"frosted _____ ______, they're magically delicious!" What other childhood commercial jingles are your vocal stims/intrusive thoughts?

My Ma and I hand an unexpected gift that kept on giving. For the next year, we were treated to hs bedtime being a symphony of ever louder claps interspersed with “goddamnit”, and worse.

He finally quietly retired it one day. He never said what happened to it, but we didn’t hear it happen.

I’ll never forget the clap on/clap off drill jingle.

Other ones:

“1-800-94-JENNY”

“Do you love it?” “I love it!” “I got it at Ross!”

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I used a clapper growing up because I was disabled. Pre automated houses it was the only way to turn my lights on and off without struggling to get in and out of bed. It was actually sold as a gag gift so the disabled community (who it was originally intended for) could afford it since most disability items are either hugely expensive since few people are going to buy them or they are sold as convenience items (cut up vegetables at the grocery store) or gag gifts (the Snuggie) to keep the cost down.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Great story! Couldn't get one today because my kids think clapping only means clapping cheeks.

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Recent_Permit2653@reddit

He’s passed on, but for my Ma and I, it’s one of our great memories of him

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Jupiter68128@reddit

Creeeeeeeeeeepy Crawlers!

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CabraDoido@reddit

Gross out your sister, embarrass your dad...

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The-Good-Bad-Place@reddit

I hanker for a hunk of cheese! (Yahoo!)

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CabraDoido@reddit

A slab, a slice, a chunk of???

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Dazzling-Skin-308@reddit

800-5-8-8,2-300

EMPIRE (today)

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

I loved it when they used this as a comeback line in one of those Triumph the Insult Comic Dog skits.

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Dazzling-Skin-308@reddit

I somehow missed that, sadly 😭

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

It's worth a watch when you have the time! https://youtu.be/33zPlnhymCU

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SinnU2s@reddit

The taste the taste the taste is gonna Move ya!

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Wolf_Parade@reddit

Second day in a row I thought Xennials was an Autism sub.

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

I'm pretty sure there's a huge undiagnosed overlap.

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songbirdistheword@reddit

The stars will always shine, the birds will always sing- as long as there is thirst there’s always the real thing. Coca-Cola classic is ALways the one- as long as there is fun there’s always Coca-Cola!

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

I also love this one!

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Accadius@reddit

One eight hundred ninety four jenny. Call miss cleo for ya free readin.

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maggie320@reddit

I think Jenny Craig’s number changed every year.

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

The person above you had a core memory of the 1994 version of the phone number 🥲

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SweetPrism@reddit

"Call meh now, for my indecipherable caricature of a West Indies accent"

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

There was also a coin-op fortune teller game at our local shopping center that had a similar accent: "fortune for a quarter? I love quarters!" she'd say. And, "Give me a quarter, I tell you your fortune!"

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

Ha! Saw those in the vestibule of some of the diners near me as a kid. One machine sold little horoscope scrolls.

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tvucme@reddit

Not a jingle but, “chewing gum after eating helps reduce the acid attack”

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btwrenn@reddit

By.... Mennen.

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

Do you remember when Trix had shapes?

What if they still do, but we can't see them because Trix are for kids??!!

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I thought they've always had them?

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ohmeursault@reddit

Nope they were balls for a while

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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

They brought back the shapes…. Or I’ve just reverted back to a kid like mentality! Do you see them?

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pro-bison@reddit

Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that ___ ___ ___! All time great jingle

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ineffable_my_dear@reddit

Foot ball cream!

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ohmeursault@reddit

It's Fancy Feast! Nailed it

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christopherDdouglas@reddit

"It's a scorching 98.6 degrees inside your mouth! But inside a winterfresh mouth?"

"Icey cool freshness"

"Icey cool breath... That's lasts and lasts and lasts!"

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Osurdum@reddit

I may stand up and forget why, but I will always remember the Big Mac jingle.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I remember a promo in the late 80s where they released that song on a little flexible thin vinyl record in the Sunday newspaper insert ads, and my older sister playing it on a record player. So strange a memory you just unlocked!

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Osurdum@reddit

Do you remember the ALF records from Burger King?

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dogtweredog@reddit

And the puppets.

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Osurdum@reddit

I probably still have those things somewhere at my mom's.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Sadly I do not

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Ill-Football-5218@reddit

Had to put a quarter on it to weigh down to spin at the right RPMs

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tallcat601@reddit

Every morning when I get up to go to work, I think, “ it’s time to make the donuts.”

