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Thread #25946   Message #312444
Posted By: Peter Kasin
04-Oct-00 - 09:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Candidates for WORST ad slogan/jingle
Subject: RE: BS: Candidates for WORST ad slogan/jingle
Car dealer in San Francisco's 60's and 70's jingle: (sung to the tune of See The USA in a Chevrolet) "See Ellis Brooks today, for your Chevrolet, corner of Bush and Van Ness. He's got a deal for you, oh what a deal for you, the kind of deal that you'll like the best!" Then ol' Ellis himself comes on ,sitting at a desk with five cans of coffee, and say's in an extremely gravelly voice: "I'll give you five pounds of Hills Brothers coffee, just for coming in and taking a look." Were people supposed to say, "Honey, I feel guilty taking this coffee and not buying anything, why don't we just go ahead and buy the car."?