<p>My Mom swears that I used a quiet time at church to sing, “Light up a Lucky–it’s light up time.” For young people, Lucky Strike was a cigarette and they could advertise on tv.</p>
<p>Oooh, Bethie - do you remember “To a Smoker, It’s a Kent”? </p>
<p>I wasn’t busted for singing it in church, but my older brother and sister used the tune as a basis for a Sunday School skit.</p>
<p>I’d rather fight than switch.</p>
<p>(Can you imagine that today???!!!)</p>
<p>I’ll help you get that song out of your head - </p>
<p>“It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all…”</p>
<p>Sorry - I shouldn’t have done that to you but I’ll bet it cleared the other song.</p>
<p>I’m afraid I knew all the cigarette slogans.</p>
<p>I have read that the cure-all for an earworm is “The Girl from Ipanema.” It really works. </p>
<p>The only drawback is now you have “The Girl from Ipanema” stuck in your head…</p>
<p>“To a smoker, it’s a Kent” </p>
<p>In elementary school, my best friend and I spent hours and hours making up extra lyrics to that jingle. Then we’d make our parents listen to our performances.</p>
<p>But it’s Brasilian! Girl From Ipanema, I mean.</p>
<p>More taste–fine tobacco.</p>
<p>Tarryton is better - charcoal is why.</p>
<p>Two songs that get stuck in my head are songs we used to sing when the kids were little (warning- get ready to scream in pain):</p>
<p>1) Little Rabbit Foo-Foo hoppin’ through the forest, scooping up all the field mice and bopping them on the head… Down came the GOOD fairy, and she said… (need I go on???) </p>
<p>2) This is called “the song that never ends” - that they used to sing on the revival Shari Lewis Show. It ts a round, and truly never ends. "this is the song that never ends… it just goes on and on my friend… some people started… blah blah blah. Hey!! I think, miracle of miracles… I no longer remember it all!! YAY!!! Thank heavens for old age! Don’t anyone remind me of all the words, PLEASE!</p>
<p>“From the Land of Sky Blue Water-- comes the beer, refreshing.”</p>
<p>hmm, wonder if that is how the lyrics go, I guess I’ll have to go look it up. I get a lot of education and do a lot of online research resulting from these C.C. threads.</p>
<p>Oh, yes. It’s HAMM’S, the Beer Refreshing! :)</p>
<p>BUMMER!! I remembered some more, and then couldn’t stand it-- I looked it up on Wikipedia- it goes:</p>
<p>This is the song that never ends,
Yes, it goes on and on my friends
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they’ll continue singing it forever just because—
(repeat)</p>
<p>AAAGGHHH!!! :eek:</p>
<p>jym626- sadly, I do know all the words to ‘the song that never ends’, also all the lyrics from “Barney”, “the Elephant Show”, etc. </p>
<p>Shoot, now the ‘Captain Kangaroo’ them is running through my head…</p>
<p>I thought it was little bunny foo-foo</p>
<p>And it is absolutely from the Land of Sky Blue Waters–Hamms Beer.</p>
<p>We’re not programmed.</p>
<p>cross-posted-we’re all nuts. At least, I hope so.</p>
<p>At least this thread keeps <em>changing</em> the earworms! That helps.</p>
<p>But once you open that mental cabinet where all the childhood ads live, it’s hard to shut. </p>
<p>Which is worse: </p>
<p>A beer is a beer is a beer is a beer
until you’ve tasted Hamm’s</p>
<p>or (and I have a feeling some of you may soon be sharpening your knives and seeing if you can find me on google, but I can’t stop now)</p>
<p>Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs!
What kinds of kids eat Armour hot dogs?
Fat kids, skinny kids,
Kids who climb on rocks . . . . ?</p>
<p>tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox.</p>
<p>We learned it as little rabbit foo foo, but many of the dreadfully annoying youtube renditions said “little bunny foo foo”. Equal opportunity torture, IMO.</p>