Literally out of no where tonight, I started singing. "It's a fun place, it's a family place" and I Googled to find this commercial. So happy this was posted!
I've been looking for this commercial for year's too! I lived in Queens NY my friends and I would joke about this commercial and how full of shyt the whole affair sounded! For some odd reason we beloved it was run by a Tony Soprano type long before there was even a show called: “ the Sopranos”!
@@moonrakertv5 That's ironic, because one of the two owners of the park in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s was named...yep, you guessed it, Tony. Was a good guy. He passed away 2 years ago
I worked on the boardwalk in 1975, with Mario, the Johnson brothers, Bridget ( who worked inside by the ORIGINAL BIG CAROUSEL that we use to run), and Donna (who became my girlfriend). We ran the carousel, bumper cars, the spook house (both still there!), the Himalayan and the mini Himalayan at the beginning of the boardwalk by the parking lot. I would go across the street to the liquor store across the street, and buy a six pack of Miller (I was SIXTEEN at the time!), and a pack of Marlboro for 50 cents. We would get drunk while running the carousel (Ah, the good old day!) Back then, STREAKING was the big thing! We streaked up and down Beachway, the road that runs parallel to the beach and ended at Pine view Ave., where we had a bungalow. Keansburg is totally different now than it was in the 1960's and 1970's! We lived down the block from the BERKSHIRE HOTEL and bar. Who remembers this?
My family lived in East Keansburg from 1973-87 and I was born there by Dec 1982. I still have memories of going there as a little kid in the mid 80s. The last time I was there was with my late father in 1990.
I remember this commercial and jingle. Part of my childhood. I was 6 when this commercial was on tv. My mom and dad would take my twin brother and me to Keansburg amusement park every summer. We used to call it Porky Pig amusement park. Lol. Still go there every summer even now...it's become a family tradition. :)
One nitpick, Keansburg is actually about an hour and a half drive from NYC. 30 minutes is actually the time it takes to travel from NYC to the Turnpike exit that takes you to the Parkway near Woodbridge.
I remember that commercial! I've been going there for 65 years! Who remembers the Yellow stand, Jerry Sheen's (where, at 4 years old, my cousins and I snuck in to see the original Four Seasons), and the stands went all the way to the parking lot? Does anyone know where I can find pictures of the old Keansburg boardwalk, including those old stands close to the parking lot?
It's so great getting to see this again! For almost 50 years I thought it was "It's a fun place it's a HAPPY place". And imagine someone thinking that this guy was suitable for the voice over🤣
A girl in a bikini going down the water slide at the 0:11 mark, this is a super awesome 1975 Keansburg Amusement Park commercial, P.S. My parents {now deceased} did went there on 1975 and it did bring awesome memories as well!!
my parents used to take us here after spending a day at the beach at Seabright in the mid '70s. My parents were from Europe and had no problem with me drinking my pop's beer as we walked around the boardwalk. We used to get the nastiest looks. LOL
Brilliant! Here are the lyrics that I was able to make out. Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park. Meet the different kind of people at the pool. (?) Win the games, try the rides, and stay cool. It’s a fun place. It’s a family place. Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park. (Spoken): Keansburg Amusement Park is located on the Jersey Shore, on Garden State Parkway exit 117. Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park. (Spoken): Only 30 minutes from New York. Come on out! Notes: “Park” is pronounced “paurqk.” “Jersey Shore” is pronounced “Joisey Shoar”. “New York” is pronounced “Noo Yawk.”
This tunes been in my head for decades. Birthday of my SO? Anniversary of parents? Code for any online accts,? Nope! But keansburg amusement park tune is locked in there like ft knox. Good thing too because tho it hasn't existed in decades you never know when thatll come in handy.
Visited summer of '78. Same creepy dude with the pig mascot head was roaming around the carousel. Wore heavy black combat boots which was strange as hell.
Oh My God! Those poor kids and those poor amusement park staffers..with this damn Corona Virus..they'll be lucky..if they have any business at all this summer.
Literally out of no where tonight, I started singing. "It's a fun place, it's a family place" and I Googled to find this commercial. So happy this was posted!
I've been looking for this commercial for year's too! I lived in Queens NY my friends and I would joke about this commercial and how full of shyt the whole affair sounded!
For some odd reason we beloved it was run by a Tony Soprano type long before there was even a show called: “ the Sopranos”!
