Do You Remember the Cola Wars: Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi?
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- Weird History Food is reliving the sugary soda wars between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi were invented during the late 1800s, and over the course of the 20th century, they competed for dominance across the globe. Coca-Cola was the front-runner from the outset and remained the leader until the 1970s. As Pepsi pushed harder to seize control of the marketplace, Coca-Cola shoved back and, in true combat-like fashion, the Coke vs. Pepsi war was born.
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Coke or Pepsi or other? What you do you pick? And Soda, Pop or Coke - what do you call it?
Why did you replace the narrator?
Bad idea if this will be in every week thing I will be unsubscribing
1. Coke
2. Anything other than Pepsi
3. Is and always called pop.
Bring the guy back
Coke and I can tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi just by smelling them. I don't see how people can't tell which is which. That being said, I will occaisionally drink Pepsi, maybe a few times a year or if the restaurant doesn't have Coke products.
@@SweetLilWren I don't like the change either.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa! This isn’t Jack Daniels’ narration.
What about Mexican coke? That stuff is amazing. I only drink soda when I have migraines but when I do, I try to look for the real cane sugar kind.
Our local grocery store started carrying Mexican Coke, Sprite and Fanta.
Don't really drink sugared drinks anymore, but the taste of cane is (imho) superior over corn syrup...
An Aussie here, i tried the Mexican coke when i was in USA and that stuff is great. the cane sugar makes such a big difference.
that's racist.
@@robvegas9354 Another Aussie here we use cane sugar in our Coca-Cola in fact around 80% of the of the sugar used in Coca-Cola drinks here in Australia is grown in Australia mostly in tropical North Queensland and northern New South Wales
@@motley1989 lol bring racist into everything gtfoh
I remember The Cola Wars. Many casualties. People still dying till this day.
Dearest mother
Today it looks like we've finally succeeded in taking the South from coke many of their loyalists have revolted against them now that they introduced New Coke
Sincerely yours Joseph A. Bauxigard 6th Pepsi calvary
Those damn dirty Pepsi drinkers
Interestingly, McDonald's Coke does taste different because of a specific deal they have with Coca-Cola in which the syrup McDonald's uses is delivered in stainless steel tanks instead of the usual plastic bags. Those tanks supposedly keep the soda fresher, and your tongue can taste the difference.
Coke also regularly sends out reps to calibrate the machines and make sure the syrup to seltzer ratio is within acceptable range. I worked at McDonald's and we'd always see the Coke guy come in with his testing kit to ensure McD's Coke stayed just right to bring people in.
I thought the same thing
The syrup is not refrigerated during transit, and those shipping containers can get really hot so you can imagine how it tastes different after cooking in the back of a hot truck during shipping. It’s kinda like how you can taste the difference between soda in glass bottles compared to plastic. The difference isn’t dramatic, but definitely noticeable.
@@candice_ecidnac That I did not know. How interesting.
@@Derpmander1982 Yeah, I suppose that'd affect it too.
Thank you for taking me back to the carefree days of the cola wars 🙂
I'm sorry but a weird history without the normal narrator sounds like an AVGN episode without James Rolfe, I think the importance of that guy's voice for weird history is pretty significant. The woman reading for this video isn't doing a bad job at all, I just think this is a slight stylistic misstep.
It's the first time I stopped a WH video in the middle because I wasn't paying attention.
maybe our buddy is sick or something, we want answers! 😄
@@Bentsi2002 I thought about that, too, I hope he isn't sick! On the other hand that guy is a total professional, like even diseases and bacteria will stop and listen to a good ole weird history and forget what they're doing
Yeah he’s the star of the show
The female narrator sounds too childishly excitable - stopping now at 5:30 out of irritation.
My grandmother lost her job at Coke during the Max Headroom campaign. They laid off many, many people in order to correct the mistake that was New Coke. She was right, though, when she came home with a "secret sample." She said it tasted like it had been left in a hot car for a year.
Also, Doug Heffernan said it tasted like syrupy piss water. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If we have a new narrator, we need a new script. Not everyone can deliver those puns
Agreed. I subscribed to this channel because of the narrator, not the content. If he is gone, I'll probably unsubscribe. Hope they go back to the original narrator.
