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Take a delicious trip down memory lane with these iconic food commercials that left a lasting impression. From the mischievous Trix Rabbit to the unforgettable Tootsie Pop Owl, and the catchy jingles of Oscar Mayer and Baby Bottle Pop, these ads shaped childhoods and snack cravings alike. Whether you loved the humor or just couldn’t get the tunes out of your head, these nostalgic commercials keep the flavors of the past alive.
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00:00Yo!
00:00What's that?
00:02What's that?
00:03Da!
00:04Ha ha ha!
00:07Hold on!
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're taking a look back at some of the old school food commercials that
00:14never truly left our heads.
00:16Whether we actually ate the product or not.
00:19Got your parachute?
00:20I forgot it.
00:21I bought the Wilkins coffee.
00:22I forgot that too.
00:24You'll never forget this.
00:27Number 10.
00:28Honeycomb.
00:29Me want honeycomb.
00:30I'm starved.
00:32Where's the honeycomb?
00:33Oops, back in the van.
00:35What?
00:36Me want honeycomb!
00:38Inside every one of us is a hungry monster ready to burst if we don't satisfy our cravings.
00:44No one knew this better than honeycomb cereal when they created the crazy craving mascot.
00:49Honeycomb!
00:50Mmm, that high-sweet crunch can't get past me.
00:52Me want honeycomb!
00:55Ooh, let me at him!
00:57Whenever the treasured cereal is nearby or someone has denied it, they undergo a crazed transformation into a short, half
01:04-feral cereal fiend.
01:06They'll go on a cartoony rampage until they claim their coveted breakfast and heaven help anyone who gets in their
01:14way.
01:14In some commercials, we get something worse than one crazy craving.
01:18Two or three of them.
01:20I just gotta have that honey-sweet crunch!
01:22Me want honeycomb!
01:25Move it, hula boy!
01:27Save them for two, please!
01:28No matter how many, when you hear the crazed call of me want honeycomb, it's best to give them what
01:34they want and run for it.
01:36Number 9. Fruit Twistables.
01:38The Fruit Twistables Boot Camp.
01:40Are you tired of ordinary tasting snacks?
01:42Do you wish they had more appeal?
01:45Then Fruit Twistables may be for you!
01:46In the mid-2000s, back when Kelanova was still Kellogg's, they sold a fruit snack known as Fruit Twistables, the
01:53fruit snack with a twist.
01:55The only thing more memorable than this forgotten treat was the commercials, where Sergeant Twistable runs a boot camp training
02:02a platoon of talking fruits to become the next big bendy snack flavor.
02:07Move them hips, Pear! Banana!
02:10Big, goofy, and yellow is no way to go through life, son.
02:14Doesn't anyone here want to become the only fruit snack with three bendable tasty twists?
02:19The zany concept and stop-motion animation instantly grabbed our attention, but tragically, the commercials faded away along with the
02:26Twistables themselves.
02:27We never got to see which fruit would have become the big new flavor.
02:31Probably not Grape, considering how often he got squished in every ad.
02:34New tropical storm has arrived!
02:37Three bendable tasty twists of tropical flavor!
02:41What more could you ask for?
02:42Not much, sir!
02:43Fruit salute!
02:44Number 8. Domino's. Avoid the Noid.
02:47There is true evil in this world, and it comes in the form of the Noid.
02:52The Noid hates hot quality pizza.
02:55He loves to make your hot pizza ice cold.
03:00This annoying clay animated mascot is an agent of chaos out to destroy all the world's pizzas,
03:06and no one seems to be able to stop him.
03:08However, Domino's is seemingly the only pizza that can avoid the Noid, as they put it.
03:22No matter what harebrained schemes he cooks up, Domino's is always one step ahead of him, putting a cap on
03:28his reign of terror.
03:29Whether or not Domino's is really that good is up for debate, but there's no denying that they created some
03:34really fun commercials with one of the most chaotic mascots.
03:38Only our pizza is guaranteed to avoid the Noid.
03:43Domino's pizza delivers.
03:45Number 7. Chef Boyardee. The Rolling Can.
03:49Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, and among the greatest is a can of Chef Boyardee in this 2004
03:55food commercial.
