Jingles you remember.

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. :-)

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: 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 (tolls?), 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.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Kaleea
Date: 10 Nov 05 - 07:44 PM

Jeepers, I didn't know that! Howz cum I didn't see Bill Cosby on tv commercials promoting there's always room for in your tummy all week?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 10 Nov 05 - 05:14 PM

Hurray!
It's the National Jell-O Week.
Tell everybody you know.
And don't, don't, don't let the week go by
Without J-E-L-L-O!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Econ Man
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 03:49 PM

Remember, Serutan spelled backwards is Natures.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: RangerSteve
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 07:51 PM

Schoolbells ring and children sing "It's back to Robert Hall again,
Mother knows for better clothes it's back to Robert Hall again.
You'll save more on clothes for school,
Shop at Robert Hall.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 12:47 PM

short lived one from McDonalds that has (annoyingly) stuck with me for about 20 yrs...

"Choosey cheese choosers always say CHEESE PLEASE, when they choose the cheese in the cheeseburgers at McDonalds!"


Okay, I didn't say it was good.

B.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,webutler
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 12:43 PM

Does anyone know where I can get mp3's of the Joanie Sommers' Pepsi jingle for "Now It's Pepsi, for Those Who Think Young," and the "Dr. Pepper Time" jingle by Donna Loren?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Bard Judith
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 09:16 PM

You MUST know the Pizza Nova jingle, to the tune of 'Funiculi Funicula'...

Four Three Nine, Oh Oh Oh Oh Pizza Nova
439 oh oh oh oh pizza nova
the (something something) pizza
with real italian flavour, so go and get it now and do yourself a favour so pick up the phone and call us pick up the phone and call us now, call pizza nova pick up the phone and get it now.

439! with the 4 zeros!
439! lots of zeros, pizza nova!
439 oh oh oh oh pizza nova.

(thanks to bdan's ublog for the words)

Subject: Chey-Boy-Ardee Mini Frozen Pizzas
From: GUEST,webutler
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 12:50 AM

Anyone remember a late 60's commercial by the Andrews Sisters for these mini frozen pizzas?

"You just pop em in the oven and there's never any bother, one for brother, one for sister, one for mother, one for father... But if you just want one snack...you put the other three back...

They were dressed in 40's costume singing to a big band beat...

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: clueless don
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 03:46 PM

That GUEST on 11 Oct 05 - 10:55 AM was me. I didn't notice that my cookie had been lost.

Don

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 10:55 AM

Lots of good memories in this latest batch of postings!

GUEST,guest (on 22 Sep 05 - 05:32 PM) mentioned the Swinger. I seem to remember

Meet the Swinger
Polaroid Swinger
It's more than a camera,
it's almost alive!
It's only nineteen dollars
and ninety-five!

I still own a Swinger!

With Janie's Beef-a-Roni jingle, I remember an additional line "Beef-a-Roni's really neat!" I also remember "Hooray! Wheeee! for Chef Boyardi!"

I certainly remember Robert Hall ("We're doing our Christmas shopping, at Robert Hall this year!")

And I want to thank GUEST,scifistratocaster for providing the last part of the Bleach Tabs jingle. I'd been trying to remember that for years.

Don

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 10:36 AM

Pepsi commercial is down in this thread, along with a couple of parodies. Try your computer's "Find" function and type in "Pepsi."

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 02:46 AM

Another venerable old Milwaukee brewer was Schlitz. When I was in the seminary in Milwaukee, they would pay seminarians union scale to work summer jobs - and they could get all the beer they could drink.
But I chose to work at a summer camp.

Let's get together with a glass of Schlitz,
A friendly glass of Schlitz.
Brewed with pride and just a kiss of the hops (smack!)
It puts real gusto into every drop.
So, let's get together with a glass of Schlitz,
A friendly glass of Schlitz.
Real gusto in a great....light....beer!

There was another one with Reddy Kilowatt telling us how to "live better electrically," but I can't remember the rest.


-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Bill
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 08:34 PM

When the values go up, up up
And the prices go down, down, down
Robert Hall this season
Will show you a reason
Low overhead, no overhead

Classic 50's!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 01:09 PM

Here it is, Nick:
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle in the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Teach your eyes to look up
Teach your ears to hear
Walk up to the corner where the coast is clear
And wait
And wait
Until you see the light turn green

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Janie
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 10:12 AM

From the Porter Wagner Show with Flatt and Scruggs...

