The Story Behind "I Wish I Were an Oscar Mayer Weiner" Song
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  • one of thos classic stories when at the time they made it they thought "This will never work" and we today think "Are you crazy?" because it becomes gold!

    Teankun 1 week ago

  • boring!!

    sure2bfun 4 months ago

  • 1:38 to skip the story and listen to the original song.

    rad3xl 10 months ago

  • THANK GOD its full of GOOD meat! the last weiner i had was full of god awful meat.

    MiNDx1er 1 year ago

  • disgusting

    rurmundo 1 year ago

  • Great! Thanks for posting!

    Belgusto1 1 year ago

  • I'm actually surprised Barry Manilow didn't write this jingle LOL

    david640 2 years ago

  • when i listened the audio i fainted

    yangtootvic 2 years ago

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    yangtootvic 2 years ago

  • Does anyone remember a commercial from the late 1960's featuring a rock and roll band

    singing the Oscar Meyer song. They were

    called somebody and the somethings.

    Like Garry Lewis and the Playboys, but

    some other name. Does anyone remember the name of that band?

    matthewmtt 2 years ago

  • lol the announcer on the commercial said meat like 20 times

    Sassafras072 2 years ago

  • WTFF? OSCAR MAYER BAD PRODUCTS

    rurmundo 2 years ago

  • COOL!

    mjkwyo 2 years ago

  • @mjkwyo cool no

    rurmundo 1 year ago

  • In the late 1960's..former Chicago,Ill. based kids tv

    host/performer:Jim Stewart(Of"The Gloveables","Here's

    Geraldine" and"It's Light Time"tv fame)did plugs for OM

    on tv and for an Oscar Meyer giveaway toy..hand puppets

    and a cardboard puppet theater.

    143AC 2 years ago

  • old people are full of wisdom

    xxdelta77xx446 2 years ago 9

  • Great story!

    bratschmom 3 years ago

  • omg

    fernybops10 3 years ago

  • One word... erythrobate. One theory: EARTHWORMS!

    YouTube community... Shread it!!!

    mf0rz 3 years ago

  • Well kiddies! I was there and this guy has some key facts wrong. The jingle writer's name is Richard Trentlage. He never lived in Indiana. He was and still is a Chicago boy.

    I don't see how Youtube can have a "history" of this jingle and not talk to him. I can assure you he not only wrote the song, he recorded the demo in his home studio(circa1961)and was "producer" for the radio jingle.

    The "Haunting quality" was do to runny noses/colds of kid singers.

    davetrentlage 3 years ago

  • The kids in the first audio clip were woefully off-key too lol!

    StolenkissGerbils 3 years ago

  • I know! You know thoses are his kids singing

    OffensivePi 2 years ago

  • @OffensivePi they took out my soul

    that voices made me crazy

    yangtootvic 1 year ago

  • Ich will sein ein Oscar Meyer Weiner!

    Qrawzseg 3 years ago

  • Very good! But the correct translation would be: "Ich wäre gern ein Oscar Mayer Wuerstchen" Greatings from Germany.

    pmoks 3 years ago 2

  • viel dank, mein freund

    Qrawzseg 3 years ago

  • Why does it say mildy season to bring out the beef flavor? if You season something YOU CHANGE ITS FLAVOR.

    Charagrin 3 years ago

  • You enhance the flavour if you season it right. That's why some things go so well together.

    StolenkissGerbils 3 years ago

  • 19 DATZ WUT ITS ALL ABOUT?I GUESS?

    GETINAS14 3 years ago

  • Intresting

    PearlJammer07 3 years ago

  • I have, It wasn't a weiner, It was a single canned vienna sausage!(Canned Vienna Sausages are about an inch long) MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Charagrin 3 years ago 6

  • i fucking love this song!

    cooltotto 3 years ago 2

  • 11th commenttt

    iLOVEmyusickals 3 years ago

  • 9th one

    sashatoma 3 years ago

  • 8th comment?

    cjewjew 3 years ago

  • 7th comment. hoorah.

    iluvspiderman22 3 years ago

  • 5th commercial i mean comment yes

    bustedhbk 4 years ago

  • 5th comment yes

    bustedhbk 4 years ago

  • #4 yes!!!!!!!!!

    chacho2424 4 years ago

  • THE 3RD COMMENT! YAH!

    Awesome song, best commercial =D

    Oh I'd love to be an Oscar mayer weiener.... its pretty catchy !

    livejoker22 4 years ago

  • I also remember a tv plug for

    "OM"Weiners..where former Chicago,Ill.

    kids tv hosts:Jim & Bud Stewart also promoted

    hand puppets that were in hot dogs packs.

    143AC 4 years ago

  • heheh first comment

    bucketbomb 4 years ago

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