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"Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials"
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"Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Ok, everyone, come on in and purge your brain. We're all using precious brain space on memorized commercials!I was in Costco with DH the other day and saw Alphagetti. Turned to DH and said "Do you remember those Zoodle commercials from when we were kids?" He looked comfused and then, to my horror, I began to sing the song! And I couldn't stop, I knew the whole thing! So I'm purging my brain now, sing along if you can:
Have you ever gone a hunting with a bowl and spoon?
Get Hunting! With Libby's Zoodles.
Elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes!
Zoodles are animal noodles.
Come on, tell all your friends.
Tell the whole bunch:
I just had a hippopotamus for lunch!
Have you ever gone ahunting with a bowl and spoon?
Get Hunting! With Libby's Zoodles. Shudder. There is no reason why I should still be able to repeat that. However, I can still sing the Pizza Pizza phone number jingle for Ontario (both Ottawa and Toronto numbers). Wrong, just wrong! Ok, now you, what commercial do you have to purge?
Am somewhat comforted by the fact that DH actually did remember the song when I got the the 'Hippopotamus for lunch part'. Still didn't sing along though.
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03-03-05, 11:13 AM (EST)
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1. "Not really a commercial, but..." |
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. This is a test of the emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area, in voluntary cooperation with federal, state, and local authorities, have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news, or instructions.
This concludes this test of the Emergency Broadcast System.
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03-03-05, 11:17 AM (EST)
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5. "RE: Not really a commercial, but..." |
I just got one that started with 'This is a message from the working people of America...' The Emergency Broadcast System would be more reassuring.
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03-03-05, 11:15 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Stronger than dirt
New Ajax ...laundry detergent
Is stronger than dirt
(Cue the white knight on the horse)Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime
And grease in just a minute
Mr. Clean will clean your whole house
and everything that's in it.
Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean.
(musical ding, ding, ding) 
What are you doing to me!
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Canada Girl 3340 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 11:24 AM (EST)
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8. "Worse than toilet cleaning ads" |
LAST EDITED ON 03-03-05 AT 12:10 PM (EST)I can repeat the Toronto Star classified ads radio ad, circa 1985. (I was 10, why did I absorb this?) Classifieds in The Starrrrrr
To sell a boat, or buy a house or sell a carrrrr
Classifieds in The Starrrrr
They've got more of what you're looking for, by farrrrrr
Star Classified magic with help you get it done!
Star Classified magic turns money into fun! Super sellers.... in The Star, Star, Star, Star. Shudder SHUDDER! Why?
LMAO at Ajax commercials though, hee hee!
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Estee 57126 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 11:16 AM (EST)
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4. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Be-yoo-ti-ful Mount Airy Lodge... Howard Stern sung a bit of that this morning -- apparently they went out of business and the heart-shaped sunken tubs are being auctioned off. I still haven't forgiven him.Also in the '(Censored) you, Howard' category: I just sold my car to CarCash, I'm in love with those CarCash guys...
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03-03-05, 05:15 PM (EST)
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32. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
DW and I went to the Mount Airy Lodge, in August 2001!I think we killed it, because the management told us they were going to rehab it (believe me, it NEEDED it), then next thing we knew, it was shut down! 
I think we were the only ones there from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
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03-03-05, 11:22 AM (EST)
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7. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
I don't wanna grow up,
I'm a Toys R Us kid,
There's a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with!
I don't wanna grow up,
I'm a Toys R Us kid,
They've got the best for so much less,
You'll really flip your lid!
From bikes to trains
To video games,
It's the biggest toy sore there is...gee whiz!
I don't wanna grow up, 'cause baby, if I did,
I wouldn't be a Toys R Us kid.
More games! More toys! Oh boy!
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid!
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Silvergirl1 9342 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 11:32 AM (EST)
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10. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
You Canooks have the cutest commercials. I don't think we had Libby's Zoodles down here. We had: It's the neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon,
Uh-oh, Spaghettios!  Silvergirl
Thank goodness Silverchild doesn't ask for those anymore.
Confessions of a Mermaid
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Dizwiz 2699 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 11:34 AM (EST)
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11. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Ugh...the smell of Spaghetti-Os makes me want to barf. Do you remember, "If it says Libby's, Libby's Libby's on the label, label, label, you wil like it, like it, like it on your table, table, table!"
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03-03-05, 11:47 AM (EST)
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16. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
How about You can't tell a Heinz pickle nothin"
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03-03-05, 11:35 AM (EST)
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12. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
LAST EDITED ON 03-03-05 AT 11:36 AM (EST)For the Pittsburghers in the crowd, there are two local commercials (one contemporary, one that pinpoints how old I am) that still run through my head almost every day. One is for a local carpet place: Eiiiiight hundred...five-eight-eight...two-three hundred
Empiiiiiiiiiiiire! The other is for Serta mattresses (a Pittsburgh product). This used to be a black and white cartoon of a little stick kid jumping on a bed and saying in a sing-song voice (sounded kinda like "nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah"): Serta Perfect Sleeper! Serta Perfect Sleeper! Serta Perfect Sleeper! The fact that the Serta commercial is still stuck in my brain after 30 years should point up the power of advertising and also allow me to kill everyone at Marsh and MacClennan. 