Black Draught helps you feel fresh and clean inside

Alka-Seltzer, speedy Alka-Seltzer

We're having Beef-a-Roni
Its made with macaroni
Beef-a-Roni's full of meat
Beef-a-Roni can't be beat
Hooray!
For Beef-a-Roni.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 09:56 AM

Robin, Louie the Fly was my grandpa's favourite ad on TV. This what I remember of it:

I'm Louie da Fly, Louie da Fly
Straight from rubbish tip to you.
Spreadin' disease with the greatest of ease,
Straight from rubbish tip to you.
I'm bad and mean and mighty unclean
Afraid of no one, 'cept the man with the can of Mortein!
Hate that word Mortein...
(then sound effects of fly dying) EEEUUW - ARRGGGGGGHHHH!

One spray and Louie the Fly,
Apple of his old mother's eye was Louie,
Poor dead Louie,
Louie the Fly, a victim of Mortein,
MOOOOOOOR - TEEEEEEIN!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 09:18 AM

The famous Auussie Ballad Louie da Fly

I'm Louie da Fly, Louie da Fly
Straight from rubbish tip to you.
I'm bad and mean and mighty unclean
Afraid of no one, except the man with the can of Mortein!

There was another verse, but can't remember it all now...

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 09 Oct 05 - 10:53 AM

You're welcome, Camie,
Now...Does anyone know these missing lines?


Aren't you glad that you're not a bug?
Not even a snug-in-rug bug.
Something something d-Con.
Something something d-Con.
Cause d-Con is dead end for bugs.
Aren't you glad that you're not a bug?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Camie723
Date: 08 Oct 05 - 12:56 PM

I'm constantly amazed at the Internet and its uses. A friend and I thinking about the Reingold Jingle because my grandfather and uncle owned a bar in upper Manhattan. I used to see the pictures of the Reingold Girls in there strung up across the bar, and people would vote on them for the best looking one. (I wonder who looked better after 2 beers!) Anyway, I remember the song so vividly but couldn't get the second line. Thanks Cool Beans for setting it straight...I simply put in Reingold Beer Jingle in the search and voila! 21st Century technology and the record is straight! LOL Thanks, Camie

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From:
Date: 25 Sep 05 - 11:16 PM

I think the lyrics go as follows:

There's love and laughter in the air
It's joyous as can be
Let Christmas light your happy heart
May GE light your tree.

I used to love listening to the commercial as a small kid and even now I still hum it to myself as it reminds me of Christmases past. I think the commercial aired on the radio around 1964 to 1966.

Would you have any idea how one could get a copy of that commercial?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 22 Sep 05 - 05:37 PM

You can trust your car to the man who wears the star
The great big Texaco Star!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 22 Sep 05 - 05:32 PM

Meet the Swinger
the Polaroid Swinger
Swing it up, it says "yes"
Take the shot, count it down
Zip it off!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,scifistratocaster
Date: 15 Sep 05 - 03:06 PM

Swing Jazzy kinda feel.

Reach for a peach.
A peach of a bleach.
Bleach tabs made by Barcolene, Barcolene.
Your going to be washing that new modern way
with Bleach Tabs by Barcolene.
da doodley doodley doodley. (repeat)

Been singing that one for 40+ years.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Sandra
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 03:58 PM

The beautiful

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company...

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:52 AM

Whole thing:

You better get Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie.
It keeps your hair in trim.0
You see it's non-alcoholic, Charlie.
It's made with soothing lanolin.
You better get Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie,
Start using it today
You'll find that you will have a tough time, Charlie
Keepin all those gals away.
Hi ya Handsome!
Keepin all those gals away.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Metchosin
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:47 AM

the Wildroot jingle as far as I can remember

Use Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie,
Start using it today
You'll find you will have a tough time, Charlie
Keepin all those gals away.
Hi ya Handsome!
Keepin all those gals away.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: JennyO
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:44 AM

I remember the first and third ones from Australian telly. I suppose that dates me too!

While on the subject of teeth, who remembers the Colgate ring of confidence?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,DB
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:23 AM

"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"

"Murray Mints, Murray Mints, too good to hurry mints"

and some vacuum cleaner that "beats as it sweeps as it cleans"

All from 50s/60s British telly and all of which probably date me terribly!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From:
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 09:35 AM

Does anyone remember the rest of the Wildroot Cream Oil jingle? It started with:

You'd better get Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie,
Start using it today


Anybody know the rest?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Aug 05 - 04:12 PM

gimme a break
gimme a break
break me off a piece of that kit kat bar

chocolately goodness gonna make my day
everywhere you go you hear the people say

gimme a break
gimme a break
break me off a piece of that-
gotta have a piece of that-
break me off a piece of that
KIT KAT BAR!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: bill kennedy
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 04:10 PM

Jean - here's the missing verse for Little Orphan ANnie

Who's that little chatter box?
The one with pretty auburn locks?
Whom do you see?
It's Little Orphan Annie.