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tallcat601@reddit

https://youtu.be/IYRurPB4WA0?si=QErhYIWzsowbx47A

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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

Q: How do you like your coffee?

A: Crisp

Q: You like your coffee crisp?

A: I like my Coffee Crisp!

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IggyDrake64@reddit

Ohhhh I'm supposed to laugh now. You don't know from joookes! You never did.

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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

I’m dead I totally forgot that line at the end!! Ah gotta go watch it now

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sundayfunday78@reddit

🇨🇦

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

cOooooOoooOOOOOOOOkie crisp!

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Don_Shetland@reddit

This might be regional but....

588- two three hundred empiiiiiirrrrreee

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Paquistino@reddit

Daughter's been on a Kellogg's Corn Pops kick. I keep saying "Gotta have my Pops!" She keeps looking at me weird.

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CelticSith@reddit

Take a sniff, pull it out… the taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth.

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IggyDrake64@reddit

i always heard this one as some hilarious innuendo.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Haha they knew what they were doing. Plausible deniability, but they knew.

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Ok-Dress4523@reddit

Ohhhh boyyyyy could that one be taken a different way

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CelticSith@reddit

Honestly that’s what I thought the thread was about when they said intrusive thoughts, LOL

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Ok-Dress4523@reddit

Oh hahhahaha you're right I totally just got stuck on the vocal stim part.

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zoom518@reddit

The Wrigley Company produced a lot of banger jinglrs

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Plumeria9798@reddit

The other day we had a conversation about how both myself and my husband remember doing Zest commercials after our showers or baths in the 80s.

You know what I mean…singing You’re not fully clean unless you’re Zestfully clean and stretching the towel out over your back, looking over your shoulder…the fact that we both did this and lived across the country from one another (and I’m sure we weren’t the only ones) is hilarious.

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DocWednesday@reddit

“Do I look clean to you? Surprise! I’m not fully clean unless I’m Zestfully clean.” -some lady sliding a glass shower door with hard water stains on it back and forth.

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IggyDrake64@reddit

"Soap leaves a sticky film that won't rinse away! But Zest leaves you fully clean!"

can't believe I still remember this shit....lol

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elkniodaphs@reddit

I was playing Pragmata yesterday and Diana (little robot girl) said "zestfully clean." I was surprised to hear it from a moon robot, but I guess a good jingle is inescapable no matter where you are.

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SpaceLemur34@reddit

It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized "Zest fully clean" was wordplay. Probably as I'd never, heard the word "zestfully" used in any other context.

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relikter@reddit

Hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, and blue moons!

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Schizzles@reddit

Pots of gold, Rainbows! And me Red Balloons!

I thought the saying was "Lucky Charms, They're magically delicious!" Not the frosted ______ OP put up.

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Initial-Ad8009@reddit

It’s not

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6leaf@reddit

Double mint gum!

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joe-gonna-go@reddit

Double your pleasure double your fun

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Jasion128@reddit

Little .

Yellow.

Different.

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missed_sla@reddit

Fresh goes better

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joe-gonna-go@reddit

Mentos, the freshmaker!

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Regular_Sky8313@reddit

I am stuck on Band Aids Brand ‘cause Band Aid stuck on me!

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Backpack78@reddit

Beef, it’s what’s for dinner. The incredible, edible egg. Milk, it does a body good. Pork, the other white meat.

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mecallipygian@reddit

And I helped!!

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I usually cook dinner but my wife helps sometimes, and when she does, we usually tell our kid "daddy made _." She then chimes in with "and I helped!" and a childish southern drawl.

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mecallipygian@reddit

That’s the way!!

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Jr5309@reddit

I treated this like a Madlibs and yelled TIPS after I read “frosted”.

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WhereItsAt75@reddit

😂

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I didn't want to put a brand name in the title for fear it'd be suspected an ad and deleted.

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Balthierlives@reddit

The McDonalds Menu Song!

https://youtu.be/pbnvullbYIg?si=HqaMI6UwO_WpRouV

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LittleSubject9904@reddit

Smurphberry crunch is fun to eat

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Coolbreeze1989@reddit

Thank you for this. I’d completely forgotten this and it brought a smile to my face today.

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Coolbreeze1989@reddit

“Uh-1, uh-2, uh-3.” Three licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop….

