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New Article? Yes! About old soda!


There was a time, many, many years ago, when I wrote these things called "articles." I was feeling nostalgic, so I decided, what the hey? Let's use, a lot of commas, and see if it still feels, okay, to write articles.

Today's feature chooses "eleven" as its arbitrary token number and examines "eleven" different soft drinks that are no longer with us, running the gamut from Surge to Strawberry Burst Pepsi and beyond. It's my way of getting a return on the many thousands spent to amass a ridiculous collection of old, sealed soda cans.

I hope you find the article to your liking, because I gave up watching Wolf Creek to write it, and I really wanted to see that "head on a stick" part.

Posted by Matt on 02/04/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 515 comments

Forgive the double post but this is a topic I can relate to.
I’d like to also give another nod to the “Blue Raspberry taking over the world in 1991″. For those of you who weren’t around or don’t remember, truer words were never typed.

Secondly, is there a way to preserve unopened cans? I know my STAR WARS CANS *sigh* all burst open. Can it be done or do they have to be drained? Matt? Anyone?

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 02/04/2007 8:49 PM

i’m surprised the “holiday” pepsi isn’t on here. i think it was about 2 christmas’ ago? it had cinnamon and some other “holiday” spices in it as well.

i def. remember when pepsi blue came out….tasted and looked like windex to me!

Chestnuts roasted by hope @ 02/04/2007 9:07 PM

Growing up in a town where there was NOTHING to do, a new soda was a huge event. We all loved Orbitz, and hated both Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue. Never had Surge where I live- bummer!

Went to a flea market today with only ten bucks…so, by the time I got to the table with the Star Wars and Thundercats toys, I couldn’t buy any! And they had an old school Lando…I might have to go back next week and buy him or Panthro.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 02/04/2007 9:12 PM

Crystal Pepsi I loved; Pepsi Blue I hated.

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 02/04/2007 9:16 PM

Oh wow, a new article!!!! I was reading it while trying to watch the Super Bowl at the same time. Anyway, I got through the article but not all the photos were downloaded the first time so I had to click it on again to see all those cool cans! Well, it’s halftime and while I wait for Prince to have a wardrobe malfunction of some sort, I might as well put my two cents in.

Anyway, Matt, great article! I totally remember Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue. Surge sounds familiar, but I don’t recall if I ever drank it. Actually, Surge is not Coke’s first attempt to copy Pepsi’s Mountain Dew. Before that, they had Mello Yello which I swear was exactly like Mountain Dew. Anyway, I think some places up in Minnesota still carry Mello Yello, but I never noticed. Oh yeah, and does anyone remember Slice? That’s was Pepsi’s attempt to copy Sprite, but that’s what Sierra Mist does now. Actually, I do recall that 7UP and Sprite had different tastes but now they taste very similar. Anyway, back to the Blog entry.

All I can say on the sodas I mentioned was that I really did like all three of them. I thought Crystal Pepsi tasted just fine both in its original formula and when they added the citrus. I also liked Pepsi Blue very much. Okay, please excuse me but I was a dumb kid growing up. There was this soda that I used to drink that looked just hideous. The old bubble gum Hubba Bubba had a soda out called Hubba Bubba Cola. The liquid of all colors was PINK!!!! Now that I look back, I couldn’t imagine anyone looking at it let alone drink it but I drunk it…and I LIKED it!

Anyway, what ever happened to Jolt Cola? I know they have Jolt Gum but I haven’t seen the soda in a long time. I tried the Jolt treatment one time when I was cramming for finals in school. It never worked and I always ended up falling asleep anyway. Actually, when I drink Mountain Dew and/or Vault nowadays it still never keeps me up for any length of time. I always manage to fall asleep and all it does for me is make me piss a lot. I guess caffeine has a reverse effect on me or something.

Anyway, I better wrap this up because I can’t think of much else to say. I’m a bit pissed that AFN does not air any of the Super Bowl commercials and instead I have to sit through boring commercials about the military. Oh well, at least I get to see the cool commercials online. Hopefully downloading them with my connection won’t be too long. Anyway, once again, great article Matt! Hope you write another again very soon!