She and Sandy make a pair,
They never seem to have a care!
Cute little she,
It's Little Orphan Annie.

Bright eyes cheeks a healthy glow,
There's a store of healthiness handy.
Mite-size, always on the go,
If you want to know - "Arf", goes Sandy.

Always wears a sunny smile,
Now, wouldn't it be worth a while,
If you could be,
Like Little Orphan Annie?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Paul Burke
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 09:58 AM

BMK BMK carpets
BMK BMK carpets
(boing boing boing)
BMK BMK carpets

and not exactly a jingle:

Who clunch?

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 04:15 PM

That Pepsi commercial prompted a lot of parodies...

Christianity hits the spot.
Twelve apostles, that's a lot!
The Virgin Mary and the Holy Ghost.
Christianity is the most.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 11:56 AM

A small jingle for a local restaurant in Stockbridge, Mass. The geographic description was accurate enough that I was able to find it on my first visit to Stockbridge a few decades ago, although I'm sure the restaurant hasn't been there for quite some time now:

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
Walk right in. It's around the back.
Just a half a mile from the railroad track.
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 11:46 AM

Palisades Park was an amusement park in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City. I never went there, but I was subjected to their jingle many times in my youth:

Palisades has the rides
Palisades has the fun
Come on over
Shows and dancing are free
So's the parking, so gee,
Come on over
Palisades coast to coast
Where a dime buys the most
Palisades Amusement Park
Swings all day and after dark
Ride the coaster
Get cool in the waves of the pool
You'll have fun
So Come on over.

http://www.palisadespark.com/sounds/comeonov.ra (Click here to hear it)

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Jumper
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 12:59 AM

The two missing lines from the Cadbury's Fruit And Nut ad went ...

When you,ve got your feet up,
Then it's time to eat up....
Cadburys....Fruit And Nut.

At least I think that's what Frank Muir used to sing...

Subject: Jingles you remember
From: GUEST,unlogged-in Genie
Date: 22 Jul 05 - 11:30 PM

Tarheel, your post of the Pepsi jingle ("(3)pepsi cola hits the spot,twelve full onces that's lot,twice as much for a nickle too,pepsi cola is the drink for you.
nickle,nickle,nickle,trickle,trickle,trickle:nickle,nickle,nickle,nickle,trickle,trickle,trickle....") brings to mind the kids' parody:
"Pepsi Cola hits the spot,
'Specially when you're on the pot.
(Press the handle?), pull the chain -
There goes Pepsi down the drain."


I'm also trying to remember the Robert Hall jingle from the 1950s. The last two lines were:
"Robert Hall this season will show you the reason:
Low overhead, low overhead."

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Christopher Wren - High River - Alberta - Ca
Date: 22 Jul 05 - 08:53 PM

Are you a Clown, a man about town,
A Cully, a cove, or a Toff?
A Prince a Pharsee, a VVIP,
An Hon. a Rev. or a Prof.?
Whether you answer to a Hi or Ahoy,
A Shout a Salute or a Squeek,
There's no need to look so uncommonly coy
Have you read "Punch" this week?


This was an advert in the London Underground in the 50's

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 21 Jul 05 - 11:46 AM

eight oh oh three two five three five three five
(800 325 3535)

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jul 05 - 01:41 AM

Tarheel remembers miller,(highlife!)...miller, (highlife!) the champaign of bottled beer!!! So do we. But, in the early 1960s, Bev worked on a market research project for Miller Brewing. A lot of respondents said we didn't drink Miller because it's way too expensive. Actually, it cost no more than other beers but the words "highlife" and "champagne" were giving the wrong impression.

They immediately changed their whole advertising approach and started showing people on TV drinking Miller beer at barbeques and bowling alleys, and dressed in work or very casual clothes. They changed their jingle to

When it's time to relax,

One beer stands clear. (beer after beer)

Well if you've got the time,

We've got the beer (Miller beer.)

Which is what Night Wing remembers.

