To the tune of “Casey Jones” (NOT the Grateful Dead one!):
Once upon a time there was an engineer.
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine, and he sure had fun.
He used Good ‘n’ Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says, “Love my Good ‘n’ Plenty.”
Charlie says, “Really rings me bell.”
Chalie says, “Love my Good ‘n’ Plenty,”
Don’t know any other candy that I love so well."
With Almond Joy
You can share a half and
Still have a whole
Well, if you grew up in the Philly area, you’ll remember this one:
*It’s not a fancy salon,
It’s not even a department store,
It’s only a Quonset hut…
But…
If you’ve got a passion for fashion,
And you’ve got a craving for saving,
Take the wheel of your automobile,
And swing on down to Ideal!*
I was able to come up with a couple names right after reading the OP, but reading the responses has reminded me of many more I can sing, but only two inspired me to sing along in the (thankfully) empty meeting room I’m currently in.
Roger Ramjet he’s our man
Hero of our nation
For his adventures just be sure
to stay tuned to this station!
When you use Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific Shampoo
Boys say, “Gee, your hair smells terrific,” to you!
(Sung to: When Those Caissons go Rolling Along)
We can cook, we can bake
But we get a belly-ache
We’re the Space Cubs of Troop 54
What was the name of the little girl in that commercial? Did she even have a name? I have it in the back of my mind that she was “Rosie” or “Daisy,” but I can’t confirm it anywhere.
First you start off with ($)2000 and a car
I got a car/You got a car
Then you may go straight to college
Just to get a lot of knowledge Harvard
Or to Business if you think you’ll go as far
I’ll be a star You may go far
You will learn about life
When you play the game of Life
That’s life
Brycreme, a little dab’ll do ya,
Brylcreme, you’ll look so debonnaire!
Brylcreme, the gals’ll all pursue ya,
they’ll love to run their fingers through your hair!
Wasn’t there a jingle for Dippity-doo, too? :dubious:
Stop it. STOP IT! All of you, get out of my head NOW!
Jeez, I’ve got so many jingles running through my skull now.
Okay, I haven’t seen this one yet…
What do you want when you got to have something,
and its gotta be sweet
and its gotta be a lot
and you only have dime?
What do you want?
Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts, and a prize!
That’s what you get in Cracker Jack!
Just one of many, but one of my faves, maybe because Conan used to have a tendency to sometimes break into singing it back on Late Night…
*New boy in the neighborhood
Lives downstairs and it’s understood
He’s there just to take good care of me
Like he’s one of the family
CHARLES IN CHARGE
of our days
and our nights
CHARLES IN CHARGE
of our wrongs
AND OUR RIGHTS
I want Charles in charge of me*
I don’t have time to look up a cite (I’m actually backstage awaiting my third act cue in Arsenic and Old Lace), but the story goes Gene Roddenberry wrote the lyrics to the Star Trek theme purely to take half the royalties, instead of 100 percent going to the composer. Roddenberry may have been a groundbreaking TV visionary, but he couldn’t write song lyrics to save his life.
My contribution is no doubt seared into my memory from 1970s Saturday morning commercials …
Good grief, it’s fun to brush your teeth
With your Snoopy toothbrush
Brushing right makes your smile bright
With your Snoopy toothbrush
(spoken) “Snoopy makes it fun to brush your teeth!”
Good grief …
I absolutely slay co-workers (who weren’t even born until the 1990s) with my commercial lyrical knowledge …
This has been claimed, but I doubt its appropriate to say “purely.” Along with money, there were other considerations, not least of which was that ***Star Trek ***was his creation. If he wanted the theme to have lyrics, it was within his rights. (Whether they were good or bad is another question.)
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Your devotion to the SDMB is beyond admirable, Uncle J., but, c’mon, back to work–the show must go on. Which of the old ladies are you playing? 