My google fu has failed. I am not worthy of my cable modem. =(

June 21, 2007 7:53 PM

Don't ask me why, but this question reminded me to ask this - help me find a possibly nonexistent song from a MILK commercial in the 90's!

In the mid nineties, there was a cutesy MILK commercial. Remember those? Trying to get kids to drink milk? Yeah, well this one featured an old timey 1920'sish sounding song. The star of the commercial was a cute gingerbread cookie about to get eaten. The person trying to eat him attempts to shove him into a glass of milk, but the cookie gives him attitude and tries to get away. In the background, this song (that sounds like it's on an old record) plays:

(please note that most of these words are correct - i've seen that commercial at least 100 times and I can sing it almost perfectly)

Sugar and spice, and everything nice.
Nibbling on your neck is my only vice.
Gotta tell ya, cookie - I'm sweet on you.
Lucky little cookie, I'm sweet on you.
You're my sugar plum,
my cookie crumb,
the apple of my eye,
I tremble/crumble at the thought of you...
Gotta tell ya cookie - I'm sweet on you.
I'm sweet on you.....

If I didn't have such a shit voice, I'd sing the song for you and link to it. And I don't have a 5 year old that can do it to make it sound cute, so just work with me.

My google fu has failed me. Seriously. I've tried every possible combination of the lyrics. I've tried the main words and gingerbread, cookie, milk and commercial (no comma's)... this is one of those great mysteries that, when i find the answer, I'll kick myself, I KNOW IT!

At the very least, help me find the commercial. At the very most, help me find if the song is real and - if it is - who sings the damn thing and where I can find it!

posted by damnjezebel to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

this is not a direct solution but I'd recommend sending the folks at the ad agency in question an email. got milk was is a highly acclaimed campaign by goodby, silverstein & partners in SF. one of their producers surely can help you out. their website is www.gspsf.com.

alternatively: go to a large public library and go through annuals of the one show from the nineties, perhaps even eighties. you will find it in there and there will be a full credit list.
posted by krautland at 8:49 PM on June 21, 2007

You might try adding the term "jingle" to your search. I looked a bit and didn't find anything, although I do sort of remember something along these lines.

What did the singer's voice sound like? If it was a deep kind of cajun sounding male voice, could it have been Leon Redbone, who also did the Mr Belvedere theme song? (His is one of the most distinctive voices out there, so you'll know for sure one way or another)
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:21 PM on June 21, 2007

I'm going to gamble and guess that it was created for the ad. They somehow just don't sound authentically Tin Pan Alley to my ear, though they're a nice imitation.

I remember the ad for the animation, though not the song, but it didn't run very long.
posted by dhartung at 1:42 AM on June 22, 2007

Response by poster: lobstermitten- it sounded like it was straight from the Iodent commercial from Annie. Same sort of voice. I can't really describe it, but watch the video and you'll hear it.

dhartung - i really hope not. but even if it was, I'd be ok with just seeing the video again like 50 times so I can get the song to stop randomly popping into my head.

krautland - i'm going to email them and find out. I'll post my findings here so future Google expeditions will be somewhat, if not totally, fruitful. Thanks, ya'll. =)
posted by damnjezebel at 6:03 PM on June 22, 2007