What do you mean, "Lift a Levolor?"

So the 20-something little miss TigerVols and I were cleaning the house the other day and when she got to dusting the blinds, I made a crack about "lift the Levolor."

She had no idea what I was talking about.

Which got me thinking...what other currently selling products (in other words, they are still in business) have shelved their iconic campaigns, and no longer advertise on TV?

Another I could think of off the top of my head was "Sometimes you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't."

Know any others?

 

I'm with your daughter on that one. No clue what that means.

"Where's the Beef?" gets my vote.

 

Is "Hey, Kool-Aid" still around?

 

WTH is a Levolor?

 

I was asked to hand someone some Scott Towels this weekend. A little different, but I knew to get them paper towels.

 

It's a quality blind.

Isotoner could work here.

 

Tried to find one online, but to no avail...

...back in the day, Levolor ran a boatload of ads during prime time TV with the catchphrase, "Lift a Levolor." The conceit usually featured guests coming into homes (say, for a key cocktail party, or a plumber repairing a sink) and then slyly lifting the blind to see the "Levolor" logo, which was marketed as a status symbol.

FWIW, my home has several Levolor blinds and they are bullet-proof.

 

http://www.levolor.com/index.php?&docheck=yes

 

Maybe a regional thing? I don't remember ever seeing one of those.

 

Didn't know Levelor at all until my daughter's broke (they were custom nade for the window) and I had look up the product and contact the company about it. Quality customer service. Blinds were fixed and hanging on the window within weeks.

 

Thanks to this thread, I finally understand the reference in the Veruca Salt song.

 

Never heard of Levolor.

In response to the query in the original post, a lot of cigar/cigarette taglines come to mind. Virgina Slims 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby', Muriel Cigars' 'Hey Big Spender' are a couple.