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Video of Michael Jackson’s hair catching on fire during Pepsi ad rehearsal

July 16, 2009 @ 7:08 am

Us Weekly magazine has exclusive video of a never-before-seen 1984 Pepsi commercial rehearsal mishap that left Michael Jackson with 2nd and 3rd-degree burns to his head and face. Although purely speculation at this point, many are saying that this was the event that may have caused Michael Jackson to be addicted to prescription drugs.

Pepsi lies about Yankees ticket giveaway in Times Square

April 17, 2009 @ 8:33 pm

This can’t be good for Pepsi.

Yesterday morning, the Pepsi-Cola company sponsored an event where they would give out 250 opening day tickets to Yankees Stadium. Unfortunately, the company pretty much lied about the ticket giveaway and what resulted was a large magnitude of angry people shouting “Pepsi sucks!” in Times Square.

Pepsi Natural cola made with sugar and comes in glass bottle

March 5, 2009 @ 11:24 pm

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Photo: Pepsi Natural by Teuobk on Flickr

Apparently Pepsi is randomly unveiling a new beverage called Pepsi Natural at select retailers. The drink is said to be made from sparkling water, sugar, and kola nut extract instead of the high-fructose corn syrup that is found in traditional Pepsi. The new drink also comes packaged in a nice glass bottle with simple lettering to indicate the product name and contents. And quite frankly, the new Pepsi logo actually looks good on it in one single color (but damn, that Pepsi logo typeface is still ugly as hell).

I’m kind of wondering if this “natural” version of Pepsi is the same as the throwback versions Pepsi announced about a month ago. If it is the same product, I’d much rather go for this glass version.

Obama and White House prefer Coca-Cola

February 27, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

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Make that another strike against the terrible new Pepsi logo! Despite may similarities between the Obama campaign logo and the new Pepsi logo, Barack Obama and many White House staff actually prefer to drink Coca-Cola.

Ok, so it’s not very important in the long run. But I like ragging on a company that spent nearly $1 million+ on one of the ugliest branding mistakes in recent history. If they were going to redesign anything, they should have gone with these white cans instead. Now those look nice.

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Pepsi profits go down 43% in fourth-quarter

February 13, 2009 @ 10:38 pm

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Photo: Pepsi sign in Powell station by cappenstance

AdAge is reporting that Pepsi had a 43% drop in profit during the 4th quarter (2008). Could this have something to do with consumer backlash against the new company logos (yes, all of them) that reportedly cost the company more than $1 million to implement? Possibly. But the company is saying that it’s mainly due to restructuring costs and writedowns and the overall state of the economy.

Say and think what you will, but I believe this is a clear sign that something went wrong with the latest redesign of the company’s main soda brand. Any sort of familiarity with the brand went out the window when they introduced that logo that looks like a stumbling fat man.

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