Not really a jingle but one of the finest ads which ever appeared was for the 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible.

The ad showed a white car on a white background with a really classy model dressed in red exiting the car through the open rear door.

The car was outlined on the white background by its fender trim.

The only caption was this:

"Count the doors"

Beautiful the and beautiful now.

I remember back in the salad days my 1965 model which on a cloudy day I parked in front of The Harbour on Mass. Thhis car was equipped with the optional rain sensor which would put up the top automatically if it statrted to rain which it did while I was enjoying a brew or two in that revered watering hole.

Just as some guy who was really loaded went out through the front door, a raindrop hit the sensor and things began to happen!.

The deck lid rose, the deck lid flap folded under, the top raised and latched itself down, the deck lid closed and latched, the windows went up and the doors locked.

Well, this poor guy was leaning on a parking meter watching all this and turned right around and went back into The Harbour.

I liked'ta died laughing!

http://www.hubcapcafe.com/i/2003/whitiker_lincoln/linc6701.JPG

Oh forgot this one; only folks that lived out west will remember it.

Raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...nieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer...Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!

I'm Mister Plow - that's my name.

That name again is Mr. Plow.

First management something for everyone...

ok but seriously now, I'd like to by the world a coke

you've come a long way, baby...to get where you got to, today; you've got a new cigarette now baby, you've come a long long way!

was that virginia slims? can't remember but do recall the song! :0

"N-E-S-T-L-E-S....... Nestle's Makes the Very Best................ Chocolate".

"Call Roto-Rooter!

That's the name!

And away go troubles, down the drain!

Roto-Rooter!"

"Rice-A-Roni!

The San Francisco treat!"

"C&H!

(Pure cane sugar!)

From Hawaii!

(Growin' in the sun!)......."

ALERT !!! This entire post has not one raving post from BOZO !!!!! I guess there must not be a shred of racicism in commercial jingles. Otherwise, he would be here telling everyone how pathetic we are.

I hereby declare this a BOZO Free blog. all clear.

beatrice (Anonymous) says:

"O-O-O-O'Reilly"! - yep, gotta sell him like the Cheeze Whiz that he is."

No, more for exposing the Cheese Whiz of the far-left Cheez-Wizards.

Dang, Marion-- I was scrolling down, incredulous that nobody had posted, "See the USA In Your CHEVrolet!!" when I finally came to your post with that one. I was all ready to add it myself.

That, and the Pepsodent jingle (supplied by Judith, who was actually on the street rather than on a computer), have such wonderful associations attached to them. I was so little! Life was so grand!

Another fave from that era: Mr Bubble--the one in which the little boy taking a bubble bath tries to fool Grandma by making a bubble beard and putting on a hat and a fake voice ("How do you do, madame?") when she comes into the bathroom to check on him. Grandma plays along by running out, grabbing the phone, and shouting, "Operator! Operator! There's a MAN in my bathtub!!" Then she scoops him up, all sudsy, in a big towel, and says, "You little rascal!"

I don't remember if there was even a jingle with it--we kids just cracked up at the old lady's plea to the operator. It became a catch phrase with us for years. We would prank call random numbers and shout, "Operator!...etc.." Ah.. prank calls that could go undetected... Kids today don't know what they're missing. ;-)

Other than that... y'all seem to have covered most of the best. Good job.

"Show us your Lark!"

"I'd rather fight than switch!"

"LSMFT means..................................."

"Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?"

labmonkey (Anonymous) says:

One thing I hate is when advertisers use songs that you love for their commercials:.then you start to dislike the song because it reminds you of a product. I hate the fact that a song I love, "Right Now," by Van Halen still makes me think of Crystal Clear Pespi or when Skynyrd sold themselves to Budweiser by letting them use "Simple Man."

Or when they started using the song "Anticipation" from Carley Simon (right?) for ketchup commercials.

Well....the perverse things you could come up with to answer the following question made it a good jingle:

"What would you do-oooo-oooo for a Klondike bar?"

