Earworm - old school commercial jingle

Cerridwyn had a video to watch said Sun, Aug 16th 2026 at 1:48pm ET

In this puzzle game I do there was a camera this morning and for whatever reason the jingle below went through my head and won’t come out.

After re-learning who wrote it, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. And I’m sure it happens to others of us oldies too

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aetris said Sun, Aug 16th 2026 at 7:06pm ET:

Whenever a song gets stuck in my head I just think of Ian Whitcomb’s The Turn On Song and it drives anything else out of my head.

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f00l said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 1:03am ET:

/youtube I’d like to give the world a coke

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- @f00l - I prefer the Meh version:
  
  I’d like to build the world a home,
  but where would that home go?
  Another bigger world I guess,
  would that work, seems like no.
  
  I’d like to teach the world to sing
  the songs of Manfred Mann,
  I’d like to buy the world a Coke
  but first shake up the can.
  
  aetris said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 7:18am ET
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- @aetris @f00l there’s two versions that stick into my mind. One is the theme to the children’s show, the Letter People; it has a similar melody, but isn’t quite the same. The other is a pornographic remix that’s, well, “furnish it with porn” should get you a few YouTube links (it’s actually kind of cute, if explicit).
  
  pakopako said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 5:50pm ET
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Kyeh said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 4:02am ET:

Oscar Meyer Weiners
Empire Flooring
Jardiance

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- @Kyeh
  TBH… I only recognize one of those!
  
  chienfou said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 10:08am ET
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- @chienfou Lucky you!
  
  Kyeh said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 6:41pm ET
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pakopako said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 5:53pm ET:

Ironically used in a Chase Bank commercial (just the chorus - keep on keeping on)

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duodec said Mon, Aug 17th 2026 at 11:16pm ET:

I still have some of the jingles from commercials in Las Vegas when I was a kid/teem. Found a couple online.

You’ll have to hit the play button on this one, I didn’t see a way to directly link the jingle. I was surprised to see they are still in business but they dropped the history page from their website.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130708092055/http://www.cragin-pike.com/history/

Then there was Maryland Square Shopping Center (which had a Wonder World store, a favorite!), across the street from the Boulevard Mall, also a favorite.

I tried but can’t find Walt Casey’s Water Conditioning
Walt Casey can bring
soft water to you
call 735-6902 (may be off on the number)

or Bowmer and Berry’s Showcase. There’s a 1993 commercial on youtube but no jingle

Bowmer and Berry’s
Showcase
3256 Maryland Parkway
…

Dang, I’m being so nostalgic. I really need to see if there are any VHS tapes we recorded back then and get a working player to see if I have any of these…

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f00l said Tue, Aug 18th 2026 at 1:06am ET:

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chienfou said Tue, Aug 18th 2026 at 10:58am ET:

While I totally remember the product I have absolutely no recollection of the commercial…

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mycya4me said Friday at 11:55pm ET:

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