Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: ray bucknell Date: 24 Feb 04 - 07:52 PM Wow! I knew Paxton had written "My Dog's Bigger..." but had no idea that Tom Glazer was behind the Castro Convertible jingle that I do remember vividly (with Bernadette Castro as a small child pulling out the bed on the TV commercial, many years before her gig as New York State Parks Commissioner). Also didn't know that the late great Bob Gibson wrote or sang jingles. That Vermont Maid one may have been a little before my time. The Kingston Trio did a series of 7-UP commercials way back when Dave Guard was still in the group. I don't remember hearing them on the air either, but they're included on the "Capitol Years" boxed set of KT material. 'Ray |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Cool Beans Date: 24 Feb 04 - 06:47 PM Clueless Don, you;ve triggered a long-dormant memory: There's nothing in the world (There's nothing in the world) That cleans so clean (That cleans so clean) As Liquid (liquid) Barcolene! (Barcole-en!) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: clueless don Date: 24 Feb 04 - 05:09 PM I only just stumbled onto this thread, and it has been a real trip down memory lane. I once ran a "TV jingles and theme songs" workshop at the Folklore Society of Greater Washington mini-festival, but I think I'm strictly an also-ran when it comes to remembering jingles! Four comments: 1. Mark Cohen (19 Oct 02 - 05:45 AM) made note of Hey, get your cold beer, get your ice cold Ballantine Beer It's the beer that's crisp and icily light Clear cold taste that's precisely right Frosty, lively, crystally clear The crisp refresher, Ballantine, Ballantine Beer Here's the way I remember it from the Washington DC area: To be crisp, a beer must be icily light with true lager flavor precisely right lively golden, crystally clear the crisp refresher (duh duh duh duh duh duh) Ballantine, Ballantine beer! Heeeeeeey, get your cold beer! Heeeeeeey, get your Ballantine Heeeeeeey, get your cold cold beer get your ice-cold Ballantine beer! 2. Giac (19 Oct 02 - 12:50 PM) mentioned "Looky, looky, looky, Here comes Cookie, Cook's Pest Control." My mother-in-law taught my daughter a song that goes "Looky, Looky, Looky, Here comes [or maybe "there goes"] Cookie, Walking down the street". I'm betting that Giac's Pest Control ad derives from that song. 3. freightdawg (19 Feb 04 - 06:45 PM) mentioned Burma Shave signs. I once actually saw a genuine, for real Burma Shave sign series(it was in the sixties, while my dad was driving us to Atlantic City NJ.) It wasn't terribly memorable, went like this: King Henry VIII Sure had trouble Short term wives Long term stubble Burma Shave 4. Finally, here is one that has stuck in my mind since the sixties: Reach for a peach a peach of a bleach new Bleach Tabs by Barcoleen I'm not sure of the spelling of "Barcoleen", and I don't believe the product exists anymore. Don |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: SueB Date: 24 Feb 04 - 03:05 PM I'm Chiquita Banana, and I come to say Bananas got to ripen in a certain way When they are flecked with brown and have a golden hue Bananas taste the best and are the Best for you Ai Ai Ai AI you can put them in a salad Ai Ai AI AI you can put them in a pie Any way you want to eat them It's impossible to beat them (missing words and then) You must never put bananas In the refrigerator!! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Bill D Date: 24 Feb 04 - 11:59 AM completing one from above and adding a couple: "I'd walk a mile for a mild, mild, Camel, they're so mild they suit you to a 'T'" "Luckies taste better, cleaner, fresher, SMOOTHer" (kinda chanted, rather than sung) and the Jello jingle, written especially for Fanny Bryce on the "Baby Snooks Show" as far as I know..to approximately the tune of "The Hinky-Dinky Spider" "Oh, the big red letters stand for the Jello fam-i-ly, The big red letters stand for the Jello fam-i-ly.. Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry, Orange, Lemon & Lime! My Daddy LIKES it!" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 24 Feb 04 - 11:16 AM I'm a secret lemonade drinker.......R.Whitessssssssssssssss |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Cool Beans Date: 24 Feb 04 - 08:24 AM Real folksingers did commercials, which how I first heard folk music. The Mobil commercial alluded to above, the one about the rocker arm assembly? I believe it was sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Then there's this one written by Tom Paxton: My dog's bigger than your dog, My dog's bigger than yours. My dog's bigger 'cuase he eats Ken-L Ration My dog's bigger than yours. And this, written and sung by Tom Glazer, aired in New York for about 40 years and taugh generations the word "incontrovertible": Who was the first to conquer space? It's incontrovertible That the first to conquer living space Was a Castro Convertible Who conquers space with fine design? Who saves you money all the time? Who's tops in the convertible line? Castro Convertible. And this from the 1950s, written and sung by Bob Gibson: A cagey old pirate who lived in a tree Loved syrup much better than golden jewelry. He buried his treasure chest out in the glade Filled with real maple syrup by Vermont Maid So learn well this lesson from my serenade: There's no finer syrup than sweet Vermont Maid It's naturally flavored with the very best grade Of real maple sugar -- that's my Vermont Maid. