Catchphrases From the Past. What Do You Remember?

[beekeyknee]

What about a thread on catchphrases from the past. If this has already been done, please point it out and reference the thread number. Does this sound fun? What should the rules be? Let's try and see what we remember without looking anything up at first. If this isn't fun, don't post and it will fade. I'll start.

G.E. We bring good things to life.
Maytag. The dependability people.
You can be sure if it's Westinghouse.
Everyone's happier with a Hoover.
See the USA in your Chevrolet. (Maybe we should keep it mostly to appliances. List could go on forever.)
Singer is sewing made easy.

 

[iheartmaytag]

One that came to mind

"Whirlpool makes a better way to face a busy day--Whirlpool"

 

[yogitunes]

Whirlpool did a number of catchphrases throughout the years.....

Whirlpool....Just Imagine!

 

[beekeyknee]

Yes, Martin. You're right. Catchphrases have been many and they change as years pass. I guess it depends on ones age as to what they remember. Maybe this is unrealistic.

 

[turquoisedude]

Once upon a time, when Ronald Regan was their spokesperson, GE used a phrase "Progress is our most important product".

 

My favorite of that era has to be "Live better electrically". 

 

Just one more:  "A KitchenAid for every kitchen" - I guess that was used in the late 50s and early 60s.  

 

Fun thread - thanks for starting this Brian!

 

[beekeyknee]

Wasn't there KitchenAid, for the way it's made. Or I'm I getting my brands mixed up?

Barbara Hale's recent passing reminded me. If it doesn't say Amana, it's not a Radar Range.

Kirby: More Leisure Time for You - Quality/Reliability/Performance, For those that appreciate Q/R/P
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[turquoisedude]

Sounds familar... One of the more recent phrases, I think.  But it definitely sounds familiar!

 

[ken]

Wisk: Ring around the collar.
Preparation H: Can you ride this bike?
Geritol: My wife, I think I'll keep her.
Plymouth: Suddenly it's 1960. (used in 1957)
Duz: Duz does it all.
Calgon: Calgon, take me away!
Chevrolet: Valve in head, ahead in value.
Rice a Roni: Rice a Roni the San Francisco treat.
Pepsodent: You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
Ford: There's a Ford in your future.
Chiffon Margarine: It's not nice to fool with mother nature.
Hertz: Let Hertz put you in the drivers seat.
Buick: When better cars are built Buick will build them.
Chiffon Margarine: You'll think it's butter but it's not, it's Chiffon.
Eggo: Let go my Eggo.
Vlasic: Who's got my pickle?

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[yogitunes]

"Whirlpool makes a washer and dryer, wont make a mess of your Permanent Press!"

there was a commercial of this, but actually a whole song, as they circled around each appliance, there was a phrase for each one....

 

[alr2903]

"Knock on any Norge"

"It beats, as it sweeps, as it cleans", Hoover.  ( maybe the  most truthful jingle).

"Kenmore, at work in more American homes than any other brand"

 

[toploader55]

Bryllcream a little dab will do ya.

Your not getting older... you're getting better... Clairol

You get more with Kenmore.

Carrier.. the Air Conditioning People.

Miele... Immer Besser

 

[joeekaitis]

And for the photographers

"The Best Minute of the Day" -- Polaroid
"Open Me First!" -- Kodak, Christmas
"America's Storyteller" -- Kodak, year-round
"The Color You See is the Color You Get" -- GAF

 

[beekeyknee]

Eddie, Clairol and my body need to come to an understanding. lol.

BASF - We don't make things, we make thing better.
Sherwin Williams - Cover the Earth

Knock On Any Norge. Always wondered what theirs was.

 

[joeekaitis]

Actually used outside the USA . . .

 

 

"Nothing Sucks Like an Electrolux"

 

[toploader55]

Hey Brian...

I always said that phrase from Clairol... You're not getting better, you're getting older.

: )

 

[ea56]

Eddie, the rest of the Brylcream jingle was:

Brylcream , a little dab will do you, use more only if you dare, but watch out the gals will all pursue you, they love to get their fingers in your hair.

This one may be regional, but I'll bet Ralph remembers it:

Is your engine sick and tired? Want your car to run like new? Automotive Enginerring, pleases thousands, why not you?

Packard ask the man that owns one.

When better cars are built, Buick will build them.

Wonder Bread, builds strong heathy bodies in twelve ways.

Carnation from contented cows.

M&Ms, melts in you mouth, not in your hands.

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[ken]

Tide: Tide's in, dirt's out.
Crest: Look ma, no cavities.
Clairol: Does she...or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure.
Paul Masson: We will sell no wine before it's time.
Ajax: Stronger than dirt.
Bounty: The quicker picker upper.

 

[iheartmaytag]

Chrysler

Lee A. Iacocca:

"If you can find a better car, buy it."

