British Comedy Guide

The Power of Jingles

What jingle still sticks in your mind?

Here's two from the dark ages of television for me...........

"You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"

Can't find a UK one, so here's a US ad...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPdVeqUTMI

and

"Murray mints, Murray mints, to good to hurry mints"

Classic UK ad...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPq3qtDgITg

I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops.

As Russell Brand says here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJlELtzaJ50

Ha! Proves the point Russell...........

The 'Shake And Vac' song - it really made cleaning fun back in the 1980s.

Oooo..........the Shake 'n Vac lady. Lovey

This is probably the most evocative "a certain time and place" radio piece:

BBC Radio 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EVpvrDeVg8

I have posted some of the Capital 1970s output......see Chris Rainbow on the pop thread. I also like the LBC theme - surely a news van/post van travelling at speed through London tunnels at 3-4 am - from the 1970s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wP193qnkHQ

The Nimble girl: More 1960s than 1970s - and it charted with Honeybus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NopAq6tUHVk

Here is a selection of his:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGVOQWHqTjk

Plus a lot of chocolate - Flake girl, Toblerone - triangular trees, etc.

Quote: zooo @ 7th March 2015, 11:15 AM GMT

I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops.

As Russell Brand says here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJlELtzaJ50

That ad used to annoy me when they said "coco pops taste so chocolaty they even turn the milk brown", what has the colour of the milk got to do with the TASTE of the coco pops?

"Coco pops ARE so chocolaty they even turn the milk brown", fair enough but taste does not influence colour. Idiots.

Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 7th March 2015, 1:21 PM GMT

Oooo..........the Shake 'n Vac lady. Lovey

Are you imagining me bending over whilst wearing in slimma slacks and a skinnyrib jumper HGT?

Quote: TheBlueNun @ 7th March 2015, 5:12 PM GMT

Are you imagining me bending over whilst wearing in slimma slacks and a skinnyrib jumper HGT?

"I see the pale moon rising.........." :P

Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 8th March 2015, 9:32 AM GMT

"I see the pale moon rising.........." :P

Dirty cackle.

Saucy minx

It probably helps Santa.

Quote: Chappers @ 8th March 2015, 10:37 PM GMT

It probably helps Santa.

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I've got no idea now. When I wrote it I thought it was quite obscure and now I think I must've posted on the wrong thread.

Oh yes - The Power of Jingles (Bells).

Nuts! Whole hazel nuts, Cadbury have taken them and covered them in chocolate

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