"My wife; I think I'll keep her" ads

[CHERYL ANN DOUGHERTY]

In article <2p702q$l...@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, mhb...@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU writes:
>In article <CoMC1...@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v091...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Kevin
Fredette) writes:
>>In article <2p62u7$a...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ar...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Will
iam G. Martin) writes...
>>>
>>>A spin-off from the "commercials you hate" thread:
>>>
>>>Some time ago, there was an offensive ad campaign (about as explicitly
>>>sexist as one could get) in which they pictured a husband and wife,
>>>and in which the wife did something or made something, and the husband
>>>was pleased by this wonderful product, and it ended with the tag line:
>>>"My wife; I think I'll keep her".
>>>
>>>What product were these commercials advertising? Some kind of coffee?
>>>Or some cleaning product? When were they on the air?
>>>
>>>What reminded me of this was that I was tuning the radio the other day
>>>and swung past a country-music station I normally never listen to,
>>>and they were playing some song that appeared to be a parody of this.
>>>It described the actions of a hard-working mother and had the satirical
>>>line "He thinks he'll keep her" as part of the chorus. Anybody know what song

>>>this was, who it was by, and if it is a current song or one from the time
>>>that commercial was being aired?
>>>
>>>Thanks!

>I remember seeing a commercial like that, but I just always assumed it was
>an SNL parody. It was an election ad with Margarot Thacher's husband
>talking about her. I remember thinking it was wierd. I don't know what
>ad they were making fun of though.
I think that the original ad was for Geritol or FemIron or something. The
husband decides to keep his wife because he is proud of the was she is
continuing to take careof herself as she ages.

--Cheryl

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[Cathy Downes]

**>>>What reminded me of this was that I was tuning the radio the other day
**>>>and swung past a country-music station I normally never listen to,
**>>>and they were playing some song that appeared to be a parody of this.
**>>>It described the actions of a hard-working mother and had the satirical
**>>>line "He thinks he'll keep her" as part of the chorus. Anybody know what song

**>>>this was, who it was by, and if it is a current song or one from the time
**>>>that commercial was being aired?
**>>>
**>>>Thanks!

The song is "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" by Mary Chapin-Carpenter though
Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless and a couple others have backed her up
on a TV show when she sang it (not sure if they do on the official release)

Interview with MCC just before the song was released she said that she
got the idea from a very old (when it was still black/white TV) commercial
that was along those same lines - Wife/Mother does everything under the
sun AND can make a good cup of coffee - the end 'scene' is the wife
standing sweetly behind the husband as he sips his coffee and says,
"My wife, I think I'll keep her!" -

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