Commercials and how they shaped my life....

"Yaay! Crest!"..."Hey Kool-Aid!!"..."Band Aid sticks where it's supposed to but it doesn't stick where it's NOT supposed to."
Yes, I am a walking game of Trivial Pursuit. Thankyouverymuch.
As a kid I found commercials to be far more entertaining than most television shows. I loved M*A*S*H, All in the Family, and all those sitcoms but I never understood many of the jokes as I was merely a small kid and adult humor tended to be out of my realm of understanding. But on Saturday morning I was glued to the television, much to my parents annoyance.
I remember the cartoons especially Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo, but it was the commercials I remember the best. In fact, not a day goes by that I am not singing a commercial jingle from the 70's and 80's.
Why you ask?
Because ever situation can be related to a television commercial.
How many times have you eaten too much at the local Chinese buffet and said out loud. "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!"
Or, you had a particularly spicy meal and said, "That's a spicy meat-a-ball!" or the ever popular "In-de-GES-tion..."
In fact, at work today I made the comment to my boss that my typing really was sucking and I said "My fingers are obviously NOT doing the walking..." and then snapped my fingers. How many of you got that obscure reference?
As my cousin, Tanya, and my friends, Kelly and Teetah, can attest to, I swear I remember every commercial I have ever seen as a kid. In fact, we used to play "Jingle Trivia" in middle and high school because hey! It was one of the more fun games we used to play. And I will also give kudos to Kel and Teet for being able to keep up with me in that department. Thank you Girls!
The reason I thought of this was also this morning I made references to 3 different commercials before 7 am and it got me to thinking how appropos they are to many of the situations in my every day life.
The first commercial tag line I used was trying to get my children out of bed for school "Wake up to a Good Morning!" to which I received groans and heads buried under blankets. Epic fail, Mom.
The second was after they were dressed and informed me in a very bland and unexciting way that they were dressed and ready to go. I replied, "YAAY CREST!"...strike two...
The third and final reference was as I was hustling them out the door, "Madison Muskies...Let's GO FISH!!"
Now that one will be lost on many of you who don't live in the Madison, WI area. The Muskies were a local ball team in the 80's and that was their commercial jingle.
Now that i am older, I still find that I am fascinated by commercials even to this day. Many are clever, some are ridiculous, some are annoying and some are hysterical. However, some of them just don't stick with you like the Kool-Aid yell or the Uh-Oh Spaghetti-O's jingle.

"Chewy OOey Gooey on the inside...golden cakey tender flakey outside..."
Got that one?
Now, how long did it take for you to start singing a jingle from your youth?