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Compare with [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]. |
Compare with [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]. |
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'''Slogans, Phrases, and Jingles:''' |
'''Slogans, Phrases, and Jingles:''' |
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* "Don't mess with Texas" is from an anti-littering campaign. |
* "Don't mess with Texas" is from an anti-littering campaign. |
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* "Mamma-mia, that's-a-spicy meatball!". People thought it was for sauce. It was for Alka-Seltzer. |
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** Given that the ad was about rehearsals for a sauce commercial, this is apparently a case of the tail wagging the dog. |
** Given that the ad was about rehearsals for a sauce commercial, this is apparently a case of the tail wagging the dog. |
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* ''"I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!"''- used in an advert for Life Alert, a medical alarm company. It actually began with a similar product named LifeCall, and Life Alert started using that phrase after LifeCall went under. |
* ''"I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!"''- used in an advert for Life Alert, a medical alarm company. It actually began with a similar product named LifeCall, and Life Alert started using that phrase after LifeCall went under. |
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* "Boom De Ya Da": The Discovery Channel commercials with stars of the channel's various shows musing how they love various features of the world. Borderline, as it hasn't yet stood the test of time, but it seems quite popular to make parodies (such as on [[YouTube]] - partly fueled by an official Discovery Channel contest). While it's clearly an ad, it also seems made more to invoke a sense of general wonder as anything. |
* "Boom De Ya Da": The [[Discovery Channel]] commercials with stars of the channel's various shows musing how they love various features of the world. Borderline, as it hasn't yet stood the test of time, but it seems quite popular to make parodies (such as on [[YouTube]] - partly fueled by an official Discovery Channel contest). While it's clearly an ad, it also seems made more to invoke a sense of general wonder as anything. |
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** Note that the ''music'' wasn't created for the commercial (the tune and the "Boom De Ya Da" chorus are from a popular campfire song), just the lyrics to the verses; the song ''has'' [[Older Than They Think|"stood the test of time."]] |
** Note that the ''music'' wasn't created for the commercial (the tune and the "Boom De Ya Da" chorus are from a popular campfire song), just the lyrics to the verses; the song ''has'' [[Older Than They Think|"stood the test of time."]] |
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* "I'm not a doctor, [[But I Play One on TV]]." Many people remember the line. They may even vaguely remember it was for some sort of medicine. Almost no one remembers which medicine (Vicks Cough Syrup) |
* "I'm not a doctor, [[But I Play One on TV]]." Many people remember the line. They may even vaguely remember it was for some sort of medicine. Almost no one remembers which medicine (Vicks Cough Syrup) |
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