How many jingles do you remember from the past? They were clever combinations of words used on the radio in the 1930s and later on TV to induce you to buy a product of some kind. I’m sure you heard hundreds of them in your growing up years and perhaps can even sing them if you could only remember the words. See if you can identify the product advertised in the following jingles from the past. (Answers are at the bottom of the article.)
Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
1. See the USA in your....
2. Trust your car to the man who wears a star…
3. M'm, M'm good… … is M'm, M'm good
4. Double your pleasure, double your fun with…
5. A little dab'll do ya…you’ll feel so debonaire
6. … tastes good like a cigarette should
7. I wish I were an …
8. The pause that refreshes
9. Plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is
10. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands
11. Good to the last drop
12. When you care enough to send the very best.
13. …hits the spot
14. 99 and 44/100% Pure
15. Only you can prevent forest fires
16. When it rains, it pours
17. Look Ma, no cavities!
18. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking
19. I’d walk a mile for a …
20. This bud’s for you
21. Looks sharp, feels sharp
22. Snap, crackle and pop
23. Please don’t squeeze the …
24. Breakfast of Champions
25. It's such a comfort to take the bus and leave the driving to us
Answers: 1. Chevrolet 2. Texaco 3. Campbell’s Soup 4. Wrigley’s Doublemint Gum 5. Brylcream 6. Winston 7. Oscar Meyer Weiner 8. Coca Cola 9. Alka Seltzer 10. M&Ms 11. Maxwell House coffee 12. Hallmark cards 13. Pepsi Cola 14. Ivory Soap 15. Smokey the Bear 16. Morton Salt 17. Crest Toothpaste 18. Timex watches 19. Camel 20. Budweiser 21. Gillette razor 22. Rice Krispies 23. Charmin 24. Wheaties 25. Greyhound
There's lots of memories there. I knew most of those.
ReplyDeleteAnd regarding your comment: I don't care for Facebook, but I do like Classmates...and I've found lots of people from my past on that site. Also: MyLife which used to be Reunion.
Terrific stuff. Hubby and I were remembering some of these a few days ago. How about:
ReplyDeleteLSMFT (Lucky Strike means fine tobacco)
You'll wonder where the yellow went when.... (you brush your teeth with Pepsodent)
These were fun, Lin! Remembered a few..... most seemed familiar....
ReplyDeletetwo...two....two mints in one (Certs)
This was fun...It is amazing how we remember these and that is the point isn't it?...Michelle
ReplyDeleteYou should watch the movie
ReplyDeleteThe Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
She wrote jiggles and made money to help support her family.
Great old jingles! You can find some of them on YouTube, in black and white.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun! I remembered many of them--some of them by way of my parents' memories.
ReplyDeletethe best part of those jingles are the ones with the catchy tunes..I even remembered them
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I remember almost all of these. What a pleasant memory!
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