One thing I hate is when advertisers use songs that you love for their commercials....then you start to dislike the song because it reminds you of a product. I hate the fact that a song I love, "Right Now," by Van Halen still makes me think of Crystal Clear Pespi or when Skynyrd sold themselves to Budweiser by letting them use "Simple Man."

Oh yea...the worst jingles ever.... a tie between "I'm a Ford Truck Man," and "This is ourrrrrrrrrr country."

Do any of you remember "Tee-a-wan-na smalls" from the early 1960's.

One for the road baby, for you baby, You know who you are, You know who you are.

Wow, some of you old people are reeeeeeeally showing your age.

Cheese, Glorious Cheese! Go ahead...pour it on!

Get a little closer! Don't be shy! Get a closer with Arrid Extra Dryyyy!!!!

Moderate:

I heard those underarm noises al the way the here!

What would your mother say?

In the meantime.................

"See the USA in your Chevrolet!"

Ren & Stimpy, eh?

Pooooooooooooooooowdered Toast Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(not a jingle, but a classic--I loved the fact that he flew backwards)

Here's another oldie, and (not-somuch) goodie...

"Clap on clap clap Clap off clap clap Clap on, clap off... the clapper"

ugh... I knew these things would be running through my head all day.

Darn you, sgtwolverine! I can't get that stupid Empire telephone number out of my head!!! Agh!!!

588-2300 Empire! 588-2300 Empire! 588-2300 Empire! 588-2300 Empire! 588-2300 Empire! HHEEELLLPPPPP!

It's Log, it's Log, It's big, it's heavy, it's wood; It's Log, Log, Better than bad, it's good! Everyone wants a Log, You're gonna love it Log, Everyone needs a Log, It's Log, Log, Log!

(from Blammo)

/apologies to any Ren and Stimpy fans if I messed up the words a little....

I remember hearing this catchy little jingle in the 60's on Wichita's KFDI AM country station during drives to visit my grandparents. It took me years to finally remember the whole thing.

Keep your windows up, your temper down, As you drive real cool all over town. In the heat, on the street, on the hot highway, Drive air conditioned with A-R (pause), Air conditioned with ARA.

I agree with the popular consensus here: I refuse to EVER eat at either Spangles or Pizza Street solely based on their jingles. Never. How's that for marketing? Oh, and someone needs to stop Payless Furniture Outlet too...no jingles, just the worst commercials in history!

As for the good side, the Goldfish jingle, of course!

"I love gold fishes 'cause they're soooo delicious! Got goldfishes!"

consumer1 (Anonymous) says: My All time favorite. Gootsie got some bootsie...........

....yeah, a real "riot"............eyeroll

My All time favorite.

Gootsie got some bootsie she shake it like a hootsie git it, git it, don't try to hit it. She hit you in a nose knock down yer hose Then shake it like a prose

Get Gootsie today !!

Crest has been shown to be an effective decay preventive dentrifice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.

Not a jingle but forever etched in my brain nonetheless...

2 jingles/commercials that make me want to slit my wrists:

Spangles

Pizza Street

I will never eat at these establishments because of these torturous marketing campaigns....

DIE SPANGLES LADY!! DIE!!!!

Raid kills bugs dead.

Why I like it, it is wrong but strong.

"Hey Mabel, Black Label"

http://heymabelblacklabel.com/id39.htm

Or... I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

ugh, i used to LOVE the car-x commercial when i was a little kid. the other commercial i remember from when i was little was the commercial for rubins, case, rubins, cambiano and bryant. "523-8200". i used to prank call them from the pool all the time.

also, and i'm not sure if this was a commercial jingle or just the handclap game, but definitely i'm a pepper you're a pepper he's a pepper she's a pepper wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

I can't believe the Kit-Kat commercial hasn't made it on here yet. Gimme a break!

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar...

For all the fans of the Bud Light Real Men of Genius campaign--here's one that's particularly hilarious for Jayhawk fans----------------------->

[Sung to the Bud Light Commercial tune.]

