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2lilithcat
Was this inspired by the death of Cliff Freeman? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/business/media/cliff-freeman-dead.html
Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya,
Brylcreem, you'll look so debonair.
Brylcreem, the girls will all pursue ya,
They'll love to get their fingers in your hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6F4GtyRfto
Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya,
Brylcreem, you'll look so debonair.
Brylcreem, the girls will all pursue ya,
They'll love to get their fingers in your hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6F4GtyRfto
4mlfhlibrarian
A million housewives every day
Pick up a tin of beans and say
Beanz meanz Heinz!
Unzip a banana!
Go to work on an egg
Put a tiger in your tank
Pick up a tin of beans and say
Beanz meanz Heinz!
Unzip a banana!
Go to work on an egg
Put a tiger in your tank
7LadyLo
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.
Winston gives you real flavor,
Full rich tobacco flavor,
Winston is easy drawing too,
the filter lets the flavor through,
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.
8Crypto-Willobie
LSMFT
9lilithcat
Don't jingles have to have music?
"A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses."
"A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses."
10mlfhlibrarian
>3 John5918:
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
A finger of fudge is just enough until it’s time to eat
It’s full of Cadbury goodness but very small and neat
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
Cadbury’s was the leading confectionery brand in the UK for many years. My mum used to bring me a fudge bar when she met me from primary school every afternoon.
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
A finger of fudge is just enough until it’s time to eat
It’s full of Cadbury goodness but very small and neat
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
Cadbury’s was the leading confectionery brand in the UK for many years. My mum used to bring me a fudge bar when she met me from primary school every afternoon.
11John5918
We love Jimmy Young,
Six million housewives can't be wrong...
For those on the other side of the Pond, he was a broadcaster hosting light entertainment programmes on the radio aimed at housewives. It's one of those annoying advertising jingles that unfortunately one can't forget.
Six million housewives can't be wrong...
For those on the other side of the Pond, he was a broadcaster hosting light entertainment programmes on the radio aimed at housewives. It's one of those annoying advertising jingles that unfortunately one can't forget.
12John5918
You can't put a better bit of butter on your knife...
It was an advertising jingle for Country Life butter.
Reminds me of Spitting Image's later "nice South African" sketch, which ends with a group of activists bursting in and stabbing P.W. Botha, followed by the refrain, "You can't put a better bit of Botha on your knife".
It was an advertising jingle for Country Life butter.
Reminds me of Spitting Image's later "nice South African" sketch, which ends with a group of activists bursting in and stabbing P.W. Botha, followed by the refrain, "You can't put a better bit of Botha on your knife".
13AlexanderPatico
>7 LadyLo: Pall Mall travels the smoke and makes it mild!
LSMFT: Lucky Strike means fine tobacco!
I’d walk a mile for a Camel.
LSMFT: Lucky Strike means fine tobacco!
I’d walk a mile for a Camel.
14Crypto-Willobie
"Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it!" (margarine commercial)
...although in my elementary school we liked to sing 'with blue vomit on it!'
...although in my elementary school we liked to sing 'with blue vomit on it!'
15John5918
Heineken – Refreshes the Parts Other Beers Cannot Reach
Edited to add: I once saw a short video showing a Heineken lorry driving unimpeded along the M25 motorway with not another vehicle in sight. Since that motorway has been clogged with traffic ever since it first opened, the implication was that Heineken is indeed doing something that no other beer (indeed nobody else) can do. However I can't remember whether that was a genuine Heineken ad or whether it was a spoof.
Edited to add: I once saw a short video showing a Heineken lorry driving unimpeded along the M25 motorway with not another vehicle in sight. Since that motorway has been clogged with traffic ever since it first opened, the implication was that Heineken is indeed doing something that no other beer (indeed nobody else) can do. However I can't remember whether that was a genuine Heineken ad or whether it was a spoof.
16Tess_W
>14 Crypto-Willobie: LOL
Which reminds me of the ad for "Comet" a scouring powder. The jingle went; Comet, it makes you sinks so clean! Of course, the kids sang: Comet, it makes your teeth so green! (Because it was green powder)
Which reminds me of the ad for "Comet" a scouring powder. The jingle went; Comet, it makes you sinks so clean! Of course, the kids sang: Comet, it makes your teeth so green! (Because it was green powder)
18Brazen
Those dirty rings!
You've tried scrubbing them out, soaking them out,
but you can still come out with ...
You've tried scrubbing them out, soaking them out,
but you can still come out with ...
20LadyoftheLodge
"Yipes! Stripes! Beechnuts got 'em! Yipes! Stripes! on Fruit Stripe gum."
