June 23rd, 2006 / by Kevin

Mountain Dew History

The old red-and-white labels feature a hillbilly shooting at a revenuer fleeing an outhouse with a pig sitting in the corner.

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  • “Singer Mel Torme fulfills a lifelong dream by appearing in a Mountain Dew TV spot in 1995.” -from same website “history”

    Below is an excerpt which was cut before the website went live.

    For years, banished to radio spots and occasionally billboards, the velvet crooner could finally say that all his years “shlepping around with Frank, Artie, and the other good-for-nothings” were finally worth it. His destiny: the face of the beverage designed for dirt bikers, B.A.S.E. jumpers, and failed suicides. Fulfilled.

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