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The Nerd Lunch and Cult Film Club crews invade Atlanta

Posted in fast food, Kentucky Fried Chicken, roadtrip with tags Coca Cola, Cult Film Club, fast food, Nerd Lunch Podcast, Nerdy Roadtrip, New Coke, roadtrip, soda on March 12, 2014 by Paxton

This past weekend the members of the Nerd Lunch Podcast and the Cult Film Club podcast descended on Atlanta for a meetup. This was the first time several of us had seen each other in real life. Here are some photos commemorating this historic nerdy and cultish event.

The first place we all went together was, of course, The World of Coke.

Here I am at the entrance to the World of Coke getting photobombed by CT.

The entire Nerd Lunch podcast crew. Together again for the first time. And on a Coke sofa.

The entire Cult Film Club crew together in the gift shop at The World of Coke.

Surprisingly, the museum actually had a small display dedicated to New Coke, of which you know I’m obsessed.

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New Coke turns 25 years old this month

Posted in 80s, Coca Cola, New Coke, pop culture, soda with tags Coca Cola, New Coke, pop culture, soda, sodapalooza on April 28, 2010 by Paxton

Coca-Cola officially released New Coke on April 23, 1985. Which makes it 25 years old this month. Hard to believe that whole reformulating Coke debacle was over two decades ago. I was eleven years old.

Go back and read about the history of that troubled beverage in my 3 part retrospective on New Coke called Misunderstood.

Let’s take a look at some “New Coke” commercials.

This commercial was originally for regular Coke, but was changed after the release of New Coke. It features the slogan Coke Is It! I’ve always liked that jingle.