Favorite TV ad. jingle of all time

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"Nobody does it like you - the way that you do. Hoover - nobody does it like you!"

I really don't know how much better than that you can get.

― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

good one, but clear all-time winner:

EIGHT HUNDRED
FIVE EIGHT EIGHT
TWO THREE HUNDRED
EMPIIIIIIIIIRE

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

that is great

― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

“I’m Chiquita banana and I’ve come to say/Bananas have to ripen in a certain way/When they are fleck’d with brown and have a golden hue/Bananas taste the best and are best for you/You can put them in a salad/You can put them in a pie-aye/Any way you want to eat them/It’s impossible to beat them/But, bananas like the climate of the very, very tropical equator/So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator.”
— Original Chiquita jingle (1945 © Shawnee Press Inc.)

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

meowmix

― vita susicivus (blueski), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

there was a lovely IDM-ish thing with all these backwards bells and things. I'm sure someone mentioned it on here before and I knew exactly which one they meant. I think the ad was either for shampoo or chocolate or something. It was a good while back. I'm not making much sense here.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

Bill OTM

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.deagostini.co.uk/ilovehorses/index.php

― T B (T B), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 15:55 (eighteen years ago)

now is it, nobody bakes a cake like sara lee?

nobody doesn't like sara lee?

nobody does it like sara lee?

what is it?

― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

A BLOW JOB!!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

John Barry, "The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair," Sunsilk, 1970.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:48 (eighteen years ago)

Best use of existing music in ads: "Moments In Love" and "Pinball Cha Cha" in the Brylcreem ads, 1986/7.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha i want sun in my hair!

― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

Do you remember that ad where Marios Cafe was used, and you went "Ooh, I know that oh its... YES!!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

Obvious Stuff:

Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner
That is what I'd truly love to be
'Cuz if I were an Oscar Meyer weiner
Then everyone would be in love with me.

***

My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
My bologna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R
O, I love to eat it every day, and if you ask me why I'll saaaaay
'Cuz Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A

***

Oh, the world looks mighty good to me
'Cuz Tootsie Rolls are all I see
Whatever it is I think I see
Becomes a Tootsie Roll to me

Tootsie Roll, how I love your chocolately chew
Tootsie Roll I think I'm in love with you
Whatever it is I think I see
Becomes a Tootsie Roll to me

― the new sincerity (Pye Poudre), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

=P oscar meyer YUMMM

um what about that awful new one for campbell's soup? it's like "...the possibilities!"

bad.

― surmounter (rra123), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:16 (eighteen years ago)

All those jingles used to freak my mind. Especially the Tootsie Roll one, 'cuz the ad was a cartoon of basically everything in the world turning into large, brown turds.

― the new sincerity (Pye Poudre), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

I feel like Chicken Tonight, like Chicken Tonight?

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:21 (eighteen years ago)

dunno if this counts as a jingle, but in the late 70s whenever cbs aired a special (usually "a charlie brown christmas" or something like that) there'd be this little pre-show bumper. the word "special" would spin around and there'd be this crazy percussion music followed by a horn sting.

anyone else remember that?

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

I sing the Empire jingle all the damn time.

A lot of these are probably not national, but some of my all-time favorites:

Door Unlimited - unlimited doooors!

AU-TO ZOOONE!

Shield your home - the Slomin Shield!

1-800 Safe Auto! (Play it Safe!) SAFE AUTO!

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

anyone else remember that?

-- Lawrence the Looter

I TOTALLY remember that! Zooming in on the "C" in "SPECIAL" as it rotates and leaves little acid-trails in it's wake. And I would've forgotten it entirely had I not happened to see it just last month before some Xmas-related cartoon. Probably used for Gen-X nostalgia/irony, since the unidentified 'toon (which I didn't watch) was on the cartoon network, not CBS...

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

...oh, and as for favourite jingle: "Meow Mix" seconded.

― MVB (M. Agony Von Bontee), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:57 (eighteen years ago)

Not a jingle per se, but there was an ad (for batteries, I think) sometime in the mid to late 90's that had a video of some fake metal band singing a song that went "We're coming, coming, coming for your young, screaming at the top of our lungs" that consistently made me lose my shit.

― joygoat (joygoat), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)

dr. bill otm

i also like the disco stylings of the old 'Carpeteria' theme.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

Trust Sleepy's for "the rest of your life."

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

I remember that CBS 'special' one too, Lawrence, I would still have a pavlovian 'yay it's christmas!' response if I saw it today. it was so strange, in retrospect("acid trails" also otm).

