Commercials that live rent-free in your head

[Mabus]

I was talking to some friends earlier today about commercials that seem to have taken up residence in our heads. I still remember one from my high school years, some thirty years ago. It was a car commercial that started out "Hi, I'm Tom Padgett from Tom Padgett Toyota..."

My husband is a bit more contemporary. He breaks out singing the jingles from the freecreditreport.com commercials, sometimes several times a day. :banghead:

So, what commercials are living rent-free in your head?

[LeftyMom]

1. Cal Worthington and his dog Spot, Paul from the Diamond Center

Neither business is even extant anymore.

[Mabus]

3. One of the people I was talking to is from LA, she mentioned Cal Worthington

She remembered him from high school (not that she wants to...)

[Sequoia]

63. Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal....

with his cowboy hat.

And Pete Ellis Dodge...Long Beach Freeway Southgate (jingle telling you where he's located from back in the 1980s or so)

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. The one whose background music is 'We're All Going to the Zoo Tomorrow'

I think I should see a colleague of his, a specialist in these sorts of things, who has an office very much like this one, as a matter of fact.

[Mabus]

6. That must of have some kind of national thing

that they tailored for local markets. I remember a commercial like that for the OKC zoo when I lived there a long, long time ago.

[mcctatas]

4. There used to be this store called 'Putzers Big and Tall"

menswear of course and they always showed the commercial prior to movies, I still remember most of the words, especially the last lines:

Big Or Tall
We Please You All
At Put-put-putzers big and tall!

*always thought it sounded more like and add for a brothel than a clothing store ;)

[Mabus]

9. ...

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

5. The old Empire Carpet.

Five-Eight-Eight-Two-Three Hundred. Empire!

Ah, the pitfalls of watching Cubs games after coming home from class back in college. :P

[Mabus]

8. I still see that f#@%ing thing

I thought it was a KC thing but I see it out here in DC. :nuke:

[GOPisEvil]

10. They're out here, too.

I think they are a nationwide clearing house now.

[Mabus]

12. Ack!

They're everywhere! They're everywhere!

[Critters2]

14. Yeah. Saw one in Milwaukee, and thought. "Hmm, they're expanding."

Then I saw one in Des Moines and thought "Ack! It's a virus!".

[Mabus]

16. The Pod People live

Although in Minnesota they are known as the Lizard People. :P

[Critters2]

13. Sadly. Some things never go away.

:banghead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAqEwk5Kts

[PVnRT]

53. It's 800-588-2300 now

EMPAR!!!!

[Iggo]

7. Dial...Dial...Dial Chevrolet.

Two blocks off the Santa Ana freeway.

One-one-nine-eight-oh East Firestone.

Dial Chevrolet. (We're in the white pages.)

[Mabus]

11. Scary what we remember isn't it?

:rofl:

[Iggo]

39. Sticking with the theme...

Pete Ellis Dodge.
Long Beach Freeway.
Firestone Exit.
Southgate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Ezn8eLfm8&feature=related

This video is parts of 3 commercials. Stick around for the third one. It features Bowser from Sha-Na-Na selling vans and van conversions.

[Iggo]

40. And of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEm1ibd1_xQ&feature=related

The down-payment he'll arrange.
Get a ten-day trial exchange.
Go see Cal. Go see Cal. Go see Cal.

[Critters2]

15. Am I the only one who remembers Hiland Potato Chips,

the chippiest chips around....or are there other Quad City natives here?

[GOPisEvil]

17. Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions...

...on a sesame seed bun.

I remember McDonald's having a contest to see who could say this phrase the fastest back in the 1970's. I remember my parents taking me to Rogers Chevrolet in Rantoul, IL so I could have a crack at it. I don't remember what happened after that.

[Mabus]

19. OMG, I remember that

I was in high school at the time and we spent hours trying to be the one who could say it the fastest. Thank god for pot. That was the only thing that made it bearable.

Oh and by the way, for my own amusement:

Five
Five dollar
Five dollar footlong
Five
Five dollar
Five dollar footlong
It's ca-ca-ca-catching on
At Subway

[GOPisEvil]

20. OK, the fact that YOU know ALL the words is frightening.

Damn you! :P

[Mabus]

21. I googled

then I copied and pasted.