Still cringing at the MST reboot casting....don't need this in my life too
I have serious sleeping problems and the only thing that puts me to sleep is that narrator's voice. This video kept me awake dammit 😑 😫
maybe narrator was sick, and she filled in.
@@mst3kanita hope so.
Yes, I remember that war. I was on Team RC. Got devestated by Coke, but I later left RC for Pepsi and fared pretty well. Today Pepsi is my go to, but I will still kick back a refreshing RC.
I too, enjoy a nice RC cola now and again, though I am team Coke.
Team RC 100%
Our business class had a taste test between Coke, Pepsi, RC, and store brand cola. We tasted all four anonymously and voted which one was the best. RC got 70% of the votes. I been team RC since.
Ice cold RC with neighborhood pizza joint slice... I'ma hit that up when they open
RC cola and a Moon Pie. Song of the South, baby!
Target used to have both Coca-Cola and Pepsi in their food court soda dispenser, I would do the unthinkable and mix them both together. It actually tasted pretty damn good and I'd sometimes go there just for a cup of my favorite forbidden drink.
You are a savage my dude
Lol at “unthinkable “
Monster
I do that at the gas station across the street from our apartment!!
It's not a weird history video without the dude's voice 😔
I agree wholeheartedly. 🙁
No offense to whoever she is, I just can't get past not hearing his voice
Right!? I don't fault her, but just his dry sarcasm makes the videos for me and just not the same
@@briangrice1999 I know you didn't mean it in a disparaging manner. I didn't either. It's just like you said. 😊
Agreed.
Fun fact: the Pepsi CEO at the time, Don Kendall, chose Coke in the Pepsi Challenge.
In the wise words of The Piano Man himself, Billy Joel:
Rock and roll, and cola wars, I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!
😂😂
yeah, but remember, he didn't start the fire - it was always burning, since the world's been turning
Also the dudes voice is better
Nothing against this woman narrator , she did great. We all want the original dude.
He's the main reason why I watch this channel & weird history. I'm his biggest fan...bring back our OG narrator!!!
Yes. He's the best 👌
Ironic how the new narrator is confusing and letting down fans, as she was describing Coke did the exact same thing with new coke 🤣
I remember taking the Pepsi Challenge at a supermarket around 1984-1985. I chose Coke, the original formula.
I chose Coke, too. The guy made me take the challenge again because everyone else in line picked Pepsi.
"Fuller! Go easy on the Pepsi!"
🤓
I'd love to see Weird History Food cover the history of energy drinks!
To keep the whole structure the same but changing the voice throws off the vibe especially with whatever synthesizing your doing with the voice, it sounds like it in a hall or something, not echoing but somehow hollow.
DR. PEPPER: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE COLA
in Europe you can't drink Pepsi, Dr. Pepper and other soft drinks anymore, because they reduced the sugar and have added sweetener instead, so that they are more "healthier". It's horrible. The only exception is original Coke.
In many places in the south, the word "coke" is what you use instead of "soda" or "pop". A conversation would go like this: "You want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper."
You mean the North ?
@@BlkMagickGaia3 No.
This is awesome, I remember these days well 😃 Excellent editing
" A guy you have saved in your phone as Molly Mark".
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I grew up in the 80's when colas flowed like water. Like, you sometimes had no choice! It was a soda or nothing. 😆 I haven't had Coke or Pepsi in over 10 years and I'm not missing it.
I'm a Dr Pepper loyalist but that's cause I'm a Texan and prefer the taste to Pepsi and Coke but I'll drink both
@@kyleshiflet9952 is Dr pepper a Texas thing? i know it's everywhere, but for some reason all the Texans I know (including myself) love Dr pepper :D
@@aprilmeowmeow yes it is
@@aprilmeowmeow Well I was born and raised in NY and I love Dr Pepper 🌶. I also really like the zero Dr Pepper. It does taste Almost exactly like Dr. Pepper. The problem is that if your ordering from restaurants and such it’s usually Coke or Pepsi.
