70s childhood:

Dusty, Dusty, Dusty
Riding Nugget, Nugget, Nugget.
They’re riding East, they’re riding West;
Time to stop and take a rest…

And

Kick and go, lean and turn;
Squeeze and stop all around the block
On a Honda, Honda, Honda Kick and Go…

if 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
IT SAYS LIBBY’S LIBBY’S LIBBY’S
ON THE LABEL LABEL LABEL!!

and Maxwell House’s wordless jingle, which still occasionally pops into my head for not freakin reason.

You’ve got a lot to li-i-ive and Pepsi’s got a lot to give!

And here’s one from an election campaign more than 20 years ago that I still sing:

Andy Stein, Andy Stein
Where were you at voting time?
At the State Assembly see an empty chair
Andy Stein just wasn’t there.

There is just no excuse
To miss a vote on child abuse
At the State Assembly see an empty chair
Andy Stein just wasn’t there.

And another cigarette one:

You can take Salem out of the country
BUT
You can’t take the country out of Salem.
Andy Stei

I used to have a Frito Bandito pencil eraser.
It was really strange when I heard the Three Tenors sing the Firto Bandito song in Italian. (or something very like Italian)

As this page says, “[t]he lyrics have been changed many times … , but the tune has always been the same”. Clicking on “View Song in Browser” will allow you to see (and hear) one version. The tune was even used in ads for the Isuzu Amigo SUV.

Shoshana: The jingle I remember was set to the tune of the USA Civil War-era song Goober Peas and went as follows:

“Goobers, Raisinets
Chocolate-covered treats
Raisinets and Goobers
Mighty good to eat!”

Zebra: You probably heard the Three Tenors singing the Spanish-language standard Cielito Lindo, the title of which means “Beautiful Little Heaven”.

I heard this catchy tune in Singapore around 1993. I came back to the US soon afterward, and none of my friends recognized it when I sang it for them. Only in college did I find someone who recognized the tune. She came from Ghana and suggested that this particular ad campaign might have been aired only outside the US.

link to lyrics

Deodorant:
Confident!
Confident!
Dry and secure!
Raise your hand…
Raise your hand if you’re Sure!

Cereal:
You can do it!
You can do the Pac Man Crunch!

Last but not least:
I don’t wanna grow up
I’m a Toys R Us kid

There’s a million toys at Toys R Us
That I can play with

From bikes to trains
To video games
It’s the biggest toy store there is
(Gee whiz!)

I don’t wanna grow up cuz if I did
I couldn’t be a Toys R Us kid
(More games, more toys, oh boy!)
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid.*

*or as we called it “I’m a poisonous kid”.

My personal favorite: “So round, so firm, so fully packed!” Originally for Lucky Strike cigarettes, but can be applied to so many other things.

SC

*Pepsi-Cola hits the spot,
Twelve full ounces, that’s a lot!
Twice as mich for a nickel, too,
Pepsi-Cola’s right for you!

Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle,
Nickel, nickel, nickle, nickle,
Trickle, trickle, tricklem trickle!*

(I may have the ‘nickel’ and ‘trickle’ reversed, but I’m confident of the rest. . . .)
I’ve got six seconds to sing!
Buy Kraft Cottage Cheese,
You’ll love it, love it,
Buy Kraaaaft

(Screeching sound as the clock hand is pushed back)
Cottage Cheese!

There was a Jingle…

Goobers Rasinettes,
Chocolate covererd Treats :slight_smile:
Raisinettes and Goobers,
Mighty fine to eat!

set to:

sol - do, la- la - do
Goo-bers, Ra-sin-ettes

ti - do re - mi mi…
Choc-late co-vered treats

sol - sol - do sol la - do
Ra- sin- ettes and Goo-bers
la - do ti re do
mi- ghty fine to eat

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