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Coolbreeze1989@reddit

RIIIIIIIIIIICOLAAAAAAAAAAAA!

This commercial made my (<3yo) daughter cry every time. Tv and if copied by someone in person.

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Bubbly_Wave_4049@reddit

....because Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A! 🎶

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435haywife1@reddit

“My bologna has a first name - it’s O-S-C-A-R”

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Coolbreeze1989@reddit

My bologna has a second name, it’s M-A-Y-E-R!

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Free-Cherry-4254@reddit

Whenever anyone says something like "Now I know" my immediate oft localized response is "and knowing is half the battle" YO JOE!

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Hey kid! I'm a computer!

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ohmeursault@reddit

Pork chop sandwiches! 🏃‍♀️

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TehPatch@reddit

DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK!

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EsotericAbstractIdea@reddit

OH SHIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE UOU IDIOT, WE'RE FUCKING DEAD!!

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GucciAviatrix@reddit

Stop all the downloadin!

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bassman314@reddit

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SweetPrism@reddit

Our generation was the pinnacle of jingle advertisement :

"Alpine White's the very best... N-e-s-t-l-e-s"

"PB CRISP, PB CRISP, PB CRISP"

"Strettttch it out (out out) Caramello"

"GIVE YOUR BREATH LONG LASTING FRESHNESSSSS..with Big Reddddd"

"Kid Sister, Kid Sister, wherever I go, youuurrre gonna go"

"My Buddy and meeeee"

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Great list... I always remembered it as "Nestle makes the very best.. N-e-s-t-l-e-s." If it was Alpine White all along, today I learned. I barely even recall that candy bar existing... Though the package does look vaguely familiar.

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SixAlarmFire@reddit

No they used it in different ads.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

That makes sense.

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SweetPrism@reddit

I think they actually say that in the song, too! It was such a dramatic commercial lol.

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Few-Helicopter-3413@reddit

My Xennial husband and I had a sudden mutual memory of My Buddy and Kid Sister, and had to find the YouTube video to prove it was real to my kids. Now it’s a regular song for everyone in the house. “Wherever I go, heeee goes”

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SweetPrism@reddit

I love that.

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Ravenclaw_311@reddit

Scrolled way to far before seeing My Buddy and Kid Sister. Caramello is another great one. I loved Whatchamacallit too.

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danbob411@reddit

Ah, man. Caramello was such a good candy bar. I miss that one.

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bigthemat@reddit

Doubt anyone here knows this as it was a very small regional radio jingle for an auto body shop but it lives deep in my brain forever

“Don’t let just anybody trust your auto body don’t let just anybody trust your auto body” in the most annoying sing song almost taunting kind of melody.

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EsotericAbstractIdea@reddit

It will ~hurt~ if I ~swallow~, It will ~hurt~ if I ~swallow~, It will ~hurt~ if I .... MOMMY!!!

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No_Wear295@reddit

My weakness isn't the product jingles but cartoon theme songs.... Smurfs, Animaniacs, Ninja Turtles....

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A_Thirsty_Pagan@reddit

"I can't get enough of Super Golden Crisp."

https://youtu.be/Q_xFVr0PlX4?si=UtuKdiOOi8vfxvdw

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bigthemat@reddit

Love when the Simpsons spoofed it. https://youtu.be/MbGY_XubOtI?si=RlvQ-jbsZ5TgHH_l

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SeamusMcBalls@reddit

Yaffa! Stack it high like a sky scraper!

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bigthemat@reddit

(Deranged chucking) Gooooo yaffa

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

I will not be taking this opportunity to recite the Mr. Bucket song, but rest assured that I could.

...BUCKETS OF FUN

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

Partyyyyy! Pizza partyyyy!

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dogtweredog@reddit

Holy shit, THIS!!

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Tinyhulk27@reddit

Best song ever. Can't believe nobody caught that shit.

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-bobsnotmyuncle-@reddit

What? Balls don't come out of your mouth too?

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BoukenGreen@reddit

Rice a Roni, A San Francisco treat. bell chimes twice

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bigthemat@reddit

Sautéed and pan fried the taste is never beat

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Initial_Entrance9548@reddit

I don't want to grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. There's a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with.

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LGZ7981@reddit

At home when I don’t want to work or do anything productive, I sing “I don’t wanna do shit” to that tune

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

NOW OPEN IN YONKERS

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songbirdistheword@reddit

from bikes to trains to video games, it’s the biggest to store there is!

