Who remembers "Burmashave"?

[randyrls]

Within this life
of toil and sin
your head grows bald
but not your chin!
----- Burmashave

These signs appeared along roadsides each line on a separate sign spaced out every 50 yards so you could read each one. This one was near my home between Middletown and Elizabethtown PA.

 

[Monty]

Looked forward to spotting them on road trips with my parents.

 

[WriteON]

I do. Early 60's traveling through Florida. Copy&Paste>>>
They used rural roads. The signs were innocuous. Their forte was a little catchy phrase spread along the road. It was cheap and easier than billboards.
A little paint, and whatever kept the farmer happy to have a jingle along his fence line.
You didn't see one they were series four or six in row, a couple of car lengths apart. They were just like six or eight feet tall.
Always ended with the exclaimated "BURMA SHAVE!"
These were the days before the interstate highway system.

 

[Woodchipper]

Someone has published a book that contains all the Burma Shave signs and rhymes. Saw one in a book store and should have bought it.

 

[thewishman]

BEFORE I TRIED IT
THE KISSES I MISSED
BUT AFTERWARD-BOY!
THE MISSES I KISSED
BURMA SHAVE

At least I wished...

 

[carlmorrell]

old fart quiz. burmashave, brylcreem. "A little dab will do ya"

 

[WriteON]

old fart quiz. burmashave, brylcreem. "A little dab will do ya"

old fart quiz. burmashave, brylcreem. "A little dab will do ya"

And Rapid Shave.

 

[WriteON]

And.....

 

[Woodchipper]

I saw a DVD at Cracker Barrel that lists 1,000 TV commercials. Bet some of us have seen most of them...in black & white.