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: alison Date: 24 Feb 04 - 02:53 AM theyrrrrrrrrre grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!! (Kelloggs Frosties with Tony the Tiger) toffo - a mans gotta chew what a mans gotta chew OOO-ER shouldn't be allowed (Pat Coombes voice over for Hi Karate aftershave) I knew a different Milky Bar ....(and have you tried the ones with mashed cookies in them?..... mmmmm) the Milky bar kid is strong and tough and only the best is good enough the creamiest milk the whitest bar the goodness thats in Milky bar show 'em the hunny mummy (honey monster for sugar puffs) there was one for sausages from Cookstown in N.Ireland.... I can still see the man wafting down the stairs following the smell to the kitchen..... "no one can resist the cookstown sizzle) slainte alison |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Cluin Date: 24 Feb 04 - 02:31 AM One for Yamaha motorcycles, an adaptation of the Mark Lindsay song "Silver Bird": Ya-ma-ha! Won't you fly me away Ya-ma-ha! Take me into the day Ya-ma-ha! Come and give me a ride And let us go see what's on the other side Ya-ma-ha! Won't you fly me away Ya-ma-ha! Today is the day |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 23 Feb 04 - 11:11 PM I'm holding a cassette of 50 old time radio commercials... I haven't read this whole thread, so I don't know if others have something similar. Kinda fun to listen to every eleven years.. Jerry |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,KT Date: 23 Feb 04 - 11:05 PM Celtaddict, also this one: Buckle up for safety, buckle up, Buckle up for safety, always buckle up. Pull your seat belt snug, give an extra tug, Buckle up for safety, everybody buckle up. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Splott Man Date: 23 Feb 04 - 07:36 AM "Raelbrook Poplin -the shirt you don't iron" "Murraymints, Murraymints, the too good to hurry mints" "This is carpet you can afford by Cyril Lord." This is beginning to hurt... and I made post No 100 again! "Id like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" stop me somenone.... |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Compton Date: 23 Feb 04 - 07:12 AM "Do the "Shake and Vac" and put the freshness back," How the hell did we forget that one ! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: ray bucknell Date: 22 Feb 04 - 07:26 PM The complete Buster Brown jingle (I think) was: "Does your shoe have a boy inside? What a funny place for a boy to hide. Does your shoe have a dog there too? A dog and a boy and a foot in a shoe. Well the boy is Buster Brown, and the dog is Tighe, his friend. And they're really just a picture, but it's fun to play pretend. So, look, look, look in the telephone book for the store that sells the shoe with the picture of the boy and the dog inside so you can put your foot in too!" In the New York area, we had Schaefer beer sponsoring many of the baseball games: Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one! (stuff tasted so bad I don't know how anybody could get past the first one). |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Lil Dog Turpy Date: 22 Feb 04 - 06:17 AM I'm amazed no one has this one yet. I can not think of this tune without the words .... Just one Cornetto, Geeeve eeeet to me. Delicious ice cream From Italy The nut and chocolate dream Give me Cornetto, From Wall's ice cream Sung in a very cheesy italian accent while two gondolas approach each other in Venice. The man singing to the woman in the other gondola as they approach and as they pass each other .... he grabs her cornetto. Robin |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: The Shambles Date: 22 Feb 04 - 05:36 AM What a sad lot........... Does Pepsodent still exist? If not it would seem to be a great marketing idea to revive this product (and perhaps many of the others)? For those old enough to remember it - the name alone would bring back the jingle and no further advertising would ever be required. But of course the current 'ad' people are too young to remember. Accepting of course that those old enough to remember Pepsodent do still have their own teeth to brush. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 21 Feb 04 - 08:54 PM Weebles wobble but they don't fall down. Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow Miaow |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,TheOldMole Date: 21 Feb 04 - 08:34 PM SHE: Baby bring me Barricini, it's the chocolate I adore HE: Bring your baby Barricini and she'll love you so much more SHE: Oh, what a lovely package... HE: Barricini's where it's from SHE: Barricini's gifts are candy, Oooooh, gimme gimme gimme gimme some HE: Bring your baby Barricini SHE: I won't let you in the door Unless you bring me Barricini HE: It's the chocolate she'll adore SHE: Don't be a meanie...bring me Barricini |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: ranger1 Date: 21 Feb 04 - 08:23 PM A slinky, a slinky for fun, it's a wonderful toy! It's fun for a girl and a boy! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Compton Date: 21 Feb 04 - 07:24 PM "Now hands that wash dishes can feel soft as your face with mild green Fairy Liquid" "All the dirt, All the grit, Hoover gets at every bit, Hoover beats as it sweeps as it cleans" Birds Eye Peas, Sweet as the moment when the pod went (Cue Patsy Kensit)Pop! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Amos Date: 21 Feb 04 - 05:38 PM Wheaties -- the Breakfast of CHAMPIONS!!! Colgate Toothpaste, with Gardol -- The Invisible Shield!!! Who Ate My Post Toasties???? Keebler Cookies, Tareytons, Kents, Irish Spring, Buick, the list goes on forever..... A |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,guest Date: 21 Feb 04 - 04:35 PM Three little pigs singing "Morell pure lard,Morell pure lard,Morell pure laaard" Mackeson,looks good,tastes good and by golly it does you good. Fisons evergreen 80,makes gardening a little bit more like fun, aarh. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: John MacKenzie Date: 21 Feb 04 - 04:21 PM The flavour's locked in with Jello crystals The Esso sign means happy motoring You wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent You're never alone with a Strand Mighty meaty matey, they're Drings Cool as a Mountain stream, Consulate Lees Lees Lees if you please Look at jus crawling we're down on our knees Fot picaninnies, and Grandpapas There's nothing so nice as Lees Macaroon bars We are the Ovaltineys, happy girls and boys. etc.etc. John |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,shona Date: 21 Feb 04 - 02:45 PM From our local radio station: "North East Scotlands best mix of Moooosic, NECR!" (its North East Community Radio!) "Danish Bacon Danish Bacon Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Yum!" :) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,JTT Date: 21 Feb 04 - 01:07 AM There was a sausage ad on the radio in Ireland sung to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance and widely sung in a more suggestive way by listeners: Double wrappers for double protection Double wrappers for double protection And if your grocer should make a suggestion Say "No, it's Donnelly's skinless for me." Isn't it amazing when you look at the ads people quote, how many of them are products that have survived and gone on to world domination? It shows how advertising works! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Celtaddict Date: 20 Feb 04 - 11:06 PM KT and Mark, there were more in the Public Service Buckle Up campaign. Buckle up for safety, buckle up, Buckle up for safety, always buckle up. Show the folks you care By the belt you wear Buckle up for safety, everybody buckle up. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Bill D Date: 20 Feb 04 - 02:42 PM how did I miss this thread? Looking at the dates, it must have been Getaway weekend... anyway... "to "Sweet Betsy from Pike" "I'll tell you a story you'll never forget, A story about you and YOUR cigarette. Enjoy smoother smoking, choose wisely, choose well; Relax and enjoy yourself, light a Pall Mall." Pall Mall, Pall Mall, Choose longer and finer and milder Pall Mall. ------------------------------------------------------------------ "You'll ride with pride when you ride with Rayco Seatcovers in your car. By golly, they're HUM-dingers..('hum' is drawn out) The best looking covers by far. Rayco rides the best, Rayco wears the best, Rayco IS the best by far.. By golly, they're HUM-dingers.. Rayco seat covers in your car!" ---------------------------------------- and, to enlarge on the Halo shampoo lines Giac posted.. "Halo, everybody, Halo Halo is the shampoo That glorifies your hair So Halo, everybody, Halo! Halo, everybody, Halo.. Halo means natural beauty, The first time that you use it- Needs no special rinsing, After you USE it, So Halo, everybody HA-lo.." |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: brid widder Date: 20 Feb 04 - 01:31 PM I remember the pepsodent jingle we used to sing You'll wonder where your front teeth went when you brush your teeth with Earles Cement |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 20 Feb 04 - 01:16 PM Thanks, thats the tune....now in my head for the rest of the weekend no doubt. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Compton Date: 20 Feb 04 - 12:32 PM Guest...I think the tune was "I Can't let maggie go!...She flies through the air, etc. Wasn't there an Esso Blee Dooler? Bing Crosby did the Shell Ad....(or some one who sounded like him!) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 19 Feb 04 - 07:42 PM We are the ovalteenies Happy girls and boys........... It's Amazin what raisins can do.......... And one for Nimble? bread with a woman in a hot air balloon singing something that escapes me...up,up and away in my beautiful balloon maybe? Watch out there's a humphrey about. (ok not sung.) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: freightdawg Date: 19 Feb 04 - 06:45 PM Let's don't forget the one's that predate the telly... At the curve... the car was whizn... the fault was hers... the funeral hizn... Burma Shave At the school yard... take it slow... let our little... shavers grow... Burma Shave For those who never saw them (myself included), these were road signs placed every so many feet apart. Apparently in the midwest they were immensely popular as they broke up the monotony of a long car trip. I have a book with the complete collection. Some are really hilarious Freightdawg |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST,Patilou Date: 19 Feb 04 - 05:18 PM My father swore this was the first singing comercial `Socks, socks, here we are upon the air. `Oh! We're the Interwoven pair of socks, socks! Then there's that wonderful ditty: `Come away with me Lucille, in my merry Oldsmobile, etc. `My name is Buster Brown, and I live in a shoe, my dog is Tighe, and he lives in here too. Dream girl, dream girl! Beautiful Lustercreme girl, you clean your crowning Glory too with Lustercreme Shampoo |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: RangerSteve Date: 21 Oct 02 - 09:37 PM Two masterpieces of bad sentence structure from Burger King: Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, Special orders don't upset us All we ask is that you let us Have it your way. And: Our new Whaler, gentle fish is Cook just right, so it's delicious All we ask is that your wish is Have it your way. A Pepsi parody from my childhood: Pepsi Cola hits the spot In your stomach it will rot Tastes like beer, tastes like wine, (Shouted)OH MY GOSH, IT'S TURPENTINE! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: GUEST Date: 21 Oct 02 - 04:30 PM The minute you walked in the joint I could tell you were a man of distinction a real big spender Good looking, so refined I figured that you're the Mureil Cigar smokin' kind So let me get right to the point You're in style when you're in Muriel's company Hey big spender Spend a little dime with me |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Wyrd Sister Date: 21 Oct 02 - 02:32 PM A million housewives every day Pick up a tin of beans and say "BEANZ MEANZ HEINZ!" As a really (nowadays) un-PC famine joke we used to sing "A million ********* every day Pick up a tin of beans and say One for you, one for me...." |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: PageOfCups Date: 21 Oct 02 - 01:57 PM Oh, geez. Now I've got a bunch of them running around my brain & they won't stop til I type them up. If you are nice people and want me to help me retain my sanity, you'll fill in the missing words... Mobil: We're the rocker arm assembly, Assembly, assembly, We're the rocker arm assembly And we don't like dirt! A detergent gasoleeeeeene Helps keep your engine running smooth and cleeeeeeen - It's Mobil, oh 'tis Mobil gasoline! The STP commercial (sung to the tune of the Toreador song from Carmen) STP! You need some STP! One little can keeps it running free! [something], cooler, quieter, more precise, [something something something] nice [something something] we all agree The best is STP! Shell (I think): Bringin' home the oil me boys, Bringin' home the oil, Workin' all around the world Bringin' home the oil, [something] on a giant ship, [no clue this line here] Sailin' into Bantry Bay Bringin' home the oil. Hamm's beer: From the land of sky-blue waters - (echo: wa-ah-ters) Comes the water best for brewing Hamm's the beer refreshing Never stops refreshing you... Bay gasoline: [there's a verse before this] When you're driving down that superhighway It's a great feeling to know Bay is designed to match Michigan weather, Whether it's hot or cold! Bay gasoline has Dow Get Dow knowhow Get Dow knowhow with every drop of Bay! Chef Boyardee: At lunchtime the bell tolls Spaghetti and meatballs For you and for me From Chef Boyardee! Yipes! Stripes! Beechnut gum! Oh, and I learned the Empire jingle (988-2300 Empire!) from spending way too many hours taping _The Wild Wild West_ off of WGN. Thread creeplet: anybody know all the words to that Jimmeny Cricket safety movie we had to watch in grade school? The chorus went: I'm no fool, nosirree I'm gonna live to be 33! [number got larger each verse] Let's play safe for you and me, 'Cause I'm no fool! I really, really need to get to work!!! PoC |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Mudlark Date: 21 Oct 02 - 01:47 PM Guest, KT...Thanks (I think) for giving the whole Crm/Wht song...will take it to next music get-together. (I used to know a jazz group in the 50's that used the "So use Ajax, boom boom, the foaming cleanser, etc. as a riff in a lot of songs). And Metchosin...thanks for the Bosco number...AND the parody, which I agreed with wholeheartedly as a kid. Even the word makes my lip curl. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: 53 Date: 21 Oct 02 - 11:34 AM Snap, Crackle, Pop, is the rice krispie jingle. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Fibula Mattock Date: 21 Oct 02 - 11:25 AM gasp! I think you may be right! For the life of me, I couldn't remember, but that rings a bell alright. Que sera sera. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Skipjack K8 Date: 21 Oct 02 - 11:14 AM Fibs, I think it was Findus steakhouse burgers. Que sera! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 21 Oct 02 - 11:11 AM For mash get smash.john |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Fibula Mattock Date: 21 Oct 02 - 06:28 AM "..will it be mushrooms? fried onion rings? you'll have to wait and see Hope it's chips, it's chips I hope it's chips, it's chips..." Is there anyone in the UK who doesn't remember this? Is there anyone who actually remembers what it was advertising? (Clue: it wasn't chips, apparently.) |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Nigel Parsons Date: 21 Oct 02 - 06:20 AM "Do the Shake 'n' vac and put the freshness back Do the Shake 'n' vac and put the freshness back When your carpet smells fresh your room does too" |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Mark Cohen Date: 20 Oct 02 - 09:48 PM Good ones, KT...I only got 5 of them: Tan don't burn.......get a Coppertone tan MMM, MMM good.....Mmm, Mmm, good, that's what Campbell's soups are, Mmm, Mmm, good. Everybody doesn't like something....but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee Buckle up for safety, buckle up......Buckle up for safety, always buckle up, Put your mind at ease, tell your riders please, buckle up for safety, everybody BUCKLE UP! (Original: Buckle down, Winsocki) It's not fried, it's.....Shake 'n' Bake. And I helped! (In a very thick Southern accent) Aloha, Mark |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: RangerSteve Date: 20 Oct 02 - 09:41 PM Dida, that was Maxwell House coffee. A brand that doesn't exist anymore, Spattini Spaghetti Sauce had someone singing their name to "La Donna E Mobile". Unfortunately, I heard the jingle before I new it was a real song, and 40 years later, the song still reminds me of the commercial. Just like William Tell and the Lone Ranger. |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: khandu Date: 20 Oct 02 - 08:48 PM "Where ever wheels are turning, No matter what the load, The name that's known is Firestone, Where the rubber meets the road."...and... "The moment you walked in the room, I knew you were a man of distinction, a real big spender, Hey, Big Spender, spend a little time with me" Aqua Velva ad (mid-60's) k |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Deda Date: 20 Oct 02 - 08:40 PM Let's have another cup of coffee, Yes let's have a cup of Nescafe. Years after knowing this as a commercial I found out that there was a previous actual SONG that went, "Let's have another cup of coffee, And let's have another piece of pie." Then there was the percolator commercial, that showed coffee bubbling up into the glass top of a percolator -- the first couple of coffee-bubbles had a soundtrack of sort of musical "blup -- blup, blup --- blup, blup, blup" which then transmogrified into a tune. I can remember the tune but not what kind of coffee it was! |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Nigel Parsons Date: 20 Oct 02 - 03:31 PM Early on in this thread the Watneys' ad was parodied. the original was "Drink Red Barrell near or far In pub or club or any bar It's always good wherever you are Drink Watneys keg Red Barrell" (An advert extolling the virtues of a 'plasticised pint'???) One manufacturer of 'Club'(chocolate coated biscuits) had the jingle "If you want a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our Club" Unfortunately this was quicly parodied as: "If you want a lot of lipstick on your dipstick, join our club!" Nigel |
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember. From: Amos Date: 20 Oct 02 - 02:26 PM Gee, Linn -- what were you really trying to say with that costume? Fork you all?? :>) A |
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