Remember the “Pepsi Challenge” back in the ’80s where a blind taste test would determine whether Pepsi or Coke was the preferred cola? With the re-issue of New Coke, it’s time to resurrect the challenge! Me and my two boys recently took the “New Coke Challenge” with now three options to test our palettes: New Coke, Classic Coke, and Pepsi. While it would have been fun to simply introduce the New Coke flavor to my sons (and myself who was only 9 years old in 1985,) trying to guess the three flavors was truly a great experience.
I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…
One of the staple toy lines of the ’80s was Coleco’s Cabbage Patch Kids line. Every girl I knew as a kid had at least one Cabbage Patch Kid. I had a few, including an CONTINUE READING…
I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…
'80s Kid, '90s Grad, and '00s Dad. I've been writing and podcasting about 1980s pop culture since 2011 at my Rediscoverthe80s.com website. I collect vinyl, cassingles, '80s comics, Batman memorabilia, and all things Mobile Armored Strike Kommand.
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