@@aprilmeowmeow Well Dr. Pepper originated in Texas so it would make sense that it's a Texas thing.
When i first heard of cola wars i initially thought of pepsi and coca cola truck drivers getting into fist fights or gun fights with each other.
That reminds me of a Pepsi commercial where a Pepsi truck driver and a Coca-Cola truck driver got into a fist fight at a diner while Get Together by The Youngbloods was playing on the jukebox! 😂
So Pepsi wanted Michael Jackson to reach out and touch a younger audience eh?
Lmfao got eeemm
funny how an addictive drug additive would affect sales vs their competitors
I remember the Cola wars like it was yesterday. It never really stopped.
"Bill Cosby - Mixology"
"Michael Jackson - Youth Ambassador"
😂😂😂
I remember at the time my dad bought a lot of Pepsi I think it was during the time when they release New Coke I tried it one time and let's just say we just got used to drinking Pepsi the next couple of years during that time
I was an 80s kid, and when I tried New Coke...it was...literally flat, sweeter and gross. I was devastated. My love affair with Coke was over. When they returned to Coke Classic, I was relieved but bitter. They ruined an entire summer of sweet, sweet cola goodness for me. When your 11 that's everything. So now, Pepsi is my side beyotch. Yes. I cheat on Coke with Pepsi.
I've always preferred Pepsi. Coke tastes like burnt caramel to me. It's really sweet but there's also something there that bothers me. Pepsi is refreshing by comparison. They're so different.
I'm in the Dr Pepper camp for its unique flavor followed by Pepsi and coke
@@kyleshiflet9952 i love Dr pepper too. If I can buy it in a case of 24 cans i do...it's been hard to find, but usually we'll choose it over cola
We only need the dude’s voice. His dry sarcasm is what makes these videos for me.
Thanks for this! 🥤
Wild 🍒 Pepsi all the way! Coke/Coca-Cola gives me a weird headache and I don’t really like straight colas, prefer flavored. However, I’d have chosen 7-up over either one back in the day. Today, my go to’s are No. 1 Code Red Mt. Dew, then regular Mt. Dew, Barq’s Root Beer & Orange Fanta. Occasionally I’ll have a Wild 🍒 Pepsi but I don’t think I’ve had a Coke since the 80s.
I remember when my Junior High got our first pop machines in front of the school offices. What an exciting time it was for us. The 80’s. LOL Actually, I need to stop drinking sody pop all together (borderline diabetic) but…addiction, C’est la vie.
I miss cherry 7 Up. I used to love it in the 80s and 90s.
@@candice_ecidnac they still make cherry 7up
Weird History should do a video about Joan Crawford and Pepsi!
My hands hurt just thinking about carrying those glass 8 packs 😁
Yeah but when did they stop putting coke in the coke. Lol
11:08
It’s not true that they released New Coke even though people preferred the original. When Coke was doing the product testing for it, doing blind taste tests at malls and events, people overwhelmingly preferred New Coke, and that is why it was released. But it failed because they took away the original. If they would have had both they could have phased out the original in a few years without much uproar. But they made the mistake of taking away something that was liked and even nostalgic without letting the market do that for them.
They had the Pepsi Challenge at a local mall when I was a kid. My grandmother hated Pepsi. So she took the challenge. They said she picked Pepsi. My grandmother cussed the woman out because she knows Coke vs Pepsi. My little sister had walked behind the thing and saw the girl change it. So while my grandmother is mad my little sister is asking the woman why she is switching it. It was hilarious! They shut down the Pepsi Challenge and didn’t bring it back to any of the malls in our area 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That is hilarious!
"We don't have Coke... Pepsi ok?"
... I don't have your tip... nothing ok?
Always loved Coke. Now I drink sprite but I still drink coke when I go out.
Is no one going to question why there is a new narrator ?
I think we all are.
Please god. 🙏 maybe he's on vacation... wait I watched a new video that had him.. 🤓
Royal Crown for the win!
Mexican Coke in a glass bottle is where it's at
That is the true original coke made with cane sugar.