:blush:

[GOPisEvil]

23. Hmmmm...

I think you sing along. Happily. :tinfoilhat:

[Mabus]

33. No but is another one that husband sings

He's kind of my bellweather for whether or not a jingle is catchy or not. If he sings it, it's a winner.

[blondeatlast]

48. Sadly, I don't have to Google them. I do know them by heart.

What that says about me I don't know...

[Reverend_Smitty]

18. 20 years later and the damn jingle is still burned into my mind

"I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ9M7bsx10I

I guess it's the sign of a successful ad campaign and I don't even think they make the stuff anymore. But seriously that song is like the screensaver of my mind. I'll just be sitting somewhere and in it pops

[targetpractice]

22. "Happy peanuts soar... over chocolate covered mountaintops...

...and waterfalls of caramel."

I loved this Snickers song and commercial...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhEQ066WDAA

[AwakeAtLast]

27. Good call!

That commercial always makes me giggle, LOL!

[Mabus]

34. The first time I saw that commercial, the sound was down

and I wondered why Mel Gibson was singing to a guy eating a snickers.

[targetpractice]

24. Folger's "Happy Morning!"

The. Best. Commercial. Ever....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_JXCIaKpKM

[Mabus]

32. Do you remember Mrs. Olson?

That was my nickname because I used to take a thermos of coffee with me to (night) classes.

[charlie and algernon]

86. How about Rockapella's Folger's commerical?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdcYYZhbk1Y&feature=related

[Stuart G]

25. Winston tastes good like a cigarette should......................nt

[Mabus]

31. How about Edie Adams and Muriel cigars?

"Hey, big spender, spend a little dime with me"

[FloridaJudy]

68. LSMFT

"Lucky strike means fine tobacco"!

I also remember the follow up to that Winston ad: "What do you want: good grammar or good taste?"

[RoyGBiv]

26. Protecting all the things you own ...

like cars and trucks and mobile homes,
accidents and tickets too,
call and we'll take care of you,
five two four one five four one.

Or the other version ...

When you're looking high and low,
when other folks just come and go,
there's a number you should know,
dial it on your telephone,
five two four one five four one.

Paul Meade Insurance in Oklahoma City. Commercial is from the 70s and 80s.

Irritating ...

[Mabus]

30. Tall Paul?

:rofl:

If you remember those you surely remember the late night Tom Padgett Toyota commercials.

[AwakeAtLast]

28. I should have bought stock years ago

considering how much I've consumed over the years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQPN3UKQM-U

[Mabus]

29. LOL

I just opened a Dr. Pepper and sat down to look at DU.

[AwakeAtLast]

36. Cheers!

:toast:

:beer:

:D

[Mabus]

37. Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2 and 4.

God I'm old.

[JVS]

35. here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xY7mBQrzXU

[JeffR]

38. The Big Fig Newton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI3IL46yq4

[Iggo]

46. "Here's the tricky part."

:rofl:

[Iggo]

69. Delete. Wrong spot.

(oops)

[Tabasco_Dave]

41. This one

A1 does not taste good on a hamburger, it tastes like shit on a hamburger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9Y-bqwM6c :mad: :puke: :argh: :grr:

[JVS]

42. I have heard people claim that this A1 commercial was inspired by Devo's Whip It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxbLhuAQO0I&feature=related

[FloridaJudy]

43. I've got commercials for products that no longer exist.

How come I can still recite the jingles for Bosco and Ipana toothpaste, and I can never remember where I parked my car? :banghead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJE8RkSS68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdWfVhlYIM

[Mabus]

64. LOL

For the same reason I can remember lines from "The Big Lebowski" and "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" but can't remember to take the wash and put it in the dryer. :blush:

[kentauros]

44. For me it's usually Firesign Theater fake ads

like:

Looseners castor oil flakes!

Ohhh, it ain't no use,
if you ain't got the boost.
The boost you get from Looseners!
Loooooose-nerrrrs!

:P


another classic:

Bear Whiz Beer

:rofl:

[Iggo]

45. Don't cook tonight.

Call Chicken Delight. (We deliver.)

[surrealAmerican]

49. I was going to post that.

I remember it from radio. Did they even advertise on TV?

