Dr. Pepper Ten and the Manly Beverage
– – Wouldn’t you like to have a hawk for a friend that obligingly drops off a cold drink when you’ve a hankering for one? The dude in the “No Man’s Land” commercial for Dr. Pepper 10 does, and also frolics with a bear in the wilderness, tears and chews bark right off a tree, and effortlessly carries a huge log with one arm! Such things are apparently possible when you partake of “The Manliest Low-Calorie Soda in the History of Mankind.” Welcome to the manly world of Dr. Pepper 10, so manly it’s packaged in gunmetal-gray cans.- -Would Hillary Clinton drink this?- –I think not!
‘Ya see, diet sodas are frequently perceived as wimpy drinks unfavored by manly men, so the good folks at Dr. Pepper have brought us this neo-version of Grizzly Adams to counter this perception. Partaking of it’s “bold flavor” and ten calories enables us to be “wild and free,” or so they would have us believe; all that’s missing is a drum circle. So much for guys being sensitive and in touch with our feelings, and I like my diet drinks just fine.- -I’ll gladly take a friendly hawk and a bear buddy, though, if anyone’s offering…
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April 8, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Actually, the commercial is probably a spoof of the old Hamm’s Beer commercials from the 1970’s I understand from an autobiographical memoir (“Elephants In The Basement”) that the bear in those commercials was a trained grizzly, named Sasha, appearing as the pet/companion of a pinto-riding mountain man (played by Sasha’s trainer).
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April 9, 2013 at 1:56 am
There does indeed seem to be a definite similarity, while I pretend to no expertise in beer commercials!
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