Burma-Shave Slogans #1
May 22, 2016 08:16:39 #
Burma-Shave began a clever advertising campaign in the beginning of the last century, with a series of signs posted on the highway. You would drive along and see a sign with part of a sentence or part of a sentence. A few miles ahead would be another, and another.
Don’t pass cars
on curve or hill
if the cops don’t get you
morticians will
Burma-Shave.
Shaving brushes
You’ll soon see ’em
On a shelf
In some museum
Burma-Shave
His cheek
Was rough
His chick vamoosed
And now she won’t
Come home to roost
Burma-Shave
Don’t pass cars
on curve or hill
if the cops don’t get you
morticians will
Burma-Shave.
Shaving brushes
You’ll soon see ’em
On a shelf
In some museum
Burma-Shave
His cheek
Was rough
His chick vamoosed
And now she won’t
Come home to roost
Burma-Shave
May 22, 2016 08:35:45 #
Around the corner
lickedy-split
Beautiful car
Wasn't it
Burma-Shave
Free! Free!
A trip to Mars
For 500
Empty jars of
Burma-Shave
I remember the signs well and even some of the old locations.
~Lee
lickedy-split
Beautiful car
Wasn't it
Burma-Shave
Free! Free!
A trip to Mars
For 500
Empty jars of
Burma-Shave
I remember the signs well and even some of the old locations.
~Lee
May 22, 2016 08:42:31 #
As kids traveling cross country in the late fifties,early sixties,they were quite entertaining! Nice memory!
May 23, 2016 19:04:25 #
strobe
Loc: Central Iowa
It wasn't Burma Shave, but the slogan on the signs in front of my grandfather's farm were:
If you must
drink and drive
Drink Milk
American
Dairy
Association
If you must
drink and drive
Drink Milk
American
Dairy
Association
May 23, 2016 20:46:31 #
One I remember from over 50 years ago:
He lit a match
To see gas tank
That's why they call him
Skinless Frank
Burma Shave
He lit a match
To see gas tank
That's why they call him
Skinless Frank
Burma Shave
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