Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 28 Apr 22 - 05:01 PM To the tune of Rock of Ages: Chamber's caskets are so fine, Made of sandal wood and pine. When your loved ones have to go, Dial Columbia Triple O. When your loved ones pass away, Have them pass the Chamber's way. Chamber's customers all sing, "Death O Death, where is they sting?" Australian Dennis Tracy and two other members of the group sang this one on the 1979 album "No Man's Land." Liner note: "Perhaps unfortunately, the origins of this little number are obscure. It may once have been a radio advertisement in America." It is a fine performance. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Karenski Date: 17 Mar 21 - 11:43 PM I'd like to build a world of hope And furnish it with love With apple trees and honey bees And snow white turtle doves Its the real thing Its the song of today Its the real thing Coca-Cola It's Coke! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 20 Jan 21 - 09:55 PM Playground Repertoire 1960. The biggest, most burly, 6th grader bully would come up, with his admiring clique of cronies, to a naive 4th grader and ask: "What is the beginning of that cigarette commercial?" The reply from Naïveté was: "Winston taste's good." Upon which bully would pull out the top of his trousers, look down into his pants and reply to the guffaws of his friends: "Hear that Winston?" Sincerely, Gargoyle It is good to round off the rough edges at an early age. Pecking order exists. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember - Nabisco Premium Saltine From: GUEST,Debbie C - guest Date: 20 Jan 21 - 11:28 AM Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dana Date: 16 Nov 05 - 11:40 AM I don't think these have been mentioned: For Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers (circa 1964): Premium Saltines reclosable pack, You open 'em up and you close 'em back. They stay crisp until You get to the very last cracker. Premium Saltine! Hi Dana. Every time I see the package of these crackers this jingle starts running through my brain. I remember it a little differently The first 2 lines are the same as your recollection. But I remember the rest as: No crackers to break up, they're singlely stacked. And they stay crisp to the very, very last cracker. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: clueless don Date: 26 Feb 20 - 06:59 AM I recall "You'll wonder where you've been all night, when you brush your teeth with dynamite". |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Steve Shaw Date: 25 Feb 20 - 12:55 PM "You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!" Or the Crackerjack version: You'll wonder where your teeth all went When you've eaten my experiment! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,jim Date: 25 Feb 20 - 12:28 PM Only top tobacco, straight Grade A Gives them butts clean flavor when they're thrown away! That sun-drenched top tobacco's going to mean That each cigarette butt you pick up is clean -- Chesterfind! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,David Usher Date: 18 Sep 19 - 03:36 AM I learned the Chambers Caskets parody from Joe Hickerson at a house party in the 1970s in St. Louis. I did a show at a library in the south side of St. Louis in the 1980's and met the guy who said that he wrote the lyrics. His name is Jim Sparks. He lived in St. Louis MO. I'm pretty sure he has passed away by now. I did the song and he came running up in shock that anybody knew the song. He said he had been commissioned to write a theme song for the funeral director's convention in New York City in 1939. Here are the words (sung to Rock of Ages): Chambers caskets are so fine, Made of sandal-wood and pine. When your loved ones pass away, Have them pass the Chambers way. Chambers customers all sing, "Death, oh death, where is thy sting?" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: eftifino Date: 31 Oct 16 - 11:37 PM Susan B, it was actually a generic Ad for all types of Tea! 'I like a nice cup of tea in the Morning, Just to start the day, you see Then at half past eleven, then my idea of Heaven is a nice cup of tea. I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner and a nice cup of tea with my Tea, And when it's time for bed, there's a lot to be said for a nice cup of tea." |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Airymouse Date: 31 Oct 16 - 09:46 PM Cantaloupe for breakfast Honey and a bun Get your shoes and stockings on And run, run, run. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 31 Oct 16 - 05:30 PM And just in time for Halloween! Creepy Crawlers are so much fun Playing gags on everyone All you need to make a bug Is a Thingmaker set and electric plug Pour Plasti-Goop right in the mold -- then trade 'em, sell 'em, good as gold! YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE MATTEL: THEY'RE Creepy Crawlers Creepy Crawlers Creepy Crawlers !!!! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Joe_F Date: 19 Oct 16 - 08:38 PM Andy7: You asked me how I knew Raccoon shit was blue. I just turned and said, You have lost your head -- Raccoon shit is red. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 19 Oct 16 - 05:20 PM "Dino, the purple dinosaur" is an earworm that will not exit my head after lo! these many decades. I can't even remember what commercial advertisements his jingle was in. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Andy7 Date: 22 Sep 16 - 03:28 PM They asked me how I knew, It was Esso Blue; I, of course, replied, "With lower grades one buys, "Smoke gets in your eyes." |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Senoufou Date: 22 Sep 16 - 12:26 PM It was to the tune of Michael Finnegan. (posted too soon, sorry) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Senoufou Date: 22 Sep 16 - 12:25 PM This may have been posted already, as I haven't read the whole thread. But does anyone remember the VERY politically incorrect one, "The Esso sign means happy motoring (X3) Call at the Esso sign!" which was repeated by various oval-shaped Esso signs representing various races. eg a Chinese one with pigtails singing "Velly happy motoling" and an African one "De Esso sign mean..." etc. As children we used to sing along with all the racist accents, even pulling our eyes into slits for the Chinese one. (1950's) Oh dear! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Andiliqueur Date: 22 Sep 16 - 02:35 AM "Handle all your coppers in sixpenny lots" 'Give more get change" "Decimilisation decilimi" 1971 |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: leeneia Date: 22 Sep 16 - 01:09 AM Here's one from 1950's Chicago: How, how, how, how, Howard Motors at Southwestern Avenue at 57th Street. How,how,how can Howard do it? The deals just can't be beat. Desoto, Plymouth, used cars too. How,how Howard has the deal for you! How, how, how how Desoto Plymouth on Southwestern Avenue! How, how, how, how at 57th! and Southwestern Avenue. =================== We definitely knew where Howard Motors was after hearing that 2 or 3 times. I read somewhere that Southwestern Avenue is the longest city street in the world. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: eftifino Date: 08 Mar 16 - 07:01 AM Everyones rushing to buy Twining's Tea In a Free-for-all kind of attack. Till a boy and a girl, with a twist and a twirl did endeavor to grab the last pack. But did she give in, Sir? No, not on your life! To make sure of his Twinings, he made her his Wife! Twinings Nectar Tea, the Tea that really is Different. There was a song that started: 'Mondays Child wants ...... and on till; Saturday's child wants melting Mouthfuls. Sunday's Child wants jelly! ( Quickly) Birds Jelly De Luxe! Public Service one that some of it sticks: Baby in a Pram says: Every Saturday Morning, my Mum takes me shopping in a Pram! Being Saturday Morning, everyone's trying to spend their wages by lunchtime, So nobody's giving way for a Pram! And by the time we get down to the road........ (Sounds of Cars whizzing by) a couple of lines later the tag "Crossing With A Pram takes TIME!! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Ged Fox Date: 07 Mar 16 - 02:35 PM Hurrah for Betox What a delightful smell. The stuff that every self-respecting grocer has to sell. The price is right! To cook's delight, how easily it's made; So join the happy members of the Be-e-e-tox Brigade. 1930s Radio Luxemburg? |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: keberoxu Date: 07 Mar 16 - 02:02 PM Come out a-head on a Kawasaki, out a-head on a Kawasaki...can't remember the rest |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Carl Date: 07 Mar 16 - 09:12 AM The ending: When trouble or tears come our way. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Jamie McC Date: 07 Jun 15 - 11:13 AM I may live to regret seeing this thread. There's all sorts popping into my head now! Anyone remember Junglies? Rowntree Junglies are new and nice to eat. With crocodiles and elephants, they're fruit-flavoured jelly sweets. Jungle up a lion, or grab yourself a bear, Lots of jelly animals for everyone to share. Jolly jelly Junglies are new and nice to eat! Or the Tetley Tea Folk folk dance: Tetley - Tetle-etle-ee. Flavour - tasty as can be. Tetley make tea bags. Tetley make tea bags make tea. Or, to the tune of John Peel: Oh we are the lads from Country Life And you can't put a better bit o' butter on your knife. If you haven't any in have a word with your wife And spread it on your toast in the morning. Oh it's Country Life. It's English too. From the cow to the dairy, from the dairy down to you. Oh it's ______? and rich and creamy through and through So spread it on your toast in the morning. Got to stop now - my brain's curdling. