# Remember old advertising jingles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795 "2015-05-11T17:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/61 "2015-05-13T20:06:53Z")
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/62 "2015-05-13T21:18:32Z")
And Burger King’s version: “Hold the pickles, Hold the lettuce, Special orders don’t upset us, All we ask is that you let us, Serve it your way. Have it your way at Burger King!” ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/63 "2015-05-13T21:27:08Z")
Well, since we’re doing Burger jingles… “Hurry on down to Hardees, where the burgers are charcoal broiled” (from the era when there were Hardees around here in New York…apparently the new era when they are coming back - announced in 2013 - hasn’t quite arrived yet in my area ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/64 "2015-05-13T21:51:01Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Thanks, loads, now I got The Association’s “Windy” conflated with a Slinky commercial stuck in my head! 🙂 The “Come all the way up. . .” commercial was for Kool cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/65 "2015-05-13T22:02:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The “Come all the way up. . .” commercial was for Kool cigarettes. LSMFT = Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco (I think) It’s kinda scary how catchy and seductive cigarette advertising was. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/66 "2015-05-13T22:31:20Z")
\*~Ai ~ ai ~yi yiii~ ~ I am the Frito Bandito~~ \* That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/67 "2015-05-13T22:33:19Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > \*~Ai ~ ai ~yi yiii~ > ~ I am the Frito Bandito~~ > \* > > That’s all I got. I love Fritos corn chips I love them, I do I want Fritos corn chips I’ll get them from you. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/68 "2015-05-13T22:48:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Minnesotan of a certain age (and possible the upper Midwest in general): > > Old Dutch potato chips > Old Dutch the snappy chip > crispy , crunchy, light and munchy > Old Dutch potato chips! I remember that one! 🙂 How about… _Let’s all go to the Dairy Queen, I see one just down the street! We’re all going to the Dairy Queen to get a fresh frozen treat!_ ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/69 "2015-05-13T23:57:38Z")
Not exactly jingles, but I can’t forget : Where money talks, nobody walks - Denison Clothiers, Route 22 Denison New Jersey If it’s Tuesday, it imust be Red’s Tamale Day ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/70 "2015-05-14T21:50:25Z")
Whenever a coin in the coffer rings A soul from Purgatory springs! Okay, I’m not \*that \*old. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/71 "2015-05-15T02:06:00Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best > > [Cho-colate](https://youtu.be/al7ax1-lBlU?t=121) In our pantry are two Farfel mugs. Just for special occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/72 "2015-05-18T03:29:58Z")
“Hey, Mister Tally Man Tally me banana. Bic Banana Markers, you gotta get some. Come in a one-pack, eight-pack, twenty-pack, Bic Banana Markers for the office or home! We got a color for you! Bic Banana Markers, you gotta get some!” “Pete Ellis Dodge Long Beach Freeway Firestone exit, Southgate!” (and various other permutations of this sung to the same tune) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/73 "2015-05-18T04:59:46Z")
[Red Rose Tea! Red Rose Tea! Red Rose! Red Rose!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prVRwXAWFeA) ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/74 "2015-05-18T05:49:44Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > I wouldn’t say the Roto Rooter one is “old” as it pops up again every now and then. > > Of course, the cigarette jingles are old because **advertising cigarettes on TV has been illegal for over 40 years.** Here’s another one: “A Silly Millimeter Longer” > > Benson & Hedges 100s, which were called 101s as they were 101mm long > > Here’s a non-cigarette one: “See the USA in your Chevrolet” - a San Francisco area Chevrolet dealer personalized it (“See Ellis Brooks today for your Chevrolet, corner of Bush and Van Ness” - IIRC, he offered five pounds of coffee if you could find a better deal). I had to look that up because I couldn’t believe it had been that long. Yep, banned in 1976 here.:eek: I still remember the backing tune when Hoges did the Winfield ads.:o ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cabbage_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/75 "2015-05-18T13:12:42Z")
Don’t forget the second verse to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song: Oh,I’m glad I’m NOT an Oscar Mayer wiener That is what I’d NEVER want to be For if I was an Oscar Mayer wiener There would soon be nothing … left … of … me. (as the original singer catches up with the rebellious one) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/76 "2015-05-18T13:14:23Z")
From the Kansas City area, way back when, probably borrowing its notes from an even earlier forgotten song: Milgram’s grocery chain: “Hi neighbor, hi neighbor!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cabbage_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/77 "2015-05-18T13:22:48Z")
Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat Rice-a-Roni, everybody’s got the beat Started out where cable cars played this song Now try this at home before very long Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/78 "2015-05-18T14:03:17Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > " > \ > “Pete Ellis Dodge > Long Beach Freeway > Firestone exit, > Southgate!” (and various other permutations of this sung to the same tune) Well if you remember that one you may remember this: If you need a brand new car, go see Cal. For the best deal by far, go see Cal. If you want your payments low If you want to save some dough Go see Cal Go see Cal Go see Cal And another candy jingle: There are lots of chewy Rolos in a roll for you If you’re choosy 'bout what you chew Real milk chocolate, lots of caramel too To chew chew chew chew chew chew chew ---
**Author:** ![Snortcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snortcake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snortcake)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/79 "2015-05-18T16:26:47Z")
“LSMFT: Lucky Strikes Means Fine Tobacco!” ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795/80 "2015-05-18T17:27:18Z")
And then there’s the [Winston ad(s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt8skgm2l8) just for the kids! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-old-advertising-jingles/719795.md?page=5)