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,Maxman
Date: 21 Jul 05 - 12:29 AM

Hey there Cool Beans,
You missed an important verse in the middle:

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.
--------
Ken-L Ration has lean red meat
and lots of other good things
and when my mother goes to the store
she buys a m(b?)illion cans or more
--------
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.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: tarheel
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 09:59 PM

how about....(1)Eskimo pie,melts in your mouth....
then there's ...(2)miller,(highlife!)...miller, (highlife!) the champaign of bottled beer!!!then.....(3)pepsi cola hits the spot,twelve full onces that's lot,twice as much for a nickle too,pepsi cola is the drink for you.
nickle,nickle,nickle,trickle,trickle,trickle:nickle,nickle,nickle,nickle,trickle,trickle,trickle....(4)woodrow,woodrow,woodrow the famous store for men,if you drop in once,you'll drop in again!....(5)duckhead overalls wear like iron,wear like iron,wear like iron,duckhead overalls wear like iron,best overalls money can buy!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 02:30 PM

I bet I can go back to one that none of you can remember- it was always sung to introduce the, "Little Orphan Annie" show in the-1930s?
Ma K might recall it:

Who's the little chatterbox?
The one with curly auburn locks?
Who can it be" It's Little Orphan Annie!
Bright eyes, cheeks a rosy glow-
Here's a store of healthiness handy;
Mite-size, alway on the go- if you want to know,
ARF! says Sandy
Always wears a sunny smile,
Oh, wouldn't it be worth your while
If you could be
Like Little Orphan Annie?

Not complete- there are three lines following the first three, that I haven't remembered yet, but shall eventually...   Such fun- Jean

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 02:19 PM

Don't cross the street in the middle, in the middle, in the middle, in the middle
In the middle of the block
Teach your eyes to look up
Teach your ears to hear
Walk up to the corner where the coast is clear
And wait...
And wait...
Until you see the light turn green!

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: sian, west wales
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 12:23 PM

You want obscure?   Here's obscure (mid 1960s vintage?)

Most agitator washers hold 16 gallons of water
That's a lot, an awful lot of water,
Takes maximum power for all that water,
and The Max is LOADED with power.

When you wash your clothes with Max, my friend,
They'll look so clean and bright,
With most other powders,
To make them look cleaner,
You'd have to wash them TWICE!

(return to first verse ...)

Why in the world that's stuck with me all these years, I'll never know. Yet I can't remember my mobile phone number for the life of me!

siân

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: clueless don
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 12:14 PM

Genie recalled a Bardahl campaign:

"And Bardahl did a campaign with a Dragnet motif, with 3 cartoon thugs, Blacky Carbon, Gummy Rings, and (IIRC) Sludgy Valves. Bardahl would round 'em up and the ad would end with 'Bardahl does it again!'"

I think it was "sticky valves", but I could be wrong. Here's what I recall of that jingle:

Is Blacky Carbon ridin' with you tonight?
Be sure your engine's running exactly right!
[...can't recall this line...]
Is Blacky Carbon ridin' with you tonight?

If you want to save your engine, now listen here ...
add Bardahl to your oil, he'll disappear.
Blacky Carbon is a coward, and his little game is soured.
Add Bardahl to your oil and never fear!

Bardahl did it again ... Bardahl did it again ...[fades out]

Of course, it may indeed have been "Bardahl *does* it again" - I'm working purely from memory here! Sorry I couldn't remember that one line.

Don

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Cool Beans
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 09:55 PM

Joanie Summers (Sommers?) sang that "Pepsi, for those who think young" commercial.

Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
From: Genie
Date: 15 Jul 05 - 09:37 PM

On the Milton Berle Show the Texaco guys would sing:

"Oh, we're the men from Texaco,
We work from Maine to Mexico,
..."
and the last line was
"The best friend your car has ever had!"

Can't recall the rest of it.

----
Then there was
"Get Wildroot Creme Oil, Charlie

---
And Tareyton cigarettes used the campaign with the folks with the black eyes and the slogan, "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!"

--
And Bardahl did a campaign with a Dragnet motif, with 3 cartoon thugs, Blacky Carbon, Gummy Rings, and (IIRC) Sludgy Valves. Bardahl would round 'em up and the ad would end with "Bardahl does it again!"

---

And on the theme of an-ad-hasn't-done-its-job-if-you-remember-the-jingle-but-not-the-product, I submit the following:

Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops -- (I think, but I'm not very sure)
ba ba ba bum, They're keen!
They're red, blue, yellow too,
ba ba ba bum -- and green!

Some cigarette ad using the oft-parodied slogan, "So round, so firm, so fully packed!"