Bold Voiceover: "Today we salute you...Mr. Overconfident Missouri fan."

"Mr Overconfident Missouri Fan!" (cheesy singing)

Bold Voiceover: "Year after year, you make unrealistic expectations only to have them come crashing down. And year after year like a true masochist, you come back for more."

"Thank you sir may I have another!!!?" (cheesy singing)

Bold Voiceover: "Winning the Big 12 North. Beating Texas. Sweeping your archrival in basketball and football. These are among the things you expect. If that fails, you can always criticize some obscure aspect of the other team."

"KU's linebackers look gay!" (cheesy singing)

Bold Voiceover: "And if things really go bad, you know who to blame...the coach!"

"Fire Gary Pinkle!" (cheesy singing)

Bold Voiceover: "So crack open an ice cold Bud Light Mr. Overconfident Missouri fan. Because you always know, if things don't turn out, you can always say "wait till next year.""

"Mr. Overconfident Missouri fan!" (cheesy singing)

Oh, and then there was the Dr. Pepper jingle...

"i'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper...........don't you want to be a pepper, too."

The one in my head right now? "800-588-2300, Empire!" But I can't say I like that one, so I'm pretty sure I won't be calling Empire for my carpeting needs.

But yeah, the Real Men of Genius campaign is great. I do like those.

"gimme a light"

"a bud light"

"Hey Ho, Lets Go" by the Ramones.

I am sure that the late band members would want to come back and throw their heirs in a mosh pit with the KU football team for pimping their song out to dancing Pepsi cans.

For the nostalgic, "From the valley of the Jolly ('ho, ho, ho') Green Giant!"

It's Slinky, it's Slinky for fun it's a wonderful toy... It's Slinky. It's Slikny It's fun for a girl and a boy!

The funniest thing I ever heard was when my precious 10 yr old got a Dick's Sporting Goods and a Spangle's commercial mixed up. You can just imagine what she sang that "just tastes beter!" (Poor thing will never live it down.) We really did try not to laugh.

meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow ...

least favorite is:

Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go

I can tell you the one I hate the most "get your degree, set yourself free, call National American University" That gets in my head and drives me crazy. I dig the old Cheerios jingle

The unsinkable taste of cheerios, not a lot of sugar to weigh down those cheerios. See how they float, no sinkin' 'em down. You can't, he can't, she can't sink the unsinkable taste of, che-cheery-cheery-cheery-cheerios!

This one was most likely seen on Saturday morning:

Agnostick agnostick@excite.com http://www.blank.org/addict

"Go Ahead, Knock It Off. I Dare Ya." And he was soooo handsome back then!!! :)

I haven't lived in Manhattan for almost 10 years and I STILL remember the stupid Pizza Shuttle telephone number because of their crazy jingles: 776-5577. Sheesh!

B o N o M o
Bonomo Bonomooooooooooo TURkish TAFfy

I think I heard this down south a million years ago.

Moved to KC area in '68 and remember

Call STANdard!....bum bum bum bum bum ImPROVEment CompaNY...at WESTport 1 - 7100!

I can't believe no one has posted the entire Pizza Shuttle song:

Caaall 8-4-2-1-2-1-2. Call us now, Pizza Shuttle We'll bring it to your door and we're toppin' it with more. Call us now, Pizza Shuttle.

For fast, and free de-liv-er-y, Pizza the way it's supposed to be. Just give us a call, and you'll agree, It's Pizza Shuttle pizza for me!

Caaall 8-4-2-1-2-1-2. Call us now, Pizza Shuttle!

I guess I can't read either...Consumer already posted that one!

How about "Call 321-2277, Anytime night or day!"

"Standard's, bum ba dum ba dum, improvement company...at Westport 1-7-100." "Kaw Kaw!"

p.s. rottEn (just can't spell today...or most days)

I loved the Keller-Geister commercial with the Orson Wells look a-like giving a shout out to Ernie and Julie while the nun in a blue habit rode by on her bike.

