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The 1980s saw competition between soft drink giants Pepsi and Coke get down and dirty. Kids in my school daily enacted the Pepsi Challenge in the lunchroom and on the morning bus, writing their preference in the morning condensation of the school bus windows. A young Michael J. Fox tried moving heaven and earth to get his building cutie a Pepsi while Cyndi Crawford gulped down a diet to the appreciation of males everywhere and hippie kids just wanted to teach the world to sing along with Coke. There were genius ads going around during the Cola Wars. Since the 80s we’ve discovered that soda isn;t so great for our waistlines or blood sugar and not to mention diet soda’s effects on the kidneys (shoutout to all my stone sisters). If you’re looking to leave this 80s habit behind and get a little healthier, the folks over at Healthambition.com have some tips to help you do it.
Slogans:
Coca Cola: The Real Thing
Coke: Always Coca Cola
Coke: Coke is it!
Coke: Can’t beat the feeling
Diet Coke: Just for the taste of it…Diet Coke.
Diet Coke: 11:30, Diet Coke break…
Pepsi: The Choice of a New Generation
Pepsi: The right one
Diet Pepsi: Now you see it, now you don’t
Coca Cola Ads
Mean Joe Green courtesy stiggerpao
Coke is it! courtesy scificola
Have a Coke and Smile courtesy pizzaguy2002
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing courtesy Iplum4food
Coke is it! courtesy notareptile99
Feel the Heat courtesy Marcello Maiorani
Max Headroom courtesy djfont
Japanese Coke is it courtesy hiro sampei
Diet Coke Whitney Houston courtesy MyranndaMorbid
Diet Coke Paul Abdul courtesy Anthony Carter
Diet Coke courtesy Internet Lurker
Can’t beat the feeling courtesy oonai5000
11:30 Diet Coke courtesy nlucastld
New Coke challenge courtesy retroguy80s
New Coke courtesy eyeh8cbs
New Coke Bill Cosby courtesy Gareth Stearns
Coca Cola 3 litre courtesy Jason Harder
Pepsi Ads
A New Generation courtesy GiraldiMedia
Pepsi Michael J Fox long version courtesy tracy80sgirl
Pepsi Opera courtesy Go4Taste
Pepsi Library courtesy tracy80sgirl
Pepsi twin robot courtesy Jessy Leppert
Pepsi Airplane courtesy pizzaguy2002
Pepsi vs New Coke courtesy tracy80sgirl
Pepsi David Bowie courtesy MyranndaMorbid
Pepsi Now You see it Now You don’t courtesy lucnatang
Pepsi Madonna courtesy MyrannaMorbid
Pepsi Cindy Crawford courtesy vish79
Pepsi Challenge 1983 courtesy GrubcoTV3
Pepsi Future courtesy 28stieren
Pepsi Challenge 1981 courtesy MrClassicAds80s