# The classic commercial appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395 "2003-02-20T20:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/81 "2003-02-24T20:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TGWATY \* > _Oh, Oh, Oh, ice cold milk > and an Oreo cookie - > they forever go together; > they’re the classic combination. > When that dark delicious cookie > meets that icy cold sensation_ > **… (somebody else help me with rest here)…** > _O-R-E-O! > Keeps your milk from getting lonely._ “It’s so hard to hide the kid inside when you’re dunkin’ an O-R-E-O!” ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/82 "2003-02-24T20:47:59Z")
Thanks, Tangent! _Reach out, reach out and touch someone…_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/83 "2003-02-24T21:42:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BMalion \* > \*\*Speaking of the advertising genius of Stan freberg, … \*\* Another good one on the tape (which I had never seen) was Ray Bradbury, of all people, hawking Sunsweet Prunes. The CD set includes the longest radio commercial ever made “Omaha” a musical for coffee. Great stuff ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/84 "2003-02-25T00:52:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > \*\*I can bring home the bacon! > Fry it up in a pan! > And never let you forget you’re a man! > Cause I’m a woman! > > Some perfume pronounced “ah-jah-leen.” Never saw it spelled out. heh.\*\* It was pronounced “on-juh-LEE.” The “j” may have been the same sound as the “z” in “azure”. Since perfumes tend to have French names (so the ignorant American housewives will buy them thinking they’re “exotic” 😛 ), it was probably spelled either “Enjolie” or “Anjolie”. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/85 "2003-02-25T03:49:40Z")
N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestle’s makes the very best Chooooooc-late What’s that aftershave you’re wearing? (Then the guy has to start beating off the girl) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/86 "2003-02-25T13:50:53Z")
The first one I remember: See the USA in your Chevrolet. At the start of Bonanza. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/87 "2003-02-25T14:33:32Z")
“Hey Mabel, another Black Label!” “Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should!” ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/88 "2003-02-25T15:21:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*“Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should!” \*\* It took longer for someone to post this than I expected. 😃 Remember the one where the Hawaiian cartoon character always dished out a literal Hawaiian punch? ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/89 "2003-02-25T17:15:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ECJones29 \* > \*\*Look for the Union label > When you are buying > A coat, dress or blouse > > Remember somewhere our Union’s sewing > Our wages growing > To feed the kids and run the house > > We work hard, but who’s complaining > Thanks to the IGU we’re paying our way > So always look for the Union label > It says we care enough to make it in the USA! > > (International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union ad, circa late 1970s) \*\* Does anyone else remember the SNL Not Ready for Primetime Players commercial parody of this ad? I just remember the refrain (I was in 5th grade, after all, but I knew what pot was). Laraine Newman, amongst other union workers, singing, “Look for the union lable when you are buying a kilo or two…”. Never seen it repeated, but I know I didn’t dream it. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/90 "2003-02-25T18:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zeldarae \* > **I just remember the refrain (I was in 5th grade, after all, but I knew what pot was).** What’s pot? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/91 "2003-03-01T03:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*What’s that aftershave you’re wearing? > (Then the guy has to start beating off the girl) \*\* They can show that on TV?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/92 "2003-03-01T04:32:32Z")
There’s a lot to like in a Marlburo, filter, flavor, pack or box. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. LSMFT. My father later in life explained what those letters really mean. ---
**Author:** ![flickerwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flickerwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickerwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/93 "2003-03-01T05:44:53Z")
_What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor’s dog? What’s great for a snack, And fits on your back? It’s_\* log, log, log!\*\* _whistle_ LOG! FROM BLAMMO!!!\* _looks around_ [sub] Well it’s classic to me… tho I haven’t really been AROUND very long…[/sub]😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/94 "2003-03-01T09:23:45Z")
Hey Chicago… " **Five - eight - eight - two - three hundred…EM_PIRE_ !!!** ---
**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/95 "2003-03-01T20:03:39Z")
Don’t squeeze the Charmin! ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/96 "2003-03-02T05:05:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by flickerwolf \* > **What rolls down stairs > alone or in pairs, > and over your neighbor’s dog? > What’s great for a snack, > And fits on your back? > It’s** log, log, log!_ > > _whistle_ > LOG! FROM BLAMMO!!!\* > > _looks around_ [sub] Well it’s classic to me… tho I haven’t really been AROUND very long…[/sub]😃 😛 \*\* But surely you know the original: _What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, And makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing, Everyone knows it’s Slinky… It’s Slinky, it’s Slinky, for fun it’s a wonderful toy! It’s Slinky, it’s Slinky, it’s fun for a girl and a boy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/97 "2003-03-02T06:01:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\ ***Treat.** The San Francisco **treat.** \*\* Yep, absolutely. Thanks for the correction. Brylcreem – a little dab’ll do ya Use more – only if you dare But watch out – the gals’ll all persue ya They’ll love to get their fingers in your hair I believe there was another verse or another version where the second line was Brylcreem – you look so debonair ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/98 "2003-03-02T06:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Granuaile \* > \*\*Hey Chicago… > > " **Five - eight - eight - two - three hundred…EM_PIRE_ !!!** \*\* Not to mention: “Hudson three two seven HUNDRED…” Boushell Carpets, right? I’m mad at **Tibs** - I was gonna post the Enjoli commercial. ---
**Author:** ![coleridge78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@coleridge78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coleridge78)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/99 "2003-03-05T22:24:53Z")
Granuaile said: Hey Chicago… ## "Five - eight - eight - two - three hundred…EMPIRE !!! Holy god, I never would have remembered that! Now I can’t get “emmPIIIIRE” out of my head. Speaking of chitown, how about the Haray Caray “Cubs Fan/Bud Man” spots. ---
**Author:** ![sonicsink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sonicsink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sonicsink)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/100 "2003-03-06T00:57:04Z")
- Put it on your lawn, turn the water on, then you run, run, run and you’re sliding on your tum! Sliiip! slip n’ slide!"\* - No! no! no!\* (no!no!) \*No caffine! \* (no!no!) _Diet Pepsi!_ _“I just ate a hippopotamus for lunch!”_ (Alphagetti) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395.md?page=6)