Public service jingle for seat belts: "Buckle-up for safety, buckle-up! Buckle-up for safety, always buckle-up! Put your mind at ease, tell your riders, please, Buckle-up for safety, everybody buckle-up!"
Is this to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"?
Public service jingle for seat belts: "Buckle-up for safety, buckle-up! Buckle-up for safety, always buckle-up! Put your mind at ease, tell your riders, please, Buckle-up for safety, everybody buckle-up!"
Is this to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"?
It sounds to me as if it fits the college athletic song, "Buckle down, Winsockie, buckle down"
"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat;
A finger of fudge is just enough, until it's time to eat.
It's full of Cadbury goodness, and very small and neat.
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat."
'Milky Way - the sweet you CAN eat between meals without ruining your appetite.'
'Only Smarties have the answer....'
'Topic! A hazelnut in every bite!'
'A Mars a day, helps you work, rest and play.'
And no, it's no coincidence that all these are for sweets!!
"A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth
A finger of fudge is just enough to linger underneath
It's full of horrid e-numbers
And priced beyond belief
A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth"
"A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth
A finger of fudge is just enough to linger underneath
It's full of horrid e-numbers
And priced beyond belief
A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth"
One of the few commercial jingles that can function as a stand-alone song. I'm pretty sure I had heard it as a song on the radio before I knew it was an ad song.
(My understanding is that ILTTTWTS originally was a pop song, and then Coke reworked it for those ads. I suppose I could check wikipedia, but speculation is always more fun.)
I give you We've only just begun, which started out life as a TV commercial.
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
"A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth
A finger of fudge is just enough to linger underneath
It's full of horrid e-numbers
And priced beyond belief
A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth"
Blasphermy!
The version round our way was:
"A finger of fudge is just enough
To make your kids go green
It's full of stiickky sugar
And very very cheap
A finger of fudge is just enough
To make your kids go green."
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
My bank had Lennon's Imagine as their ad backround and hold music for a while, which struck me as about as incongruous as one could get. Before they moved on to "Say a little prayer" by Aretha Franklin (had to be careful not to be singing along when they finally picked up, too).
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
My bank had Lennon's Imagine as their ad backround and hold music for a while, which struck me as about as incongruous as one could get. Before they moved on to "Say a little prayer" by Aretha Franklin (had to be careful not to be singing along when they finally picked up, too).
Don't think we ever had Wonder Bread in the UK.
It was Nimble. However we seem to have a Mandela Effect here inasmuch as many (like me) remember the song being UU&A but it was in fact "she flies like a bird" as a quick perusal of YouTube proves.
I wonder if UU&A was used in an advert for something else around the same time? The Mandela Effect being real is not a conclusion I want to draw!
We did have Wonderloaf - link to Getty image of the bakery in the 60s and 70s. One of my sister's and my school friends' father* drove a delivery lorry for Wonderloaf, which caused much hilarity when it would not grow mould in an experiment compared to the other breads.
* (Sisters, we both counted them as friends, although the elder died while we were still in primary school.)
One of the few commercial jingles that can function as a stand-alone song. I'm pretty sure I had heard it as a song on the radio before I knew it was an ad song.
(My understanding is that ILTTTWTS originally was a pop song, and then Coke reworked it for those ads. I suppose I could check wikipedia, but speculation is always more fun.)
I give you We've only just begun, which started out life as a TV commercial.
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Is that what Wallace and Gromit were doing a spoof of in A Matter of Loaf and Death?
Promise her anything but give her Arpege. It worked, it is still my favorite, I find I can buy old bottles of it on E-bay now and then as they have stopped making the real thing.
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Is that what Wallace and Gromit were doing a spoof of in A Matter of Loaf and Death?
I’ve just been reminded of another one - listening to Classic FM’s top 300, they just played one of Cantaloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, which was used as backing for an advert for Dubonnet.
A while ago I got stuck on the A1(M) with Classic FM on the radio. Every single commercial break began with:
'How many tablets did you take this morning? On average, people over fifty say: "Four." That's over a hundred a month! With new, 12-hour Voltarol Gel ...'
I like Classic FM, but their advertisers have some, er, very specific ideas about their demographic ...
Now I cook with Brown and Polson
All my gravy's smooth and wholesome,
And there's not a single lump in sight.
Harry used to hate my gravy,
Threatened once to join the Navy.
Brown and Polson really saved the night.
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
There was another pop song in the UK something like "Would You Like to Fly in my Beautiful Balloon", which a bakery company reworked as background to one of their adverts for low calorie bread (Nimble?) which had a girl flying around in a hot air balloon.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
Yeah, we discovered that there's a Mandela Effect thing going on. Lots of people on t'web and here thought it was UUaA but t'ain't so.
Oops! Sorry, missed your post. I didn't doubt the others thinking they'd heard 'Up, up and away...'. I only remembered the other one because I'm that old! My mum used to use Nimble, occasionally. You could spit through it, as the saying goes.
Oh, we loved the Milk Tray adverts! It was fun to think of some dashing man in black who would ski down mountains or swing on ropes just to bring us chocolates.
There was even a scene in Coronation Street where a chap bought a box of Milk Tray, but he took out the chocolates and put in a black negligee instead.