[Iggo]

56. Yeah, back in the late '60s.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

47. N e s t l e s

Nestles makes the very best.....................chooooooclate..... :)
Giving away my age

[Rhythm]

59. The "Alpine White" jingle was the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRBpLL1H3jw

[blondeatlast]

50. Heeeey, Culligan Man... (I was a mere babe, but yes, I remember). nt

[Mabus]

61. My aunt worked for Culligan for a while

and she *hated* it when we see her and say, "Hey, Culligan Man!" Come to think of it, that may have been why she quit that job.

[surrealAmerican]

51. I can still sing an Easy-Off oven cleaner song from the 70's.

Wipe off the grease.
Wipe off the grime.
You're out of the oven in record time.
Easy-off makes oven cleaning easier.
Easy ... off ... makes oven cleaning easier.

Some of those jingles are just WAY too catchy.

[Mabus]

62. For some reason that made me think of the Shake 'n Bake commericals

"and I helped!"

[Iggo]

74. Oh, me and my sibs hated that kid!

And we still say that to this day! (We're all in our 40's.)

[Mabus]

80. Same here

and I bet you say it with that special twang the kid had. :rofl:

[Iggo]

87. lol...Yep.

Ah hay-ulped!

[LSdemocrat]

52. A couple of audio only commercials: Rockapella's Always Coca-Cola, and a jingle for a St. Louis co

The local St. Louis as is a short jingle for Frederic Roofing that would regularly play in St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcasts: "For a hole in your roof, or a whole new roof . . . Frederic roofing"."

[PVnRT]

54. Tony Pemberton from Dodge Terre Haute and his Midnight Madness Sale

[crispini]

55. Call the Dallas Times Herald Classifieds, 738-1414

Peppy little jingle. The paper no longer exists. Ha.

[Angleae]

57. "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner."

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

[Mabus]

66. I remember singing that when I was a kid

back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. :)

[BlueIris]

58. "We bought the Honda Pilot because my husband was raised by wolves."

Also those ridiculous Subaru (?) commercials with the "Zoom, zoom, zoom" music in the background.

[Mabus]

60. What do you want when you got eat something and it's gotta sweet and it's gotta be a lot

and you gotta have it now. Whadya get?... Cracker Jacks! Candy coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize... that's what you get in Cracker Jacks!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwq_x9QsLzg

[WinkyDink]

65. The Original Di-Tech "bank manager". The puppies singing, "There ain't no bugs on me."

[Sequoia]

67. I bet no one remember this one from like 1961 or so...

King sized Coca-Cola gives you that refresing new feeling
Refreshing new feeling
Refreshing new feeling
King sized Coca-Cola give you that refreshing new feeling
Zing what a feeling
King sized Coke!(or was it, What a Coke!)

[Iggo]

70. Hot Dogs. Armor Hot Dogs.

What kind of kids eat Armor Hot Dogs?

Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks.

Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox love

Hot Dogs. Armor Hot Dogs.

The dogs kids love to bite!

(Might've got a few of the words wrong. I did that straight from memory.)

[Iggo]

71. Once upon a time there was an Engineer.

Choo-Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.

He had an engine and he sure had fun.

He used Good 'N' Plenty candy to make his train run.

Charlie says, "Love my Good 'N' Plenty."

Charlie says, "Really rings the bell." (*ding*ding*)

Charlie says, "Love my Good 'N' Plenty.

Don't know any other candy that I love so well!"

(EDIT: Can you believe I spelled Choo-Choo wrong?)

[Iggo]

72. Calgon?!?!?!

Ancient Chinese secret, huh?

[Iggo]

73. Pop a matic pops the dice.

Pop a six and you move twice.

Race your men around the track and

Try to send the others back.

Trouble. Trouble. That's the name

of (something) Milton Bradley game.

[Mabus]

85. Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots

He knocked my block off!

[Iggo]

75. You try rubbing them out.

You try scrubbing them out.

And STILL you get:

"Ring around the collar?!?!?!"

[Mabus]

81. How could I have forgetten that one?

That annoying "ring around the collar! Ring around the collar!"

[Iggo]

88. Oh, those DIRTY rings! (n/t)

[KittyWampus]

76. I'd like to teach the world to sing in per-fect harm-mon-ey.....

[Mabus]

82. That one is a classic

and forever burned into the brain.

[Arugula Latte]

77. "Matthews! 6400 Mission Street, Top of the Hill, Daly City!"