"Pepsi looked for a musician who could _literally_ reach out and touch a younger audience...you see where this is going. Michael Jackson."
Weird History Food is here to provide all the "best" child molestation puns
This was fantastic Yooo
I hate to admit it but Bill Cosby's famous sweaters aren't the first think I think of when I hear "Cosby sweater".
You should do energy drink wars next.
🔥THNX!🔥
Please do a video about how instant noodles came to be!
Guys I think the narrator has a cold, his voice sounds a lil funny.
I love them both. In fact when I go to the gas station across from our apartment, I mix them both together!! Can't go wrong with either one!!
I don't dislike this narrator, I just love the other narrator
Has that "war" ever stopped?!
I once took the Pepsi Challenge at the mall. I pointed at one, called it and correctly, said it still tasted better and walked away like a boss. Winner? Coke.
I pick Coke (but only Mexican real cane sugar glass bottle Coke) and I also pick our original narrator. Doesn't feel the same.
Pepsi's preference in the Cola Wars wasn't (just) based on taste (although that is the historical record). Pepsi jacked up it's likelihood of being chosen over Coke by keeping it at 2 degrees colder than than Coke (at least that is how they did it in the random mall taste tests). I know this because I worked for Pepsi during the campaign; well, at least I was one of the teenagers that ran the kiosks at the mall. Oh, and in Canada, so that may not have been the system everywhere else.
Nah Pepsi preference wasn't based on taste at all. Because Coca-Cola is better!
I'm a Coca-Cola guy all the way. If I go to a restaurant, and they serve Pepsi, I won't buy a soda. Dr pepper is its own company though, so if I'm lucky and I'm at a restaurant that serves that in addition to the Pepsi product, I will get one of those. But other than that, for me, Coca-Cola is the real thing.
Interestingly enough, my family didn't have soda growing up very often. We would have it usually once or twice a year if that. When I was a teenager, my math teacher would drink diet Coke on a regular basis and would give me one on occasion. I really enjoyed it. Later, on a 4th of July weekend, my aunt brought a cooler filled with Coke and other beverages. I tried Coke and loved it! It probably wasn't the first time I had a Coke, as when I was a child I would drink any soda that I could get, but it's the first recollection of me really enjoying the substance for what it was. And I've enjoyed it ever since.
Pepsi for me. It’s sweeter, it’s crisper, it’s more refreshing. It doesn’t make your teeth feel gritty and chalky like Coke does.
The incredibly cheesy jokes work a LOT better with this cheery cheeky voice.
I never knew Alfonso Ribeiro was in a Pepsi commercial! Guess those moves helped him with the Carlton dance!
Ive never heard a Weird History without Weird History guy. I dont hate it but it's not the same.
I wish they’d bring back New Coke just so I could taste it!!
bill cosby - Mixologist🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 excuse me while i catch my breath
Nice cut, including the Fresca reference from Caddyshack!
I have heard from numerous restaurant workers that Pepsi has better customer service regarding their machines. A local restaurant I frequent changed from Coke for that reason. Not sure if it's true nationwide.
I was a Fresca and diet Pepsi drinker. Probably a result of my childhood. Growing up, the only time we could have soda was when we threw up. Then it was flat coke to settle your stomach. So when I hit my teens in the seventies and started drinking soda for enjoyment, diet Pepsi and Fresca were my choices.
Do a video on the Montreal Bagel Wars.
“Now, my sh*t, I'll take the Pepsi challenge with that Amsterdam sh*t, any day of the f***in' week.”
-Lance, Pulp Fiction.
Wasn't the voice I was expecting... Hmmm
5:11 like Soldier Boy said, that Bill Cosby knew how to make some hard drinks.
There were cable channels in the 80's
I work for coke, but the only thing of our I drink is Vanilla Coke, Fanta and ocassional Monster
There’s only one king of beverages... it’s called water
I never realized the soda change in back to the future movie's because it wasn't something I would look for.
great video but the back to the future part is wrong. marty asks for pepsi free and drinks pepsi in multiple scenes in the first movie. it wasn't really coca cola heavy (yes I know tab is a coke product).
good video
Oh hey, Stephen Colbert narrator is gone
A+ video!