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)

"Real roast beef, bigger burgers, cooked the way you want, at Roll-N-Roaster, the not-so-fast fast food restaurant."

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHA THIS:

"Not a jingle per se, but there was an ad (for batteries, I think) sometime in the mid to late 90's that had a video of some fake metal band singing a song that went "We're coming, coming, coming for your young, screaming at the top of our lungs" that consistently made me lose my shit."
-- joygoat (joygoa...), January 24th, 2007.

Is making me think of THIS (in cartoon form with a lot of arm waving):

"All those jingles used to freak my mind. Especially the Tootsie Roll one, 'cuz the ad was a cartoon of basically everything in the world turning into large, brown turds."
-- the new sincerity (bandfrumnoiz...), January 24th, 2007.

― Andi Headphones (Andi Headphones), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:48 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9V9SZPHAY

both cleaner and radder than I remember it

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

This is where the Amers and the Brits are really gonna diverge...any New Yorkers remember the Milford Plaza ads? Burned in my brain!

― douglas eklund (skolle), Thursday, 25 January 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

woooOOOOAAAAARRRGGGHHH BODY-FOR-HORM, bodyformed for YOU!

n.b. not actually my favourite

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 25 January 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

Schwebel's Light, it's so light... you gotta hold it down!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 25 January 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

I was going to say I Love Horses, but someone beat me to it, so I'll be serious for a minute and say that there are bloody loads of great ad jingles on this:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/pop_albums/0/6/k/f06250k0dkv.jpg

― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

I lived in Gainesville, FL for a while in 1990. There was this local used car lot with an ad where the mustachioed dealers, with their polo shirts stretched taut over their beer bellies would sing to the tune of "We didn't Start the Fire." They reeled off the name of every car make: "Peugeot, Yugo, Porsche with a turbo..." and then for the chorus, "We're gonna save you money!" Never gotten that one out of my head. Powerful stuff.

― bendy (bendy), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

for those in the 3-1-3:

"Mel Farr, Superstar, for a farrrrr better deal"

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:41 (eighteen years ago)

Auto Zone is a good one.

This might be regional, but someone in this thread must've heard it at least once, and if they have, they'll definitely know all the words:

"If you're looking for that oooh-ahhh feel / come to mattress giant / if you're looking for that ooh-ahh deal / we've got the best price / for that oooh-ahh bed / only at mattress giant/ ...ooooh, ahhhh / ....oooh, ahh / only at mattress giant / oooooooohhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...."

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:53 (eighteen years ago)

oh, and that recent 80s metal Pizza Hut commercial which provides a running commentary on the announcer's track is fantastic, too:

"At Pizza Hut, our new deal is breaking all the rules!"
"HA-HA, it MOCKS your silly rules!!!"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9V9SZPHAY
both cleaner and radder than I remember it

wow. that shit's more amazing than i remember it. just think, some huge orchestra in some huge echoey studio played that. the kids today, they just don't make commercial bumpers the way they used to.

and props to "meow mix," especially for providing probably the funniest moment ever in the simpsons ("i know you can read my thoughts, boy...")

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

Hot Pocket.

clear, concise, tuneful.

― EZ Snappin (EZSnappin), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

one not from my lifetime (it might even be radio. in fact it is. shit. well here) http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/365/05/365-Days-Project-05-01-star-ads-medley.mp3

"National Beer! National Beer! You'll like the taste of National Beer!

― the table is the table (treesessplode), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:22 (eighteen years ago)

i think favorite one that might have been most effective, in my lifetime, was that awful one for Old Navy where they sang singsong : 'Old Navy Old Navy Old Navy Performance Fleece! Old Navy Old Navy.... Performance Fleece.' God that shit was in my head for months, fucking torturous.

― the table is the table (treesessplode), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:27 (eighteen years ago)

I'd like to buy the world a Coke.

― Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt (hyloolnuspstt), Thursday, 25 January 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, I still know all the words to that Old Navy commercial, probably close to ten years since I last saw it

"Performance fleece / oooh, it's fine / PERFORMANCE fleece? I'll be there at nine!!!"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

Go see Cal!

― lrsn (larssen), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:14 (eighteen years ago)

for those in the 3-1-3:

"Mel Farr, Superstar, for a farrrrr better deal"

YES. With him flying around in a tan suit and cape. I grew up in the UP but used to get WKBD out of Detroit. Mel Farr is also listed in the liner notes of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On".