 

Remington Shavers:

"I bought the company"

 

 

 

[vacbear58]

And from the UK

Hoover - For Happier Homes
Hoover - Give Happiness Give Hoover
Hoover (Keymatic) - Wash Day - Just Forget It

Hotpoint - Cannot Tangle Clothes

Persil Washes Whiter - And It SHOWS
Fairy Snow - Forces Grey Out, Forces White In

Flash - Cleans Baths Without Scratching
Ajax Liquid - Its A White Tornado

A Mars A Day - Helps You Work, Rest and Play (US = Milky Way)
Topic - A Hazelnut In Every Bite
Cadburys Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bar - Everyone's A Fruit and Nutcase

Heinz Baked Beans - Beanz Meanz Heinz
Smash Instant Potato - For Mash Get Smash
I'd LOVE a Babycham

Al

 

[turquoisedude]

Hmmm...  Was there ever a washer catchphrase from Frigidaire that said "guaranteed to tangle clothes"?  (ducks and runs)

 

[rp2813]

Eddie and Brian,

Older or better?  I guess Ken beat me to it, because only your hairdresser knows for sure . . .

 

This one doesn't belong in DL:  Where's the beef?  (Wendy's)

 

To my local Eddie, oh yeah, that Automotive Engineering jingle is playing through my head like it was yesterday.

 

Re: Norge, they really did take a masochistic approach with their washers.  I've been knocking Norges on this site for years!

 

[ea56]

Ralph, I'll never forget the Automotive Engineering jingle. When I was a Directory Assistance operator in 1976 I was bored one evening when a call came through asking for their number. To break my boredom, while I was looking up the number I sang the jingle to the customer, who laughed. Unbeknownst to me I was being remotely observed and when the supervisor pulled me off the board to discuss the observation he said I did great, but even though the customer was entertained by my performance, don't do it again, the company can't be perceived as giving preferential treatment. It still didnt stop me. I continued to sing to my customers whenever I thought I could get away with it. They even started to ask for the Christmas operator when I started to sing, "Merry Chritmas from Ma Bell may I have you number please", to the tune of "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly".
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[washman]

Coke---have a coke and a smile

Pepsi---the new generation

Mercury--the sign of the cat

7UP--the uncola

Koolaid----oh yeah

Hubba Bubba---big bubbles no troubles

Dodge--Dodge trucks are ram tough

Cooca Puffs---I'm kookoo for cocoa puffs

Trix---silly rabbit trix are for kids

Wesson Oil---wessonality

Wisk--wisk around the collar gets ring around the collar and your whole wash clean.

Honeycomb ceral--honeycomb's big, ya ya ya its not small, no no no.

Fed ex when it absolutely positively has to be there overnight

Speed Queen---laundry its all we do

Hi-c ifyou drink Hi-C, good for you

Palmolive---softens your hands while you do dishes

Reeses-----2 great tastes that taste great together

 

 

 

 

 

[ea56]

Or how about, "See the USA in your Chevrolet, America is asking you to call" , as sung by Dinah Shore.

And for Bay Area natives:

"See Ellis Brooks today for you Chevrolet, the corner of Bush and Van Ness. He's got a deal for you, oh what deal for you, a Chevy deal that you will like the best!"
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[rp2813]

Along similar lines . . .

When I worked in the on-site reservations office at the glitzy Red Lion Inn during the early '80s, I took a call from Pete Ellis, who owned a shady Dodge dealership in Sunnyvale.   He was totally low key and pleasant, and when it came time to ask for his business/billing address, I stopped myself as soon as I started and told him, "Never mind," because his ads all ended with a chorus of kids singing "Pete-Ellis-Dodge, 1095-West-El-Camino-Real, Sunny-vale" complete with bouncing ball, which belongs in the California ear worm hall of fame.

 

To my "Never mind" he dryly replied, "You like that, huh?"  Not really, but it had been drilled into anyone who watched TV back in those days, particularly the amusing public access level of programming on Channel 20. 

 

No doubt the attached clip aired on KTZO.  If Paul from the Diamond Center creeps you out too much, FF to the 1:00 mark and check out those beautiful used cars.

 



 

 

 

[ea56]

OMG Ralph! And remember James Gabbert and Carlton at the Sleazy Arms Hotel on KOFY's late movie show on Saturday night? Carlton was pretty hot as I recall.
Eddie

 

[rp2813]

Try it -- you'll like it.  Alka-Seltzer  (This had the 60's equivalent effect of today's "going viral.")

 

Mother, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">please!</span>  I'd rather do it <span style="text-decoration: underline;">myself!</span>  Anacin  (A favorite we mocked as kids)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, hot and hunky Carlton put the gay undertones on TV 20 way over the top.  It was still KTZO back then.  Gabbert had a way of using call letters that matched frequencies.  His FM station 101.3 was KIOI.  On the AM dial, "The Nifty 1050" call letters were KIQI -- not as clean, but he had a theme going.  My bet is that KIOS was already in use.

 

[blackstone]

Knock on Any Norge

I have this jingle on a floppy plastic disk, the kind that was inserted into magazines as advertising. Assuming that it's a 45 rpm. If anyone wants it, you can have it. No guarantee on audio quality, though!

And for Hartford, CT-area people, who could forget Bill Savatt Jewelers--"See Savatt, You'll Have It."

 

[jamman_98]

Here's some more

Allstate - You're in good hands with Allstate.
State Farm - Just like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
Plymouth - Plymouth is out to win you over this year. [1967]
McDonalds - You deserve a break today, so get up and get away to McDonalds
McDonalds - take two - Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a seasame seed bun.
Burger King - Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce special orders don't upset us, all we ask is that you let us serve it your way. Have it your way. Have your way.

Joe
jamman_98

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