# Tell Me Your Age, Without Telling Me Your Age, Using Contemporaneous Ad and TV Show Slogans **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944 "2023-01-28T15:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/221 "2023-10-18T12:08:29Z")
Bet most people under 50 have never heard of the [inch worm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GPOixdnh5s) Would this ad even be allowed today? Inch worm, inch worm, I love you. Ride up and down and up and down on the inch worm, by Romper Room. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/222 "2023-10-21T18:50:17Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Wasn’t it “fine” Corinthian leather? In [this commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_HMIN0nGl0), Ricardo says “rich leather” and “Corinthian leather”, but not the three-word phrase everyone remembers. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/223 "2023-10-22T03:21:09Z")
I wonder what year that one was. Here’s one where he says “soft Corinthian leather.” Around :33. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tfKHBB4vt4c/hqdefault.jpg "Famous Chrysler Cordoba Commercial with Ricardo Montalban!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKHBB4vt4c) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/224 "2023-10-22T03:24:06Z")
Bingo! “Fine Corinthian leather” at :26ish. > **[1975 Chrysler Cordoba "Fine Corithian Leather" Ricardo Montalban - "Pride"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0diMFShiUU%2F)** > > Another version of Ricardo Montalban's memorable commercials for Chrysler. This is the one of two commercials from Winter of 1975, one titled 'Tradition", t... ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/225 "2023-10-23T17:18:04Z")
It’s Shake-n-Bake, and I helped! ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/226 "2023-10-23T17:36:30Z")
Weekends were made for Michelob ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/227 "2023-10-25T04:28:16Z")
A sprinkle a day keeps the odor away ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/228 "2023-10-25T04:36:08Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > A sprinkle a day keeps the odor away - I remember it as “A sprinkle a day helps keep odors away”. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/229 "2023-10-25T05:33:34Z")
[Is it live, or is it Memorex?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeeuT3ciqpI) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/230 "2023-10-25T18:53:10Z")
Apparently it’s both, but ours scan better than the original [Sprinkle a day](https://youtu.be/IEovBelBIow?feature=shared) ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/231 "2023-10-26T00:00:04Z")
Renault…the One to Watch. Bounty…the Quicker-Picker-Upper. If you got a passion for fashion, and you got a craving for savings, take the wheel of your automobile and swing on down to…IDEAL. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/232 "2023-10-26T01:20:20Z")
Mother _PLEASE!_ I’d rather do it myself!!! I still feel bad for the old lady, she reminded me of my Grandma. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944.md?page=11)