03:55Not tonight, sweetie. I've had Chef every night this week.
03:59But I love Chef.
04:01Despite the mother's refusal, the can has other ideas.
04:04It leaps off the shelf and follows the family out of the store.
04:07It traverses through busy streets and highways,
04:10only stopping a few times to obey traffic laws and pay respect to its fellow cans.
04:27Eventually, it rolls into the living room, its brave journey finally complete.
04:32It's a wholesome, funny commercial that inspired viewers to recreate it on TikTok many years later.
04:46Number 6. Orbit Gum. The Orbit Ladies.
04:50Do you want to feel elegant and classy while you're chewing gum?
04:53Orbit made the habit look fabulous thanks to the involvement of perky British ladies.
04:58For a good clean feeling.
05:02Fabulous. No matter what.
05:04No matter how filthy the situation got,
05:06they were there to ensure that gum chewers were left with a good, clean feeling no matter what.
05:11Or at least keep their mouths clean.
05:14A lot of the commercials of this got pretty unhinged with how zany the circumstances were.
05:19Want stronger teeth? Chew Orbit.
05:21It's now accepted by the American Dental Association.
05:25Smashing!
05:25Arguably, the funniest ones occurred when the potty mouths were brought in,
05:29and Orbit made sure to keep the naughty language squeaky clean.
05:32The later commercials put more emphasis on eliminating lingering food smells,
05:36which is funny, but can't compete with faux potty language.
05:40What the f-
05:41Frank!
05:43Son of a-
05:44Beatrice!
05:45Holy sh-
05:46Sheila!
05:47Well, kiss my-
05:48Ashton!
05:48Ain't that a kick in the-
05:50Balthazar!
05:51Well, wax my-
05:52Butler!
05:54Fabulous!
05:56Number 5. Wendy's. Where's the beef?
05:59Where's the beef?
06:00Beef!
06:01Okay, kids, won't get that reference!
06:03Have you ever felt like you're getting less than what you paid for with your burger?
06:07A group of elderly ladies felt our pain in this classic Wendy's commercial
06:11when they're served a sandwich with a pathetically tiny patty from the restaurant's competition.
06:16One lady loudly asking what we're all thinking.
06:19Where's the beef?
06:20Some hamburger places give you a lot less beef on a lot of bum.
06:24Where's the beef?
06:24With that, this blunt response became a staple in Wendy's history as one of the funniest
06:29slogans in history.
06:30The line was famously referenced during the 1984 presidential primaries between Walter
06:35Mondale and Gary Hart.
06:37When I hear your new ideas, I'm reminded of that ad.
06:40Where's the beef?
06:41Other companies like Hostess tried to do their own take on the famous line, but it's hard
06:45to compete with the original.
06:46Hey, where's the cream filling?
06:50Number four, Baby Bottle Pop, the jingle.
06:53They look like baby!
06:55Hey, it's Baby Bottle Pop!
06:56It's a Baby Bottle Pop!
06:58Remember the first time you heard the name Baby Bottle Pop?
07:01The colorful treats you lick, dip, shake, then lick again?
07:05If you do, then you definitely remember the jingle that came with them.
07:09It's a Baby Bottle Pop!
07:11Baby Bottle Pop!
07:12Baby Bottle Pops!
07:13A candy pop, you lick and dip!
07:14It's a short but literally sweet pop tune as a group of teens sings about the titular
07:19treat.
07:19Even to those who've never tried a pop, the jingle has definitely been stuck in our heads
07:23at some point.
07:24It got to the point where even the Jonas Brothers had to give their own spin on the tune.
07:28Usually, they'd either keep serenading the candy long after the concert ended, or speed
07:33through their show entirely.
07:35Probably from all the sugar in the bottle pops.
07:38Baby Bottle Pop!
07:39Baby Bottle Pop!
07:40You can lick it, shake it, don't get it.
07:42Man, these shows are getting longer and longer.
07:44Mm-hmm.
07:46Number 3.
07:46Oscar Mayer.
07:48My Baloney has a first name.
07:49When it came to writing jingles about lunch meats, it was hard to compete with Oscar Mayer.
