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46:00 – The lost art of TV theme songs and commercial jingles, what do those songwriters, musicians, and vocalists do now?, a generation that finds it weird for products to be advertised with songs, the Toys “R†Us song (“I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us kidâ€), the irony of enjoying commercial jingles while living an anti-commercial life, Mount Airy Lodge, judging theme songs and jingles out of context on their own merits, acknowledging the nostalgia factor, the Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes song (“The taste of Tony’s Frosted Flakes brings out the tiger in youâ€), the Tootsie Roll song (“Whatever it is I think I see becomes a Tootsie Roll to meâ€), gum commercials, hoping for a revival, and a small selection of my favorite intros and jingles (The Electric Company, Alice, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, One Day at a Time, Big Red, Charles in Charge, Dennis the Menace, Green Acres, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Juicy Fruit, The Munsters, Laverne and Shirley, The Addams Family, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Mr. Ed, Bod, We’re Not Candy, Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, Jem, Tootsie Rolls, The Great Space Coaster, Josie and the Pussycats, and The Magic Garden).
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Released February 2011 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.