If that last one didn’t kill you, here’s possibly the worst commercial ever, replete with annoying jingle at the end.
I don’t think that’s the real reason, I’ve always been under the impression that it’s cheaper to write and record your own song than to license a popular tune. I think part of the reason is so that whenever that song happens to be played, it’ll now be associated with your product: “Hey, I know this song! It’s the one from the iPod commercial!”
I think RealityChuck’s original point, that commercials are now a whole lot shorter, makes a lot of sense. Hard to be catchy in 10 seconds.
I know what you’re talking about, and I do want to kill you, but you left out the “…Today!” at the end.
It might count, I know what you’re talking about, and you’re dead.
They grew up and turned into Lady Gaga songs… 
Seriously, it’s much easier to reference the best known moment from an established classic that it is to build a new 10 second moment that everyone will remember.
Some jingles are still around -
Sleep Country, Cana-DUH! Why buy a matress A-Anywhere else?
Our people know whatchur lookin’ for at Don Valley North, Do-o-on Valley North f’Lexus.
Flight Network dot com…
Pass the Mozart, now I’ve got some serious earworms to drive out.
Geico so simple a caveman can do it.
Is the first one I thought of.
It is very short but memorable.
Still going strong (since 1977): “800-588-2300…Empire!”
That’s a slogan, not a jingle (no music).
Incidentally, am I the only one who keeps reading the thread title and going Rocky Horror in my head? “Whatever happened to…Fay Wray?”
Yes.
Five. Five dollar. Five dollar foot-long.
Thanks for taking my earwig. It was a pleasure giving it to you.
I raise you a “Five dollar foot-long” and see you one "Five four three. Quiznos five four three! Value menu!
OK, it’s just Three Blind Mice. (Butchered because there aren’t really the right number of syllables.) It does get into your head, though.
This.
“Expedia, dot-cooooooom.”
“Hotwiiiiiire dot. com.”
“Reeeeed Robin. Yummmm”
“Bob Evans, down on the farm.”
<Old Spice Whistle>
Also just thought of “PRICELINE NEGOTIATOR!!”
What is it with travel websites and jingles? Gotta be a higher ratio of jingle-to-commercial in that industry than anywhere else.
Missed edit window, sorry.
Shoulda gone to freeeeee credit report dot com.
I’m not sure if they qualify as jingles, so much as the brands’ taglines, set to music so as to make them more memorable. A traditional jingle was a complete (if short) song, not just a bar or two of music.
“Expedia, dot-cooooooom.”
“Hotwiiiiiire dot. com.”
“Reeeeed Robin. Yummmm”
“Bob Evans, down on the farm.”
<Old Spice Whistle>
My thoughts as well. To me, those little things are stings, not jingles.
BTW… who else thought this thread was about the long-lost, no longer made cookies that used to be sold at Christmastime?
Nope. Looking for Andy Divine was more my thought. Hell, we’re looking for chowder, so why not Andy?
And…just to complete the segue trifecta, Andy Divine played Jingles on Wild Bill Hickock, but he also succeeded Smilin’ Ed on Saturday morning Buster Brown Show(Froggy the Gremlin, Midnight the Cat, etc.), which leads back to the lovely twix and Buster Brown.
Thank you, I’ll be here all week.
There’s a real one that I hear around here quite a bit, and it cracks me up every time I hear it.
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