The smoothest ice-cream that money can buy!

Aug 2, 2007 at 11:45 PM
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Maybe I have some obsessive–compulsive, because I have been trying to find one missing line from my recollection of the Tip-Top Trumpet jingle for decades and even wrote to the company about it (no one replied or acknowledged my email). Finally, someone has a better memory than I do and after six years, I have found it on the internet.
There was a longer version, which is where the ellipses come in, but now, we have (the missing line now in italics):

I once bought an ice-cream for a girl called Fay
But Roger the bully stole them both away.
…
One day, you’ll be a big boy.

But now that I’ve grown up,
Look what I’ve got!
It’s a Trumpet, Fay,
And it’s made by Tip-Top!

The smoothest ice-cream that money can buy.
It’s got chocolate, and nuts, and flavours to try!
It’s a treat for the big boys, I told her,
And then, and then,
Oh, Lordy! It’s Roger again!

One day, Roger Finch! One day!

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Homemade of course, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and vanilla bean specks. Ummm! I love it.

That sounds nice, but I would wager that Trumpet is made of animal fat like most ice-cream.

Bryers is a brand sold here in the USA which lists my recepi and it's very good for the price. A lot easier than churning it yourself.

Sounds nice, Zak. I do know one outfit here that does great ice-creams: the Gourmet Ice-cream Co. in Dunedin. But other than that, I am not sure where the good stuff is (at least in this part of the world).

faintly rings a bell - i think I would have to see visuals before I remember it

That would be tough: even Tip-Top wouldn’t respond to my emails when I quizzed them about it. From what I remember, Fay was a blonde. The school playground scene had the three adult actors dress up as kids in school uniform. The final scene had our hero and Fay sitting next to each other on a bus as adults many years later, but Fay spots Roger outside in his Jaguar XJ6. He looks up, above his shades. Fay gets off the bus—so even with a Trumpet, our hero can’t win the girl.

The smoothest ice-cream that money can buy!

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