Topical Guide 941
Mark Dorset
Advertising: Jingles: Yummy Good Baked Goods
Leaving Small’s Hotel, Chapter 22:
[…] things might have gotten very gloomy indeed if Louise hadn’t struck up a boogie-woogie introduction to Miranda’s lively and hilarious improvised version of the Yummy Good Baked Goods jingle.
Alas, there is no recording of Miranda’s version.
However, there are recordings of two versions of the jingle performed by Albertine with the Savvy Clammies.
This is the first:
And this is the second, up-tempo, version:
See also:
Advertising: Types of Appeal TG 373; “The Grass Is Greener,” Exoticism TG 441, TG 442; Appeal to Ego TG 823; Appeal to Desire to Enhance One’s Self-Image TG 476, TG 484, TG 823, TG 886; Appeal to Sensual Pleasure TG 476; Branding TG 505; Appeal to Naïveté, Wishful Thinking, Good Works, Noble Efforts TG 547; Appeal to Determination to Meet a Challenge TG 823; Brand Mascots TG 589; Media: Matchbook Covers TG 823, Slogans TG 829
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