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Thread #93164 Message #1789349
Posted By: Azizi
21-Jul-06 - 04:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: TV Ads
Subject: RE: BS: TV Ads
For some reason, one of the earliest jingles from tv ads that I remember is for Good & Plenty candy. The first part of the jingle was something like:
Choo Choo Charley was an engineer
[then some other lines ???? and then I think it said]:
"He ate Good & Plenty to make his train"
[next was the part that I remember the best]:
Char-ley said "Love my Good & Plentys." Char-ley said " Really rings my bell". Char-ley said "Love my Good & Plentys, Don't know any other candy that I love so well."
-snip- I still feel that this is a wonderfully creative piece of writing. I really like it!
I think I remember this jingle because the character's name was the name of a close family friend; it had an easy to remember pattern, with repeated words, alliteration, and end rhymes.
In addition, the jingle had a catchy tune. And that the line "really rings my bell" was a clever play on the train motif and the colloquial expression of something feeling just right.
To the anonymous [to me anyway] person who wrote this, I say "Bravo!"