My last post was about filmmaker Bergman passing away this week. On the more pop-culture-meme side of things, today I’m giving tribute to Jerry Ringlien who was the creator of Oscar Meyer commericals that featured cute kids singing about sandwiches.

This campaign brought Oscar Meyer national distribution, and made bologna a popular part of many children’s lunch boxes.

This interview explains how another famous Oscar Meyer campaign, “I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner” came about:

But if you think hard, really, really, hard about the meaning of the lyrics, it is a bit disturbing to want to be a hot dog.

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by mandydale at 2pm, Aug 3rd, 2007 in Video
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