Poll: A little dab'll do ya'

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Not having read any of the replies:

  1. Yep.
  2. It’s an old Brylcreem slogan. Or if not Brylcreem, some closely-related Greasy Kid Stuff.
  3. I just turned 48.
42

I remember “The Wethead is Dead” campaign around that time.

Dad being a cop had both short hair and Brylcreemed it. I guess it was used on me for special occasions, too. I haven’t smelled it in 30 years (he died when I was 18), but I bet if I did smell it, I would be mentally transported back like Proust and his madelaine cookies.

I recall jingles for local Canadian businesses back in the '60s–usually pretty simple, with acapella singing and one guy whistling the melody at the end.

“Dollar forty-nine day, Wood-ward’s!
Dollar forty-nine day, to-day!”

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NO GOOGLING HERE

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I KNOW IT FINE

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A FEW WEEKS LEFT

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OF 39

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Burma-Shave.

44
  1. yes
  2. I believe so. I believe it was the slogan for an old Brill Creme (sp?) ad campaign.
  3. 35
45

Yes
Yes
60

But “only your hairdresser knows for sure.” :stuck_out_tongue:

46

1.) Yes
2.) Yes
3.) 20
I will admit, however, that the first time I tried to say ‘Brylcreem’ I pronounced it horribly wrong.

47

ouch

48

Skoal, of course

49

Unrelated, but speaking if jingles, I grew up in SoCal and still can sing the jingle from Stanley Chevrolet

Stanley, Stanley, Stanley Chevrolet
Two blocks of the Santa Ana Freeway
??? East Firestone
Stanley Chevrolet
Ta Da

200 points for anyone who can fill in the Street Address…

50

Yes
No
27

51

Yes
Yes
51

52

Yes
Yes
55

53

Yes
Yes (my Dad used to use it)
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54

Aww. I miss Woodwards.

55
  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Well into my 50s.
56

Yes, yes, 32

57

All of the quoted is exactly true for me too. May have picked it up from my dad singing the jingle, but that’s mostly conjecture.

58
  1. Yes
  2. No clue. Just another phrase of old that’s trickled down through the ages. Never cared much about its origin.
  3. 28
59
  1. Yes (heard)
  2. Yes. Mickey Mantle was in the ad I remember, though I’m sure it was not new then.
  3. 44
60
  1. yes
  2. kind of. I know it was for some stuff men put in their hair before gel existed.
  3. 32