"I drink Dr. Pepper, and I'm proud
I'm part of an original crowd"

And if you look around these days,
You'll see that there's a Dr. Pepper craze

>>Brent

Here's a few:

The best part of waking up, is Folger's in your cup.

How about a nice Hawaiian Punch?

Come alive, you're in the Pepsi generation

7Up is all action

If you've got the time, we've got the beer, Miller beer.

Pepsi Cola hits the spot,
twelve full ounces, that's a lot.
Twice as much for a nickle too.
Pepsi Cola is the drink for you.

When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer.

N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best
Chocolate!

One of the local beers in Cincinnati was, and perhaps still is, Hudepohl. At sporting events, the vendors would yell out "Who's in the moody for a Hudy?" This was more common than the one guy who would walk up to my dad at the Bengals games and say "you look like you are needy for a weedy," trying to sell Wiedeman beer. I cant remember any good Schoenling or Burger lines.

-Will

Are these supposed to be humorous, or is it just nostalgia?

gleam wrote:Are these supposed to be humorous, or is it just nostalgia?

What product was that one for?

Snark-ums, you don't remember them?

gleam wrote:Snark-ums, you don't remember them?

Sure, who doesn't? Which was your favorite, crispy or original chewy? Although I'm sure you'd agree, the packaging was the best part.

For taste and more, it's On-Cor.

Not food-related, but hard to beat:

Five-Eight-Eight-Two-Three-Hundred....Empire

Or this:

Hudson Three Two Seven Hundred

and I'm sure this thread will be:

"Good to the last drop!"

Sung by Louise Mandrell (of the Mandrell Sisters!):

"Me and my RC. Me and my RC...What's good enough for other folks, ain't good enough for me"

That song was CONSTANTLY stuck in my head when I was a kid in the 70s.

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.

or

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing."

(sure, Alka Seltzer -is not food, but it's food related)

"Where's the beef?"

And anyone remember the old Krammel Milk ads, with the Muppets before they were famous? (Not a tagline, but they were funny.)

And Cathy2 -- I remember those ads for Holsom Bread. I was mightily impressed as a youngster.

I grew up in an advertising family -- dad was in advertising, mom had a degree in advertising, and my brother is in advertising, so I remember way too many taglines, jingles, and ads -- and not just for food.

Thank goodness there is youtube:

Alka Seltzer Spicy Meatball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvm5gM0s_ig

Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxjb2UJZ-5I

I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhwzzO6BplY

LTHforum themed Alka Seltzer commercial?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqiyKKn3vuY

Where's the beef?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

While it may not be your old commercial. It is milk. It is the muppets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGxUeGSkAY

"Dr Pepper Berries and Cream: Get berried in cream."

Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.

gleam wrote:"Dr Pepper Berries and Cream: Get berried in cream."

Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.

Occupational hazard?

David Hammond wrote:

gleam wrote:"Dr Pepper Berries and Cream: Get berried in cream."

Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.

Occupational hazard?

More like a requirement

Cathy2 wrote:While it may not be your old commercial. It is milk. It is the muppets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGxUeGSkAY

I remember the Kraml milk commercials very well. It wasn't until years later that I realized that those commercials were "syndicated" and personalized for various dairies across the country. Jim Henson was very much ahead of the curve on the whole syndication thing. This link is very cool, but is not one of the commercials in question. Those featured only Kermit and Jim Henson, as I recall.

stevez wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:While it may not be your old commercial. It is milk. It is the muppets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGxUeGSkAY

I remember the Kraml milk commercials very well. It wasn't until years later that I realized that those commercials were "syndicated" and personalized for various dairies across the country. Jim Henson was very much ahead of the curve on the whole syndication thing. This link is very cool, but is not one of the commercials in question. Those featured only Kermit and Jim Henson, as I recall.

I knew it wasn't what was being sought, though I thought it was cool, too.

Regards,

OK, I'll step in as the '50s TV commercial geek. The early Muppet TV characters were "Wilkins and Wontkins" created for Wilkins Coffee as in the character who will use the product and the one who won't. The characters were later used for other brands, including Kraml. They were always violent, which is why my generation grew up normal, not screwed up wussies (IMHO) -- I remember the "Cannon" spot vividly from the Garfield Goose show which went like:
(Wilkins at cannon holding reporter microphone) What do you think of Kraml milk?
(Wontkins, grumpily) I never tasted it.
(Wilkins blows him up with cannon, turns cannon to audience) Now what do YOU think of Kraml milk? (LAUGHS)

I found a clip of one of the early coffee spots on YouTube, of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPc01TKc-g

>>Brent

brotine wrote:

Brent,

That's a good find. I remember the Kraml spots with a voice that sounded much more Kermit-like, but similar. Of course, it was a long time ago, so I could be wrong.

Steve, you are right -- definitely a Kermit predecessor. Jim Henson used the Kermit voice for the good Muppet, and an Oscar-like voice for the other.
>>Brent

Us'nz from the West Coast fondly remember:

"Farms? In Berkeley?....Mooooooo" which made you laugh all through the 60s.

Geo

HI,

When looking for these commercials. I had a thought, could I find Suzy Snowflake or Hardrock, Coco and Joe. I grew up watching them on Garfield Goose.

Last Christmas Eve, I sat through a two hour WGN special just to catch those two stop action featurettes. Now I can just watch on whenever I want.

Regards,

stevez wrote:

brotine wrote:

Brent,

That's a good find. I remember the Kraml spots with a voice that sounded much more Kermit-like, but similar. Of course, it was a long time ago, so I could be wrong.

The Kraml milk ad I remember didn't have any of these characters -- it had Harry the Bomber -- the muppet who blew things up. He'd come out and ask some other muppet if he/she/it drank Kraml Milk. When they said "no," he pushed the plunger on his ever-present detonator, and the creature was blown to smithereens. Then Harry turned to the screen and asked the audience, "Have you had your Kraml Milk?" So potentially the first ad that threatened its audience with destruction.

However, the first muppet I got to know well was Rolf, the dog, who used to play the piano and tell wonderfully clever jokes on the old Jimmy Dean Show.

From Wagner's Meat market in New Orleans.

"You never forget your first Girl!"

-St. Pauli Girl

Here's a sign I see each time I drive to central Indiana to visit my MIL . . .



Appetizing, no?

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:Here's a sign I see each time I drive to central Indiana to visit my MIL . . .

Ronnie,

That would be a great addition to the signagethread!

Tootsie Roll flavor, lotsa chocolaty chew,
Tootsie Roll, I think I'm in love with you;
Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!

(I think this is the commercial that convinced me to go to school for advertising. Little did I know that meant spending 8+ hours behind a computer rather than singing about Tootsie Rolls.)

figmolly wrote:Tootsie Roll flavor, lotsa chocolaty chew,
Tootsie Roll, I think I'm in love with you;
Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!

(I think this is the commercial that convinced me to go to school for advertising. Little did I know that meant spending 8+ hours behind a computer rather than singing about Tootsie Rolls.)

Found on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m35rquKswXY

Must admit, I was a little disappointed, I imagined the singer was chasing around friends, who appeared to be Tootsie Rolls and were soon to be eaten.

David "Twisted, I Know" Hammond