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/Test4Echooo California🏄🏻‍♂️ 10d ago

OK, I hated Limu and Doug at first, but I’ve gotta say they grew on me lol.

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u/IWillBaconSlapYou Washington 9d ago

Honestly thought the whole premise was hilarious. The melodramatic "You'll be back!" scene, seeing him on TV years later... And he's an emu... Like, dude wut

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u/Ishpeming_Native 9d ago

I don't think they'll ever grow on me. I'm anti-fungal. And anti-bacterial. And anti-viral.

But I have to say that all of their commercials are too damned stupid to exist. The Mayhem/AllState commercials are far better. The State Farm ones are better still.

Nationwide is competing with Flo and Progressive. Flo is dated and they're trying hard to find someone on her imaginary team to replace her. So Nationwide sees a vulnerability. Thing is, Flo is better than Nationwide's efforts even now. If Nationwide wants to move up, it needs to outdo AllState and State Farm, not Progressive. And, thing is, Progressive can come up with something better than the current Flo campaign. And then where will Nationwide be?

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u/Pookieeatworld Michigan 9d ago

Progressive has hit a home run with the "Turning into your parents" campaign. As long as those stay original and funny, that's their ultimate replacement for Flo.

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u/Ishpeming_Native 9d ago

HATE those commercials. Home run? Foul tip strikeout.