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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 11:24 AM
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Anyone ever eat at a Rollin' Roaster?
Decades ago when I worked nights and came home late after drinking with my co-workers, I would switch on the TV and watch WCBS on the cable from New York City. It was the only channel that was on all night and they showed terrific old MGM movies, punctuated by commercials for a place called Rollin' Roaster. I woke up today with the jingle playing in my head. It goes something like this:

Rollin' Roaster
Rollin' Roaster
Fast food with a flair.
Burgers as your like 'em,
Medium, well or rare.

Does this magical fast-food place with its haunting jingle still exist somewhere in the New York area? Has anyone ever eaten there? Does anyone know the complete lyrics? Should I stop putting off going to the dump today?
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 05:36 PM
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1. I remember those commercials! LOL.
And, no, I never ate there, since I lived a long way from NYC, but I did work nights and WCBS was about the only thing on back then, that, and "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" movies and Jim Bakker, and I watched both. *sigh* But I learned that my co-workers were watching them, too...:D

And don't let this stop you from going to the dump, if you need to...;)
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 10:41 PM
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2. I went to the dump after all
And got a migraine. And still no one has come forward about Rollin' Roaster. :(
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 08:58 AM
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3. Well, that's too bad, but maybe nobody else here was up that late, back then, but us...
Sorry about the migraine. :pals: But kudos to you for making it to the dump...:applause:
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-21-08 08:37 AM
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4. One final kick and then it's off to the archives
Anybody know anything about Rollin' Roaster? *crickets*
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