Another Detroit area (I think) jingle was for some construction company that went "No job's too big, no job's too small, we're Father and Son, we'll do it all". We also got WGN from Chicago so it might have been there - this is why I also remember the "588-2300 Empire" jingle.

― joygoat (joygoat), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:25 (eighteen years ago)

"cheese, glorious CHEESE!"

"lookie, lookie, lookie - here comes COOKIE - COOK's PEST CONTROL"

"It's a honey of an 'o' , it's honey nut cheerios"

and my all time fave:

"when pizza is on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime!"

perhaps a local commercial, but jared's jewelers has a jingle "THATS JARED's!" that rules.

― heather nijoli ravioli (nijoli), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:11 (eighteen years ago)

if you want a car or truck: pussy cow.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:28 (eighteen years ago)

Pete Ellis Dodge
Long Beach Freeway
Firestone Exit
Southgate

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:30 (eighteen years ago)

where you won't get a lemon (i wouldn't have got a lemon ?!?)
...at toyota of orange

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:33 (eighteen years ago)

oh yah i love that one.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:35 (eighteen years ago)

cali love, bichez

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:36 (eighteen years ago)

"when pizza's on a bagel" is pretty unbeatable

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 25 January 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

anybody remember the "new wave" ad campaign for Bon Jour designer jeans in the early 80's?

"Bon Jour...action...CHASE!"

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:16 (eighteen years ago)

for those in the 3-1-3:

...or in the 5-1-9, 2-2-6, or the 7-0-5 (I've lived in all three!)

Always wondered if that was Mel himself singing.

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

oh my god when pizza's on a bagel is rad

― surmounter (rra123), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

"It's got all those fashionable traits. And they call it Fashion Plates."

The most elegant 1970s toy jingle.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 25 January 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

Mattress Giant is a great one.

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

Toys from the 70s now, eh? Fair enough, here's a favourite:

"Lite Brite / Making things with li-i-ight"

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

"what a sight, making things with Lite Brite."

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

Cluckin' Bell's 1992 radio ads.

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

SNAUSAGES

― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Thursday, 25 January 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

Does anyone remember the early '70s Cadbury's Chocolate ad: lots of airport clips and lyrics referring the the fact that even in the 'supersonic 70s', there's still Cadbury's Chocolate - one of today's great tastes.

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:23 (eighteen years ago)

I don't remember any of these!

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:24 (eighteen years ago)

Well the Cadbury's one was replaced with Cilla Black recommending that everyone put a "chunk in their cheek".

― Jez (Jez), Friday, 26 January 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, I think Barney Rubble interpolated this on his seminal Fruity Pebbles rap.

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

now is it, nobody bakes a cake like sara lee?
nobody doesn't like sara lee?
nobody does it like sara lee?

what is it?

Courtesy of the company's FAQ:

Q: What is the slogan for Sara Lee Bakery?
A: Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee!
B: Nobody Does It Like Sara Lee!

The correct answer is 'A'.

― richard wood johnson (rwj), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

ha! thanks ; )

― surmounter (rra123), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

I still think that's a proto rockabilly tune right there.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 26 January 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V1Nmq2njy0

Everybody hates to eat and run
You'd rather take it slow
But the way this life is going
Gotta grab your food and go
When all that runnin' round
Catches up with you at last
Get yourself some Alka Seltzer
and you'll feel better fast!

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:07 (eighteen years ago)

"If you had a Patriot Sunroom
How would you use it?"

― Jason Toon (Jason Toon), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

Hear the Patriot Sunrooms jingle in all its glory here:

http://www.patriotsunrooms.com/usegallery.htm

― Jason Toon (Jason Toon), Friday, 26 January 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

Do do do do do, do do do ,do do
do do do do dood, always coca-cola (2x)

Wherever there's a pool there's always a flirt
whenever there's school, there'll always be homework
wherever there's a beat, there's always a drum
whenever there's fun there's always coca-cola... yeah.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 26 January 2007 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

fourteen years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeL9cJ5khHU

― Duke Detain (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 22:54 (four years ago)

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRgqlSPl9w

― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 February 2022 13:41 (three years ago)

They’re All-American
Sugar and cinnamon
Frosted Mini-Wheats

From Kellogg’s!

― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 February 2022 13:43 (three years ago)

I've always loved the old-timey radio Sweet Adeline choral jingles for local rural banks and such. Very similar to the famous Empire jingle. It's hard to find examples online, but there used to be a lot of them and in the 80s they already sounded decades old.

― Dan I., Sunday, 27 February 2022 17:34 (three years ago)

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