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Larry G. Alexander
03-07-2006, 11:43 AM
Advertising Trivia Time

What did this old advertising acronym stand for and what was the product?:

L.S.M.F.T.

Larry A.
southportJim
03-07-2006, 12:13 PM
Advertising Trivia Time

What did this old advertising acronym stand for and what was the product?:

L.S.M.F.T.

Larry A.

easy one..."Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" for Lucky Strike cigarettes. That's taking up valauable space in my brain that I wish I could use for other, more useful info.

Next question...why did they change Lucky's from a green package to the white and red in the 40's?

;-)
PaulR
03-07-2006, 12:33 PM
Next question...why did they change Lucky's from a green package to the white and red in the 40's?
;-)

Don't know, but Betty Davis smoked about 90 Lucky's a day. She is my Hero!!

:D
Stephanie Pray
03-07-2006, 12:35 PM
is that when they started making Green the color for Menthols and Red for the full-strength smokes?
southportJim
03-07-2006, 12:47 PM
is that when they started making Green the color for Menthols and Red for the full-strength smokes?

No...it has more to do with the time period when it happened.
;-)
southportJim
03-07-2006, 12:54 PM
Snopes to the rescue...

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/luckystrike.asp

Lee Blaske


BINGO! - "Lucky Strike goes to war!".

Let's see if we can keep this going. Fill in the missing product name from the following ad phrase:

"You use XXXXX. Don't you wish everyone did?"

;-)

EDIT: that quote is slightly "off", but close enough.

...more valuable organic-RAM wasted!
FredProgGH
03-07-2006, 12:55 PM
BINGO! - "Lucky Strike goes to war!".

Let's see if we can keep this going. Fill in the missing product name from the following ad phrase:

"You use XXXXX. Don't you wish everyone did?"

;-)

...more valuable organic-RAM wasted!

EDIT--

NO NO!! it was soap! Uh, Dial???
southportJim
03-07-2006, 01:02 PM
EDIT--

NO NO!! it was soap! Uh, Dial???

That's it!

...this is too easy with the Internet available. Why can't I get info about really useful stuff, like the forgotten model number of the 9-year-old rack in the server room?

:-0
FredProgGH
03-07-2006, 02:10 PM
That's it!

...this is too easy with the Internet available. Why can't I get info about really useful stuff, like the forgotten model number of the 9-year-old rack in the server room?

:-0

I accidentally edited out the part of my post where I promised I didn't Google :cool: I said Scope first (mouthwash) but then I remembered all the people in the elevator. That was a pretty easy one though, for anyone over 35.
southportJim
03-07-2006, 02:21 PM
How did I get two posts?

oh well...
southportJim
03-07-2006, 02:22 PM
That was a pretty easy one though, for anyone over 35.

...yeah, that's the key! They really drilled that stuff into our heads, didn't they?

;-)


...see the USA in your Chevrolet!
southportJim
03-07-2006, 02:46 PM
Okay, for the beer drinkers in the crowd, name the two beers (and without Googling):

1) "land of eleven hundred springs"

2) "land of sky blue waters"


...you can tell I really have a LOT going on today!
;-)
FredProgGH
03-07-2006, 03:14 PM
Okay, for the beer drinkers in the crowd, name the two beers (and without Googling):

1) "land of eleven hundred springs"

2) "land of sky blue waters"


...you can tell I really have a LOT going on today!
;-)

I know the second. Have no idea on the first. I'll wait and see if anyone bites.
FredProgGH
03-07-2006, 03:16 PM
And I'll raise you:

3) America's Fire-brewed beer

4) "It's the water!!"

and

5) "...then they sucked it all up- with their FINGERS!! It was weird!!!"

:D :D
southportJim
03-07-2006, 04:18 PM
Gonna have to guess on #1: Rolling Rock? --- Of course, #2 is Hamms. --- Fred's #3 is --- hmmm --- Stroh's?

Ern :|:

Right on Hamms, but #1 is from a lot further south than Rolling Rock. 2112 or Larry Alexander should know this one...

Fred's got me stumped on all of his!
;-)
southportJim
03-07-2006, 04:43 PM
Lone Star!?

I remember when I was gigging in a band down in Oklahoma/Texas, the only beer we could afford was Busch. They were undercutting all the other brands at the time --- I believe a 12-pack was $2.29! :eek: Burp!

Ern :n: :|:

Close but no seegar!

When I was in college in the 70's, Shiner was the "cheap stuff" that people only drank becuase it was all they could afford (Shiner Bock excepted). A few years later I heard they were sold to a Mexican company who could then claim it as an "imported beer" and sales sky-rocketed.

;-)
Stephanie Pray
03-07-2006, 04:49 PM
oh darn and here I was thinking Pabst Blue Ribbon :D
FredProgGH
03-07-2006, 09:11 PM
Gonna have to guess on #1: Rolling Rock? --- Of course, #2 is Hamms. --- Fred's #3 is --- hmmm --- Stroh's?

Ern :|:

Correct on Stroh's!! 5 should be easy- it's a major beer.
southportJim
03-08-2006, 12:26 PM
Correct on Stroh's!! 5 should be easy- it's a major beer.


One of the 18 different varieties of Sam Adams? That's just a guess, but I can't imagine Bud or Miller using that line in an ad (but then I can't imagine a lot of things that I see and hear everyday)...
;-)
FredProgGH
03-08-2006, 07:25 PM
The catch is that it isn't a tagline like the others- just something a character said in a commercial, so really it probably can't be part of the game anyway. With that in mind, here's a big hint: "Rellim Reeb! Rellim Reeb!!"
Stephanie Pray
03-08-2006, 07:34 PM
Miller Beer! :D