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"Bats in the belfry?
Mice in the rice?
Cockroaches in the kitchen,
None of that's nice.
Mold in your carpet?
Termites below?
Whatever your problem let the __ man know"
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oldtime dfl_er
(7,177 posts)if you can name the woman in this ad:
"They say at a certain age you just stop caring. I wonder what age that is."
justgamma
(3,693 posts)but it's Elan Musk's mother.
oldtime dfl_er
(7,177 posts)weird, huh
underpants
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jayfish
(10,307 posts)You think that commercial would fly today?
mahatmakanejeeves
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Roland99
(53,345 posts)And the OP is the Orkin man?
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(33,144 posts)jayfish
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(10,307 posts)I don't like to, completely, spoil these for other DU'ers. Have another look at the answer.
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(33,144 posts)Let's see if anyone else "gets it"
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Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)Wolf
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(33,144 posts)I think Miller's was "If you've got the time, we've got the beer"
/joke
jmowreader
(53,238 posts)"When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer."
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(33,144 posts)Laffy Kat
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(33,144 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,955 posts)An oldie. It came to me out of the blue the other day. It was a television commercial.
bobalew
(443 posts)I was enthralled by that commercial as a child.
applegrove
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Because it's nice without the edge.
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rickford66
(6,070 posts)bobalew
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)Charlie the Tuna was their spokestuna. Arbel Nelson the cat ate him.
Wold
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)Old Rasputin (also called Old Tom Baker) Imperial Russian Barrel Aged Stout.
Wolf
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DFW
(60,264 posts)DFW
(60,264 posts)One of my grandfather's very own (he was a Madison Avenue advertising exec in the 1950s and 1960s).
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(33,144 posts)DFW
(60,264 posts)By the way, he also had the "Tareyton" account, but they switched to another agency before the "rather fight than switch" campaign was introduced.
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(33,144 posts)I have no idea about "It leaves you breathless"
DFW
(60,264 posts)Women used to make derogatory remarks about his breath and that of his friends when they had a few shots of whiskey, but never noticed an alcohol breath when they drank vodka.
There, when they landed the Smirnoff vodka account, he came up with "It leaves you breathless," the double meaning by no means lost on drinkers. It was of his most successful campaigns of all. In the 1950s, having a Russian name for ANY US-made product was risky. Smirnoff was made by Hublein of Connecticut. The "breathless" campaign surged past all the McCarthyism and put Smirnoff Vodka on the map forever.
red dog 1
(33,144 posts)Years ago, I read a book written by a guy who's father was in advertising.
He was the one who came up with "Man-O-Manischewitz What a Wine!"
DFW
(60,264 posts)My grandfather (the ad man, that is) never enjoyed higher education. He made it on his wit alone, and that meant a lot of plays on words.
Once in 1965, we were in a car in downtown Washington DC. My mom was driving. The was LBJ's "War on Poverty" and "Population Explosion" era. Out of nowhere, my grandfather said he thought we needed a "War on Puberty to stem the Copulation Explosion." My mom was laughing so hard, she nearly ran the car up the steps of the old FBI building.
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(33,144 posts)Harker
(17,852 posts)It bothers me how deeply implanted advertising is.
I haven't had breakfast cereal in 40 years.
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)Aspirin with caffeine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacin
Wolf
red dog 1
(33,144 posts)You were answering # 60, not # 61 ["Tastes as good as it smells"]
(That's why I was surprised by your answer)
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)The guy was dropped into the driver's seat.
Wolf
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(33,144 posts)(Good ad)
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panader0
(25,816 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)My mom sang, "You'll wonder where your teeth all went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent."
Wolf
panader0
(25,816 posts)Hint: "Brusha brusha brusha"
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(33,144 posts)Didn't Bill Cosby do some Jell-O commercials?
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(33,144 posts)jmowreader
(53,238 posts)Which in the US is now Exxon gasoline...they still use the tiger, but no longer tell you to put it in your tank. A team of experts has proven conclusively that tigers will not fit in gas tanks and they wouldn't be happy there if you could get them in.
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Different Drummer
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(33,144 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,839 posts)The White Knight
Wolf
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(33,144 posts)(Thanks for the video)
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if..fish..had..wings
(880 posts)Local not National
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(33,144 posts)(Just curious)
if..fish..had..wings
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(33,144 posts)quaint
(5,112 posts)...but no clue about what. 
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(33,144 posts)(not a breakfast cereal)
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