Catchphrases From the Past. What Do You Remember?

[iheartmaytag]

Another Alka-Seltzer:  "I can't believe I ate the whole thing."

 

And Burger King.  I never liked Burger King, but the jingle stuck in my mind.

"Hold the pickle, 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 it  your way at Burger King. "

 

[rp2813]

Wouldn't you really rather drive a Buick?

 

[rp2813]

And for Pontiac

Locally, Art Bridges Pontiac had the tag line (supposedly voiced by niece Eileen), "Uncle Art's one of those good guys!"

 

Courtesy Chevrolet:  "Courtesy means a great deal."

 

Matthew's home appliances, "6400 Mission Street, top-of-the-hill, Daly City."

 

 

 

[ken]

Burger King jingle

brings to mind when I was in Junior High there was a Mr. Evergedess who was either Principal or Superintendent. We used to sing Hold the pickles hold the lettuce just get rid of Mr. Evergedess.

 

[yogitunes]

Alka Seltzer....Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, oh what a relief it is!

"You never would believe where those Keebler cookies come from, their baked by little elves in a hollow tree!"

Coke--I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony......


dang you guys, now I'll be humming these tunes in my head all day.....

 

[rp2813]

Fly the friendly skies of United.

 

Is this any way to run an airline?  You bet it is!  National Airlines

Fly me, I'm (insert cute female flight attendant name here) National Airlines

 

Western Airlines, the only way to fly (as stated by a lazy cartoon bird lounging in front of the tail section).

 

Delta is ready when you are.

 

Come fly the sun.  Hughes AirWest

 

The proud bird with the golden tail.  Continental

 

PSA gives you a lift.  Pacific Southwest Airlines

Also known among male business travelers as "the aisle seat airline."

Attached clip features Ronnie Schell (aka "the world's slowest rising comedian" and rightfully so).

 



 

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[rp2813]

The best things in life aren't all free -- Archway cookies cost 39 cents.

 

[sudsmaster]

Equal time...

OK, the first I thought of when seeing the topic title, were more social than mechanical. As in,

"You're either on the bus or off the bus."

and,

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."

Lest we forget, and some of those old progressive slogans may need to come back in the next four years...

As for vintage stuff, I'm reminded of "Plymouth Makes Great Cars, and Good Service Keeps Them That Way"...

Not to mention,

"At'sa some-a spicey meat ball!"

"Where's the beef?"

"Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat!" (except the factory was across the bay)...

 

[supersuds]

General Electric: Progress is our most important product.
DuPont: Better living through chemistry.
New Departure Ball Bearings: Nothing rolls like a ball.
Bryant Gas Furnaces: Let the pup be your furnace man.
Peerless Motor Car Co: All that the name implies.

 

[ken]

Yellow pages: Let your fingers do the walking.
Jiff: Choosy mothers choose Jiff.
Green Giant: Ho Ho Ho Green Giant.
Starkist: Sorry Charlie only good tasting tuna gets to be Starkist.
Bumble Bee: Yum Yum Bumble Bee, Bumble bee tuna. I love Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee tuna.
NBC: The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC.

One of my earliest TV viewing memories.

 

[joeekaitis]

Tape it!

 

 

Is it live or is it Memorex?

 

The Natural World of Wollensak Sound

 

Scotch Videocassettes: The Truth Comes Out

 

[rp2813]

Zenith

The quality goes in before the name goes on.

 

[pulltostart]

Zenith:  The quality goes in before the name goes on.

Mercury:  Too much of a good thing is a good thing.

 

lawrence

 

[beekeyknee]

Calgon: Ancient Chinese secret, huh?
FDS: For that not so fresh feeling.
Mr. Whipple! Please don't squeeze the Charmin.

One that went horribly wrong: Ayds helps you to loose weight and keep it off.
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[joeekaitis]

Get to work!

 

 

Olivetti: The American Dream Machines

 

Xerox: The Document Compnay.