I'm such a slut for the blues.
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Estee 57126 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 12:11 PM (EST)
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26. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
(sigh) We've got them too. Has your local group switched to the computer-animated ending yet?(My phone number netherworld: 'Call 1-800-528 -- 1-2-3-4, Best Western!)
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03-03-05, 05:20 PM (EST)
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33. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
LAST EDITED ON 03-03-05 AT 06:34 PM (EST)Empiiiiiire ain't that local....got it here in DC and Fredneck Frederick too. Edited thanx to Augie reply below.
(obnoxious violins) Standard Carpet, the quality carpet peopl-l-l-le!
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03-03-05, 11:38 AM (EST)
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14. "One, Two, Thhrreee, crunch" |
The old Toosie Roll Pops commercials. I always wondered as a kid why did they not actually tell how many licks it took. How Many Licks Does It Take....Commercial 
To reach out your hands is less painful than biting your tongue.
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03-03-05, 11:44 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
LAST EDITED ON 03-03-05 AT 11:46 AM (EST)1971 I remember the first time I saw this ad--- I'd like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves.
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company
That's the real thing. Now, I have to get some work done today, so I'll thank you to stay out of my head with your commercial ideas. goes off humming, You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with pepsodynt. ETA:
When you eat your Smarties
Do you eat the red ones last?
Do you suck them very slowly
Or crunch them very fast?
Eat that candy coated chocolate
Oh tell me when I ask,
When you eat your Smarties
Do you eat the red ones last?
I child proofed my house and they still get in.
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03-03-05, 11:52 AM (EST)
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19. "Ah, Smarties" |
That should get MandyM out of the woodwork. She loves Canadian Smarties.I used to suck them very slowly, for the record. Rumour has it, the green ones make you horny.
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03-03-05, 12:36 PM (EST)
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27. "Uh-oh" |
Isn't it you'll wonder where your teeeeth went when you brush your teeth with wet cement?Maybe that's me. Anyway, thanks for the earworm. *hums* Brusha brusha brusha, brusha with Ipana... 
"These are not wholesome young role models. These are hideously emaciated trollops with good genes." --TeamJoisey
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03-03-05, 11:51 AM (EST)
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18. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
LAST EDITED ON 03-03-05 AT 11:53 AM (EST)Ack, ack ack...the Zoodles ad! OK, I still remember some of the radio ads from Al Paladini's Pine Tree Lincoln Mercury. "Al Paladini's Pine Tree Lincoln Mercury is the best Pine Tree Lincoln Mercury ever owned by a son of mine who NEVER CALLS". Guess who was Minister of Transportation in Ontario under the Conservatives. C'mon, guess. Does anyone in Southern ON, or New York state remember an ad for Fantasy Island amusement park that went something like: Fuuuuun...wow!
(stupid crappy music) Fuuuuun! Wow!
(same crappy music) 
I am smart. I look for things.
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03-03-05, 12:05 PM (EST)
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23. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
this was a local commercial from Las Vegas - I can't believe that mind numbing little ditty is fresh as a daisy in my mind. But it obviously worked, I still know the phone number for the drapery king.
king king king king
drapery king
call 876-5151
for the king king king king
drapery king
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03-03-05, 12:08 PM (EST)
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25. "Christmas Tree Shop" |
"Don't you just love a bargain?"When it comes to junk and clutter, the answer is no...no, I don't. I hate stores like this and would rather swallow glass than spend any time there what-so-ever. 
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03-03-05, 02:37 PM (EST)
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29. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
"Turtles, Turtles, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Turtles,Turtles, Ha! Ha! Ha!
Mmmmm! I love Turtles!""We're having Beefaroni. It's made with macaroni. Beefaroni's full of meat. Beefaroni's fun to eat. Beefaroni's really neat. Hooray for Beefaroni!". And, I love the Smarties jingle  I always loved the Nestle Quick Chocolate Milk jingle but can't remember all the words ... something like, It's so rich 'n thick and chocolatelyif you can't drink it slow blah blah blah. Oh well, I did like it back then   
Thanks IceCat & RollDdice
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03-03-05, 02:44 PM (EST)
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30. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
>"We're having Beefaroni. It's made with
>macaroni. Beefaroni's full of meat.
>Beefaroni's fun to eat. Beefaroni's
>really neat. Hooray for Beefaroni!". Nookie! How could you put that in my head! I remember when I was a kid that I used to bug my mom to buy
Beefaroni because I really believed this commercial. She always said that the stuff was garbage and that she could make me macaroni and sauce that would taste much better. Well, I must have worn her down because she finally bought it. I took one bite and refused to eat the rest of it. Poor Mom!
I'm such a slut for the blues.
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03-03-05, 03:05 PM (EST)
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31. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!If you need a car or truck,
Go see Cal!
If you want to save a buck,
Go See Cal!
Buy a new car for your wife,
She will love you all her life!