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Jamie McC Date: 07 Jun 15 - 11:00 AM Lipsmackin' thirstquenchin' acetastin' motivatin' goodbuzzin' cooltalkin' highwalkin' fastlivin' evergivin' coolfizzin' Pepsi. There was also a parody t-shirt of this that used to be advertised in the back pages of the New Musical Express. I wish I could remember the whole thing but it included stomach-turnin' and nauseacreatin'. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,hruodland Date: 07 Jun 15 - 04:18 AM Further to the Mad Magazine Chesterfield parody Cool Beans mentions, there was a second verse: Only top tobacco, straight grade A, Gives them butts clean flavor when they're thrown away. That sun-drenched top tobacco's gonna mean That each cigarette butt you pick up is clean-- Chesterfind! The piece featured graphics showing a bum asking some pompous rich guy for a dime, getting pushed aside, and then collapsing into the gutter where the cigarette butt the rich guy just tossed aside catches his eye. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Grandpa Tom Date: 22 May 15 - 08:54 PM Franco American spaghetti is the stuff of which kids never get enough of. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Grandpa Tom Date: 22 May 15 - 08:54 PM Franco American spaghetti is the stuff of which kids never get enough of. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dáithí Date: 06 Mar 15 - 09:01 AM You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent! Don't forget the Soreen, Doreen! Don't forget the Fruitgums Mum! Boom boom boom boom - Esso Blue! Opal Fruits - made to make your mouth water! Now you can have dishes as soft as your face - with bright green Fairy Liquid For mash, get Sma-a-a-sh! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Doug Chadwick Date: 06 Mar 15 - 05:30 AM What folk tune went with this old jingle. "Nothing is nicer than a Pendleton's Twicer" I don't think it was set to music. Rather, it took the form of a limerick: There was a young girl from South Bend Who had only twopence to spend What could be nicer Than a Pendleton's Twicer Ice cream with a lolly each end - or as we used to have it, among my friends on the streets of Liverpool: ........................ ........................ What could be nicer Than swiping a Twicer And still having twopence to spend DC |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: PapaTom Date: 05 Mar 15 - 11:33 AM "If you like peanuts and choc'late too, Then Snick, Snick, Snickers is the bar for you!' It's not really a jingle, but I remember watching Super Circus as a child. One of the sponsors was Mars candies, the makers of "Snickers". |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 18 Jan 14 - 08:25 AM What folk tune went with this old jingle. "Nothing is nicer than a Pendleton's Twicer" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Eldergirl Date: 18 Jan 14 - 06:31 AM Anytime, anyplace, anywhere There's a wonderful moment to share It's the bright one,it's the right one, That's Martini! Made in Scotland from girders, unpronounceable toooo Made in Scotland from girders, that's why it's called Irn Bru! TV ad featured a bonnie lassie dashing along the station platform off the train to meet her laddie(I think) and knocking everyone else flying. One of my faves! Feeling - Down Under? (Picture turns itself upside down) That's the time when every true blue Aussie turns to Dexsal. On Brit tv mid 60s, an Aus reply to Alka Seltzer? Watchoutwatchout watchoutwatchout there's a Humphrey about!! Was this the mystery creature nicking milk off the doorsteps? Bring out the Branston! (bit like a football chant) Nice n easy, Nice n easy, the new colour shampoo-in, That looks like it grew in... And Nice Cup Of Tea is an actual song, used t hear it on the Silent Radio back in the 50s.. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,mary Date: 17 Jan 14 - 08:43 PM Digger the dog, Digger he goes with you when you explore. Just pull his leash and go for a walk he's your dog for sure. Where you going Tommy? Walking Digger mom. Aunt Jemima Pancakes without the syrup, Is like the spring without the fall. There's only one thing worse in this universe, and that's no Aunt Jemima's at all. California girls, Coney Island Beach, Rollin in the river, dancin in the street. Surfs up come on down, got so much to choose. I wouldn't let anyone stand in my shoes. Look up America see what we got, Get in the sunny side of livin. Look for the best yeah Live life refreshed, Look for the real thing Coke is Coca Cola It's the real thing. Tippy Tumbles over and over. Tippy Tumbles the whole day through. Look she flips and over she goes. And Tippy stands on her head with you. Lucky Lockit Kiddles See how groovy they look, On a purse or a book. Lucky Lockit Kiddles. They're always doing something new to FAB it's true. Oh FAB we're glad there's action enzyme,lemon freshin borax in you. