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For whatever reason while remembering a song from an old commercial for mount earie lodge (Now's the perfect time, and the season is just right. You can play all day and dance into the night. At beautiful, mount earie lodge, all you have to bring, is your love of everything. Call 1 800, 4 4 1, 4 4, 1o. All you have to bring, is your love of everything. bue dih full mount earie lodge), I thought it'd be a cool topic to put on here. Right now some of the funniest commercials are the gico ones. So! could switching to gico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? What are some ones you love? Hate? Happen to remember?
I liked the older ads for Gico, the ones where they say "Gico. A 15-minute call could save you 15% or more on car insurance", and the ones where someone would be talking about something totally unrelated and then would say something like "but I have good news. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Gico."
There was also a radio PSA that listed a bunch of ingredients in cigarettes. I think it was something pretending to be a company that ships cigarette-making kits or something. I only heard it once or twice, but now I wish I recorded it because I can't find it anywhere.
I also remember the gingo for Rodney D Young, another insurance commercial.
The jingle for Rodney D Young was: "Think young, Rodney D Young" sometimes it had a phone number after it and sometimes it was spoken before the jingle.
Another commercial I just thought of that I remember is for Mr. Gatty's Pizza in Austin. It was something like "call 459-2222 and get your Mr. Gatty's Pizza delivered".
i'm from england, so a lot of the comercials we are talking about i wouldn't really know.
but, i do know giko, and hate it- also hate the adverts for jc penny, and sears
also the advert for chucky chese (the guy on it sounds like barney the dinosaur) lol
and the space bags advert
" too much stuff?. not enough space" repeated over and over again
ah... the advantages of internet radio. lol
in england, the adverts that anoy me are churchhill (car insurance), and go compare (another insurance company)
hmm.
can't think of any adverts i actually love
they are anoying little things. lol
There was one shown several times during the NCAA college basketball tournament featuring former Indiana coach Bobby Knight. It was for some insurance company, but of course, as many commercials do today, there was no verbal indication of the name of the insurance company. However, I still laughed at the commercial. for those not aware of Bobby Knight's reputation, he was known for having a horrible temper and famously threw a chair across the gym floor during a game when his team was losing. Anyway, in this commercial, a very nervous insurance agent is telling him that he thinks he can save Coach Knight some money if he swwitches companies. Bobby says, "Well thanks for that" in his very gruff voice. THE nervous agent stutters, "SO then you're happy?" Bobby replies, "Don't I look happy?" again in his very gruff voice. My brother saw the commercial with me one time and said it showed all the other insurance agents in the office hiding under their desks. It made me laugh every time I saw it.
I remember a comercial for grace macril in a can. It went something like this. "You can't buy a better quality macril, than grace macril. Quality, guaranteed by grace. And that's why more consumers buy more grace macrils." Then another grace comercial for calipso punch. and the last grace one I remembered was one with a cartoon wolf wanting to eat all the sausages. and a talking can of sausages saying to share some with him lol they really are dumb arent they? Has anyone seen the commercial for jg wentworth? I'm beginning to think its just an upstate new york add. They're singing opra style, "call jg wentworth. 877 cash now."
Juicy fruit, the taste the taste the taste is gonna move ya.
Oh yeah, I remember the juicy fruit one too. And the Double Mint Gum one that goes, "there's no single gum like it."
And I know the JG Wentworth one also; they play it here in Texas too, so I think it's all over the U.S. *smile*
Real Men of Genius.
can't believe nobody's mentioned that before yet. It's Bud Light commercials.
Anyway the two guys were interviewed out here on the local radio station, and asked why they didn't have real women of genius, and the guys said, because chicks don't have the same sense of humor, would probably take the first opportunity to run them down with a car or something.
For those who haven't heard those spots, they're not flattering, but they're funny as hell.