Oh, one other mention since someone mentioned Valentine’s Day. I guess it’s about time to unwrap and watch the old classic “Be My Valentine Charlie Brown” special on DVD. I myself don’t have any reason to celebrate Valentine’s Day (single, depressed, and living in Iraq, why would I need a miserable holiday like that), but I will always welcome an old Charlie Brown special into my viewing eyes any day! I need that space to fill between the Christmas and Easter specials so I figure Valentine’s Day will do just fine. Why couldn’t they do a St. Patrick’s Charlie Brown special? Anyway, I gotta go….

Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 02/04/2007 9:19 PM

This article is exactly why X-Entertainment is my all-time favorite website. Thanks, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 02/04/2007 9:33 PM

An actual article? Be still my heart–thanks, Matt! This is MUCH better than watching the Super Bowl.

Chestnuts roasted by Joey the Girl @ 02/04/2007 9:40 PM

Short and sweet… thanks, Matt! This is why I’ve spent years loving X-E!

Chestnuts roasted by Andy @ 02/04/2007 10:04 PM

I never tried Pepsi Blue because I have a rule against drinking liquid that looks like window cleaner. Unless its a Jones Soda. :9

Never knew Slice was gone…Mandarin Orange Slice was teh tasty! :9 Now my fave orange soda is Livewire.

I tried Coke Blak, it wasn’t bad. Tasted like a Coke that someone spilled a mocha into. Unfortunately my local gas station never got another shipment of it.

BJ – if you have too much caffiene, it does have the opposite effect. It can also make you pretty sick, too, if you keep trying to counter it with MORE caffiene. I did that with popping NoDoz and Dew once an hour when I was in military tech school. Wound up on my back for 2 days.

(wonders who else got mark!’s Ray Smuckles remark :D How’d you like the GOF?)

Chestnuts roasted by Moony @ 02/04/2007 11:08 PM

I loved this article, excellent.

Just curious, Matt. Did you ever try OK Soda when it was out?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 02/04/2007 11:11 PM

Ahh, yes, fond memories of Crystal Pepsi. I drank it fairly often, and I’ve always been more of a Coke person. Also liked that “Limited Edition” Holiday Spice Pepsi from a few Christmas seasons ago. My mom lived on the coffee-flavored Kona Pepsi in the mid-90s. HATED Pepsi Blue (I still think it looked and tasted like windshield wiper fluid). Slice wasn’t really much different than Sprite (or Sierra Mist, for that matter).

As for discontinued Coke, I only have very vague memories of New Coke and Coke II. Vanilla Coke was my favorite soda for many years; it still pops up in a few select places, usually in a soda fountain. I never tried Surge but do remember the can. I see Vault all over the place; the grocery store where I work sells it. I do remember seeing Jolt, but as with Surge, never tried it.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 02/04/2007 11:19 PM

I’ve been waiting on pins and needles. Matt, did you get my Email or not? There’s been no reply yet.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 02/04/2007 11:24 PM

Manimal, from what Steve Sansweet in the Star Wars Insider says, cans have to be drained eventually. He suggested putting a nail in the bottom, so then you don’t have to ruin the top by opening it. Hope that helps.
Wasn’t there a pink Dr. Pepper in 2003? Fusion, or something like that.

Chestnuts roasted by FyarlGirl @ 02/04/2007 11:31 PM

A couple of years ago, I was able to procure a full can of Coke II via eBay for under $10. I then did a taste test. The fact that I didn’t boot was satsifaction enough.

Chestnuts roasted by Tom @ 02/04/2007 11:38 PM

wow I know for a fact that I have actually drank surge, crystal pepsi, orbitz, and blue. I’m wondering if pepsi fire tasted like pepsi holiday spice. Orbitz was some of the grossest stuff I’ve ever tasted I remember for some reason having to pretty much chew those stupid ball things. However for some weird reason I miss pepsi blue because it was not so long ago that it was within my grasp.

