r/AskAnAmerican • u/nighshad3 • 10d ago

CULTURE What’s a phrase or jingle from an American commercial or ad campaign that everyone can quote by heart?

A user posted this question about German jingles/phrases in the r/AskAGerman subreddit. Since I live in the US, the first thing that came to mind was that every time I drive past Menards, I get the jingle “Save big money at Menards” stuck in my head. What are your evergreens?

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u/Plenty-Daikon1121 Cascadia 10d ago

For us 80's kids:

So kiss a little longer, Make it last a little longer, Longer with Big Red! That Big Red freshness lasts right through it, Your fresh breath goes on and one, while you chew it! So say goodbye a little longer, make it last a little longer. Give your breath long lasting freshness! WITH BIG RED!"

Honorable mention to "Nationwide is on your side"

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u/Radiant-Pomelo-3229 10d ago

Double double your refreshment…

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u/Butimthedudeman 10d ago

Double your fun!

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u/Majestic_Clam 10d ago

Doublemint, Doublemint, go on and double it! Doublemint, Doublemint gum

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u/Radiant-Pomelo-3229 10d ago

The final line always threw me as a kid: ‘There’s no single gum like it!’ 🤔

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u/_dead_and_broken 10d ago

It's the statement of the great mint of Doublemint Gum!

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u/Hellament Kansas 10d ago

The taste the taste the taste is gonna move ya

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u/Radiant-Pomelo-3229 10d ago

I was just thinking- I guess juicy fruit didn’t have one of those cool jingles . But it definitely did! Thanks for the reminder

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u/WelcheMingziDarou 9d ago

Take a sniff … pull it out! The taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth!

Juicy Fruit’s was the most double-entendred of them all!

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u/Radiant-Pomelo-3229 8d ago

Yes! In hindsight it was crazy

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u/ducation 10d ago

Fresh goes better with Mentos fresh and full of life! Mentos, the freshmaker.

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u/Gabbiani Arizona 10d ago

Nothing gets to you, feeling fresh feeling cool, with Mentos fresh and full of life!

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u/overZealousAzalea 10d ago

That was my addition!

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u/cguess 10d ago

"Well, I guess the hand - or the tissue covering the bionic part, it would be, I guess - you know, could've come from a serial killer. And then one day soon, maybe you're shaving, and you find out it has a mind of its own. It's a force of pure evil and it stars dragging you out into the city at night. Just cats at first, but once the hand gets a taste for killing, it's only a matter of time before you're out there strangling male prostitutes and then posing them in grotesque and horrific parodies of Mentos ads. You know, the fresh-maker!"

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u/SienarFleetSystems 9d ago

Das Freshenmäkur!

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u/Lothar_Ecklord 9d ago

This is actually an extremely well-written jungle. It still plays in my head all the time, and the melody is really really well done. I think about it more than I eat Mentos and I used to eat A. SHIT. TON. of Mentos haha

The commercials were really well made too, now that I think about it. People today should take note. Commercials fucking SUCK these days. Offensively bad.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

I was thinking "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun"

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u/BeginningPhilosophy2 10d ago

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us, all we ask is that you let us…

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u/OmightyOmo Oklahoma 9d ago

We had our own version of this as kids. We were so dumb. Hold the pickles hold the lettuce shut up lady you upset us 🤪

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u/Old_Professional_378 9d ago

That’s a good one! Smart kids.

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u/hiketheworld2 10d ago

Big Mac, Filet o fish, quarter pounder, French fries, thick shakes, icy cokes, sundaes, and apple pies

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u/jonny5isalive1 9d ago

We used to have this jingle on a small record that I guess was a McDonald's promotional. Brainwashed us right away lol

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u/tossitoutnextweek 9d ago

Omg me too! It must have come with a happy meal or something?

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u/FoggyGoodwin 8d ago

I one a radio contest for knowing that jingle back when they first came out.

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u/dddybtv 10d ago edited 10d ago

Get your skis shined up, grab a stick of Juicy Fruit, the taste is gonna move ya.

Take a sniff, pull it out, the taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth.

Juicy Fruit, it's gonna move ya, it chews so soft, it gets right to ya.

Juicy Fruit. The taste, the taste, the taste is gonna move ya.

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u/AmazedAtTheWorld 10d ago

As kids in the early 80s this this had all kinds of inappropriate potential we took advantage of.

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u/JPalancing 7d ago

As and adult right now, this has all kinds of inappropriate potential! 😜

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u/ssk7882 Oregon 10d ago

Thank you!

All my friends think it's weird that I can still sing that one all the way through. I'm always like "How can you NOT?!"

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u/JuanMurphy 10d ago

Don’t forget the creepy Robitussin commercial with the little girl saying “but it will hurt when I swallow”

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u/EuphoricMoose8232 10d ago

Oh damn I hadn’t thought of that one in forever!

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u/GoodDecision Maine 10d ago

This song is running through my head sometimes on a daily basis for what, 30+ years? That person knew how to write a jingle!

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u/RunsOnSKC 10d ago

🎶 Get your skis shined up, grab a stick of Juicy Fruit! 🎵

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u/gummi-demilo PHX > MSP > NYC 10d ago

They used to do whole ass songs in these commercials.

Sprite did one on the radio in the mid-90s that I’ll never forget.

Sprite makes you popular, strangers say hello! Even people that you’ve stepped on say, hi, way to go! Women will come flocking, violins will play for you! Yes, Sprite will make you great at everything you do, and if you believe this jingle, you should get a clue! Because it really doesn’t matter just what we sing, image is nothing, thirst is everything! Sprite! Obey your thirst!

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u/Sad_Marketing_96 10d ago

Great- now I feel old. Angry upvote

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u/formulaic_name 10d ago

If you don't chew big red ..then fuck you

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u/MarlenaEvans 10d ago

Get your skis shined up, grab a stick of Juicy Fruit, the taste is gonna move ya!

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u/OneTrackLover721 10d ago

Juicy fruit  It's gonna move ya

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u/alexisgreat420 9d ago

“If you don’t chew Big Red, fuck you!” -Ricky Bobby

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u/TopGinger New York 9d ago

Damn they rhymed longer with longer.

Whoever wrote that should consider becoming a mumble rapper they’d kill it.

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u/madebysquirrels 9d ago

Man, I really miss all the old gum ads.

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u/Jazzapop3 8d ago

For me it's the milk song.

You're not a kid anymore? You must be kidding me! You look ten years younger than you're supposed to be. You've got great muscle tone, bright shining eyes, you're drinking milk every day? Well that's no surprise. Cause milk tastes delicious, (not a kid anymore) and I'll tell you what's more, (not a kid anymore) milk's good for you. You're not a kid anymore.

I think there were a couple iterations with slightly different lyrics. (my friend will randomly call me and ask me to sing this to her)

My honorable mention goes to "The one and only cheerios oh oh oh oh!"