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[BarTopDancer]

Now I miss Crystal Pepsi.

Ya, I said it. I miss Crystal Pepsi.

[Kevy Baby]

I miss Light Magic






Except for the lack of cohesive story, the inane repetitive dancing, frequently failing floats, the stupid movies, and the lack of an actual "parade" that was just a huge show that only played in two locations.



But otherwise I miss it.

[JWBear]

Ah yes...Light Magic. I was at the AP Dress Rehearsal Preview Party. I remember the two seconds of stunned silence between the end of the performance and the start of the booing.

[Gemini Cricket]

Wow! There was actual booing? Yikes.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I heard a theory that it had to do with a switch from sugar to cheaper corn syrup. When they brought back "Classic" Coca-Cola the change was made and none were the wiser. It may have cost a bajillion dollars start to finish but it saved them a ton of money in the long run, supposedly.

Before launching new coke they held an endless series of taste tests to find out which one people liked better. In general people preferred the taste of new coke.

The only problem was, they never thought to ask how people would feel about dropping original coke altogether while people just assumed this would be an additional type of coke. The stuff hit the fan when Coke announced plans to end sales of original coke altogether. It was a marketing muck up of historic proportions plain and simple.

[Alex]

What I liked is that even after the **** hit the fan and they brought back original Coke (now with HFCS) New Coke still generally won in blind taste tests.

So the moral of the story is still that people don't know what they actually want and our collective sentimentality was misguided.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

So the moral of the story is still that people don't know what they actually want and our collective sentimentality was misguided.

Isn't that ALWAYS the moral of the story?

[Alex]

No, sometimes the moral of the story is "You should have had sex with him/her while you had the chance, there's no guarantee it'll come up again."

And once in a blue moon it is "And that's why you taste the gravy before serving it."

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Ok, I checked Snopes.

For some reason I can't select text at Snopes, but what it says is that 6 months prior to the launch of New Coke, they had already slipped all the cane sugar out of Coca-Cola. Suspicious that it was just before, though.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

No, sometimes the moral of the story is "You should have had sex with him/her while you had the chance, there's no guarantee it'll come up again."

And once in a blue moon it is "And that's why you taste the gravy before serving it."

Ok, you got me with the gravy one.