BURMA SHAVE
Apr 23, 2024 22:07:16 #
Sez Farmer Jones who’s bald on top, wish I could rotate the crop BURMA SHAVE
Apr 23, 2024 22:13:02 #
Cragzop
Loc: NYC
richardsaccount wrote:
This isn't quite the same but I recall seeing in Nevada these Stuckeys shacks in the
middle of nowhere advertising pecan log rolls. I always wondered how far their employees
had to travel to get there.
middle of nowhere advertising pecan log rolls. I always wondered how far their employees
had to travel to get there.
Lots of Stuckeys back in the 60s on the route from NYC to Florida.
I remember stopping in South Carolina for some “Fo Yo Pancakes.”
Apr 24, 2024 05:15:22 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
I remember them very well
Apr 24, 2024 05:46:48 #
An extensive list of Burma Shave slogans can be found at the following website, by year.
https://www.kristofcreative.com/creative-resources/advertising-resources/burma-shave-slogans/
https://www.kristofcreative.com/creative-resources/advertising-resources/burma-shave-slogans/
Apr 24, 2024 05:51:16 #
Around the corner,
Lickety-split,
Beautiful car,
Wasn't it - Burma Shave
An excellently informative and amusing book, "The Verse by the Side of the Road" by Frank Rowsome Jr. is available from Amazon. It tells the story of the sign crew. And it lists all of the jingles.
~Lee
Lickety-split,
Beautiful car,
Wasn't it - Burma Shave
An excellently informative and amusing book, "The Verse by the Side of the Road" by Frank Rowsome Jr. is available from Amazon. It tells the story of the sign crew. And it lists all of the jingles.
~Lee
Apr 24, 2024 07:33:46 #
Apr 24, 2024 07:38:20 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
I remember those I always wondered who came up with those catchy phrases to all those years.
Bruce
Apr 24, 2024 07:50:28 #
Sorry - My previous post is not a Burma Shave example. It comes from a different collection of road signs.
Apr 24, 2024 08:24:12 #
Apr 24, 2024 09:31:09 #
I remember those signs quite well, and the Burma-Vita Company that brought us those highway rhymes was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Apr 24, 2024 09:41:23 #
I used to love those signs. I still drive the 2-laners and occasionally I'll see one - or at least part of one.
Apr 24, 2024 09:42:45 #
If my memory isn't playing games with me, I think there are some of these signs on the old Route 66 between Selligman AZ and Kingman.
Apr 24, 2024 10:08:59 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
No clue. Either I am too young (<70) or they never had those road signs in California. I remember the Copper Tone, and Enjoy Coca-cola signs.
Apr 24, 2024 11:16:16 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
A couple of months ago "Our Iowa" magazine had an article on Burma Shave signs. Then they put one sign in all 99 Iowa counties. The last sign had to say "Our Iowa"
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