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: MGM·Lion Date: 18 Jun 13 - 01:52 AM Have we had "Washing machines go better with Calgon"? A recent one, but peculiarly antique in tone ~~ real throwback to the earliest [mid-1950s in UK tv ads]. Have been wondering if this is an attempt to cash in on some sort of nostalgia market, or a bit of advertisers' or agents' ineptitude. Ambivalent about it. One of the best, I recall from those very early days, was the briefest, 10 second 3-worder "Sleep sweeter. Bournvita", with a steaming mug wearing a nightcap. The one that irritates me at the moment [a slogan rather than a jingle] is the bookmaker's one that enjoins in hearty hectoring tones "Don't settle for less!" Less what, exactly? ~M~ |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,ynotmacao Date: 17 Jun 13 - 01:08 PM My favorite Ballantine song/lyric (c. 1965): Why is Ballantine beer like a rocket flight, Why is Ballantine beer like an opening night? Why is Ballantine beer like a marching band, a race that finishes neck and neck (background whinny)...or a ride on a toboggan sli-i-ide? Why is Ballantine beer like a bugle call (background: a piece of reveille), Why is Ballantine beer like a firemen's ball? ...and why is Ballantine beer like a kite in a windy sky? There's more spirit to it, that's why! (tag..."if you want to start living a life that's livelier, live it with spirit!") |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Bettynh Date: 12 Jun 13 - 02:04 PM Beefaroni schoolkids ad |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Don Firth Date: 11 Jun 13 - 03:21 PM How's this for a dip into prehistoric times? I remember in the late 1930s when I was a rug rat, a radio commercial for a laundry soap. Rinse-O. It was a little girl's voice singing "Rinse-O white! Rinse-O white!The singer was a nine-year-old girl who went by the named "Bubbles" Silverman. Some years later, she emerged again, as one of this country's foremost opera singers. But she had undergone a bit of a name change. Now she was known as "Beverly Sills." Don Firth |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dana... Back with ?s from 2005 & 2007... Date: 11 Jun 13 - 01:48 PM Posted what is below back in 2005 and 2007. Never saw a reply that filled in the blank lyrics for most of what I posted, so I figured six years later somebody might jump in (although it appears that the thread sorta died a year ago). Anyhow, here it all is again... Dana Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dana Date: 04 Sep 07 - 12:05 PM I posted the following (see below) in November and December 2005. Then no one posted in the "Jingles you remember" thread again until... February 2007? Is that possible? I'm stilling humming these jingles and interested to hear if anyone remembers the rest of the words, or for that matter, even remembers the jingles period. I really hope that I don't somehow kill the thread again! I'm friendly -honest. :-) Dana Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dana Date: 16 Nov 05 - 11:40 AM I don't think these have been mentioned: For Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers (circa 1964): Premium Saltine reclosable pack, You open 'em up and you close 'em back. They stay crisp until You get to the very last cracker. Premium Saltine! Fig Newton (same era): The one and the only Fig Newton is a very remarkable thing... (don't remember the rest, although the tune's still with me; may have been a girl on a tree swing in the TV commercial; anyone?) It ended with: The one and the only Fig Newton is a very remarkable, very remarkable, very reMARKable thing!" Others have mentioned a couple of sixties-era Chef Boyardee commercials (e.g. the "French school kids" one for Spaghetti and Meatballs: "Come when the bell calls, spaghetti and meatballs"; and, another for Ravioli: "Ravioli, we like ravioli..."). There was a third one in that series, I believe for Beefaroni, featuring "British" school children. I don't know the name of the "English sounding" tune was or all the words, but there was something about "oodles and oodles of big (tasty?) noodles, and beef, tomato and cheese" -- or something like that. But the one I wish had *never* aired was for Del Monte canned juices. I was in fourth grade when this one was popular and my last name was "Belmonte" back then, so you can imagine the rest: Del Monte fruit juice drinks, so fresh, so light. Del Monte fruit juice drinks -- good morning, noon or night! Fill in the gaps where you can. Hope I helped folks remember some more jingles/ads. and... Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Dana Date: 30 Dec 05 - 08:45 AM WOW! Ten years of posting to various web forums and internet newsgroups and I've *never* totally killed a thread anywhere! Until now, it seems. :-) (UPDATE: Twice. In 2005 and 2007.) It's been a month and a half since I tossed in these jingle fragments and not one person has anything to add?!? Gee whiz. I was even on topic in this "off" topic discussion. I'm amazed (and I think I'm talkin' to myself - ack!). I guess I'll just slink back into the darkness, humming a 40 year old TV jingle about canned pasta 'cuz I can't remember the WORDS!!! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Cool Beans Date: 20 Apr 12 - 04:13 PM And then there were the spoofs of LSMFT that kids made up: Loose stomach means full toilet. Let's stop, my finger's tired. Any more? |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: clueless don Date: 13 Apr 12 - 11:12 AM I remember it as "You meet the nicest people on a Honda bike". Also for motorbikes, there was "Discover the swinging world of Yamaha". I certainly remember LSMFT. Don |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: saulgoldie Date: 13 Apr 12 - 06:39 AM Browsed the thread, and it's too long to check, but... LSMFT: Lucky Strike means "Fine Tobacco" "You meet the nicest people on a Honda." This one I think was regional... "I've got a beer mug Yay! But it's empty. Booh! I'm gonna fill it up. Yay! But only half way. Booh! Cause it makes such a big, creamy head. Yay! But soon the mug will be empty. Booh! But I've got seven bottles more of Cott's draft style root beer! Yaaaay!" Saul |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Iona Date: 13 Apr 12 - 12:53 AM Somebody posted the words to the old Shredded Ralston jingle, and I've just about driven myself insane trying to find an original recording (and haven't). Does anybody know of somewhere I could find it? I have reason to believe, from my research that it was performed by the Ranch Boys Trio (compromised of Joe "Curley" Bradley, Jack Ross and Ken "Shorty" Carson). As a side note, Curley played "Pecos" in the Tom Mix radio programs. Shorty was later a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, then the Garry Moore show (which is also terrible hard to find footage of)-- and who knows whatever happened to Jack. ;) I know he did some records of his own, but I haven't researched his career. The Ranch Boys Trio were also featured earlier in the "Pinto Pete and his Ranch Hands" radio show (which can be found at archive.org)....... *laugh* pardon my rambling. The point is, I'm looking for a recording of the Shredded Ralston jingle. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Westbankal Date: 18 Mar 12 - 02:40 PM Does anyone remember this jingle for Franco American Spaghetti? All that stuck with me was this part: Plump Tomatoes, Cheddar Cheese A lively sauce that's bound to please Pretty sure the last line was: "Franco American Spaghetti!" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Lila Date: 22 Sep 11 - 12:35 AM It was: Not bitter, not sweet/ it's a dry flavored treat/ won't you try/extra dry Rheingold beer and Colgate dental cream/ what a toothpaste/ it cleans your breath/ while it cleans your teeth. And then LSMFT Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco and a cigarette add with an auctioneer, ending "Sold American!" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Elmore Date: 21 Sep 11 - 08:51 PM If you wanna look keen and on the beam, smart, and smooth and like a dream, there's one thing you've gotta know, Youth World is the place to go.Youth World,Youth World, Yououth World! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,SRD Date: 21 Sep 11 - 04:07 PM One of my contemporaries used to march down Swanley Village High Street bellowing out "I drinks Idris when I's dry." I don't know if it qualifies as a jingle though. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 21 Sep 11 - 03:40 AM "Come when the bell calls; spaghetti and meatballs; for you and for me; it's Chef Boy-ar-dee!" I think; Curt from Germany |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Jim Dixon Date: 07 Aug 11 - 09:56 PM I thought of this the other day while putting on sunscreen, so I got a little help from Google-- Make the most of moments in the sun. Coppertone makes living in the sunshine fun. You get the quickest tan as you can plainly see 'Cause nothing tans like Coppertone, naturally-- Get the fastest tan that anyone can. Tan, don't burn, get a Coppertone tan! Given what we now know about sunburns and skin cancer, it makes me wonder, what, if anything, those early "suntan lotions" actually did. If it's true that Coppertone allowed you to "get the fastest tan that anyone can," then I infer that it didn't screen out ANY ultraviolet rays. So what did it do? And how did it help you prevent a sunburn? Or did it? |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Joe_F Date: 11 Jan 11 - 08:11 PM You'll stop paying the elbow tax When you start using Ajax. So use Ajax (boom boom) The foaming cleanser (dadadadadada da da), Wash the dirt Right down the drain (bububububububu bu). |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Cool Beans Date: 11 Jan 11 - 11:36 AM Has scratchy throat Got your goat? Here's a pleasant way to relieve it: Get a box of Candettes, Pleasant-tasting Candettes, Try one and you'll believe it. Don't let scratchy throat Get your goat. Get! Can! dettes! |
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