The man who composed the shake and vac advert is no longer with us...

[derek stitt]

... I hope they scatter  his ashes on the carpet after the cremation.

[Ray Travez]

...when your carpet smells of death, your room does too-ooo

[touchingcloth]

I am aware of the lyrics "you do the shake and vac and put the freshness back" and of shake and vac being a blowjob eupho. I've just realised I have no idea what it really means, though, as I doubt the jingle was advertising blowjobs.

[NoSleep]

It's a "deodorant" you spill on the carpet. And then you suck it off.

[touchingcloth]

So Febreze. But with a vacuum involved.

[NoSleep]

Febreze was probably slightly less toxic.

[touchingcloth]

I also have no idea whether this thread references a real event, or is just a piece of whimsy. Wiki says of the shake and vac advert, "music by: 1950's rock and roll style", so if he really is dead I hope they don't cremate him cos I'd like to see that headstone.

[alan nagsworth]

But with a vacuum involved.

No you were closer with your other comment. Where do you think the term "rug muncher" comes from? Homophobia? Get real!

[derek stitt]

Sadly, Jonathan Hodge passed away early this month, he was 78 and lived in Folkestone. Quiet a good life by all accounts.

[Catalogue Trousers]

He also worked with Bob Godfrey on Great and Henry's Cat, created the Fiddley Foodle Bird, and was at one point married to Paul Raymond's daughter. Quite a fascinating life!