# Sunday! Sunday! Amphetamine Speedway! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199 "2008-07-12T01:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/1 "2008-07-12T01:44:59Z")
Okay, we’ve all heard it at some point. But lost in the mists of time – what was it from originally? (Flo and Eddie? It has a sort of Volman and Kaylan sound to it, doesn’t it?) And where can I find it today? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/2 "2008-07-12T02:35:42Z")
It’s often attributed to Flo and Eddie, but since none of their tracks has a title by that name, you’d have to do a fairly extensive search to find it. However, I should point out that every two-bit d.j. who wanted to be a comedian probably did a “Sunday Sunday” take off at one time or another. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/3 "2008-07-12T03:06:10Z")
[Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At Detroit Dragway!](http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=31) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/4 "2008-07-12T03:14:55Z")
I had this exact bit running through my head earlier today. In the daydream, the guy shouting “Sunday! Sunday!” was a clearly insane person in a straitjacket, constantly shouting “Sunday!”, with a keeper doing various things to try to stop him from shouting “Sunday!”…dousing him with buckets of water, etc. We had the same ad when I was a teen in the 70s for “I-70 International Raceway!” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/5 "2008-07-12T03:21:40Z")
The Sunday, Sunday, Sunday bit goes back at least to 1965. See this thread: > **[Sunday, Sunday, Sunday....Question....](https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/260003/)** > > We all are familiar with the Sunday, Sunday, Sunday....commercials on radio & TV for the Drag Races....but...where did they start? > > I have the cd of... ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/6 "2008-07-12T03:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=gaffa] I had this exact bit running through my head earlier today. In the daydream, the guy shouting “Sunday! Sunday!” was a clearly insane person in a straitjacket, constantly shouting “Sunday!”, with a keeper doing various things to try to stop him from shouting “Sunday!”…dousing him with buckets of water, etc. We had the same ad when I was a teen in the 70s for “I-70 International Raceway!” [/QUOTE] Mebbe so, but I bet what you originally heard on the boob tube was this: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jDYzidMqq4o/hqdefault.jpg "Jan Gabriel Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Smoking US 30 Dragstrip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYzidMqq4o) That’s the original – and it’s great – but what I want is the parody of Jan Gabriel. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/7 "2008-07-12T04:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Mebbe so, but I bet what you originally heard on the boob tube was this: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jDYzidMqq4o/hqdefault.jpg "Jan Gabriel Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Smoking US 30 Dragstrip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYzidMqq4o) That’s the original – and it’s great – but what I want is the parody of Jan Gabriel. [/QUOTE] No, I think it was [this one (NSFW)](http://youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/8 "2008-07-12T05:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] (Flo and Eddie? It has a sort of Volman and Kaylan sound to it, doesn’t it?) [/QUOTE] I’d guess that you’re thinking here of the “Sunday! Funny cars! Big John Masmanian!” ad lib during the passage-of-time bit in “Billy the Mountain.” ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/9 "2008-07-12T05:14:10Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Mebbe so, but I bet what you originally heard on the boob tube was this: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jDYzidMqq4o/hqdefault.jpg "Jan Gabriel Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Smoking US 30 Dragstrip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYzidMqq4o) That’s the original – and it’s great – but what I want is the parody of Jan Gabriel. [/QUOTE] Was that the original? I remember almost the exact same ad, only for Thompson Drag Raceway (opened in 1958) here in Ohio, [here’s a recording from 1965.](http://www.headerflames.com/hfgoodies/1965tdrad.mp3) “Big Daddy” Don Garlitz and “TV Tommy” Ivo raced there, among others. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/10 "2008-07-12T14:59:37Z")
Two characters do their own version of a “Sunday! Sunday!” ad in the film, “The Return of the Secaucus Seven.” ---
**Author:** ![lokay5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/da6949/32.png) [@lokay5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokay5)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/11 "2011-01-25T10:02:46Z")
TubaDiva, I know the cut you’re talking about. \*\* Sunday! ! ! Sunday! ! !\*\* See Jesus Christ and his twelve apostles in their blown fuel funny car!!! _ **Sundaaaayyyyyyy!** _ See Ralph Nader in his 5000 horsepower lunatic Corvair! ! ! \*\*\*SUNDAAAYYYY ! ! \*\*\* I used to hear it on KSAN in the Bay Area all the time. And being a drag racer I thought it was fantastic, because all the 64 Funny Car ads ran all the time on the AM stations. Thanks for the Flo & Eddie tip. I’m gonna do some serious searchin". If I find it I’ll post the results. Jim ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/12 "2017-06-08T04:00:54Z")
Well, like the fight against Ignorance, it’s taking longer than I thought … but I have my answer! https://www.youtube.com/embed/WflJ825ngjk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL-hz3O6IqfiYug7rjtNMTg1CZ5VnUbH3y ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/13 "2017-06-08T04:34:17Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Well, like the fight against Ignorance, it’s taking longer than I thought … but I have my answer! > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WflJ825ngjk&list=PL-hz3O6IqfiYug7rjtNMTg1CZ5VnUbH3y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WflJ825ngjk&list=PL-hz3O6IqfiYug7rjtNMTg1CZ5VnUbH3y) Hey, it was less than 9 years! That’s gotta be worth something, right? Grats on finding that! It is awesome!