What happens when the Cone-Meinke's can't sleep

[Not Afraid]

Chris already ranted about faxes waking us up but, it didn't end there. I read the new huge Bloomingdale's catalog until Chris came back to bed. Once in bed, lights off, spooned comfortably we started talking about commercial Jingles.

The Head Shampoo commpercial jingle came first (which I had posted previously) but apparently is a LOT funnier when sung in bed at 3:30 am.

Then it was:
"We reall move our tails for you
to make your every dream come true
on Continental Airline
we reall move our tails for you

THen came the one liners:

"Only her hairdresser knows for sure"
"No Bugs M'Lady"
"I Can't Believe I ate the Whole Thing"
"Mamma Mia, that's a spicy pizza"

The "bad version of McDonalds jingle:

McDonald's is my kind of place
Shove a burger in your face
Stick a french fry up your nose
Just to see how far it goes........

"I am Stuck on Baind brand 'cause Band aid's stuck on me"

Then remember the smile on PSA Planes?

And, remember this product?
"Hey, good-looking! We'll be back
to pick you up later!"

And good ole' cigarette ads:
I'd Rather Fight than Switch
and
You've come a Long Way Baby

Or Joe Nameth's "Take it off.....Take it ALL off!

Toys:

"I'm the Sole Survivor"
"You knocked my block off"
"You suck my battleship"
There's some Trouble jingle that we can quite remember (THANK GOD)

Why was butter so big (what year did Last Tango in Paris" come out -Oh 1972 ny sleepy compadre tells me):

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"
and
Da da da DA (and the crown appears after eating Imperial Margerine

If it says Libby's Libby's Libby's
on the label label label
you will like it, like it, like it
on your table table table

I can bring home the bacon...
Fry it up in a pan...
And never ever let you forget you're a man,
'Cause I'm a WOMAN...with Enjoli

They call it....CHARLIE


Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs,
what kind of kids eat Armour hot dogs?....
(Memory is failing me now)

My Bologna has a first name
it's O-S-C-A-R
My Bologna has a second name is M-A-Y-E-R
I love to eat it every day
but if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause Oscar Meyer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A


How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
One. Tw-hoo. Three
Three licks.


Anywyas, I can't remember crapola about Real Estate but I sure have 70's TV commercials down.


Go on. What did I miss. Humiliate me, It's 5:30, I've been up since 3:00. I can take it.


And, if there are typo's - eat it.

[Scrooge McSam]

I'd like to teach the world to sing...

Please, Keep America beautiful! (Crying Indian)

Butter! Parkay :)

[Gemini Cricket]

It's Operation, the wacky doctor's game. Don't touch the sides. BuZZ! Butterfingers!

Connect Four: "Pretty sneaky sis."

Life cereal: "He likes it! Hey Mikey!"

[Scrooge McSam]

Geez, y'all get up early in the morning on a Saturday, I tell you what!

[€uroMeinke]

Lisa's gone back to bed, but apparently instead of sleeping, "she'd like to buy the world a coke..."

[MickeyLumbo]

i guess i need to eat it, cuz "you suck my battleship" is dammed funny!:D

and i can't give you mojo at the moment, but, you SO deserve it for remembering all of those classics!! mojo hugs and sweet dreams, darlin.

[SacTown Chronic]

Even on the weekends I can't sleep past six. No matter how late I stay up or how vigorous the throw was. I go out front to get the paper and only my senior neighbors are out and about. We're kindred spirits.

I wonder if I should start taking my dinner at 4:30 in the afternoon.

[blueerica]

Sac, how do you manage to rise so early in the morning...

Wait,.. Don't answer that... ;)

... That's a'spicy meat'a'ball'a!!

[MerryPrankster]

Even on the weekends I can't sleep past six. No matter how late I stay up or how vigorous the throw was. I go out front to get the paper and only my senior neighbors are out and about. We're kindred spirits.

I wonder if I should start taking my dinner at 4:30 in the afternoon.

That's so funny! Me too!! I got up at 6 this morning, rather than the 5:30 am of yesterday. I felt like I slept in. If I could ever sleep until 7 or 8, now that would really be sleeping in for me. It rarely happens. I've never had to use an alarm clock in my life.

My husband and I laugh at our "senior" status too. We're up at the crack up dawn and we go out to dinner mid-afternoon or at least by 5 to beat the dinner crowds. It has it's rewards though. It really is nice to relax with cocktails and have much better service. Maybe we should move to Florida??
;)

I always think about the Seinfeld episodes where Jerry is visiting his parents in Florida. They wake him up at something like 6 am and tell him that they wanted to let him sleep in. :D

[Kevy Baby]

Anybody remember the Barry Manilow "Commercial Medley"?

"Buy Hoover - it Sucks!"

[Not Afraid]

Oh man! Did I really do this last night?

I woke up singing NOTHING but I had a waking dream that Steph had asked me to arrange a meeting with Dem Rep Chaz Palmeri (isn't that an actor) at the Nixon Library after we went to Sea World. So, I was alseep, but awake, eith a pen in my hand writing gibberish. The other De, Rep I was talking to kept asking why the Nixon Library?


Oh, and about "You suck" - didn't I put some disclaimer somehwere? I feel like I'm in the Azors.
I'm not sure I'm really awake yet, but I'd realyy don't want to teach the world to sing (which is what was wafting out of the bedroom as I was downing some sleep inducing something).

I checked the messages this morning. There were 4 - 2 minutes apart - starting at 2:07 from fax machines. That's how this whole thing started. That and the Head Shapmoo song sung by me in bed.