Chestnuts roasted by danny @ 02/04/2007 11:50 PM

Last year I had a drink that was like Orbitz with gigantism or elephantitus or a hydrocele -whatever medical condition that causes huge balls you wanna insert! I was thristy as hell and went to this Thai food place for a lemonade, and I saw this sign that said “add bubbles for $1!” Which I assumed meant carbonization. Instead, I got this drink with a 3/4 of an inch thick straw and black balls the size of Peanut M&Ms at the bottom! I sucked one up and it gummy bear-esque in consistancy and coconut flovored. WEIRD!!! It took me nearly an hour to drink the damn thing because of all the chewing! Highly suggested unless your highly thirsty!

Chestnuts roasted by Ponsonby Britt @ 02/05/2007 12:15 AM

that sounds like a bubble tea type thing.

Chestnuts roasted by Phil B. @ 02/05/2007 12:31 AM

I had a thought, “what if the powers of the internets could be appleid to 1-800-I-FEEL-OK?”

Here’s my answer:[URL=http://www.voicenet.com/~ntareski/ok/sounds.html]OK[/URL]
OK Soda sound bites, but they’re in Real Media, so I won’t touch them.

Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 02/05/2007 12:47 AM

The first time I drank Pepsi Blue, I remember thinking two things:

A) This tastes like rat poison.
B) How the holy hell did Pepsi manage to screw up the flavor of a BLUE LIQUID?

Chestnuts roasted by Whatever @ 02/05/2007 12:56 AM

Dude, Matt, I have 2 unopened bottles of Vanilla Coke down my basement, why didn’t you mention this at all?!

And PLEASE tell me that the Pepsi Blue bottle was the same one from the Skeletor Pokemon Battle article!

Also, I spent the Super Bowl at the frat house, and good times were had. Sucks that Da Bears lost, but everyone snarked over the ads and halftime show (no more than 5 people said that Prince should be working at 7-11, and one said he should be scrubbing his toilet), and halfway through, it didn’t matter about the Colts winning, only to make sure that someone won money. (and it happened)

I’m watching Puppy Bowl III on Animal Planet right now, and god damn, it’s so hyopnotic!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 02/05/2007 12:58 AM

Great seeing an article again! I’d like to see more. I remember all of them. I also remember enjoying Crystal Pepsi. I tried Surge once, made me choke. I was an avid Mountain Dew fan. You should mention Pepsi Kona if you do a follow up.

Another drink I’d like a mention of is something from Pepsi called Storm. I stopped drinking Mountain Dew when this came out, and when it dissappeared, I pretty much gave up soda. It tasted like a Slice or Sprite type drink, just it had extra caffiene. And predating the Red Bull & Vodka fad, I often enjoyed a mixture of Storm and Seagram’s 7 or Canadian Mist brands of blended whisky.

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 02/05/2007 1:51 AM

If you do a Part II to this article, I’d love to see you talk about the soda “Kick!” which was released around 1995. I Loved that Soda

Chestnuts roasted by T.L. @ 02/05/2007 1:58 AM

Oh, and good call on “Josta”! Now that was a Great Soda. That was also released around 1995

Chestnuts roasted by T.L. @ 02/05/2007 2:02 AM

I was in my room at the time and heard Best of You, and I ran out thinking it was the Foos–pissed that no one had even mentioned them playing Half Time–and found none other than the purple one.

What I heard of it wasn’t that bad. Or did he do Times Like These? Damn, I can’t remember.

Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 02/05/2007 2:11 AM

Okay this is off topic..and if anyone has brought this up already i apologize in advance but…
I was at target today and i picked up a pack of CHOCOLATE flavored bubble yum…i havent tried it yet but it sounded so horrible that i just had to buy it. It seemed like something only other X-E readers would appreciate.

Chestnuts roasted by Katella @ 02/05/2007 2:18 AM

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