So Thick, It Stands Up To A Straw - Vol 1: The Who

In the mid-to-late 1960's, there was a company called Great Shakes, which allowed you to create a homemade milkshake by just adding milk to their special powdered mix, completely bypassing your nearest soda fountain (whatever that was). It seemed revolutionary at the time (my friend, Chris, said they tasted like like shit. He just loved the jingle.). Anyway, Great Shakes used the medium of radio (whatever that was) to promote this flawed product. They created a series of ads featuring several pop artists of the era. The pop artist would usually include the intro from their latest hit before singing the jingle, which goes:

Anyplace can be a soda fountain now
With Great Shakes, yeah, Great Shakes
Shake it up with milk and make real thick shake now
Great Shakes, new Great Shakes
(here is where one member of the group would talk about new Great Shake flavors, etc. before going back into the jingle)
It's So Creamy
Thick and Dreamy
Anyplace can be a soda fountain now
With Great Shakes, yeah, Great Shakes
So if you want your own soda fountain now
Go to the store and get
Great Shakes
Great Shakes
Great Shakes

Today's featured ad is by The Who. Their spot is unique in that it seems to be an original composition instead of an identifiable song adapted for the radio spot.

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WARNING: This is an insanely catchy jingle. You will go to the grave singing it if you listen to this clip. OK. You've been warned.