# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/61 "2023-01-29T00:42:50Z")
When I was a young kid, my mom used to jokingly call me Messy Marvin. She was referring to this ad [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CAcfK3KsfSE/hqdefault.jpg "1979 Hershey's syrup "Peter Billingsley aka Messy Marvin" TV Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAcfK3KsfSE) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/62 "2023-01-29T00:52:26Z")
It’s shake and bake and I halped It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature Sorry Charlie we want tuna that tastes good ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/63 "2023-01-29T01:49:36Z")
A-one, a-two-hoo, a-three! \< crunch \> Three. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/64 "2023-01-29T01:51:47Z")
It’s time to play the music It’s time to light the lights It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/65 "2023-01-29T01:56:02Z")
“It takes two hands to handle a Whopper The two-fisted burger at Burger King” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/66 "2023-01-29T01:58:00Z")
Come ride the Reading Rocket In outer space we’ll fly Miss Sandy as the pilot With Rocko by her side We’ll zoom across the sea of space With books as friends we’ve made And sail on through the summer Into the second grade! Well, that one might be local. I didn’t find it on the net, so had to go from memory. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/67 "2023-01-29T02:23:50Z")
Peace, love and happiness, A song sung at the end of the Skipper Chuck Show. Floridians anyone else watch this ? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/68 "2023-01-29T02:25:29Z")
Kick the can. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/69 "2023-01-29T02:28:03Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > It’s Howdy Doody Time. > It’s Howdy Doody Time. > Bob Smith and Howdy too > Say Howdy Do to you. > Let’s give a rousing cheer > 'Cause Howdy Doody’s here. > It’s time to start the show, > So kids let’s go! It’s Howdy Doody time It isn’t worth a dime So turn to Channel Nine And tune in Frankenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/70 "2023-01-29T02:31:52Z")
On the political slogan/jingle side: Come hell or high water, I’m voting Goldwater. My kind of man, Ted Agnew is. (to the tune of My Kind of Town, Chicago Is). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/71 "2023-01-29T02:37:22Z")
_insert all the lyrics of Schoolhouse Rock_ … _It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood A beautiful day to be neighbors Would you be mine? Could you be mine?_ … Also, when people mention the Spider-Man theme song, [this is the one that comes to my mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKOR3RGrXY4). _Spider-Man! Where are you coming from, Spider-Man? Nobody knows who you aaaaaaarrrrre!_ ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/72 "2023-01-29T02:48:07Z")
Speed of lightning Roar of thunder Fighting all who rob or plunder Underdog… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/73 "2023-01-29T03:01:34Z")
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/74 "2023-01-29T03:03:35Z")
By the power of Grayskull… I have the power! ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/75 "2023-01-29T03:12:46Z")
Y’all come back now, ya hear? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (Or should that be ayyyyyyyyyy) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/76 "2023-01-29T03:16:11Z")
Lemme tell you a story bout a man named Jed ---
**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:** [January 29, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/77 "2023-01-29T03:17:43Z")
Here I come to save the day…! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/78 "2023-01-29T03:30:12Z")
“Keep the book by the telephone The telephone by the telephone book Keep the book by the phone And the phone by the book!” “Green Acres is the place to be Fa-armin’ is the life for me Land spreadin’ out so far and wide Keep Manhattan just give me that countryside!” “A new kind of pastry Frosty and tasty New-ew-ew Kellogg’s Danish Go-Rounds!” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/79 "2023-01-29T04:00:02Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Are you from Cleveland? Froggy! Nope. As far as I know it was a national TV show, either network or syndicated. Andy’s Gang ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-age-without-telling-me-your-age-using-contemporaneous-ad-and-tv-show-slogans/978944/80 "2023-01-29T04:12:55Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh > (Or should that be ayyyyyyyyyy) The first one is Bob and Doug McKenzie. The second one is Fonzie. [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=3) [Next 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=5)