Go see Cal! Go see Cal! Go see Cal! (Only, everyone I know thought he was saying "Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow!" There are several websites honoring these commercials of Cal and his "dog" Spot - which was usually a goat or an elephant or something - and there are even multiple places where the misheard lyric is repeated. I seriously didn't know a SOUL who didn't think he was saying "pussy cow.") 
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03-03-05, 09:54 PM (EST)
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47. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
OK, now you've literally hit home. I grew up in the city where Cal Worthington had his first commercials with that Dog Spot!Go See Cal, Go See Cal, Go See Cal!
Yet another Syren gem © MMV
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03-03-05, 05:21 PM (EST)
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34. "It won't leave my brain" |
This is just for the Bostonites and just the last month (I hope)"We're talking deals on wheels
And they're gone in a flash
la la la la la la la
Cause we're talking cash Cash money
We're talking cash" And it won't leave my head (except to visit JJ's head so he starts humming it so then it come back) 
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03-03-05, 05:46 PM (EST)
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38. "RE: It won't leave my brain" |
he he he he he he he he
You are evil grasshopper
kreet
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03-03-05, 06:07 PM (EST)
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41. "RE: It won't leave my brain" |
Ugh. Thanks, Bob.
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03-03-05, 05:45 PM (EST)
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37. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
When I board-opped Orioles games in York, PA, I heard a kazillion of these:Catch the feeling and don't let it end
Hanover Toyota makes it fun . . . AGAIN! Nobody builds it better than The Bear! (a shed company) Maple Donuts taste . . . RIGHT!
And from my childhood:
LOCAL: National Beer, National Beer
You'll like the taste of National Beer
It's from the Land of Pleasant Living
We bring you National Beer! ### Milk and butter and eggs and cheese
Fresh from the farm to you
If you don't own a cow, call Cloverland now
NOrth 9 2 - 2 - 2 - 2! ### Orrrrr-iole Baseball!
(Daaaaaaaaah dum-dum duh-daaah!)
Is a father and son
Having fun
Together!
It's you and your Number One
Underneath the lights
Or in the sun
Having fun
Together! ### NATIONAL: Ooey gooey, rich and chewy inside
Golden flakey, tender cakey outside
Wrap the inside in the outside, it's a good darn tootin'
Doing the Big Fig Newton
(here's the tricky part)
The Big Fig Newton
(One more time!)
The Big Fig Newton!!! ### I don't completely remember this commercial, except that it was for Charms' lollipops, whatever they were called, and it was a competition between an American boy and an Australian man... America makes the first move...
But the Aussie counters...
They're both getting their licks in...
Wait..it seems Melvin is down to his safety stick.
But no, it seems Melvin chewed his Charms pop, and that violates international law!
That means we have a new champion....
I feel like I've just loaded the playlist for the radio station in Demolition Man.
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Estee 57126 desperate attention whore postings
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03-03-05, 06:06 PM (EST)
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40. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Meet the Mets,
meet the Mets,
step right up and greet the Mets
hot dogs, green grass, all out at Shea,
guaranteed to have a heck of a day
because the Mets are really rocking that ball
hitting those taters over the wall
Let's Go Mets!
That's the theme song of a New York crowd...
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03-03-05, 06:10 PM (EST)
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44. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Remember when gas stations were called service stations? They actually had people who pumped your gas, checked your oil, and cleaned your windows.You can trust your car
to the man who wears the star,
the big bright Texaco star Remember when Exxon was Esso? And the big green dinosaur that was the mascot for Sinclair Gas?  
I'm old. *sigh*
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03-03-05, 06:31 PM (EST)
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45. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
Augie, I bet those folks even knew how to work on cars too! Me, I'm lucky to find the jack.Remember Arco, too? Those are hard to find these days. On my now-former radio station, I hear commercials for "Diamond Shamrock". Anyone else familiar with this gas station chain? I've never heard of it, and there aren't any that I know of in the Mid-Atlantic.
I could start a whole separate thread on ads for companies/stores that are Nowhere Near You. Sonic is another one.
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03-03-05, 07:43 PM (EST)
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46. "It's Patrick. He took out life insurance." |
It's sad when I've figured out that in between the "Hello," and the "It's Patrick," that Patrick had approx two seconds to tell his dad this.I'm thinking the conversation went something like this. Hello. HeydadItookoutlifeinsurance. It's Patrick. He took out life insurance. Good for you son. At my age I can't get life insurance. 
Yeah it sucks that I know this but Norwich Union did use this ad for approx 10 years.
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03-03-05, 10:42 PM (EST)
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49. "LMAO!" |
We always used to say Patrick's part out loud because they don't actually have him saying it, just a half second pause between the dad's hello and his next line!I just had a big laugh remembering that, thanks strid!
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03-03-05, 10:00 PM (EST)
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48. "RE: Brain Space Wasted on Memorized Commercials" |
One of the original radio sponsors for the L.A. Kings (remember when we had hockey?)Live a little extra (go, go, go)
Go with the milage maker!
Richfield Imperial Boron,
The Milage Maker --- Gas-o-linnnne! The of course there's:
Yet another Syren gem © MMV
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