[Dixielandjazz] FW: Spud Murphy's Book

[Bill Gunter]

Hi all,

Bob Newman wrote (regarding the claim that all soda bottles were 6 fl.oz.):

>Not quite, old bean.   Pepsi Cola bottles were 12 ounces.
>
>One of the most popular radio jingles in the late '30's went -- and I 
>quote:
>
>PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
>TWELVE FULL OUNCES, THAT'S A LOT.
>TWICE AS MUCH FOR A NICKEL, TOO,
>        peep - peep!
>PEPSI COLA IS THE DRINK FOR YOU!

Bob left off the fade out at the end of this jingle which goes:

NICKEL NICKEL NICKEL NICKEL
TRICKLE TRICKLE TRICKLE TRICKLE
(repeat until totally faded out)

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "I love that part" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com