My love affair with “Mr.” names continues, abetted by my brother Michael, who forwarded the first three examples in today’s post.
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Mr. Food is on TV, but not in my metropolitan area, so I’d never made his acquaintance until recently. His (its? their?) trademarked slogan is “OOH IT’S SO GOOD!!” As in “The Amish people haven’t lost sight of those core family dinner values that result in food filled with that ‘OOH IT’S SO GOOD!!®’”
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Got leftovers? Stock up on Mr. Lid containers with attached—duh!—lids.
“Mr.” name—check. Cute/weird mascot—check. But wait, there’s more: a catchy jingle at the end of the video!
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In the unlikely event that you have trouble opening Mr. Lid, get yourself Mr. 7 Hands, “a screwdriver replacement” and so much more.
Too bad they didn’t name it “Mr. Screw.”
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Then there’s Mr. Tire, which has 800 stores in 19 states (but none in California). The company is famous for its trompe l’oeil truck photos. Heads up!
(Via Copyranter)
Happy Independence Day to my USian readers! I’ll be back later in the week.
And then there's my favorite: Mr. Plow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkWiuFXNACI&
Posted by: patricia | July 24, 2012 at 08:49 PM
I am certain to catch myself singing the Mr. Lid jingle repeatedly, wherever I go!
Posted by: heydave | July 24, 2012 at 08:50 PM
Apparently some parts of the country have franchises for an electrical-repairs outfit called Mr. Sparky.
I'm not convinced that's the best name; I don't think of "sparky" as being in the list of things I want out of electrical repairs.
And I think Dairy Queen still has a slushy-type drink called Mr. Misty.
Posted by: fillyjonk | July 24, 2012 at 08:51 PM
On the British supermarket shelves you'll find 'Mr Muscle' (Mr Muscolo in Italy) household cleaning products and a well-known UK brand of furniture polish 'Mr Sheen'. There are probably loads more Mr X products on the market which I can't think of off the top of my head. Pedants would probably comment that after "Mr" there's no need of a full stop ( . ) when Mr is a contraction and not an abbreviation but in logos and brand names etc. personally I think it looks better with the punctuation.
Posted by: Mr. Mwnciod | July 24, 2012 at 08:51 PM
@Mr. Mwnciod: It's an AmE/BrE distinction: North Americans use the period/full stop with all courtesy titles except "Miss."
Posted by: Nancy Friedman | July 24, 2012 at 08:52 PM
Oh, I didn't know about the US/UK difference in usage, I'll have to remember that next time I address any mail to The States.
Going back to the products, how could I've forgotten about Mr. Whippy ice cream!
http://www.mrwhippy.co.uk
Posted by: Mr. Mwnciod | July 24, 2012 at 08:52 PM