[net.games.trivia] Commercials that came from songs

tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) (04/07/84)

How about "THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE", alias the
Lone Ranger theme song.  It was used by both Lark
cigarettes (Have a Lark, Have a Lark, Have a Lark today")
and Jeno`s Pizza Rolls (Have a Jeno`s Jeno`s pizza roll)

There`s also the Beach Boys` "GTO" -> Honda(?) GTI.

Incidentally, Silver Bird was done by Mark Lindsay,
who at one time was with the Raiders.  No, not the
football team, the group.  Remember "Indian Reservation"?

ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/09/84)

Yes, the Jeno's Pizza Roll/Wm Tell commercial was tremendous.  As the
commerical ends, a guy from LARK comes up and says he wants to discuss
that theme music, and them the Lone Ranger says "I was going to ask you
the same thing."

-Ron
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