# Stupid advertising jingles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543 "2018-07-25T04:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/1 "2018-07-25T04:55:30Z")
I was just watching something on TV and saw a commercial for someplace called “Liberty” (I think it was insurance–I don’t remember). I do remember their jingle, though, because it was really stupid: “Liberty Liberty Liberty…Liberty!” Um…okay. It reminded me of another one I thought was very stupid (thankfully I haven’t heard it for a while) for Safelite: “Safelite repair, Safelite replace,” sung in a painfully off-key tune. I guess these must be memorable, which is probably why they do them, but I find them irritating. Anybody got any other examples of stupid jingles that sound like they were created by a class full of untalented ten-year-olds? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/2 "2018-07-25T05:43:22Z")
My go to answer for this is Farmer’s Insurance. “We are Farmers…dum da dum dum dum dum dum.” I have to admit, it’s memorable as hell though. It’s stupid, but I’m not necessarily bashing it. As a jingle, it works well. I know as a musician that sometimes a simple hook is all you need. Some of my favorite songs have hooks consisting of little more than “da na na na na” etc. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/3 "2018-07-25T06:07:24Z")
Ch ch ch chia ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/4 "2018-07-25T06:26:22Z")
Kars 4 kids ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/5 "2018-07-25T11:03:48Z")
[Fa. Bric. Land. FA-BRIC-LAND!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=921KkbYaoUc) ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/6 "2018-07-25T11:09:49Z")
Lerner and Rowe. It’s the place to go. Call 977-9190. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/7 "2018-07-25T12:24:29Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Lerner and Rowe. It’s the place to go. Call 977-9190. Written by the composers of _My Fair Lady_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/8 "2018-07-25T12:28:39Z")
From the Cretaceous Era: “National Shoes, ring the bell!!!” \*I had a friend who claimed that a relative of his invented this slogan/jingle. Not sure it was something to brag about. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/9 "2018-07-25T12:51:10Z")
Mr. Plow, oh that’s my name. That name again is Mr. Plow [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TEZIh7lQ3dc/hqdefault.jpg "Mr. Plow Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEZIh7lQ3dc) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/10 "2018-07-25T14:04:32Z")
There are several local businesses with awful jingles on radio ads, often incorporating their phone numbers. > [@snfaulkner](#): > > Kars 4 kids I have to turn the radio off when that one comes on. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/11 "2018-07-25T14:40:13Z")
The Grout Guy drives me up the wall, but it’s done its job. If I ever need my grouting done, it’ll be there in my brain, driving me up the wall[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD19k8bOjB4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD19k8bOjB4) ---
**Author:** ![Goodnight-Loving](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@Goodnight-Loving](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodnight-Loving)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/12 "2018-07-25T14:42:45Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Kars 4 kids This one makes me turn the radio off. ---
**Author:** ![laurieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/13 "2018-07-25T14:47:48Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I was just watching something on TV and saw a commercial for someplace called “Liberty” (I think it was insurance–I don’t remember). I do remember their jingle, though, because it was really stupid: “Liberty Liberty Liberty…Liberty!” Um…okay. > > It reminded me of another one I thought was very stupid (thankfully I haven’t heard it for a while) for Safelite: “Safelite repair, Safelite replace,” sung in a painfully off-key tune. > > I guess these must be memorable, which is probably why they do them, but I find them irritating. > > Anybody got any other examples of stupid jingles that sound like they were created by a class full of untalented ten-year-olds? It’s Liberty Mutual’s new jingle. It wasn’t always that, it just started over the past month. I HATE it. It annoys me like hell. My boyfriend, on the other hand, loves it, and is always singing it. Last week, we were sitting on the couch when the commercial came on. He turned and smiled at me, getting ready to sing along with it. I simply told him, “if you sing that damn jingle, no happy time with Laurie for you tonight.” Those kind of threats will shut up any boyfriend or husband. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/14 "2018-07-25T15:21:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > From the Cretaceous Era: “National Shoes, ring the bell!!!” > > \*I had a friend who claimed that a relative of his invented this slogan/jingle. Not sure it was something to brag about. I had a friend who said his sister had worked on the [Coffee Achiever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR3zpPZnCbE) campaign from decades ago (it was still running when he told me). \ “And she lives yet to this day?” “The vote was four to three.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/15 "2018-07-25T15:28:58Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Lerner and Rowe. It’s the place to go. Call 977-9190. Obviously not memorable enough. You got the phone number wrong. “nine seven seven one nine oh oh” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/16 "2018-07-25T15:38:07Z")
In a different vein, I hate the one made in 1969 for STP. It used the Toreador song from Carmen. 49 years later I still have it stuck in my head. I should write it out, so you all can suffer along with me. The song, was, however, clever, and not stupid. And despite the endorsement of King Richard, STP is, and shall always be, a ripoff. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/17 "2018-07-25T15:41:02Z")
I also have the misfortune of hearing “Safelite repair, Safelite replace” every morning, followed by a commercial for a local ac repair shop, Acree Air. Their insipid jingle is " 1 800 We are open, Acree Air" complete with a doofy looking repair guy mugging for the camera whilst he lips syncs along. For the longest time all I could think was “your store is so lame the only thing you can say to recommend it is that it’s open for business!?” I only just figured out, literally as I was composing this post, that it stands for their phone # (1-800-937-6736) :smack: \ You, WOOKINPANUB, are the doofus \. Still hate the sight and the sound of it, though.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/18 "2018-07-25T15:44:54Z")
How about the Pepto Bismol one. “Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea” All while miming each symptom, including grabbing their asses at the end. Bleah. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/19 "2018-07-25T15:57:50Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > How about the Pepto Bismol one. > > “Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea” All while miming each symptom, including grabbing their asses at the end. Bleah. This is one of my favorites. Granted, it’s undignified as hell and I really want SNL to do a parody, maybe for an STD clinic: “Burning, itching, yeasty discharge, fishy smelling, gonorrhea” If this commercial had been airing when I was a kid my friends and I would have been singing / acting it out constantly. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543/20 "2018-07-25T15:58:29Z")
The “sharing” Coke ads, like this one: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxXtNLfXU8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-advertising-jingles/818543.md?page=2)