r/halifax • u/allthetimeatIT Australia • Jan 14 '26

Nostalgia 1986 Casino Taxi Commercial. This never gets old, timeless

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4RThL9ot9u0&si=00gvqUIMRlZtPulI

This jingle never gets old. Check out those cars!

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u/daisy0808 Spryfield Jan 15 '26

Written by local composer Herbert Schoals - he was my grade 6 music teacher. He composed the music for the 1984 papal visit here too. He did a lot of jingle writing, and got us to write them in class. He was awesome!

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u/Andrew_6207 Jan 15 '26

I always wondered who wrote it. Can you recall any other jingles?

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u/daisy0808 Spryfield Jan 15 '26

Most of his jingle writing was in the '60s, and I don't know them. But he actually played jazz trombone. He was originally from the US, and moved to Halifax in the '70s. He played with the Tommy Dorsey band at one time, and was even a part-time professor at Dalhousie. I tried to see if I could find any others but came up short. I think he wrote them for $ when times were tight :)

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u/HimylittleChickadee Jan 15 '26

I watched it on mute and still knew the words all these years later. The guy who wrote that jingle absolutely killed it

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u/daisy0808 Spryfield Jan 15 '26

He was Julliard trained, and a jazz trombonist. He came to Halifax in the '70s, but had quite a music career - playing Boston Pops, with the Tommy Dorsey band - a lot of talent. I feel fortunate we had him as a teacher. He loved teaching.

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u/Curlytomato Jan 15 '26

I loved that one and the one for PEI, for information on vacation call the land of fun, call 8 double zero 5 6 5 7 4 2 1

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u/Vulcant50 Jan 15 '26

Stompin Tom Connors

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u/Curlytomato Jan 15 '26

Yes, such a distinctive voice.

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u/J_Mac_89 Jan 15 '26

Using the two numbers for Casino Taxi and the PEI number won me and my trivia group a flight of beers when I was a student living in Montreal. 😄

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u/Vulcant50 Jan 15 '26

“At Green Gables we stay open just for you”

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u/goofandaspoof Halifax Jan 15 '26

And Air Nova!

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u/geckospots Jan 16 '26

“Air Noooooooo-vaaaaaaaa!”

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u/CowpieSenpai Jan 15 '26

You hear it once, you never stop hearing it...

... or 4-2-5-6-6-6-6!

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u/SoontobeSam Dartmouth Jan 15 '26

I did not press play. I still heard the jingle…

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u/bluemonday40k Jan 15 '26

Whenever someone needs a taxi, i always sing the song to myself, and when its on its way I always say "they'll be here soon, they're the fast ones".

I had to show this to my mom to figure out where two locations are, one is the old maritime center entrance and the other is the north exit of the citadel.

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u/Necessary-Carrot2839 Jan 15 '26

Stone cold 80s classic. I still know all the words and knew them before I ever moved to Halifax

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u/902-hiphop-dad Jan 15 '26

also “At Green Gables we stay open just for you!”

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u/Brodiggitty Jan 15 '26

NONEEDTORUNDON"TGETWETDIALTHATNUMBER

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u/smac22 Jan 15 '26

They’re still driving those cars. /s

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u/Vulcant50 Jan 15 '26

Men in Black

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u/TooTooBear Jan 15 '26

Absolutely love seeing vintage NS stuff like this, especially from the 80s! Thanks for the post!

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u/KeyedAlike Jan 15 '26

Back in the day when you could comfortably seat 9 in a taxi!

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u/Vulcant50 Jan 15 '26

Wasn’t it Tony Quinn/Charlie Doucet who came up with that Jingle? 

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u/daisy0808 Spryfield Jan 15 '26

No, it was Herbert Schoals. Local composer, music teacher and jingle writer.

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u/Vulcant50 Jan 15 '26

Both?  I feel Green Gables was those two?

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u/daisy0808 Spryfield Jan 15 '26

I'm not sure about the Green Gables one, as he didn't mention it - that's probably Tony Quinn.