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Asked at Massachusetts Street on November 7, 2007

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“I love the Toys ‘R’ Us jingle, because it reminds me of good times when I was a kid.”

— Kristin Colahan-Sederstrom, clerk, Lawrence

“I like the Mr. Clean song, because it reminds me of my brother, Mr. B.”

— Darin White, self-employed, Lawrence

“The Pepsodent song. ‘You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.”

— Judith Henderson, retired teacher, Lawrence

“It’s an old one. The ‘taste me, taste me’ Doral cigarette jingle.”

— Joe Yoder, mechanical engineer, Lawrence

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edson443 5 years, 6 months ago

I think it is an AG Edwards commercial about your "nest egg" for retirement.

ohjayhawk 5 years, 6 months ago

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

marionlibrarian 5 years, 6 months ago

Save big money at Menard's!

Crossfire 5 years, 6 months ago

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...

ohjayhawk 5 years, 6 months ago

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!

snap_pop_no_crackle 5 years, 6 months ago

"Go get a Goo-Goo, they're good!"

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

"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.

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

"Oh I wish I were an Oscar-Meyer weiner..."

plasticJHawk 5 years, 6 months ago

I see a little sillhoutte of a can. Mountain Dew! Mountain Dew!

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

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..."

jonas 5 years, 6 months ago

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

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

geekin_topekan 5 years, 6 months ago

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!).

Andini 5 years, 6 months ago

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

mom_of_three 5 years, 6 months ago

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"

Bone777 5 years, 6 months ago

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, Oh, what a relief it is......

concernedparent 5 years, 6 months ago

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......

Soapdish 5 years, 6 months ago

Callllllllll 842-1212. Call us now Pizza Shuttle...doo dooo dooot.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 5 years, 6 months ago

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

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 5 years, 6 months ago

This is a catchy jingle.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxDA4wkvYhk

consumer1 5 years, 6 months ago

Fpr better living now, and better values later call standard, bom bom bom bom bom improvement company @ westport 1-7100 "Awwwwkkkkkk"! I remember this from probably 35 years ago. This is a local Kansas City Company.

KSChick1 5 years, 6 months ago

My LEAST favorite:

"Spangles, it just tastes better"

!!!!!!!!!!!

Azure_Attitude 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

conservativepunker 5 years, 6 months ago

Callllllllllllllllllllllllllllll for Phiiiliiip MOoooooooriiiissss!

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

"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)

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

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

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

schula 5 years, 6 months ago

That Busch beer commercial that uses the "Simple Kind of Man" song by Lynard Skynard

BorderRat 5 years, 6 months ago

"Ding fries are done."

schula 5 years, 6 months ago

"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Almond Joy has nuts, Mounds don't"

JJE007 5 years, 6 months ago

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!

JJE007 5 years, 6 months ago

Oops. Forgot the For Better Living now... Wow. Standard was POPular!

ontheotherhand 5 years, 6 months ago

"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!

Agnostick 5 years, 6 months ago

70s Mother Nature *Chiffon* Margarine Commercial by crakkerjakk

This one was most likely seen on Saturday morning:

G.I. Joe: Search for the Stolen Idol commercial by sideshowcarny

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

acg 5 years, 6 months ago

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!

beatrice 5 years, 6 months ago

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

sunflower_sue 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

Royals 5 years, 6 months ago

Here's to you, Mr. Nosebleed Season Ticket Holder Guy.

Baby_Snakes 5 years, 6 months ago

"Where tha Cheese Go"! by Ween

allateup 5 years, 6 months ago

"gimme a light"

"a bud light"

sgtwolverine 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

mom_of_three 5 years, 6 months ago

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."

snap_pop_no_crackle 5 years, 6 months ago

Thanks for the ear-worm, bea. ;)

pomegranate 5 years, 6 months ago

See the 55 Ford All new 55 Ford See the 55 Ford Coming November 12

Sagecasey 5 years, 6 months ago

"Who wears short shorts? We wear short shorts, If you dare wear short shorts, Nair for short shorts"

kristyj 5 years, 6 months ago

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...

Laura Watkins 5 years, 6 months ago

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?

aeroscout17 5 years, 6 months ago

Rock Me Gently, only in light of the new Jeep commercial where the coyote/wolf (whatever) accidentally swallows and spits up the singing bird!

Kathy Getto 5 years, 6 months ago

"Hey Mabel, Black Label"

http://heymabelblacklabel.com/id39.htm

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

redwaggoner 5 years, 6 months ago

the best jingle is NO JINGLE at all! Why can't advertisers simply talk about their products/services without brow beating us with some stupid music? I'm more inclined to buy from a company that doesn't have a "JINGLE" to remember them by!

jfcm77 5 years, 6 months ago

We love Sam's Club, we love Sam's Club. Yeah!

pace 5 years, 6 months ago

Raid kills bugs dead.

Why I like it, it is wrong but strong.

voice 5 years, 6 months ago

Jayhawk Bookstore Jingle was produced locally and has run for many years.....top of the Hill.

Gootsie 5 years, 6 months ago

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...

consumer1 5 years, 6 months ago

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 !!

Gootsie 5 years, 6 months ago

C1, what a riot! We're talking JINGLES, not JUGGLES! ;)

Gootsie 5 years, 6 months ago

Did you all see today's USA Today story on the Jayhawks?

rocknrow2 5 years, 6 months ago

How about the Little Debbie (snack cakes) one? I know it would make my sister cringe when I would chant it at her. Could have been my vocals?

moo 5 years, 6 months ago

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!"

imagold 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

ontheotherhand 5 years, 6 months ago

Mr Ramirez: You are SO correct. All Spangles ads are painful and the Pizza Street jingle is equivalent to fingernails s-l-o-w-l-y going down a chalkboard.

Gootsie 5 years, 6 months ago

Mr. Ramirez, you had to be there.

ndmoderate 5 years, 6 months ago

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....

ndmoderate 5 years, 6 months ago

And don't forget "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence!"

ndmoderate 5 years, 6 months ago

What'll ya have... Pabst Blue Ribbon

artichokeheart 5 years, 6 months ago

http://www.geohiking.com/jingles/sounds/edsel1958.wav

ontheotherhand 5 years, 6 months ago

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!

ohjayhawk 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

beatrice 5 years, 6 months ago

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

SloMo 5 years, 6 months ago

Here's a trivia quiz! Who sang "You get the feelin' Of honest dealin' When you call Bill NEILL!"

Alfred_W 5 years, 6 months ago

Reeeddd Wigglers The Cadillac of Worms THE Cadillac of Worms

GretchenJP 5 years, 6 months ago

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!!!!

sgtwolverine 5 years, 6 months ago

Ha! I have inflicted the Empire song on someone else. I'm happy now.

riverdrifter 5 years, 6 months ago

Everybody here drinks Fitgers, Fitgers Everybody here drinks Fitgers beer Hearty beer, party beer, hearty beer, party beer Everybody here drinks Fitgers beer (repeat, then sound of beer being opened & poured in a glass) Fitgers: Call of the north woods!

labmonkey 5 years, 6 months ago

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."

GretchenJP 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

Pywacket 5 years, 6 months ago

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.

H_Lecter 5 years, 6 months ago

http://www.tvparty.com/tv6/vdeverybody.ram

cowgomoo 5 years, 6 months ago

Hey, you're young and swingin' No time to think about tomorrow But there ain't no use to deny it Some day, you're goin' to buy it Ferryman, Ferryman He's the man with the plot, the man with the plan Ferryman, Ferryman, He's the man who really loves you.... ALOT!