I remember them but hadn't thought to mention them, but yeah I like those commercials too. They are funny. *smile*
How many mcdonald's slogans do you guys remember? All I can think off the top of my head right now is, "what you want is what you get, at mcdonald's today.", "Have you had your break today?", "Did somebody say mcdonald's?" and of course, "I'm luvvin it." The sure deoderant commercial where they show different people deciding whether or not to raise their arms for things was funny. you know the ones. "sure. Unsure. sure? Unsure." Hahaha. Speaking of double mint, I remember some of this song and lemmie know if anyone knows the words I forgot. Ahem. "double your pleasure. Double your fun. That's the statement of the great mint in double mint gum. Double your centament, your merryment. Double your sources of fun. Double your delightment, with the right mint. something something something the only one. Double your pleasure. Double your fun. That's the statement of the great mint in double mint gum.
Remember the Subway ads, where you had people at other fast food joints ordering up ghetto booties and big guts, thunder thighs and double chins? That was the beginning of "Subway. Eat fresh!"
I used to laugh my ass off at those.
Nowadays the Geico commercials suck. Though I found them anoying back then I now miss the ones a prior poster was talking about, where the guy would be talking about something unrelated and then say he had good news and all that. The ones I really can't stand are the Progressive commercials. More often than not I want to duct tape Flo's mouth shut. The only Progressive commercials I almost like are the radio ones where Flo talks and there's back up Flos singing little bits of her dialogue and repeating what she says. "Hey, are you just repeating what I say?" "Kiiindaaaa."
Oh yeah, those subway commercials were a riot. The ones they have now are boring. And I hate the Arby's commercials where the guy sings about good mood food.
""Give me a break, Give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar. Give me a break, Give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!
Got your chocolate Chrispy taste, gonna make your day, that's why wherever you go, you hear the people say...
Give me a break, Give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!"
I love those desperate loyer commercials they have usually during day time tv shows. If you've been hurt by a car accident, a fall, a mistake by a doctor or hospital, you may be entitled to a large cash award. Call 1 800 20 20. If you've been hurt by anything we're here to help. Call 1 800 law 20 20.
OMG has anyone heard the head on commercials? Anyone who watches cnn should know how stupid they are.
I'm from Australia so mine are Australian based jingles.
I like some insurances company song that they write their own jingles, I like a commercial where it explains to couples who have problems making love to help men out in the rooms, it's probably the most ridiculous commercial add but nevertheless it's a good one.
For the cheese that goes crunch. iheheihehei.
Ok, I have no idea how to spell the Chester the Cheetah's laugh. lol
Post 3 stoll my Mr. Gatty's thunder. lol
Leo, you're right. The Real men of Genous commercials are histerical, especially the ones that didn't make the radio. I forgot where I downloaded them but I have the entire collection and hubby and I nearly laughed til we peeed ourselves at some of them.
Hmm, let's see, what else?
Anything that sells for 19.95 gets on my nerves because we all know it's almost guaranteed to be crap.
I'll have to give this some more thought.
All State: are you in good hands?
The real men of genius commercials were hilarious. I wish they still had those. Most commercials are stupid now. the one that really gets on my last nerve although I haven't seen it lately is the Gico one with the pig that went wee wee wee all the way home. Ugh! My sister loves it for some reason, but it's just annoying, lol.
Oh, and if you watch late night tv the condom commercials are always amusing. Especially because they usually show the same one about twice every commercial break.
"What Would You Do-o-o for a Klondike Bar?"
"silly rabbit, tricks are for kids."
"Baby bottle pop, baby bottle pop..."
"Dashers dashers."
"have a good night sleep on us, matris discounters."
Mister owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie-roll center of a Tootsie-pop?
I can't believe I ate the whole thing.
Nobody can eat just one.
It's the real thing.
Seven-up, the un-cola.
oh the one of mcdonalds i lvoved loved loved was before you all's time. two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese onions on a sesame seed bun. for big mac of course, and if you said it you could get a free one. wnhen i was in college these three crazy friends and i made up a crazy dance routine to go with it. we went in to thescotish inn, did the dance and got the free burgers.
oh and where's the beef for wendy's.
i hate those commercials with the dumb woman from progressive insurance. it has this cheesy synthesizer in the back ground and i can't stand her voice.
oh and another commercial that gets me are the ones for frost brewed koors. what the heck does that really mean?
Must have been some twelve years old when that Big Mac ad came out, actually perhaps ten or eleven since that was 1975 or 1976. And you forgot the pickles. Hahahahahaha!
