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April 27, 2004
Snappy Cicada Pizza
In 1987, Cincinnati was ground-zero for an enormous eruption of 17-year cicadas (pictured). Well, it's now 17 years later and we're preparing for another onslaught of millions of these large, chirping, whirring, flying insects.
One thing that 1987's event produced was an awesome radio jingle from Snappy Tomato Pizza, a regional pizza chain. Instead, the spot advertised "Snap...Snap...Snappy Cicada Pizza..." It was a scream, despite the fact that they didn't really offer cicadas as a topping. Thankfully, our local newspaper website provides a copy of the original jingle in its (ahem) cicada feature section.
If you just want to hear the jingle, click here (MP3). And yes, 17 years later, I still hear people sing or hum this every once in a while.
Comments
That's just insane. Best of luck to you guys, I'll be enjoying road construction in Wisconsin; a season in which roughly 5 billion orange laborers invade the roads and highways making driving your worst nightmare.
Posted by: Jeramey at April 27, 2004 7:52 PM