"The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals!"
"Double your pleasure, double your fun, with Double Mint, Double Mint, Double Mint gum."
"The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals!"
"Double your pleasure, double your fun, with Double Mint, Double Mint, Double Mint gum."
21nrmay
Mm! Mm! Good! Mm! Mm! Good!
That's what Campbell's soup is,
Mm! Mm! Good!
"Brusha, brusha, brusha.
Get the New Ipana
—it's dandy for your teeth!"
That's what Campbell's soup is,
Mm! Mm! Good!
"Brusha, brusha, brusha.
Get the New Ipana
—it's dandy for your teeth!"
23nrmay
Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime
And grease in just minute
Mr. Clean will clean your whole house
And everything that's in it
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean"
Clearly, I watched too much tv as a kid.
And grease in just minute
Mr. Clean will clean your whole house
And everything that's in it
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean"
Clearly, I watched too much tv as a kid.
24John5918
>23 nrmay:
That one reminds me of Fred Wedlock's comic folk song "The Handier Household Help", which cleans anything. The singer explains how it got its name after rejecting Best Universal Grit Grime and Effluent Remover and also Finest Universal Cleaner Known...
That one reminds me of Fred Wedlock's comic folk song "The Handier Household Help", which cleans anything. The singer explains how it got its name after rejecting Best Universal Grit Grime and Effluent Remover and also Finest Universal Cleaner Known...
25Tess_W
SLINKY!
It's Slinky, it's Slinky,
It's fun, it's a wonderful toy.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun,
It's a wonderful toy.
It's fun for a girl or a boy.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky,
It's fun, it's a wonderful toy.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun,
It's a wonderful toy.
It's fun for a girl or a boy.
26LadyoftheLodge
"From the Land of SkyBlue Waters (echo:waters), comes the water best for brewing (echo: brewing). Hamms, the beer refreshing, Hamms the beer refreshing, Hamms."
"That little old winemaker, ME!" From Italian Swiss Colony wines, also included yodeling and pretty girls on the ads.
We watched a lot of TV!
"That little old winemaker, ME!" From Italian Swiss Colony wines, also included yodeling and pretty girls on the ads.
We watched a lot of TV!
27TempleCat
>26 LadyoftheLodge:
Hamms! Thank you for mentioning that. I've been trying for months to remember the name of that awful product! Upon returning to the States after living in Germany for a few years, I was invited to a backyard barbecue. When I arrived someone handed me a bottle of Hamms Lite. One swig and the rest went discreetly into the bushes in the yard! I hope they survived having been moistened by skyblue waters; that certainly wasn't a real beer that could nourish those plants.
Hamms! Thank you for mentioning that. I've been trying for months to remember the name of that awful product! Upon returning to the States after living in Germany for a few years, I was invited to a backyard barbecue. When I arrived someone handed me a bottle of Hamms Lite. One swig and the rest went discreetly into the bushes in the yard! I hope they survived having been moistened by skyblue waters; that certainly wasn't a real beer that could nourish those plants.
28LadyoftheLodge
>27 TempleCat: Glad to be of assistance! Sometimes those songs from the ads of past years just get stuck in my brain. (And then of course, I have trouble remembering what I have on the agenda for a given day! I have to make a daily "lesson plan" to keep on track! Short term memory? What is that?)
29TempleCat
>28 LadyoftheLodge:
LOL ;-D Me too!
LOL ;-D Me too!
32Tess_W
I am stuck on band-aids, cause they are stuck on me!
Coca-Cola's entire song "I'd Like to Teach the World to sing, in perfect harmony."
Coca-Cola's entire song "I'd Like to Teach the World to sing, in perfect harmony."
33nrmay
See the USA
In your Chevrolet
America is asking you to call!
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
Oh, what a relief it is!
In your Chevrolet
America is asking you to call!
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
Oh, what a relief it is!
34John5918
"My country, my beer" was one of the most effective advertising jingles I've ever seen. The huge South African Breweries had just moved into Kenya and were challenging the local East African Breweries. EAB started an advertising campaign for their premier brand, Tusker lager, using this slogan. Before too long SAB threw in the towel and left the country as they couldn't compete with the patriotic beer drinking inspired by this jingle.
35John5918
>19 John5918:
I bought a packet of gravy powder last week (not an easy thing to find in Kenya!) and was surprised to see that it still has the same slogan on it, "Aah, Bisto".
I bought a packet of gravy powder last week (not an easy thing to find in Kenya!) and was surprised to see that it still has the same slogan on it, "Aah, Bisto".
