M-I-C...see you real soon
K-E-Y...why? because we like you!
M-O-U-S-E.
K-E-Y...why? because we like you!
M-O-U-S-E.
Ah, the days of the Mickey Mouse Club. Of course I didn't watch it for the songs or the cartoons. My main attraction were Annette Funicello's breasts. Annette went on to be a recording star and actress. She played in such dark psychological thrillers as The Shaggy Dog and Beach Blanket Bingo.
What you may not know is, at the time, Jimmie, the Mickey Mouse Club host was a star in his own right. He'd starred in countless films in the 40s and 50s, often uncredited.
And he wrote the theme song for the show. You know...
Who's the leader of the club
That's made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there
You're as welcome as can be
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
And the closing theme, as well. But that's not all. Jimmie Dodd rose to even greater fame as Bucky Beaver. Who was Bucky Beaver? Just the best-known marketing icon and musical mascot of all of 50s televisions, that's who. Jimmie Dodd voiced the character responsible for pushing Ipana toothpaste. Think back - those of you old enough to do so - to those magic words
"...brusha, brusha, brusha get the new Ipana..."
And here's another piece of television trivia. Candice Bergen's mother Frances, an actress and model, using the name Westcott, appeared in magazines as the Ipana Girl.
Some brush with fame for Dodd and Bergen, eh?
Now, everybody sing together...
Now, everybody sing together...
"Brush" is this week's prompt from the folks at Theme Thursday. (B)rush on over and see what other bloggers have done with the theme.
Comments
"brush your teeth, round and round, circle small, gums and all.." lol. did not know that about the song for mickey mouse...happy tt!
Didn't she sing that song, "Hit Me Baby One More Time"?
Ooops, wrong mousketeer!
Nicely done Nomesters! Nicely done!
Oddly enough, although I swear I can remember every commercial jingle I've heard in my life, the Ipana one barely sounds familiar, despite the fact that I really liked Bucky.
Also oddly enough, despite the fact that at the time Bucky was by far my favourite advertising character, my toothpaste of choice was Crest. Just because you like an ad icon doesn't mean you're going to use the product: something too many marketers, especially the new social or "new media" marketers don't seem to understand.
We used (and I still use) Colgate toothpaste, but I'm damned if I can remember a commercial or jingle for it. And while I remember magazine ads for Ipana (featuring all those Beautiful People from Hollywood), I don't remember the commercial with Bucky Beaver. But I do remember "You'll wonder where the yellow went/ When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!" I wonder if my parents used Colgate because it didn't have annoying ads and jingles?
Hmm Colgate's slogan wasn't very sexy or cool, I'm afraid: "#1 recommended by dentists".
;-)
My TT post is here.