Do You Remember the Cola Wars: Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi? 

Coke or Pepsi or other? What you do you pick? And Soda, Pop or Coke - what do you call it?

It's not a weird history video without the dude's voice 😔

Whoa whoa whoa whoa! This isn’t Jack Daniels’ narration.

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.

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.

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.

I remember The Cola Wars. Many casualties. People still dying till this day.

Thank you for taking me back to the carefree days of the cola wars 🙂

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.

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.

If we have a new narrator, we need a new script. Not everyone can deliver those puns

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.

Nothing against this woman narrator , she did great. We all want the original dude.

In the wise words of The Piano Man himself, Billy Joel: Rock and roll, and cola wars, I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! 😂😂

Fun fact: the Pepsi CEO at the time, Don Kendall, chose Coke in the Pepsi Challenge.

Also the dudes voice is better

We only need the dude’s voice. His dry sarcasm is what makes these videos for me.

I remember taking the Pepsi Challenge at a supermarket around 1984-1985. I chose Coke, the original formula.

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.

"Fuller! Go easy on the Pepsi!"

I'd love to see Weird History Food cover the history of energy drinks!

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.

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.

"Bill Cosby - Mixology" "Michael Jackson - Youth Ambassador" 😂😂😂

" A guy you have saved in your phone as Molly Mark". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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."

Is no one going to question why there is a new narrator ?

funny how an addictive drug additive would affect sales vs their competitors

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.

This is awesome, I remember these days well 😃 Excellent editing

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.

Yeah but when did they stop putting coke in the coke. Lol

Always loved Coke. Now I drink sprite but I still drink coke when I go out.

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.

So Pepsi wanted Michael Jackson to reach out and touch a younger audience eh?

I remember the Cola wars like it was yesterday. It never really stopped.

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.

My hands hurt just thinking about carrying those glass 8 packs 😁

"We don't have Coke... Pepsi ok?" ... I don't have your tip... nothing ok?

Guys I think the narrator has a cold, his voice sounds a lil funny.

Weird History should do a video about Joan Crawford and Pepsi!

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 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Royal Crown for the win!

Mexican Coke in a glass bottle is where it's at

Thanks for this! 🥤

I pick Coke (but only Mexican real cane sugar glass bottle Coke) and I also pick our original narrator. Doesn't feel the same.

I don't dislike this narrator, I just love the other narrator

Please do not use other narrators. It’s not just the content we come for, but also the way it is presented. This narrator took away from the video for me.

bill cosby - Mixologist🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 excuse me while i catch my breath

"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

Please do a video about how instant noodles came to be!

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.

I hate to admit it but Bill Cosby's famous sweaters aren't the first think I think of when I hear "Cosby sweater".

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.

This was fantastic Yooo

I wish they’d bring back New Coke just so I could taste it!!

The incredibly cheesy jokes work a LOT better with this cheery cheeky voice.

You should do energy drink wars next.

New Coke was better tasting than Pepsi, but Coca Cola Classic was still so much better.

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.

Nice cut, including the Fresca reference from Caddyshack!

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 like Pepsi and RC but there's absolutely no contest Coca-Cola is the superior Cola

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!!

5:11 like Soldier Boy said, that Bill Cosby knew how to make some hard drinks.

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.

🔥THNX!🔥

Pepsi straight, coke if there's rum in it

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.

I never knew Alfonso Ribeiro was in a Pepsi commercial! Guess those moves helped him with the Carlton dance!

Oh hey, Stephen Colbert narrator is gone

Wasn't the voice I was expecting... Hmmm

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.

Who is this narrator? Bring back the old narrator😒

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...

Pepsi is still superior

good video

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).

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.

Do a video on the Montreal Bagel Wars.

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.

From where are you sourcing this archival footage for b-roll?

I work for coke, but the only thing of our I drink is Vanilla Coke, Fanta and ocassional Monster

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...

I myself am a 7UP first Dr Pepper second and Pepsi third drinker

I always liked Coke, but my mother insisted on buying Pepsi. That New Coke was nasty, but Classic Coke and Cherry Coke made up for the mishap.

Bring back the original narrator please k thx

And still, Scotland is one of the few countries in the world were Coca Cola isn’t the biggest selling drink !

McDonalds Coca Cola just hits different.............

hated new coke. switched to pepsi until they brought original back.

There’s only one king of beverages... it’s called water

“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.

There were cable channels in the 80's

I never realized the soda change in back to the future movie's because it wasn't something I would look for.

I 💛 Pepsi!!! Clear Pepsi and the blue Pepsi!!!! I do 💙 vanilla coke!!! That shit is 🔥

I think we're going to have the narrator wars next because I miss the guy's voice. TBH, I couldn't even finish the video because of the change. Call me shallow, but he was/is the best.

I remember seeing a documentary on the cola wars, a much longer version; they talked about when Pepsi almost folded in the 1920’s and the Coca Cola company could’ve bought Pepsi, but for sum reason decided against it!! Also it must bug Pepsi to no end that the NASCAR race in charlotte ( the home of Pepsi ) is called the called the Coca Cola 500!! 😂

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.