Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Sep 22 - 09:30 PM

i'm the friendly man who sells good humor ,, the ice cream kids all favor ,, made with ???????

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,Mitchell Berstell
Date: 14 Aug 22 - 02:23 AM

He's your friendly man who sells Good Humor with the taste that kids all favor.

Sorry, that's as much as I think I remember.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jul 22 - 10:30 AM

I think the above comment with fresh whole milk and real milk chocolate for that creamy tasting real good humor flavor is the way to end it! I'm 74 almost 75 and I'm also from New Jersey and that's the way I remember the song!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Nov 20 - 02:26 AM

Good Humor lyric missing “made with fresh whole milk and rich milk chocolate”

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: Acorn4
Date: 25 Apr 19 - 05:06 AM

I certainly think we could do with him on Mudcat sometimes!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 25 Apr 19 - 03:40 AM

Am I alone in immediately thinking of Tom Lehrer's dope peddler song when I saw the thread title?
(For all I know the GUEST who resurrected the thread may be linking to dope peddlers, I haven't clicked (and won't click) the link.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Apr 18 - 07:29 PM

This week I walked to the counter at a drug store. I had a Good Humor popsicle in one hand a money in the other. I asked the cashier if she knew the song. She didn't know they had one. Right in front of her and her customers I sang the first 2 lines. They were the only ones I remembers. I'm 75 now but when I was a kid I used to ride on the truck in the streets around my house in New Jersey.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 01 Nov 17 - 09:06 AM

I sent an inquiry through the inquiry resource on the Good Humor website. I also discovered some lyrics other ones than above. (Different tune, too, probly.) And somewhere in there are some very racist lyrics and catch phrases. Also, there is apparently a movie. Wow! Folklore! It sure are instresting!

Saul

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 01 Nov 17 - 07:59 AM

Wow! I never knowed about this ditty. Or maybe I did know, but forgot?? (That's been happening a bit these days.) Anyhoo, I think I'll want to master it, cause...I actually drove a Good Humor truck for part of a Summer, once. Instresting story, that...

Saul

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: Lighter
Date: 01 Nov 17 - 07:35 AM

Seems to me it closely resembled "The Wreck of Old '97."

Of course, I haven't heard it since ca1956.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 31 Oct 17 - 02:52 PM

I can't find the melody anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where to look?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,Ncpd2320
Date: 23 Jul 13 - 12:43 AM

Last line: "it's the ice cream kids all favor

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,joerose1
Date: 02 Jul 12 - 02:08 PM

I'm the friendly man who sells Good Humor
The ice cream kids all favor
Made with pure sweet cream and fresh fruit only
For that creamy tasting real lip smacking flavor
I've got ice cream on a stick
"Can I have a little lick?"
I've got Humorettes and ice sticks that are whopping
I've got cups large and small
"I like chocolate best of all"
Even sundaes topped with rich, deliciou topping
I'm the friendly man who sells Good Humor
The ice cream kids all favor
Made with pure sweet cream and fresh fruit only
It's the ice cream with that real Good Humor flavor

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 05:51 PM

Made with fresh whole milk...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: Cool Beans
Date: 02 Aug 07 - 06:40 PM

I'm the friendly man
Who sells Good Humor,
The ice cream kids all favor.
Made with pure sweet cream
And fresh fruit only,
It's the ice cream with that
Real Good Humor flavor.
Oh boy!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: Cool Beans
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 04:53 PM

Thanks DAD. You're definitely on the right track. "Pure sweet cream and fresh fruit only" feels right but "guaranteed" just doesn't sound familiar.
And "humour," while we're at it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,cookieless DADGBE
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 12:13 PM

OK, after a night's sleep, the final line:
(first of all, remove that 'For that')

It is guaranteed to have that real Good Humor flavor
(That's 'flavour' for you folks on the other side.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: GUEST,cookieless DADGBE
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 02:57 PM

Wow, that brings back some old memories! Let's see now,

Made with... pure sweet cream and fresh fruit only


I don't remember the next line. Maybe there's a person who was alive back then and is still memory unimpared who could help.

Subject: Lyr Req: The friendly man who sells Good Humor
From: Cool Beans
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 08:28 AM

It was a TV comemrcial for Good Humor ice cream in the 1950s. I'm missing some lines..

I'm the friendly man
Who sells Good Humor,
The ice cream kids all favor.
Made with...
And...
For that...
Real Good Humor flavor.
Oh boy!