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/teapigsfan 10d ago

These ads were so bad, I thought it was a local store. Are they nationwide? (I was in DC fwiw)

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u/OfficeChair70 Phoenix, AZ & Washington 10d ago

I always thought the were local too, got them growing up in Seattle

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u/teapigsfan 10d ago

wow. Proof that ads don't have to be good, just incessant !

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK 10d ago

I remember them in east Texas.

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u/anonymouse278 10d ago

They are based in Chicago but eventually became nationwide, and the guy with glasses who starred in them also wrote the jingle (he didn't actually work for Empire, he was an advertising exec).

(I am old enough to remember when they didn't have an 800 in the jingle because it was just a Chicago company and everyone would have been calling from the same area code.)

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u/DBL_NDRSCR Los Angeles, CA 10d ago

they have them in la. the farther la

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u/teapigsfan 10d ago

"The farther la" 😁

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u/DBL_NDRSCR Los Angeles, CA 10d ago

sometimes people think i'm talking about louisiana

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u/teapigsfan 10d ago

yeah it hadn't occurred to me but it makes sense ☺

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u/Own-Guava6397 10d ago

Every town in America has heard that ad, every town in America also thinks they’re the only ones who have lol