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farie_princess@reddit

I don't wanna grow up! Cause if I did.... I couldn't be a toys r us kid!

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I'm glad Geoffrey was a fictional character, because you know we'd have found out he went to Epstein's Island by now otherwise.

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NOFX_4_ever@reddit

EVERY FAMILY EVERYWHERE

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po_ta_toes_80@reddit

"O'Boises are O'Boisterous"

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thats0Ktoo@reddit

Not songs, buuuuut: Time to make the donuts. Where’s the beef?

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SpaceLemur34@reddit

Funny though, they thought "big, fluffy bun" world be the line from the commercial that caught on.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

gif

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Slothauntie@reddit

Back off! Get your own sandwich!

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pinkrobotlala@reddit

I I love love Double Double Chex Chex

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ZaphodBeeblebrahx@reddit

I feel like chicken tonight, LIKE CHICKEN TONIGHT!

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pantheroux@reddit

You have to dance around and do the arm flapping for this one!

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withbellson@reddit

I think in my brain this one is equally the real commercial and the time they did it on The Simpsons.

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danbob411@reddit

I saw this on Reddit not long ago. Hilarious gag version from Australia.

https://youtu.be/Fl3GC6bxmWE?si=_kBCBcQOrXxmdi2t

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linecookdaddy@reddit

Yep. And over half of the bullshit nonsense songs I make up to sing to myself are to the tune of chicken tonight

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

It's time for walking the dog! For walking the dog! For walking the dog!

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Constant_War441@reddit

Forgot about this one!

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pantheroux@reddit

At work the other day, my 1979 born coworker sang out “10 million strong and growing!” and I replied with “We are Flintstones kids!”

Nobody else knew what we were talking about (several older Gen X, a couple of young millennials and Gen Z, and sadly another xennial who thought it was a commercial for milk).

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ohmeursault@reddit

Gillette the best a man can geeeeet

why were all the jingles so damn earnest?

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jaranda82@reddit

We eat a lot of pizza. pizza in the morning pizza in the evening pizza at supper time gets sung everytime one goes in the oven

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LardLad00@reddit

I heard that when pizza is on a bagel you can eat pizza any time.

I'm not sure why the bagel unlocks this secret pizza power but the prevailing opinions on this are very strong.

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CSATTS@reddit

I was singing this the other day and my daughter asked how making a pizza on a bagel makes it ok to eat all the time. I told her don't question it, it was the 90s.

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SweetPrism@reddit

PIZZZAAAAAAA

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Plumeria9798@reddit

We sing this a lot too.

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LordZantarXXIII@reddit

Honeycomb BIG

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ben_gaming@reddit

It’s not small?

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ben_gaming@reddit

My Buddy, My Buddy…. Wherever you go, I can go too! My Buddy, My Buddy… My Buddy and me!

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Bamakitty@reddit

"Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Upset Stomach, Diarrhea! Hey Pepto Bismol!"

On a positive note, the jingle has come in handy a few times when a family member is trying to decide what to take for whatever ailment they have going on at the time.

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percephony@reddit

i'm just a man, just a guy and a dude and i'm hungryyyyyyy

Not demolition man, but it is taco bell

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DookieMcDookface@reddit

We are Flintstone kids.

10 million strong and growing

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withbellson@reddit

It’s Circus Fun right in your bowl and you’re gonna want to come flying! For horses and hoops, balls and bears, elephants and lions.

(And later tigers.)

(Perfectly good brain cells being used to store that.)

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kingjamesporn@reddit

My buddy...My buddy...My buddy and meeeeeee!

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cheekynihlist@reddit

“I got Jhirmack bounce back beautiful hair!” I still sing this one to myself. And I’m always saying “Calgon, take me away!”

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cosmothetoastghost@reddit

Lol anytime I have to count something I always hear the owl from the tootsie pop commercials in my head

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Plumeria9798@reddit

I was measuring out stuff for recipe the other night and kept having to use 3 tablespoons of things…so it was “A one…a two…a three,” to which my husband responded in the only correct manner. It’s good to be married to a fellow Xennial.

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ladybug1215@reddit

It’s very regional, but there was a rehab/behavioral health center that ran incredibly depressing ads where I grew up. “If you don’t get help at Charter, please get help somewhere.”

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Plumeria9798@reddit

Omg. We are from the same place. Memory unlocked.