"We will sell no wine before you pay for it."

Ooh, but bad, bad, headache wine. But waddya expect from a screw top . . . yeah, evidence of a gloriously mispent youth.

My LEAST favorite:

"Spangles, it just tastes better"

!!!!!!!!!!!

These jingles allow me to understand how Elvis felt when he shot his TV...

"There's nothing better than a $3.99 buffett, (something about friendly people who make the food fresh everyday) more hoo-hah....."

"Pizza Street! Pizza Street!" "All you can eat for $3.99!"

Please, for the love of God, make them stop.

From the land of sky blue waters, from the land of pines, lofty balsams, comes the beer refreshing, Hamm's the beer refreshing.

That bear was so cute, and made that refreshing beer sound so good. Damn straight if that wasn't the brand of beer always chilling in the Norge... Barley pop.... MMmmmm

The Wienermobile:

http://www.reedberry.com/wienermobile.html

there aint no bugs on me, there aint no bugs on me, there may be bugs on some of you mugs, but there aint no bugs on me!

Or 842-1212, call us now pizza shuttle......

Sue, you picked the two of my favorite - Band-aids, and oscar mayer. Must be a mom thing....

My kids also used to sing the "un-oh, spaghettios"

The "stuck on Band-aids" song was John Travolta's TV debut.Learned that on VH1.

"Let Noxema cream your face,so the razor don't.(Joe Namath,,Woo!).

Hmmm. . . . can't think of one.

Can tell you my least favorite, at least right now, is that damned Pizza Street commercial.

I strongly believe that the print-only jingle, if you will, which appeared in 1923 for the Jordan Playboy automobile to be the grandaddy of them all.......

It began, "Somewhere West of Laramie............."

Ever wondered where that phrase came from?

You've heard it and most of you have at one time or another, used it in connection with something in ordinary conversation. The ad sparked a new generation of advertising which focussed on entirely new aspects, moving away from the product itself, targetting the benefits which the advertiser wanted you to percieve as the the result of using the product.

The ad was also overtly sexual in character and created quite a row at the time!

AdAge considers it to be number 30 in the top 100 although I would rate it much higher.

http://adage.com/century/campaigns.html

The ad itself:

http://www.charleswelty.com/authors/jordan.htm

The ad copy:

"SOMEWHERE west of Laramie there's a bronco-busting girl who knows what I'm talking about. "She can tell what a sassy pony, that's a cross between greased lighting and the place where it hits, can do with eleven hundred pounds of steel and action when he's going high, wide and handsome. "The truth is-the Playboy was built for her.

"Built for the lass whose, face is brown with the sun when the day is done of revel and romp and race.

"She loves the cross of the wild and the tame.

"There's a savor of links about that car-of laughter and lilt and light-a hint of old loves-and saddle and quirt. It's a brawny thing - yet a graceful thing for the sweep o' the Avenue.

"Step into the Playboy when the hour grows dull with things gone dead and stale.

"Then start for the land of real living with the spirit of the lass who rides, lean and rangy, into the red horizon of a Wyoming twilight."

Oops! MAyer

"Poison pickles, rotton lettuce, shut up lady, you upset us, all we want to do is shove that mic up your nose. Have it our way, at Burger King..."

"Oh, the world looks mighty good to me, 'cause Tootsie Rolls are all I see..."

"I am stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me..."

"My bologna has a first name, it's O S C A R..."

Now I'm going to be singing jingles all day.

And another good one I forogot...

My bologna has a first name...

This questions is causing sensory overload as it seems every jingle I've ever been subjected to in my life is crashing over me in an unstoppable wave. They're going to be running through my head in a loop all day, dammit!

Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should.

The Fred and Barney version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWj9JB... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttoOOO...

Singing cowboy...? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfZ16B...

Hard to pick just one...

Nestle's makes the very best chawk-lit

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun

We are Nippersinkers, we're in luck, if it rains all week, we'll just act like a duck, quack quack, waddle waddle, quack quack, waddle waddle