It’s the ice cream truck jingle. Even Mike’s hated Mr. Softee one. Mike provides the secret origin of the jingle, touching on the Great Depression, the growth of the American middle class, the Good Humor Man, refrigeration, and bobsled bells.-- Sources --Ice Cream: A Global History by Laura B. Weisshttp://www.amazon.com/Ice-Cream-Global-History-Reaktion/dp/1861897928Ding, Ding!: The Commodity Aesthetic of Ice Cream Truck Music by Daniel T Neelyhttp://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199913657.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199913657-e-005The real song of the summer: a brief history of ice cream truck musichttp://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/7/The-real-song-of-the-summer-a-brief-history-of-ice-cream-truck-musicA Brief History of the Ice Cream Truckhttp://mentalfloss.com/article/52281/brief-history-ice-cream-truckNichols Electronics Cohttp://www.nicholselectronicsco.com/Putting the ‘Mr.’ in Soft Ice Creamhttp://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/nyregion/putting-the-mr-in-soft-ice-cream.htmlRacist History of “Turkey in the Straw”:Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song? We Have Unpleasant News For Youhttp://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-youThat Viral Story About the Racist Ice Cream Song Is Wronghttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/117792/racist-ice-cream-song-story-nprcom-wrong-- A previous version of this episode contained the following music --Intro: Ice Cream Man by Tom Waits from Closing TimeBreak #1: Shut Up And Drive (Far Away) by the Deftons from Around the FurBreak #2: Star Spangled Banner, Rock Version