Early Product Slogans

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  1. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
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    Use Ajax (boom boom)
    The foaming cleanser (booba booba boom boom boom)
    Floats the dirt (boom boom)
    Right down the drain! (booba booba booba boom)

    Google it to hear the "Boom Boom" part !

    Hal
     
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    I remember that jingle, and I think that there was another Ajax one promoting Ajax laundry detergent as "Stronger than Dirt." The visual commercials for that were striking as they featured an armored white knight with lance mounted on his charger and moving at full gallop. He appeared at unexpected places, kind of like an anachronism or fish out of water. The jingle was simple, and went:
    "Stronger than dirt!
    New Ajax laundry detergent
    Is stronger than dirt."
    (Horn flourish)

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  3. Hal Pollner

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    "Ask the man who owns one"

    "Outstanding, and they are mild!"

    "99 and 44/100% pure, and it floats!"

    "Not a cough in a carload"

    "When better cars are built, ----- will build them"

    These go back to the 1930's and earlier...if you don't know, then go to Google.

    Post some of yours!

    Hal
     
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    See the U.S.A. in your .....

     
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  5. Hal Pollner

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    Chevrolet, of course....but 2 years later the V8 Chevys appeared!

    H.P.
     
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    Wrong on so many levels.....:p
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    Pepsi Cola hits the spot
    12 full ounces, that's a lot.
    We made it light, just right for you,
    Refreshes without filling too.
     
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  9. Hal Pollner

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    Yeah, but the original Pepsi Cola jingle went:

    Pepsi Cola hits the spot,
    Twelve full ounces, that's a lot,
    Twice as much for a Nickle too,
    Pepsi Cola is the drink for you!


    (And then...'Nickle Nickle Nickle")

    Hal
     
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    @Hal Pollner "Yummy, yummy, yummy.........

    I've got ________ in my tummy......". (you fill in).

    Frank
     
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    "A little dab'll do ya."
     
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    RIP, Lee Iaccoca. "If you can find a better car, buy it."

     
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  14. Hal Pollner

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    BRYLCREEM, man!
     
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