07:54Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener.
07:58That is what I truly like to be.
08:02Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener, everyone would be in love with me.
08:08First, they knocked it out of the park with their animated Oscar Mayer wiener commercial.
08:13Then, they managed to outdo themselves with the even more iconic jingle.
08:18My Baloney has a first name.
08:20It's O-S-C-A-R.
08:23My Baloney has a second name.
08:25It's N-A-Y-E-R.
08:28This simple tune, sung by four-year-old Andy Lambrose, became a household name in a short
08:33span of time, and was one of the longest running ads in the USA.
08:37Let's be honest, we all sang it at least once.
08:40It's catchy and cute enough to stick around for decades.
08:43Don't pretend you're not humming it right now.
08:44If you ask me why, I'll say, cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N
08:53-A.
08:54Number 2.
08:55Trix cereal and yogurt.
08:57Silly rabbit.
08:58Of all the cereal-stealing cartoon mascots, few have stood the test of time as much as
09:03the Trix rabbit.
09:04All this pale Lagomorph wants in life is to have a bowl of Trix cereal or Trix yogurt.
09:09Trix.
09:10I wonder where they're going.
09:14Trix convention?
09:15I'll disguise myself and take all the Trix.
09:18He concocts harebrained schemes and disguises to trick the kids into giving him the coveted
09:23delicacies.
09:24However, just when he finally gets his prize, his scheme is uncovered, and he's met with
09:28a taunting slogan.
09:30Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
09:32Final score, Trix two colors?
09:34Me, nothing.
09:35Honestly, our hearts bleed for this poor rabbit.
09:38Teaching kids not to steal is important, but maybe he wouldn't have to keep scheming if
09:42they just shared their Trix once in a while.
09:44I can still hear them taunting him.
09:49Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
10:02How come they just couldn't give him some cereal?
10:05Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
10:09Coca-Cola.
10:10I'd like to buy the world a Coke.
10:12If only a Coke was all it took to bring world peace.
10:15I'd like to buy the world a Coke.
10:18And keep it company.
10:21It's the real thing.
10:23Budweiser.
10:25What's up?
10:26It's simple.
10:27It's hilarious.
10:27It's become a part of our everyday language.
10:30Yo, you're picking the phone.
10:33Hello?
10:34What's up?
10:35What's up?
10:38Eggo waffles.
10:39Lego my Eggo.
10:40Seriously, when will people learn to stop snatching someone else's breakfast?
10:49Lego my Eggo, please.
10:51Life cereal, Little Mikey.
10:53The kid's genuine reaction helped cement the ad's place in history.
10:57Let's get Mikey.
10:59Yeah.
10:59He won't need it.
11:01He hates everything.
11:04He likes it.
11:05Hey, Mikey.
11:06McDonald's.
11:07Two all beef patties jingle.
11:09Bit by bit, it made it impossible not to know what a Big Mac was.
11:13Two all, what was that word again?
11:16Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bug.
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11:41Born in the sunlight, born in the rain.
11:45Life is a rhythm running through veins.
11:54Number one, Tootsie Pop, the Tootsie Pop Owl.
11:58Mr. Fox, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
12:02Why don't you ask Mr. Turtle, for he's been around a lot longer than I.
12:06Me?
12:07I bite.
12:08In another iconic animated ad, a little boy is wandering through the forest, asking this age-old question.
12:15No one can give him an answer until he asks Mr. Owl, which leads to the perfect punchline.
12:20Let's find out.
12:22One, two, three, three.
12:26Sadly, the boy never got a straight answer to the question.
12:29But the commercial has gone down in history as one of the most recognizable candy ads in history.
12:35In the 2020s, Tootsie Roll Industries would release a remaster of the original commercial,
12:40and even animate a new one for Tootsie Rolls with the return of Mr. Owl.
12:44Because they're enjoying every delicious and chihui flavor of Tootsie Roll.
12:51So, how do you pick a favorite flavor?
12:53Let's find out.
12:57How do you pick a favorite flavor of Tootsie Roll?
13:01The world may never know.
13:03What old-timey ads made your mouths water?
13:05Let us know in the comments.