Anyone who grew up in the Bay Area in the 70s/80s has that address permanently fucking engraved on their brains, I guarantee. Those ads ran incessantly on TV and radio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ke1tc4pWGA

(for some reason bikes were given away with stereo equipment ... :wtf: )

[nytemare]

78. The DirecTV Beyonce Upgrade commercial.

Drives me up a wall.

[mwooldri]

79. "Jif Micro Liquid where are you?!"

Beware when shopping for Jif in the UK. I think they renamed it Cif to avoid the confusion... Jif is cleaning liquid. But here we eat Jif on bread... (peanut butter).

Mark.

[Mabus]

83. Does anyone remember the Snuggle Bear?

For some reason, perhaps too many slasher movies, every time I saw that commercial I was waiting for Snuggle to pop out of the laundry basket with a knife and take out the family.

[Mabus]

84. Who could forget the Gravy Train

with the little covered wagon making its way through the house? Just add water and you get "The Gravy Taste Dogs Can't Wait to Finish."

[evlbstrd]

90. Makes its own sauce.

Zappa used that in a song.
Edit: unfortunately, there's plenty of room in my head for this crap to live.

[Mabus]

92. Glad to know there's *something* going on up there.

I'd use an smilie here but I know you hate them.

[evlbstrd]

93. See? I'm really good at Trivial Pursuit.

Use all the smilies you want. I won't.

[suninvited]

89. I have had a commerical living rent-free in my head for

40+ years.

Make a ring,
then make another ring,
then another ring,
and then you've got THREE RINGS!
Ballantine- and now it's premium.
It's a very special glass of beer

I have been singing that since I was six or seven years old. Not non-stop, of course.

[SallyMander]

91. 1-800-54 GIANT

Who you gonna call when your windshield's busted??? Call! giant! glass! :D

[bicentennial_baby]

105. Done right, done fast! Whoever you call, call 1-800-54-Giant!

:rofl:

[SallyMander]

106. So glad someone's with me on that one!

:rofl:


:hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

107. Oh lord yes...It's burned into my brain forever

The one that really bugs me is Kars for Kids. Have you heard that one?

1 877 Kars 4 Kids, K-A-R-S 4 KIDS, Donate your car today!... :banghead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4l6KKZb_5U

[carlyhippy]

94. freecreditreport.com commercials...

that guy is the hottest dude! I don't like the past couple of new commercials, though.....I think they finally ran outta material....

[Mabus]

97. That's kind of how this thread started

I caught my husband rewinding the DVR so he could sing along. :rofl:

I think the lead singer and the guitar player are hawt. The guitar player reminds me of a young evlbstrd.

[Zavulon]

95. A-HA! Familiprix!

You'd have to have spent some time in Quebec, but here are some samples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ABQuctDOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6pwRBRd3pk

In case you care for a rundown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiprix

And once you've gotten the general idea, take a look at this classic which you'd probably never see on US TV...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAF_Per758

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

96. I feel like chicken tonight! Chicken tonight!

[TygrBright]

98. o~ "New A-jax....Laundry De-ter-gent........ STRONGER THAN DIRT!" n/t

[TygrBright]

99. Also: "I can't believe I ate the WHOLE THING..." n/t

[TygrBright]

100. Also: "Tareyton smokers would rather fight than quit!" n/t

[TygrBright]

101. Also two weird visuals:

One being the arm coming up out of the automatic washer with the soap product. Can't remember the product but will always remember the weirdness of the arm shooting up outta the washer, and thinking "so... someone's IN there?!?"

And the white knight in full armor on thundering charger pointing his lance at something dirty and it turning CLEAN! I think that was Ajax, too.

reminiscently,
Bright

[TygrBright]

102. Also: o~ "Bucky, Bucky Beaver... New Ipana Toothpaste!" n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

103. "Who dya know...wants to buy a car?"

Ernie Von Schledorn commercials in WI in the early 80's. All sorts of businesses took up the saying, including plumbers. I.E. "Who dya know...wants to buy a toilet?"

[Mad_Dem_X]

104. "Plop, plop - fizz, fizz

Oh, what a relief it is!" Alka-Seltzer!

[Deja Q]

108. Meow Mix, man! Meow Mix!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuVHCJVYf4&feature=related