@@moonrakertv5 That's ironic, because one of the two owners of the park in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s was named...yep, you guessed it, Tony. Was a good guy. He passed away 2 years ago
I worked on the boardwalk in 1975, with Mario, the Johnson brothers, Bridget ( who worked inside by the ORIGINAL BIG CAROUSEL that we use to run), and Donna (who became my girlfriend). We ran the carousel, bumper cars, the spook house (both still there!), the Himalayan and the mini Himalayan at the beginning of the boardwalk by the parking lot. I would go across the street to the liquor store across the street, and buy a six pack of Miller (I was SIXTEEN at the time!), and a pack of Marlboro for 50 cents. We would get drunk while running the carousel (Ah, the good old day!) Back then, STREAKING was the big thing! We streaked up and down Beachway, the road that runs parallel to the beach and ended at Pine view Ave., where we had a bungalow. Keansburg is totally different now than it was in the 1960's and 1970's! We lived down the block from the BERKSHIRE HOTEL and bar. Who remembers this?
Does anyone remember the fortune teller on this boardwalk named "MADAME PAULINE" from the 1960-70's? Does Anyone have pics of her?@@mightymeatmonsta
My family lived in East Keansburg from 1973-87 and I was born there by Dec 1982. I still have memories of going there as a little kid in the mid 80s. The last time I was there was with my late father in 1990.
I remember this commercial and jingle. Part of my childhood. I was 6 when this commercial was on tv. My mom and dad would take my twin brother and me to Keansburg amusement park every summer. We used to call it Porky Pig amusement park. Lol. Still go there every summer even now...it's become a family tradition. :)
Maybe that's why it smells like mustard, chlorine, beer, and pork. Gross.
I remember seeing this on TV back in the day.
this jingle haunted my soul when I was 7
WOW!!! That brought back memories!
ONLY KEANSBURG WOULD HAVE A PIG AS ITS TRADE MARK
Pete Turner the ‘burg!
I miss Keansburg....especially the Wagon Wheel bar!
One nitpick, Keansburg is actually about an hour and a half drive from NYC. 30 minutes is actually the time it takes to travel from NYC to the Turnpike exit that takes you to the Parkway near Woodbridge.
They probably mean technically, as in from the tip of S.I.
It's about 45 minutes from Staton Island
I remember that commercial! I've been going there for 65 years! Who remembers the Yellow stand, Jerry Sheen's (where, at 4 years old, my cousins and I snuck in to see the original Four Seasons), and the stands went all the way to the parking lot? Does anyone know where I can find pictures of the old Keansburg boardwalk, including those old stands close to the parking lot?
It's so great getting to see this again! For almost 50 years I thought it was "It's a fun place it's a HAPPY place". And imagine someone thinking that this guy was suitable for the voice over🤣
I've been looking for this for months!!!
A girl in a bikini going down the water slide at the 0:11 mark, this is a super awesome 1975 Keansburg Amusement Park commercial, P.S. My parents {now deceased} did went there on 1975 and it did bring awesome memories as well!!
Thanks so much,been looking for this for years.
Brings back memories !
my parents used to take us here after spending a day at the beach at Seabright in the mid '70s. My parents were from Europe and had no problem with me drinking my pop's beer as we walked around the boardwalk. We used to get the nastiest looks. LOL
F' em. My mother did the same thing at Busch Gardens in Pasadena in 1976. I was 10.
Brilliant! Here are the lyrics that I was able to make out.
Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park.
Meet the different kind of people at the pool. (?)
Win the games, try the rides, and stay cool.
It’s a fun place. It’s a family place.
Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park.
(Spoken): Keansburg Amusement Park is located on the Jersey Shore, on Garden State Parkway exit 117.
Come out to Keansburg Amusement Park.
(Spoken): Only 30 minutes from New York. Come on out!
Notes:
“Park” is pronounced “paurqk.”
“Jersey Shore” is pronounced “Joisey Shoar”.
“New York” is pronounced “Noo Yawk.”
That first line is actually "take a dip at the beach or the pool."
This tunes been in my head for decades. Birthday of my SO? Anniversary of parents? Code for any online accts,? Nope! But keansburg amusement park tune is locked in there like ft knox. Good thing too because tho it hasn't existed in decades you never know when thatll come in handy.
Visited summer of '78. Same creepy dude with the pig mascot head was roaming around the carousel. Wore heavy black combat boots which was strange as hell.
Does anyone remember the fortune teller on this boardwalk named "MADAME PAULINE" fro the 1960-70's? Does Anyone have pics of her?
Oh My God! Those poor kids and those poor amusement park staffers..with this damn Corona Virus..they'll be lucky..if they have any business at all this summer.
Only 30 minutes from New York...yeah right. Try almost 2 hours
Kawm owt ta Keansboig uhmyoozmint pawk!
I Was Back In Childhood Keansburg 2005
We used to sing "Win a game, ride the rides ma fongool" . I know I'm a 10 yo LOL
the park today woul have been so diffrent today
if it wasn’t for Covid and sandy..
I wonder who sings that.
My money is on the guy that sold the tickets at the gate!
Belvedere Pool - loves that pool better than Crystal
JUST KIDDING
Afterwards we'll go to wild west city!!!!