‘I like the real Dr Pepper you get here in Texas.’

As far as I know, and I’ve been drinking it faithfully for 28 years, we have ‘real’ Dr. Pepper in Alabama too. Oh, also in TN, FL, MS, GA. Not real sure what you’re drinking.

I LOVE Diet Dr Pepper Cherry Vanilla. Not crazy about the Berries and Cream though.

I switched to Diet about five years ago. but I have been a true DP fan all of my life.

I used to be an avid DP drinker before they started sliming it with ears of corn in an effort to sweeten it for less money. Between that and all the Aspartame neuron fusing chemicals, I had to stop drinking it for a while. I love how they claimed that no one would be able to tell the difference. No one with no taste buds perhaps.

Now, I can tolerate one once in a while. I just tried their retro product made with cane sugar and man, that was like a blast from the past though I don’t remember it having quite that much sugar in it.

I would agree though that those fried headed toadies in corporate don’t have a clue when it comes to Internet and what people really want or need. No concept of any kind of social much less corporate responsibility happening there…..I wonder if there is a Fair Trade Dr Pepper Knock Off around….But what the hell, selling poison is what they’re all about, after all…

And Dr. Pepper sucks. At least, the sweetener will help you poop!

That’s just too easy, isn’t it? Twenty DPs and twenty chicken meals to watch the whole kit. I say we lock down our content and get more fun sponsors.

From now on, to listen to lame MP3s and other content on JonathanRamsey.com, you must enter codes you get when you turn your shoes in at AMF Bowling Centers. The code from the under the tongue of a new pair of Steve and Barry’s shoes will get you a day’s worth of live Dog Bowl Cam feed on my site.

That’s it! The gauntlet has been dropped, JC.

Oh, and all my best to you and yours!

But this whole idea for a show and it’s obvious marketing tie-ins is just stupid. Let me join you in saying, “meh… who cares.”

*(might not actually cure radiation sickness)

You might have some in Minnesota. Please remember to sing them a Swedish lullaby, or any ABBA-song, they like that. They might go for IKEA too, I haven’t tried that.

Anyway, i still think they should care more about long term branding than selling a few more cans now. After all, repeat customers are the best, aren’t they?

That was my 2 pence worth of marketing…

I’m at work now but will probably check the clip later on when i get home - that’s how perverted i am, on one hand complaining about it, and on the other hand having this incongruous curiosity about it!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9gW6yQZyx5w

Also a Code Monkey flash video was 4th place daily on Newgrounds yesterday.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/381076

Two bands in the bubble that have to battle it out! That would get my attention. Maybe.

KFC has come to be known as KFD around here. Guess why.

Dr. Pepper doesn’t really have prunes in it. The cough-syrupy taste comes from cherry flavoring. Supposedly the original concept was that it was supposed to taste like a soda fountain smelled, with all the flavors mixed together. It was successful enough to inspire imitators, notably Coca-Cola’s Mr. Pibb. I do not personally care for it.

KFC is a mixed bag, pardon the expression. Some of their food is OK and some of it is revolting. I think Safeway fries a better chicken strip, frankly.

hugh, thanks for the link! 1970s Billy Joel is good stuff and JoCo’s arrangement is neat. Still think it needs the full home-studio treatment…

And KFC, never been there. I’m Swedish but I live in France and I’m afraid my poor children would grow up without a mother if I was caught with one of those greasy bags!

You Americans keep doing what you do best, brilliant pop music, and let the French provide you with food (the opposite would really be hell…)!

Soda jerk invents fabulous new nectar of the gods and names it after the doctor to prove a soda jerk could become rich and famous.

The End

I could not write a single line of code without a can of Diet Dr. Pepper parked next to my keyboard.

But I agree the marketing scheme is beyond lame.

I sincerely hope that someone with a code finds a way to rip the content, while removing any reference to Dr. Pepper. I actually sat and read the entire Dr. Pepper press release on this and it only mentions the band members’ names and that this is their second album. It really harps on Dr. Pepper. It’s crap.

That said, I think that more bands should do this bubble thing, just without the sponsorship. I mean, what’s Dr. Pepper really doing for them? Providing the bubble and the advertising. There are plenty of bands out there that can get together some webcams in a house/studio and do this, who have a big enough fan base to draw substantial attention by just mentioning this on their website.

I might catch an episode of this on TV, but I don’t pay for entertainment, let alone high fructose corn syrup-infused beverages or hydrogenated oil-filled chicken.

I won’t be able to watch the ‘awesome’ show, so I’ll have to cope with Big Brother that starts tonight in the UK. I have to admit I’m addicted to BB.

Dr. Pepper is the shizznat.

*Fresca* is gross. Tastes like carbonated latex paint.

Paul (not speaking for Storm)

Dr Pepper just wants people to buy soda. KFC (the actual company name which no longer refers to a southern state, a cooking process, or a kind of meat) just want people to by by food. They don’t care if you watch the show or get to know and like the band.

They’re blinded by the idea of trying to extract as much money as possible from this “internet” thing.

This is another example of corporations thinking short term (eg immediate sales) rather than long term (eg brand exposition over repeat visits to the website etc).

I’ve got to admit though that i am kind of curious about this show now - so maybe the marketing is working in a kind of strange reverse way? Mmmm, something to think about…

Have they already written the songs? Watching them work out arrangements might be mildly interesting from a technical standpoint.

Say, Jonathan, you know what I bet would be fun? You recording and posting your cover of “Vienna”

Come play San Jose!