Creator of the Ice Cream Truck Jingle!




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PHILADELPHIA — The creator of the Mister Softee jingle heard in hundreds of ice cream trucks since 1960 has died. Les Waas was 94.

Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks funeral home says Les Waas died April 19 at Abington Hospice in Warminster, Pennsylvania.

The advertising legend wrote and produced more than 970 jingles during a career that spanned more than five decades. But none was more well-known than the Mister Softee song, which he wrote in 1960 for the company started in his Philadelphia hometown just a few years earlier.

The song is officially titled "Jingle and Chimes" and includes less recognized lyrics.


Though you may not notice when you hear the ice cream truck driving by playing it, the jingle has lyrics that reads:

The creamiest dreamiest soft ice cream you get from Mister Softee.

For a refreshing delight supreme, look for Mister Softee

My milkshakes and my sundaes and my cones are such a treat.

Listen for my store on wheels ding-a-ling down the street.

The creamiest dreamiest soft ice cream you get from Mister Softee.

For a refreshing delight supreme, look for Mister Softee

S-O-F-T double E. Mister Softee!

Waas is survived by his two children.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

talking to a customer who happened to be at Mr Softee HQ. Another dude came in with $100,000+ in cash money to buy one of those trucks.

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Huge part of my childhood. I always had a dime for a Softee soft serve. I still remember the Ice Cream Truck guy giving me a club badge and a free yoyo because I was a regular.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

And you thought Prince was irrelevant.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I once bought anti depressants from Less Waas.

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Waas Not Waas

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Yes.

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Guess Who?

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Goldie lachance

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I never bought from an ice cream truck in my entire life

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More of a freezer type guy?