I like Chiclets candy-coated chewing gum
I am going out right now and buy me some
It's refreshing as can be
Skidley woe, skidley wee
I like Chiclets candy-coated chewing gum
Oh, we loved the Milk Tray adverts! It was fun to think of some dashing man in black who would ski down mountains or swing on ropes just to bring us chocolates.
There was even a scene in Coronation Street where a chap bought a box of Milk Tray, but he took out the chocolates and put in a black negligee instead.
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"Naughty but nice" goes back to the 19th century. Rushdie's not that old.
Is this to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"?
It sounds to me as if it fits the college athletic song, "Buckle down, Winsockie, buckle down"
A finger of fudge is just enough, until it's time to eat.
It's full of Cadbury goodness, and very small and neat.
A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat."
'Milky Way - the sweet you CAN eat between meals without ruining your appetite.'
'Only Smarties have the answer....'
'Topic! A hazelnut in every bite!'
'A Mars a day, helps you work, rest and play.'
And no, it's no coincidence that all these are for sweets!!
A finger of fudge is just enough to linger underneath
It's full of horrid e-numbers
And priced beyond belief
A finger of fudge is just enough to rot your children's teeth"
Blasphermy!
I give you We've only just begun, which started out life as a TV commercial.
What is this place?
It is called Hud-ders-field.
Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension, I think you'll find. I was more familiar with the Frank Ifield cover, owing to my parents' music tastes.
I had a sneaking suspicion that Nimble and Slimcea and their ilk primarily had half the calories of regular bread because the slices were half the size...
Well, yes...🤨 Thanks, Impulse Body Spray.
The version round our way was:
"A finger of fudge is just enough
To make your kids go green
It's full of stiickky sugar
And very very cheap
A finger of fudge is just enough
To make your kids go green."
Cheapest chocolate-type thing in the shop IIRC.
Wonder Bread, apparently.
My bank had Lennon's Imagine as their ad backround and hold music for a while, which struck me as about as incongruous as one could get. Before they moved on to "Say a little prayer" by Aretha Franklin (had to be careful not to be singing along when they finally picked up, too).
Don't think we ever had Wonder Bread in the UK.
It was Nimble. However we seem to have a Mandela Effect here inasmuch as many (like me) remember the song being UU&A but it was in fact "she flies like a bird" as a quick perusal of YouTube proves.
I wonder if UU&A was used in an advert for something else around the same time? The Mandela Effect being real is not a conclusion I want to draw!
Edit: TWA ad from the same period: https://youtu.be/7hiDVYi8XJ8
Funny how brains work
I've looked several times, but I can't find
"When life is just a bore...have a Bourbon!" on YouTube anywhere.
[ETA in fact Googling "when life is just a bore" returns NO results. Or at least did until now*]
*My mum sang an old folk song which is absent from the internet and which I'm loth to ask for help in finding, in order to keep it that way.
* (Sisters, we both counted them as friends, although the elder died while we were still in primary school.)
Is that what Wallace and Gromit were doing a spoof of in A Matter of Loaf and Death?
What did I just listen to?
I used to think ....... until I discovered Smirnoff.
E.g. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548417/i-used-to-take-the-poster-nash-robin/
Although it is the spoof that sticks in my memory:
I used to think cunnilingus was an Irish airline until I discovered Smirnoff
Yes!
Snow White thought SevenUp was a fizzy drink until the dwarves discovered Smirnoff 😈
I’ve just been reminded of another one - listening to Classic FM’s top 300, they just played one of Cantaloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, which was used as backing for an advert for Dubonnet.
Up, up and away with TAA, the friendly friendly way
'How many tablets did you take this morning? On average, people over fifty say: "Four." That's over a hundred a month! With new, 12-hour Voltarol Gel ...'
I like Classic FM, but their advertisers have some, er, very specific ideas about their demographic ...
Stick it up your ...
Carry the big fresh flavour.
It obviously lodged in Nigel Blackwell's head too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUWIzVaIYlA
[Chorus]: b-O
n-O
m-O
bo-no-MO
Oh, Oh, Oh,
It's Bonomo.
[Little girl's voice] Candy.
All my gravy's smooth and wholesome,
And there's not a single lump in sight.
Harry used to hate my gravy,
Threatened once to join the Navy.
Brown and Polson really saved the night.
To which the childish added
Stick them up your a*se and they last a bit longer
Never to be forgotten
Or this to 'I can't let Maggie go'.
Yeah, we discovered that there's a Mandela Effect thing going on. Lots of people on t'web and here thought it was UUaA but t'ain't so.
Oops! Sorry, missed your post. I didn't doubt the others thinking they'd heard 'Up, up and away...'. I only remembered the other one because I'm that old! My mum used to use Nimble, occasionally. You could spit through it, as the saying goes.
“All because the lady loves Milk Tray”
There was even a scene in Coronation Street where a chap bought a box of Milk Tray, but he took out the chocolates and put in a black negligee instead.
I am going out right now and buy me some
It's refreshing as can be
Skidley woe, skidley wee
I like Chiclets candy-coated chewing gum
That’s a pick-up with a difference!