[Ads-l] 21st-Century Advertising Slogans

[Jonathan Lighter]

Well, I swan!

I ain't never heard them words!

(Though later ads did advise to "look for the ship that sails the ocean.")

JL

JL

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 1:35 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > How about the Old Spice jingle?
>
> Yo-ho! Yo-Ho!
> Brushless or lather, boys,
> Whichever you've a notion!
> Fifty cents for the shaving cream,
> A dollar for the lotion!
> "Old Spice means quality!"
> Said the captain to the boatswain.
> So, look for the package with
> The ship that sails the ocean!
> Yo-ho! Yo-Ho!
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How about the Old Spice jingle?
> >
> > Oh....It has to be words....
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 3:57 PM Jacob <jappelbaum123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Just a couple that stick out:
> > >
> > > Subway: “Eat Fresh”
> > >
> > > Applebee’s: “Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood”
> > >
> > > Gatorade: “Is It In You”
> > >
> > > Can’t find a date for it, but: “He went to Jared”
> > >
> > > Staples: “That was easy.”
> > >
> > > Farmers: “we are farmers, bum bum bum...”
> > >
> > > -Jacob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Aug 6, 2018, at 12:31 PM, Chris Waigl <chris at LASCRIBE.NET> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 12:25 AM Margaret Lee <
> > > > 0000006730deb3bf-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> How about "Gillette, the best a man can get"   ?
> > > > Introduced in 1989 during the Superbowl. It's easy to find out the
> > origin
> > > > years of the most well-known slogans, but tedious to do it one by
> one.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://superbowl-ads.com/the-gillette-company-debuts-new-gillette-the-best-a-man-can-get/
> > > >
> > > > -- Chris
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