It's probably quite popular in San Francisco, West Hollywood and Palm Sproing, though....
Posted on 11/14/2011 11:27:29 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Chevy ad from 1959 featuring the late, great Dianh Shore. The days when the chrome was thick and the women were straight!
It's probably quite popular in San Francisco, West Hollywood and Palm Sproing, though....
Back when Americans were literate, a lyrically clever jingle like this one would resonate with any high school graduate’s funny bone (”singin’” rhyming with “picnicking in” and “exploring in” among others, each rhyme its own joke for its own sake).
The jingle writers and the listening audience were sharing a wink. Cynicism doesn’t require intelligence, but understanding this commercial’s appeal does.
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Nice job explaining. We were a literate culture once. Music was appreciated, not rehashes of old rock and roll tunes. Real creative fun.
That was back before the collapse of civilization.
Thanks.
That ain't nothin'. The Custom Cruiser's my economy car. It has a catalytic converter and gets about 14MPG with the air on. Now I got an '88 Jeep Grand Wagoneer that get 8MPG on a good day and doesn't have a Cat. It also leaks oil. That there is a Leftist nightmare. LOL.
Well how else could the dealer rip off Rubes for a Johnson Rod replacement if the customer knew where it was and what it did?
Thank you! That jingle was strong in my head when this thread came up. I was a grade-schooler and had just realized I could sing those tunes.
I was born in 1965, and I concur. Something bad happened to us as a nation somewhere along the way. I wish to God we could find out what it was and deal with it. The world of my childhood had its problems, but it was a fundamentally decent place. Watching America slowly crumbling into madness is horrible.
A teenager who has a broken heart will put on a show of toughness and cynicism to mask the pain. He or she will also make reckless decisions based upon emotion — decisions which can have unforeseen aftereffects that last for years. Sometimes these decisions result in disaster.
America is a country with a broken heart.
“I was born in 1965, and I concur. Something bad happened to us as a nation somewhere along the way. I wish to God we could find out what it was and deal with it.”
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It was and is the ascension of the counterculture and the Communist Left. I saw this happening as I grew up, when it became hip to turn the civilized world on it head. Literally, up became down, bad became good, and in, became out. Fascists that they are, among the “progressives”, if you don’t fully subscribe to their fashionable world view, you are uncool, hateful, backwards and/or just plain stupid.
For me, traditional values of heterosexual monogamy, patriotism, wholesome, respectful public discourse (including entertainment), faith in and the primacy of God, are like, “where its at, man”.
If I remember correctly, it was a Johnson Bar rather than a rod. By the way, welcome to Pa.
Thank you. Baby was mighty rough when we first got it. Hubby put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into it to make it the gem I drive today.
Believe it or not, many's the time Dinah's "See the USA in a Chevrolet" runs through my mind as I roll along the highway in Baby. LOL!
LOL. I haven't been able to get out of PA for more than a couple weeks in the last 38 years as hard as I try.
You know, we really need a ping list for the motor heads, car collectors and car enthusiasts on FR. They are always popular threads on even the slowest times here.
Add me to that list..!
The EDSEL show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UL1jVaFh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbbJmsRYrnc
This is when I first got it, it is a lot better now, but still far to go. Fixed missing bumper, side trim, other fin was crushed, carburetor blown, radiator shot, bad alternator, wrong lug nuts, brakes, tires, hub caps, no speedometer, valves way off, timing 10 degrees out. Etc.
It's a dream though. I suspect you understand. That's my 67 Camaro in the background. I have three years of work left I think.
I hear that. When my kid was little she would beg us to go for a ride in daddy’s hot rod in the middle of winter with the top down.
Asbolutely, Freeper moderators, whaddya say?
I see some of existing Pings so I don’t see any problem with this one. I am on a Cat Ping for crying out loud. Have you ever done one before? I don’t know how to get started. Maybe we could post this idea in Chat and see if anyone else started a ping and what we need to do. I bet that most of the people here and the car related thread I posted after yours would be interested.
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