The Bright Green History Of Mountain Dew

I'm 63 years old. I remember as a 5 year old child riding with my grandad in his 1965 Chevy pickup to the general store for a pack of white owl cigars and a Sunday paper. Grandpa would always grab me a bottle of mountain dew from the cooler. We didn't drink a lot of soft drinks back them, so it was always a big treat when I got one. . . . Thanks for the memories grandpa.

Back in the mid 90s I would go to stay with my mom in Memphis during the summer. She would enter all those random giveaways at the grocery store and entered me in a Mt Dew one and totally forgot. I got a call one day while she was at work saying that I had won, but we didn't know what they were talking about and thought it was a scam. We drove to the address and it was a huge office building. They gave me a load of EXTREME Mt Dew gear including shirts, a windbreaker, a bag, but the big item was a custom Mt Dew skateboard. I wasn't interested in skating, so I took it to a shop and they gave me like $200 for it. That was pretty cool because I was like 13 or whatever, but I kind of wish I still had it now.

I remember in the late 90's, I could fill up my Jeep AND get a Mountain Dew for $20. Saved the caps and got a CD. Simpler times! :)

Back in high-school in the mid 90s, we would have bonfires on Friday nights. Everyone brought their own food and drink, but we would basically have a big tailgate party around a big campfire. I would bring a "cube" of Dew, (I can't remember now if it was 24 or 36 cans), and drink all of them myself. My friends all thought I was nuts and couldn't figure out why I wasn't pinging of the trucks like a pinball lol. I found out years later that I had ADHD and the caffeine was doing the opposite to me than it did to my friends.

In India,.Dew's tagline is "Darr k aage jeet hai" which means Beyond Fear lies Victory and its a popular everyday phrase to use. Most of its ads always includes fun and cool stunts.

Hey Weird History! Remember when they used to include toys/prizes in cereal boxes?! I think a video you guys could do an awesome job with is "Top X Prizes That Were Found in Cereal Boxes". It would hit that nostalgic nerve for people too! Love your work guys!

"Tickle yer innards" is the best tagline ever!

What a great compilation! I can imagine the work that went into this video - all the commercials, the video and graphics over the years, all the research into the history of this drink. Excellent work, Weird History Food. This is my first time happening on your channel, and I am impressed (and entertained).

I rememeber back in the middle 60s, the bottle had a Hillbilly carrying a rifle and running to an out house.

Taste memory can be an uncanny thing. I still remember how Dew tasted in 1966.

Rare Old Mountain Dew by The Quare Fellas is a TOTAL JAM!!! THEY'RE SCOTTISH and I'm about 2/5 Scotch though I've yet to start on my first. My Grandpfather (McCaig) ran the top Plumbing company in Topeka Kansas. In the 60's there were always bottles of Hillbilly Themed Mountain Dew on the stairs down to the Basement. FANTA Orange in Italy in a 2 Ft. Bottle may've been my first soft drink Thrill but Mt. DEW was pretty much the first caffeine pop I'd ever been introduced to and Boy does it hold a special place in my heart. I Really Miss the dude popping the jug & the cork making a bullet hole in his Hat...!

I’m just old school and a hillbilly to my favorite is ole Willie thanks for this video. GOD BLESS!!!!!!!! ✌🏻from Ga.

Jolt Cola would be good to learn more about

Another aspect of the hillbilly marketing was the Darryl Waltrip #11 Mountain Dew car. As a kid, that was my first favorite driver/car. And Dew in a can is better bottles or fountain, hands down.

Ah, Mountain Dew. Thanks as always Weird History Food for such awesome videos! I would love to see more videos on sodas

I have been drinking Mountain Dew since the late 60's. I wish Super Nova was still around. Code Red Mountain Dew is my favorite.

Pitch black continue to be the most underrated and personal favorite flavor, especially the short lived energy version too

That special moment in the WFH video where the commercials catch up with your childhood. Those 80s commercials were iconic.

I was hoping MountainDew AMP was gonna get mentioned as one of its side projects. Good video can’t believe I use to drink so much Dew.

A+ video! LOVE IT! Had no idea there were so many types of Mountain Dew out there!