Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Make milk a social drink
1960: The dairy industry, noting that coffee, tea, beer, liquor, and soft drinks are traditionally served at parties but milk isn't, started plotting ways to make milk a "social drink."If you add alcohol to milk it could be considered a social drink. Otherwise, I'd say their campaign fizzled.
Akron Beacon Journal - Dec 4, 1960
Port Angeles Evening News - Mar 9, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 26, 2016 -
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Category: Food, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Its The Real Thing
Some think of a pool full of Coca Cola and Mentos and say, "Why?" These guys said, "Why not!"
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 28, 2016 -
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Category: Drones, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Candy, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Canada Dry Liquors
The complicated story of how a soda company came to market its own brand of booze is entertainingly told here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Alcohol
“I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke!”
Egyptian swingers get down with Coke.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Foreign Customs, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s
Climate Change Coke
As our poor abused planet whipsaws between extreme cold and extreme heat on a minute-to-minute schedule, only Coke can help soothe our pain. The "melting glacier" allegory at the end is effective, albeit unsubtle.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 09, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #234
Message: it helps to be crazy if you want to drink Gold Spot.
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 10, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, India
Refreshment on the Job
The economy that soda built.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 27, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Work and Vocational Training, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s
Vegetarian Water
The makers of the Prestige LifeStraw water filter claim that their filter is so good that it produces "vegetarian water."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 30, 2014 -
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Category: Vegetarians and Vegans, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Fresh-Up Freddie
Disney characters have touted much merch. But rarely has the studio designed a character expressly as a corporate spokesman. The exception is Fresh-Up Freddie for 7-Up.But what a godawful mess he was, all over the stereotype map.
In this non-embeddable commercial Freddie is manic like Woody Woodpecker or Daffy Duck. Then he does a Maurice Chevalier imitation. There are real humans and teenybopper birds.
Still manic, but now he's also a "teenager" Fred Astaire.
Some kind of socialite William Powell/Richie Rich.
Texas oil baron.
Now he talks like Speedy Gonzalez, as a bullfighter.
Cowboy.
And last but not least, Freddie has a sex change.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 25, 2014 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Cartoons
Soda Drinker Pro
With Soda Drinker Pro, you don’t need to have a soda in hand to experience a soda in your mind.
Soon to be available for the Xbox One! More details at sodadrinkerpro.com.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 17, 2014 -
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Category: Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Videogames and Gamers
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