 

IBM: We're Your Type

 

[iheartmaytag]

Timex: "It takes a licking, and keeps on ticking"

 

 

[joeekaitis]

Jetting through the years

 

 

Worldwide, Nationwide, Depend on TWA.

 

TWA: Up, Up and Away!

 

Welcome to the World of Trans World Airlines

 

 

[ptcruiser51]

Swan Dish Detergent

Swan keeps sudsing and sudsing and sudsing

The grease-cuttingist, grease cuttingist soap!

 

[ptcruiser51]

Cigarette entrees that hooked us

You get a lot to like with a Marlboro, filter, flavor, pack or box.
Only Parliament has the filter that's in, recessed in.
Winston tastes good, like a (thump-thump) cigarette should.
I'd walk a mile for a Camel.
A hint of mint makes the difference, so cool, that you'll know the difference, it's so refreshing while you're smoking Newport filter cigarettes.
You'll be smoking cool, cool, all the time, when you come up to Kool!
A silly millimeter longer: Chesterfield 101's.
Be happy, go lucky: Lucky Strike!
Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!
The seven-minute cigarette, Pall Mall Gold 100's - it lasts longer.

I'm sure there are 100's more I've forgotten, but I did stop smoking when I was 40!

 

[pulltostart]

Lucky Strike:  LSMFT - Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.

Virginia Slims:  You've come a long way, baby!

 

lawrence

 

[rp2813]

Oh, the disadvantages of Benson & Hedges 100s

One of my favorites.  The Brass Ring's "The Disadvantages of You" was brilliantly adapted by Benson & Hedges to promote the length of their cigarettes.  It's the quintessential soundtrack of the mid '60s, with ads containing scenes of people smashing roughly 30mm worth of their 100's into everything imaginable.

 

Here's a collage of stills from Benson & Hedges ads with the full length version of "The Disadvantages of You" for all the children of the '60s -- enjoy!

 



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[joeekaitis]

Who let the geeks and nerds in?

Apple. Think Different.

Intel Inside

Microsoft. Where do you want to go today?

 

[polkanut]

Packard: Ask the man who owns one.

Oldsmobile: Pick the Rocket to fit your pocket! (1965)  My personal favorite.

Pontiac: Chief of the Sixes (1926-1956)

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[pulltostart]

Life:  Hey Mikey - he likes it!

Ruffles:  Ruffles have ridges.

General Electric:  There is nothing "just as good as" General Electric.

 

lawrence

 

[beekeyknee]

I know there were commercials for Frigidaire ranges cause I've seen a b/w one on YouTube, but did they make any for their washers and dryers? I don't remember any for them or Philco. They did print adds though. Anyone remember?

 

[labboy]

I always loved DuPont and "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry" and "Better Living Through Chemistry"

 

[gizmo]

Australian ads...

"Hoover, Boss of the wash."

"Mini. I don't have to prove a thing." (from real minis of the 1970s, not those awful BMW mini things)

"It Floats on Fluid" - the Morris 1100 car which had Hydrolastic fluid filled suspension.

"Leyland P76. Anything but average." (for what was at the time an average size car.)

Renault 12 Virage - "Drive it. You'll buy it."

Fiat 850s in early 70s had a sticker in the back window - "I'm having a love affair with my FIAT."

"Guess whose Mum's got a Whirlpool?"

Don Lane show where Bert Newton plugged the sponsor's Hammond organ - "it only takes three minutes, two fingers and an organ to have a ball..."

 

[gizmo]

TWA, TAA...

Interesting to see up, up and away for TWA....

Here in Australia we had TAA (Trans Australian airways) with "Up, up and away, with TAA, the friendly, friendly way..."

Later it became "fly the friendly skies with TAA."

 

[kenwashesmonday]

"Sunbeam -- the best electrical appliances made"

"Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?"

 

[sudsmaster]

"It only takes three minutes, two fingers and an organ to have a ball..."