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PEPSI TRIVIA
Did you know that Pepsi was the
first consumer product to:
1. Have a slogan,
"Exhilarating, Invigorating, Aid's Digestion"
2. Have a Jingle,
the "Nickel Nickel Song"
3. Have a soft
drink with fruit juice, "Lemon-Lime"
4. To have a
comic strip in the newspapers, 1939 "Pepsi & Pete"
5. Have a
celebrity endorser, "Barney Oldfield" a Auto Racing Pioneer
appeared in ad's in 1909.
6. Go head to
head directly against their competition when they launched the
"Pepsi Challenge" in 1975.
7. Have a
spokes alien, Lucas Films created "Marfalump" for Pepsi.
8. And was the
first major US Corporation to have a Afro American Vice
President.
9.
As a teenager Elvis Presley worked for a Pepsi Bottler in
Tupelo.
10.
While in college Colin Powell also worked for a
Pepsi Cola Bottler in Long Island, New York.
11. The
Pepsi-Cola Company was once based in Richmond Virginia from 1923
to 1931.
12. Both
Pepsi and Coke were created by Pharmacists, Coke at it's
earliest beginnings started out as a alcohol and cocaine drink.
Pepsi began as a medicinal refreshing drink to aid digestion.
13. One of
the oddest celebrity promoters of Pepsi, has been JEEP, they
were used in promotions throughout the 60's, 70,s 80's and into
the 90's. Jeep even had some custom made exclusively for
Pepsi.
14. Baseball
great Steve Garvey once worked for Pepsi as a salesman.
15. Pepsi
once produced a series of long neck bottles to celebrate the
accomplishment of Richard Petty.
16. Pepsi
once used a Harrier Jet as a fictitious item in a promotion.
17. Pepsi
also painted a Concorde Jet blue to promote their Blue can in
Europe.
18. During
WWII, the Pepsi-Cola Company sponsored numerous programs in
support of our armed forces. The most widely known was the
Pepsi-Cola Serviceman Centers located in Washington DC, New York
City, and San Francisco. They offered phones to call loved
ones, writing and recording equipment, a place to sleep, piano
playing, sing-alongs, pool tables, ping pong and information
centers, along with free hamburgers, hot dogs and Pepsi.
Pepsi Slogans
1903:
Exhilarating, Invigorating, Aids Digestion
1907: Original
Pure Food Drink
1908:
Delicious and Healthful
1915: For All
Thirsts - Pepsi-Cola
1919:
Pepsi-Cola - It Makes You Scintillate
1920:
Drink Pepsi-Cola - It Will Satisfy You
1928: Peps You
Up!
1929: Here's
Health!
1932:
Sparkling, Delicious
1933: It's the
Best Cola Drink
1934: Double
Size
1934:
Refreshing and Healthful
1938: Join the
Swing to Pepsi-Cola
1939
Twice as Much for a nickel
1943: Bigger
Drink, Better Taste
1947: It's a
Great American Custom
1949:
Why Take Less When Pepsi's Best
1950: More
Bounce to the Ounce
1954: The
Light Refreshment
1958: Be
Sociable, Have a Pepsi
1961:
Now It's Pepsi for Those Who Think Young
1963:
Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation
1967:
Taste that Beats the Others Cold. Pepsi Pours It On.
1969:
You've Got a Lot to Live. Pepsi's Got a Lot to Give
1973:
Join the Pepsi People Feelin' Free
1976:
Have a Pepsi Day
1979:
Catch that Pepsi Spirit
1981:
Pepsi's Got Your Taste for Life
1983:
Pepsi Now!
1984:
The Choice of a New Generation
1989:
Pepsi: A Generation Ahead
1992:
Gotta Have It
1993:
Be Young, Have Fun, Drink Pepsi
1995:
Nothing Else is a Pepsi
1997:
Generation Next
1999: The Joy
of Cola
2001: The Joy
of Pepsi
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