mat@linus.UUCP (Michael A. Turniansky) (04/12/84)
<I hope you're happy that you started this mess...> I have not seen the following mentioned: "This Can't be Love" (from "Boys from Syracuse") => "This Can't be Coffee" (Brim) "I Believe in You" (from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying") => "I Believe in You, Remington" (Remington Shavers) "Can-Can" (from "Can-Can") => "(Shop-Rite does the) Can-Can" (Shoprite. Is this local to New York area?) "Tangerine" => "Figurines" (Carnation?) Now then, to the person who started this thing: Well, Dr. Frankenstein, it appears that your monster has gotten away from you. There are thousands of commercials produced each year, and I'm willing to bet that at least 1% of them take songs from other sources. Was there a particular reason you asked the question, or were you just trying to get activity into this newsgroup? "This signoff line is copyrighted, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the express, written consent of the author" --Mike Turniansky (linus!mat UUCP) (mat@Mitre-Bedford ARPA)
moriarty@uw-june.UUCP (04/13/84)
Actually, this subject is the brainchild of the special netnews group at AT&T. After months of research, it was determined that this subject would generate the most comment, and thus net (a pun intended? ask my shrink) them the largest margin of profits. The second most volatile subject is Mr. Martillo on net.comics and net.flame, and that seems to be working splendidly, too. {"Why am I so happy? I own AT&T stock!"} Moriarty uw-beaver!uw-june!moriarty
rees@apollo.uucp (Jim Rees) (04/27/84)
I normally don't participate in long-winded discussions on dead topics, but I'm amazed that no one has yet mentioned the Burger King tune "Hold the Pickles, Hold the Lettuce," which is a direct ripoff of the Pachelbel canon (the popular one, most recently used as the sound track for "Four Seasons", I think).
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/03/84)
Say what? Hold the phone! While I could sort of sing "hold the pickles" Say What? Hold the pickles, hold the lettace? Hold the phone. Direct ripoff? Doesn't sound so to me. -Ron