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Red Rose Tea chimps (Burgh Thing?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prVRwXAWFeA ^ | Published on February 11, 2013 | MrAlcue You Tube account

Posted on 08/30/2015 10:35:58 PM PDT by re_nortex

Another late night/early morning whimsical post concerning music and a memorable TV commercial. Here's the link to the 1960's Red Rose song, very catchy.



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KEYWORDS: commercial; monkeys; pittsburgh; redrose; tea
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Although the Canadian-based tea company ran it elsewhere, it's ascent to a cult classic may be just a western Pennsylvania thing along with Chiller Theater, Who Can? Ameri-CAN, red up your room and meet me under Kaufmann's clock. Anyone else old enough to remember this?


1 posted on 08/30/2015 10:35:58 PM PDT by re_nortex
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To: re_nortex

So, who needs a record?

I remember, I remember


2 posted on 08/30/2015 10:42:03 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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To: re_nortex

Yeah. Unfortunately old enuff.


3 posted on 08/30/2015 10:47:53 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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What part of the country were you in when you saw it? It was a pretty big deal in the tri-state (PA, OH and WV) in the 60’s...a commercial that became a regional hit.


4 posted on 08/30/2015 10:59:17 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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So, ya wanna go chimps or tea...?

We got ya Dave Garroway and ....

We got ya ‘tiny little tea leaves in....


5 posted on 08/30/2015 11:00:36 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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To: re_nortex

A tiny (then) little bedroom town, 13 miles east of Boston Mass, Natick.

(btw, we cross posted)

Can’t find the good/original ‘strong’ tea that I remember (but the silly plaster cracker jack animals are still included)

Don’t know how big a deal this commercial was, as said on another thread, at that time, New England had Ernie Boch and New England Speedway.

(Come on Down; SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY)

Have you seen b/m this site?

https://archive.org/index.php";

Got it from another thread... some good stuff


6 posted on 08/30/2015 11:10:22 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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To: re_nortex

Where I still live, Washington Co, PA.


7 posted on 08/30/2015 11:11:52 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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Can you imagine them running it today? Lib heads would be exploding.


8 posted on 08/30/2015 11:13:24 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Eagles6; This_far
West Mifflin, near the slag heap, for me when the commercial was big. But it never induced me to actually buy the brand but the name "Red Rose Tea" is forever seared into brain. :)

As for the Wayback Machine, suffice it to say that at my age, I do spend a good amount of time there for the old stuff.

9 posted on 08/30/2015 11:17:55 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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We used to watch them pour slag at night on the way home from Grandma’s house in Dormont. We’d pretend it was a volcano.


10 posted on 08/30/2015 11:20:42 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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From chimps to tea to slag...FR truly covers it all. Here's a good article about Brown's Dump, fondly remembered as the slag heap. There was a drive-in not far away on Route 51 and you could either watch the movie or look out at the side windows and watch the orange glow as the cars dumped their cargo down the side.
11 posted on 08/30/2015 11:28:41 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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Might also have been the Scandinavian in me that brought me to tea (or the similarity to the winter Glug)

Just out of curiosity, how’s the EPA doing with those underground coal mine fires out there?


12 posted on 08/30/2015 11:30:36 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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I remember it. Definitely was part of the Burgh thing.


13 posted on 08/30/2015 11:30:42 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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Yes, I remember. Haven't had Red Rose in years. Is it still around? Seems my local supermarket only sells Lipton, Tetley and some of those fancy brands like Bigelow.
14 posted on 08/30/2015 11:31:44 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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Another ‘Burgh thing:Chicken on the hill
My sister wore a shirt with this slogan practically every day in the early 70’s. I finally asked my father a few months ago what it meant.


15 posted on 08/30/2015 11:35:58 PM PDT by karatemom
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You’re taking post 5, line 3 then...


16 posted on 08/30/2015 11:36:05 PM PDT by This_far (AN)
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To: karatemom

Long before the Terrible Towel, there was the Green Weenie gimmick.


17 posted on 08/30/2015 11:39:19 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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Ok I will have to ask my dad about that one!!! If it is a Pittsburgh sports thing, he will know it!


18 posted on 08/30/2015 11:58:29 PM PDT by karatemom
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To: Eagles6

“Lib heads would be exploding.”

You might not be old enough to remember the asian ladies singing the Tetley tea jingle on tv.

That was the good old days sunny boy, no color problems, every was in black and white (or gray and fuzzy with crazy lines if someone turned on a light)


19 posted on 08/31/2015 12:02:45 AM PDT by This_far
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WHOO BOY !

Another hour spent in youtube sidebar land

20 posted on 08/31/2015 1:14:48 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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