How about the ads from Reliant, featuring power incorperated. Those are cute.
Also, let's not forget that at Motel 6, they're leaving the light on for us.
And lately, the Sweetjack.com commercial. God, that song gets stuck in my head and just won't quit.
Oh yeah, just a few more from the best decade ever, the 80's of course.
Kibbles and bits and bits and bits.
Snassages!
Iiiiiiit's bacon!
And last but not least, who could forget Morris the cat.
Oldies but goodies:
Alka seltzer: Plop, plop, fizz, fizz oh what a relief it is.
m&m's: They melt in your mouth, not in your hands.
Secret: Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
Timex: Takes a licking but keeps on ticking.
Entergiser: it keeps, going, and going, and going...
What about the newer Jack In the Box commercials, where they promoted their sirloin burger?
This was a few years ago, and Jack was showing where they get the sirloin from the cow. And someone in the crowd pipes up and asks if he could show them where the angus is. He says he'd rather not.
Funny thing was, that commercial made no sense to people from Texas I knew, who knew enough about cows to know that angus is a kind of cow, and didn't get it confused with anus hahahaha a guy's mind I guess they were playing off of, and I played right into it.
Clap on, clap off. Clap on, clap off, the clapper! Evenn god likes that one.
Wherever there is fun there's always coka cola.
The world looks mighty cooked to me, cause tootsy rolls are all I see. Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a tootsy roll to me.
Nobody better lay a finger on my butterfinger.
The hess truck's back and its better than ever, for Christmas this year, the hess truck's here!
Gator golf, give it a wack. Gator golf will throw it right back.
Doesn't it feel good to pay less?
Trust sleepeys for the rest of your life.
Subway, eat fresh!
You're not fully clean unless your zest fully clean.
Mommy wow, I'm a big kid now.
the quicker, thicker picker upper, bounty!
Like a good neighbor, mater I mean statefarm is there.
nationwide is on your side.
Here's one from the 80's, rhrhrhrhrhrhuffles have rhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhridges, and how about those easter egg commercials to the tune of the chicken dance, or how about the candy bonkers!
Holy crap, I remember most of these. I was gonna mention Gator Golf before someone beat me to it, though the bit I remember is "What could be greater than playing a game of golf with a gator? Gator Golf! *gulp*"
I can't stand McDonald's current jingle, truth to tell. No idea why. I remember those other ones though...except that one from the 70s, because that was just a bit before my time.
A few that come to mind:
"Is it water on the knee? Operation! A whole bucket, see? Operation! A Charlie-horse, it's true! Operation. I'm the doctor for you!"
"Can you guess who, it's a mystery?"
"Leaver 2000. For all your two thousand parts."
And last but not least, though this one is from a book and I wonder if it's real:
"Who do you cann when your windshield's busted? 1-800-54-giant"
As far as memorable though, there's good and bad memorable, and what follows is quite possibly the stupidest commercial I have ever heard. I hear it while listening to Blue Jays radio broadcasts. It's backed up by faint crowd noise and an organ that's hard to hear, and some guy half-ass singing the following:
"Take me out to my Honda,
Take me out to my ride.
Buy me some glasses and driving gloves,
Honda dealers and all of the above.
So it's root root root for my sweet car,
Cuz Hondas have red-hot deals,
So it's one, two, three ways to save
In my Honda wheels."
On the surface it may not seem too bad...lame, maybe, but that's it. But the guy's voice is annoying, he inserts a bunch of gibberish after the word "deals" that's almost impossible to understand and just...ugh. I want to run over and shut off the damned radio every time I hear it.
I remember the new York state lotto comercials from back in the day. This guy would announce over a very loud microphone, "The new York state lotto jackpot is now 10 million dollars." and all you saw was everyone in new York stampeding away to play and they finished with, "New York lotto, hey, ya never know."
What about the herbal essence ads where the woman would be washing her hair and moaning like Sally in when Harry Met Sally...you know, Yes! Yes! Yes! Lol!
A funny radio commercial I heard recently started with the guy arriving home. He says, "Honey, I'm home." Then you hear a woman moaning sensually, "oh, soooo goooood!" and her husband goes, "Honey, what are you doing!" Then some other guy with a Texan accent says something like, "Don't worry, she's not cheatin on ya. She's just chowing down on the mouthwatering goodness of capital q." Haha loved it.
