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• songspeak

  Where ice cream makes the meal

  posted by matt | 10.17.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  The latest “I wanna go to Friendly’s” commercials that have been airing lately are really catchy, and though I haven’t been to Friendly’s in a very long time (save for a recent experience in which my friends and I made a horrible horrible mistake), they ALMOST make me want to go. Then again, I’m not sure I want to patronize a place that encourages kids to break into their stores late at night.

  Just look at these lyrics…

  We snuck into friendly’s late last night
  I wanna go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah
  We went to make the menu right
  I wanna go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah

  Mini mozzarellas and dippin’ chicken too, cheeseburger sliders, and soda that is blue
  Sundaes we designed were in the deal for you
  Where ice cream makes the meal!
  I want to go to Friendly’s, yeah-yeah

  These little brats are so demanding!

  They would like to point out that some adults are way into going to Friendly’s also. Given the choice, though, this particular adult avoids Friendly’s most of the time. Still, I find myself singing “mini mozzarellas” over and over again whenever I’ve seen the commercial. Also, speaking of nuts (that’s an ice cream sundae joke for all youze out there), the song and vibe vaguely remind me of the five dollar footlong song for Subway.

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, cheeseburger sliders, dippin chicken, five dollar footlong, friendly's, i wanna go, i want to go, ice cream, makes the meal, mini mozzarellas, soda that is blue, subway

• songspeak

  Three times a Friend-Z

  posted by jamie | 07.25.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  We had a GNO last night. First we embarassed ourselves bowling. Then we ate copious amounts of delicious boneless wings at the Toasted Owl. But we still weren’t quite satisfied.

  Then someone had the bright idea to get ice cream. So what do a bunch of 30-something guys do when they crave ice cream? They go to Friendly’s, of course! There was much debate as to what we would get. We joked about sharing a Giant Crowd Pleaser, a sundae containing a massive 12 scoops of ice cream. A couple guys thought maybe the understated charm of a Friend-Z might be more appropriate. But when the “create your own sundae” portion of the menu was discovered, all bets were off.

  We all ended up creating our own 5 scoop sundae. For those keeping track, that’s 25 scoops of ice cream between the 5 of us. A whopping 13 more scoops than the Giant Crowd Pleaser. As we all wallowed in self pity, stuffed and full of regret for what we had done, Matt lamented his decision of not getting a Friend-Z. He burst out, “This is like 3 times a Friend-Z!” So I serenaded him, “Once….twice….three times a Friend-Z”.

  And that was the last songspeak of the evening.

  

   

  Tags: 70s music, bowling, commodores, create your own sundae, friend-z, friendly's, giant crowd pleaser, gno, lionel richie, sundae, three times a lady, toasted owl