Mojo Request Wisdom: Dijonnaise may be gutter trash, but in 1993 their advertising department made undeniable improvements to the Gene Chandler song "Duke of Earl"

[smurfco]

Do you remember this? Why am I even asking, how could anyone forget? The original song from the early sixties was pretty good but the Hellmann's company really knocked it out of the park in 1993 when they launched their "Dij-dij-dij-dijonnaise-naise-naise" ad campaign. If for some reason you've been living under a rock for the past 32 years, here it is for your convenience:



Usually I say sound off in the comments below but this really isn't up for discussion or debate. It is an obvious and undeniable fact that this is an improvement on the original song in every conceivable way. Mods, please lock this thread and pin it to the top of the forum.

 

[Chicken Man]

Duke of Earl is legit one of my top 5 favorite songs. The real outrage here is that Hellman's is the mayonnaise company that got to it first--what the H was Dukes Mayo up to in '93?

 

[Peen Simmons]

Little known fact, that jingle is a variation on a bluegrass parody version of “Duke of Earl” released by Walter Scrotus and the Rocky Mountain Boys in 1979 that went “Deez-deez-deez DEEZ NUTS.” It didn’t chart particularly well, but it is the first recorded use of “deez nuts” in the English language.

Deez Nuts Serenade

Listen and make your own on Suno.

suno.com

 

[jp_nyc]

That does take me back.

 

[jrockbridge]

Deez nuts dijonnaised.

 

[2manband]

I started singing the jingle as soon as I saw the word Dijonaise.

That’s good advertising.