I heard it was local to Chicago, but ISTR hearing it all through the 1980s in Phoenix and it's still a jingle in New York.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Mar 13, 2007 7:44:18 am PDT #6805 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
sarameg - Mar 13, 2007 7:45:13 am PDT #6806 of 10001
Hey, how many people grew up with five-eight-eight two-three-hundred... empiiire?
I swear to god, I've heard that recently. But I could be mad.
Kathy A - Mar 13, 2007 7:46:30 am PDT #6807 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It's featured in Wayne's World, so if you've seen that recently, you're not mad.
Ailleann - Mar 13, 2007 7:47:01 am PDT #6808 of 10001
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I've heard it here in OH, bon bon. No idea where the closest store might be, though.
Such a good example of how advertising sometimes misses the mark. You remember the commercial, not the product.
sarameg - Mar 13, 2007 7:47:44 am PDT #6809 of 10001
Haven't. However this [link] suggests it is entirely possible that I am not mad.
bon bon - Mar 13, 2007 7:49:30 am PDT #6810 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That wiki article is awse.
tommyrot - Mar 13, 2007 7:49:44 am PDT #6811 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
According to the company, this phone number is one of the ten most recognized phone numbers in the United States, and the jingle is among the 7 most recognized in the US. ([1][5] Prior to the 800 number, the company had the same telephone number locally in the Chicago area, "five eight eight, two three-hundred", which aired frequently on Chicago superstation WGN-TV. The melody has covered by such artists as Pearl Jam. On the May 12, 2006 episode of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, La Bamba dressed up as the Empire Today spokesperson and the audience started singing the jingle.
Heh.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2007 7:50:43 am PDT #6812 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That New Yorker thing is hysterical. Hysterical like lady parts! (Um, that's the root of the word, right?)
I know Ellen DeGeneres has done bits about 800-588-2300 Empire on her show, so I'm guessing it's national at this point.
Ginger - Mar 13, 2007 7:50:57 am PDT #6813 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's on here. It proves once again that I could remember phone numbers if I could just put them to music. They install carpet and windows, but the commercial doesn't make you want to hire them.
Kathy A - Mar 13, 2007 7:54:26 am PDT #6814 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
867-5309