[dsnylndmom]

GC took my favorites

A slinky a slinky such a wonderful toy
it's fun for a girl and a boy

take out his spareribs for $200 dollars
Here's your card

Lite brite making things with lite briteee

[Claire]

You suck my Battleship! That's my favorite typo EVER!!! I thought Lickey Lumbo was my favorite type....but sucking Battleships is the best!!!

:snap: I am cracking up....

[Not Afraid]

I just talked to Steph. It's Chaz Palmentari. and she added:

"Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?"

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Lite brite making things with lite briteeeI don't remember that one, the one in my head goes:
Lite Brite, Lite Brite, turn on the magic of colored lights!

[dsnylndmom]

I don't remember that one, the one in my head goes:
Lite Brite, Lite Brite, turn on the magic of colored lights!

And I"ve never heard that one! Multiple secret Lite Brite jingles!

[MerryPrankster]

I'm singing the Lite Brite tune that Tina mentioned. Gosh, I really loved my Lite Brite. :)

A few I remember:

Thanks for the gumball, Mickey!

'Mrs. Brady' singing "the chicken's got a certain...Wessonality!"

Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

Choosy moms choose Jif. (I still think of that one every time I reach for the the jar of Jif. It must be firmly imbedded in my brain - yikes!)

[lizziebith]

Cool thread! Now I have all those jingles jangling in my head!

Lisa, re: junk faxes, check out this site: stop junk faxes... (http://www.junkfax.org/index.html)

I signed up for the class-action suit. My junk faxes have stopped DEAD.

[mistyisjafo]

You guys are crackin me up! You sound like I do when I have no sleep - DELIRIOUS

[wendybeth]

"I wear short-shorts!
We wear short-shorts!
If you dare wear short-shorts,
Nair for short- shorts..."

If I start thinking of seventies jingles in the early a.m., you guys are toast.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

And, remember this product?
"Hey, good-looking! We'll be back
to pick you up later!"Popeil's Mr. Microphone.
(un)Interesting trivia regarding that scene:
Ron's daughter and boyfriend were in that car. In fact, it's her boyfriend who utters that line (it was improvised). If you can get a hold of a clip of that commercial, you can actually see her smack the back of his head after they're driving off.

Here's a commercial line that's been stuck in my head for years (can you guess what product it was for):
"I'm goin' for the camera... made it!"

How about the jingle for Toyota of Orange:
Well you won't get a lemon (I wouldn't'a got a lemon?)
From Toyota of Orange
Well you won't get a lemon (I wouldn't'a got a lemon...!)
From Toyota of Orange

[lashbear]

*Fancy Nancy Fancies Orange Fanta (I had a "Snice Cup" - anyone remember them?)

*Kentucky Cartoon Jingle - all I remember is: "Then Hugo said 'you go' and I said 'no you go'"

[Mr. Fusion]

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid,
There's a million things at Toys 'R Us that I can play with,
From bikes to trains to video games,
It's the biggest toy store there is
(Gee wiz!)
I don't wanna grow up cause maybe 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!

Wow. Did I really pull that whole thing out of my brain?

It's a good time
For the great taste
Of McDonald's.

Bring out the Hellman's,
And bring out the best.

Tum, tum, tum, tum, Tuuuums!

My dog's faster than your dog,
My dog's bigger than yours,
My dog's better 'cause he gets Ken-L Ration,
My dog's better than yours.

Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs,
what kind of kids eat Armour hot dogs?....
(Memory is failing me now)

Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks,
Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox
Love hotdogs, Armour hot dogs,
The dogs...kids...love...to...biiiiiiiiiiiiiiite!

(Thank you 'Demolition Man', though we never do figure out how the heck they use the three seashells.)

[lashbear]

Found It !!!! (Thanks to Corey Doctorow)

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AD (as remembered fondly by lashbear)

The cows and the sheep and the birds and the horses,
Are mooing and baaing and whistling and neighing.
Having lunch in the sun.
But Hugo and I are having none.
In the back seat, we sat, getting thinner.
A rumbling cry.
"Give us Kentucky Fried."
Time for dinner.

So Dad stopped the car,
And Hugo said "You go", but I said "No, you go"
And soon he was back with a pack.
And Dad hit the track.
And we ate in the back feeling better inside
A drive isn't funny with an empty tummy.
Thanks goodness for Kentucky Fried.

[MerryPrankster]

Palmolive dish washing liquid:

Madge the manicurist soaking her client's hand in Palmolive Liquid..."You're soaking in it!"


Beer jingles:

I remember singing this song the first time I got drunk...on Lowenbrau. That was a first and last for me. On Lowenbrau, that is.

"Here's to good friends...
tonight is kind of special.
The beer will pour...
must say something more, somehow.
So tonight...tonight, let it be Lowenbrau.

It's been so long...
hey, I'm glad to see ya'.
Raise your glass...
here's to health and happiness.
So tonight...tonight, let it be all the best."


Miller beer:

"If you've got the time...
we've got the beer -- Miller beer.
Miller tastes too good to hurry through.
But when it's time to relax -- Miller stands clear...
beer after beer.
If you've got the time..
we've got the beer -- Miller beer."


Schlitz:

"When you're out of Shlitz, you're out of beer." Am I imagining this, or was the jingle sung to the tune of Herb Alpert & The TB's "Tijuana Taxi"?

[Not Afraid]

Here's one just for today (ty Flub - I think).

Manly yes, but I like it too!

IRISH SPRING

[MickeyLumbo]

“They’re always after ‘me Lucky Charms!”

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