Not on time? Press star 6 9, or star 86, the busy signal fix.
Ah yes, the fake orgasm scene. LOL.
It's the snack that smiles back until you bite their heads off. Did you know they're made with real cheese, even though they're shaped like fishies? The snack that smiles back, goldfish!! Lol. My best friend and I sing that one all the time. and i remember the MC Donalds one that was two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, onions, on a sesame seed bun!! I was maybe ten when that one came out. Oh and let's not forget Burger kings' When you have it your way, it just tastes better, with a crunch at the end, lol.
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Dawnielle
Does anybody remember that commercial from the mid-80's for McDonnalds that was done to the tune of Faralese? And yes, I realize I butchered the spelling of that. lol
Lately there's been one on Texas Rangers' broadcasts that's for Coke and features a guy playing his Coke bottle like a woodwind.
We've also got one here locally for Dalworth Carpet cleaning service that gets stuck in my head and drives me nuts. Call 2 6 7 8 4 3 3 cuz the next best thing to new is Dalworth clean.
Oh, an Leo, you must be hangin out with the stupid Texans cuz I love me some Angus beef. lol
this one that has a huge long jingle and is for P&C Bank I think. the old one nobody does it like you. think that was for hoover. then one about just for the taste of it diet coke.
Shelly, you stole the one I was getting ready to bring up, the McDonald's one to the little girl singing at the piano recital. Always loved that one, because I could play that song on the piano back then.
Little Caesar's: Pizza pizza.
Choosy Moms choose Jiff.
Forgot about the Herbal Essence ones. LOL.
The Suave shampoo ones where they ask you to try and tell which of the people shown use Suave, and then say, "If you can't tell, why should we?"
I can't believe none of us has thought of this one yet.
Get back into life, with depends.
Help, I've fallen and I can't get up.
if the ads are annoying, or if you like them they have done their job.
it would be great if someone could post youtube links to these ads,
Ah yes, the Big Mack jingle. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, pickles, cheese, onions on a sesame seed bun.
The taste The taste The taste is gonna mooooooove ya!
On the "I've fallen and I can't get up," my wife saw a bumper sticker once that said "I've tripped and I can't come down." lol
We really need a like or a lol button. That's funny, Leo.
ooo ah, only at matress giants
1-800 m a t t r e s.
or another was that, then they's say "Leave off the last s for savings."
"Crazy eddie: his prices are insane!"
"You know when its real" i forget if that's burger king or wendies
Forman Mills!
"Philadelphia's Credit Connection...."
forman mills is a ferniture store.
here's a linnk for forman mills...
http://www.povidi.com/yourtube/vid.py?id=4qg-vSAjyRQ
theCredit Connection is Garry Barbarra's #1 dodge land or cryslor land or whatever land lol
"To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump!" that is another ferniture store
Whoops, I didn't realize I had posted about the Juicy fruit one before.
Now, shoprite does the can, can, savings lots of brands, on, everything in, cans, cans! Another lawyer commercial up here goes, Martin harting and rozati do it again. Call 1 800 law 10 10.
nobody beats the wiz.
white castle, (chomp!) what you crave.
I've been everywhere man. I've been everywhere. Choice hotels. We'll see you there. Motel6, we'll leave the light on for ya.
Slimfast slogan from the 90's. Slim fast. Give us a week, we'll take off the weight.
Now, shoprite does the can, can, savings lots of brands, on, everything in, cans, cans! Another lawyer commercial up here goes, Martin harting and rozati do it again. Call 1 800 law 10 10.
nobody beats the wiz.
white castle, (chomp!) what you crave.
I've been everywhere man. I've been everywhere. Choice hotels. We'll see you there. Motel6, we'll leave the light on for ya.
Slimfast slogan from the 90's. Slim fast. Give us a week, we'll take off the weight.
Great topic. The one that gets me rolling is the life alert one, especially the part where the girl says, "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Lol that girl couldn't pass as an actor if she ever tried.
Oh man, I hated those Matress Giant commercials. lol