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Fizz Wars: Cola Commercials

Don't Touch That Dial for November 4, 2026: Fizz Wars: Cola Commercials. 10 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes): Pepsi, Chickenman - Will Chicken Man Fly, Coca-Cola Drive-In Ads and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you 1:14 Pepsi (commercial, 1950) — Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor and the main product of PepsiCo. In 2023, Pepsi ranked as the second most valuable soft drink brand in the world, behind only Coca-Cola, with the two companies engaged in a long-standing competition known as the "cola wars". 2:01 Chickenman - Will Chicken Man Fly — Chickenman was an American radio series created by Dick Orkin in 1966 at Chicago radio station WCFL that spoofed comic book heroes, inspired by the mid-1960s Batman TV series. The show aired nearly daily from 1966 to 1969 with episodes lasting one or two minutes, and was syndicated to over 1,500 radio stations, including Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War. The series has been translated into German, Dutch, and Swedish. 3:51 Coca-Cola Drive-In Ads (commercial, 1953) 4:57 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 5:07 Get Smart Theme (TV theme, 1965) — Get Smart is an American comedy series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry that debuted on NBC on September 18, 1965, parodying the secret agent genre popularized by James Bond films in the early 1960s. The show starred Don Adams as agent Maxwell Smart, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as The Chief, and was created at the request of Daniel Melnick to capitalize on James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks described the show as "an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy". 7:27 Royal Crown Cola (commercial, 1962) 8:32 A&W Root Beer (commercial, 1972) — A&W Root Beer is an American root beer brand started in 1919 by Roy W. Allen and sold mainly in the United States and Canada. Roy W. Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, which led to the creation of the A&W brand and the founding of A&W Restaurants that same year. The original price of A&W Root Beer was five cents. 9:35 The Zipps - The Struggle For Ice-Cold Milk (1967) 11:53 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 12:02 Pepsi Free (radio spot, 1982) — Caffeine-Free Pepsi is a cola from PepsiCo that leaves out the caffeine normally found in colas, and it has been sold since 1982. A sugar-free version called Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi is also available. The drink is identified by its gold-colored branding and packaging. 13:04 Tom Donahue - Town & Country (1967) 14:48 Coca-Cola Classic (commercial, 1989) 15:19 Ricky Voltage signs off Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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Don't Touch That Dial for November 4, 2026: Fizz Wars: Cola Commercials. 10 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes): Pepsi, Chickenman - Will Chicken Man Fly, Coca-Cola Drive-In Ads and more, with Ricky Voltage.

In this episode:

  1. 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you
  2. 1:14 Pepsi (commercial, 1950) — Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor and the main product of PepsiCo. In 2023, Pepsi ranked as the second most valuable soft drink brand in the world, behind only Coca-Cola, with the two companies engaged in a long-standing competition known as the "cola wars".
  3. 2:01 Chickenman - Will Chicken Man Fly — Chickenman was an American radio series created by Dick Orkin in 1966 at Chicago radio station WCFL that spoofed comic book heroes, inspired by the mid-1960s Batman TV series. The show aired nearly daily from 1966 to 1969 with episodes lasting one or two minutes, and was syndicated to over 1,500 radio stations, including Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War. The series has been translated into German, Dutch, and Swedish.
  4. 3:51 Coca-Cola Drive-In Ads (commercial, 1953)
  5. 4:57 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato
  6. 5:07 Get Smart Theme (TV theme, 1965) — Get Smart is an American comedy series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry that debuted on NBC on September 18, 1965, parodying the secret agent genre popularized by James Bond films in the early 1960s. The show starred Don Adams as agent Maxwell Smart, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as The Chief, and was created at the request of Daniel Melnick to capitalize on James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks described the show as "an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy".
  7. 7:27 Royal Crown Cola (commercial, 1962)
  8. 8:32 A&W Root Beer (commercial, 1972) — A&W Root Beer is an American root beer brand started in 1919 by Roy W. Allen and sold mainly in the United States and Canada. Roy W. Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, which led to the creation of the A&W brand and the founding of A&W Restaurants that same year. The original price of A&W Root Beer was five cents.
  9. 9:35 The Zipps - The Struggle For Ice-Cold Milk (1967)
  10. 11:53 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato
  11. 12:02 Pepsi Free (radio spot, 1982) — Caffeine-Free Pepsi is a cola from PepsiCo that leaves out the caffeine normally found in colas, and it has been sold since 1982. A sugar-free version called Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi is also available. The drink is identified by its gold-colored branding and packaging.
  12. 13:04 Tom Donahue - Town & Country (1967)
  13. 14:48 Coca-Cola Classic (commercial, 1989)
  14. 15:19 Ricky Voltage signs off

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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