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ihavenoidea12345678@reddit

Cheese glorious cheese!

https://youtu.be/mKp0iDZ9a_s?si=sXfXOw9ZQQtaUN4T

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Plumeria9798@reddit

Any effing time I’m making something with cheese…

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teriKatty@reddit

The world looks mighty good to me, cuz tootsie rolls are all I see. Whatever it is I think I see becomes a tootsie roll to me.

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Plumeria9798@reddit

We were just singing this one the other night too!

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So-Good-It-Hurts@reddit

Double your pleasure, double your fun! That’s the statement of the great mint in double mint gum!

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Aquamarine86@reddit

180045Closet CLOSET WORLD ...you can double your closet space...make your garage a new place...

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Procrastineddit@reddit

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Educational-Mud-3195@reddit

Time to make the doughnuts

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Munchkin531@reddit

Call JG Wentworth 877 CASH Now!

They've helped thousands, they'll help you too...

Mentos the freshmaker!

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner!

Jim Adler the tough smart lawyer. 320-1111 I'll hammer and hammer to get what you deserve! (Regional to DFW area.)

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

In Baltimore there was Barry Glazer, Attorney at Law. "Don't urinate on my leg and tell me it's raining! Insurance companies, WE'RE GOING TO COURT!"

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Munchkin531@reddit

😂 that is awesome!

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slyseekr@reddit

A thing, a thing, a wonderful thing, everyone loves a slinky!

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Playful_Falcon_478@reddit

Huggies fabric softener, an unbearable price.

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beepbooponyournose@reddit

Mama’s got the magic of Clorox 2

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

My mama made shake n bake, and I helped!

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34thUsernameAttempt@reddit

Calgon, take me away!

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

I only know that one cuz my older sisters remembered it.

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34thUsernameAttempt@reddit

That was a fun one in my house growing up.

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Matt_Benson@reddit

This thread feels like a scene from Demolition Man.

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cjl99@reddit

Its happening right before our eyes. I also dined at Taco Bell today and I enjoyed it.

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cjl99@reddit

Food Folks and Fun....Food Folks and Fun...ya know the one ..

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GivesYouGrief@reddit (OP)

Do The Arches!

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Fattydrago@reddit

Gator golf! Give it a whack Gator golf! He’ll toss it right back Gator golf! What could be greater than playing a game of golf with a gator?!

GATOR GOLF!!

Rent free for like 30 years…

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DoctorsSong@reddit

I work in public education. I tell this to my students (fake name obviously):

Silly Ashley, Trix are for Ki...Oh wait you ARE a kid!"

They LOVE it!

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yimyecker@reddit

Baby born baby booooorn

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TheWorldIsNotOkay@reddit

This one's regional, but it's responsible for me remembering a specific phone number 40 years later.

https://youtu.be/CHkzDbBLQbI?si=HL3F5c0qsOdNavSR

It's only a 10 second ad, so they'd play different versions of it three times in a row in a single commercial slot. So every commercial break was like the audio equivalent of the scene from A Clockwork Orange when Alex has is eyes taped open while he's forced to watch the scenes of ultraviolence.

"Call Goooldberg, 800-600-6014.... Call Goooldberg, 800-600-6014.... Call Goooldberg, 800-600-6014...."

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Free-Cherry-4254@reddit

Plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is

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ccr213@reddit

ch-ch-ch-chia...Chia! the pottery that GROWS!

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seanpmassey@reddit

gif

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downer3498@reddit

With pizza on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime!

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Top-Sleep-4669@reddit

Pizzzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaa!!!!!…..

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Ok-Dress4523@reddit

For me, and this is awful...it was the "what would daffodils dooooo?" Song for the fundraising cancer commercials in canada. It was also played for over 10 years straight.

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LardLad00@reddit

Sure! . . . . Unsure!

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shun_the_nonbelieber@reddit

The gum commercials. Double double your refreshment. The taste the taste the taste is gonna mooove ya. Your fresh breath goes on and on

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maggie320@reddit

I’ve had a lot of NYC commercial songs in my head lately. “You’ll find adventure at the Catskill Game Farm. Adventure is in our nature”

“Now is the perfect time and the season is just right. You can play all day and dance into the niiight. At beautiful Mt Airy Lodge all you’ll have to bring, is your love of everything.”

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zoom518@reddit

The big 3 of NYC tv ads:

Mount Airy Lodge, the Westchester County Fair, and the Milford Plaza

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