[GreenKeys] [External] Re: Hal ST-6 using it in modern times

Tue Mar 24 09:48:14 EDT 2020

Come to think of it, their "Jingle," although it was re-orchestrated and 
re-performed over the years stayed the same for as long as I can remember.

On 3/24/2020 9:29 AM, Jeff G wrote:
> For what it's worth, we have an AM news station here in Philadelphia, 
> "KYW 1060" that still artificially inserts teletype noise into the 
> background on their broadcasts. They've been doing it for years, and a 
> few years ago they stopped doing it and people complained, so they 
> added it back in again.
>
> Jeff KC3GJX
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:16 AM Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys 
> <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Simple as these commercials and jingles were, they were very well
>     written and did what they were intended to.ï¿½ Many were Hollywood
>     quality in every way,ï¿½ and are remembered decades later, even
>     the ones promoting stinking deadly poison. I doubt the onesï¿½ of
>     todayï¿½ will be regarded with anything but scorn. I can't think
>     of even one "earworm" jingle of today, unlike the ones we
>     constantly hummed, sang, and satirizedï¿½ decades ago.ï¿½ Does
>     anyone knowï¿½ of any commercials, in print or on television,ï¿½
>     showing a teletype operator so harried or tired they "needed" the
>     product,ï¿½ or a scene with the equipment in the background?ï¿½
>
>     ï¿½ï¿½ Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
>
>     On 3/23/20 9:35 AM, Jones, Douglas W wrote:
>>     From: Richard Knoppow [1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com  <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>]--  Sunday, March 22, 2020 10:01 PM
>>
>>>       I also remember TV ads for toothpaste asking "Tired of yellow stained teeth?"
>>     The jingle "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" is one I will never forget.  It is as firmly planted in my memory as all those cigarette jingles.
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