Anyone who doubts the adhesive power of TV advertising on the brain should take a look at some of the stuff rattling around in my head, in some cases even after decades. See how many you can put a product to:
__ _______ will clean your whole house, and everything that’s in it.
____ _____ means fine tobacco.
I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
My baloney has a first name, it’s _ _ _ _ _
_______ tastes good like a cigarette should.
There’s nothing like the face of a kid eating a _______ ___.
_____ takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
You’ll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with _________.
Everything tastes better when it sits on a ____.
Everything’s better, with __________ on it.
How ’bout a nice, ________ punch?
See the U.S.A., in your _________.
Mmmm, mmmm, good. Mmmm, mmmm, good. That’s what ________ _____ are, mmmm, mmmm, good!
____ has a better idea.
_______ cleans while it shines.
The beer that made Milwaukee famous, simply because it tastes so good.
You’re smoking neat, you’re smoking clean, with __________ today.
Have one, have another, it’s that kind of beer.
Have a ____ and a smile.
Betcha can’t eat just one.
_____ has been shown to be an effective, decay-preventive dentifrice when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.
______ is a candy mint! _____ is a breath mint!
Show us your ____ pack.
A ______, a ______, a wonderful wonderful toy.
588, 2-3hundred. ______!
So pure, it floats!
Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
Won’t sink to the bottom of the bowl.
_______ consumes 47 times its weight in excess stomach acid.
Nothing says lovin’ like something from the oven, and _________ says it best.
Silly rabbit! ____ are for kids!
Choosy mothers choose ___.
____ cleans like a white tornado!
You got chocolate in my peanut butter.
_________ kills germs on contact.
A ________, a ________, delicious whole-wheat biscuit, baked only by Nabisco.
It’s not fried, it’s ______ _ ____, and I hepped.
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief it is.
Now you know, and you can take all bets, that when you smoke all seven filter cigarettes, you’ll find some too strong, some too light, but ________ got the taste that’s right.
But wait, there’s more!
And indeed there is. Commercials aren’t the only thing from TV filling up my head. But that’s a topic for another time...
Answers: Mr. Clean, Lucky Strike, Alka Seltzer, Big Mac, Oscar Mayer, Winston, Hershey bar, Timex, Pepsodent, Ritz, Bluebonnet margarine, Hawaiian Punch, Chevrolet, Campell’s soups, Ford, Pledge, Schlitz, Parliament, Old Milwaukee, Coke, Lay's potato chips, Crest, Certs, Lark, Slinky, Empire carpets, Ivory soap, M&M, Seven Seas salad dressing, Rolaids, Pillsbury, Trix, Jif, Ajax, Reese’s Cups, Listerine, Triscuits, Shake ‘n Bake, Alka Seltzer, Viceroy. The headline and art refer, or course, to Raid.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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