Phenomenal topic and video! Pepsi and Coke are like a gift from the heavens!
I prefer pepsi cola over coca cola. But not by much. Coca cola was originally invented in early May 1886 while pepsi was originally invented 7 years later in early June 1893. I would drink either coca cola or pepsi cola. Both are fine in my opinion.
“Our children will never know refreshment” has to be top 5 greatest protest sign, no? 😭😂😂
It's hilarious if you think about it!🤣
Pepsi straight, coke if there's rum in it
I myself am a 7UP first Dr Pepper second and Pepsi third drinker
I hope he just took a week off for his summer vacation. Miss to no fault of your own the voice just doesn’t do it for me. I love the Weird History channels but the voice is really what does it for me.
My father fought in the Cola wars and was emotionally wounded in the first War on Christmas
“literally touch a younger audience” 💀💀💀
Even though soda is still very popular I think people now drink more bottled water. I remember back in the 80's and 90's people drank way too much soda. It was like a addiction for many.
Bring back the original narrator please k thx
2:46 didn’t expect Surge to get a shoutout on this video
Both are great in different ways
I grew up in metro Atlanta and went to school at Georgia Tech, which is across the street from the Coca-Cola HQ. Everything is Coke there, even franchises of Pepsi chains like Panera and IHOP. I moved to Columbus, OH, home of the largest Pepsi distributor in the US, in February of this year. I never realized how good I had it in Atlanta, that now probably 80% of the restaurants around here are Pepsi. I only ever order Diet Coke at restaurants, but if it's a Pepsi restaurant, I am fresh out of luck because I can't stand Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, or Sierra Mist. Yes, I could just go for water (and do), but where's the fun in that? :P
McDonald's keeps their coke a few degrees colder, they've actually got some kind of exclusivity contract.
Look it up - it's an actual thing, that McDonald's coke is better.
Man, that's something. I come on here after watching Weird History and treated with something good. Had no idea that there was a war with soda. I know that Coke was popular during World War 2. I've had both drinks, Coke and Pepsi. It's like having 2 girlfriends. I heard about Michael Jackson being featured with Pepsi. Usually I think of Bill Cosby on the cover of Jello, not Coke. A fall from grace was he! Interesting fact: Max Headroom footage was used to hijack stations WGN and WTTW.
It was guy in a max headroom mask
Classic/New Coke was a BRILLIANT marketing scheme.
This was at a time when shelf footage in the grocery store was at a premium (and still is today.)
By marketing a New Coke, then bringing back Classic Coke, they forced all the grocery stores to reduce the frontage of all the other competitors to make way for the new Coke product, making Coke the biggest company in the soda isle by frontage presentation.
The sales fall was only a small blip, but their expanded presence in grocery stores lasted for years...
The '80s Pepsi logo looks completely alien to me as a person born in 2005, yet the Coke logo looks exactly the same. Interesting.
I like Pepsi and RC but there's absolutely no contest Coca-Cola is the superior Cola
*Nerdily pushes up glasses* Um... actually... the classic Highlander quote is: "There can be only one." If you're going to use it, at least get it right.
I remember the Pepsi challenge or those tests at the store, one thing today people are unaware of is that the same corporations at the top that own almost everything beverage or snack make commercials to make you believe they are competing when they actually are not competing at all because the same owners own the same products on the commercials...
Here's the thing. The tests were done after Pepsi learned that Pepsi tastes better than Coke when it's at room temperature, while Coke tastes better cold.
So, they did those taste tests with room temperature colas knowing that most people would say "Yeah, Pepsi tastes better," so that they could use it in their marketing.
Coca-cola wanted to change their recipe to something cheaper, so they used that advertising as justification for launching New Coke which didn't taste as good because they were using cheaper ingredients. People hated it, so using those cheaper ingredients they created a recipe that tasted similar to the old recipe but not exactly the same.
It's a great story of marketing taught in schools, and I love it. People will continue talking about New Coke and the Cola Wars for decades to come.
hated new coke. switched to pepsi until they brought original back.