Two In The Think Tank - 77 - Coca-Cola

Episode Date: April 12, 2017

Dave reports on how Coca-Cola, a medicinal drink invented by morphine addicted pharmacist John Pemberton, went on to become the world's largest soft drink empire. Coke made all the right moves through the early Twentieth Century, growing in popularity through both of the World Wars until the 1970s when a large competitor appeared... Enter "The Cola Wars".This super fun episode was recorded live at The Melbourne Comedy Festival. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Take classes online or on campus, and financial aid is available to qualified students, including the GI Bill. Now is the time. Mycomputercareer.edu Hey team, Dave here, just dropping in at the start of the episode to tell you that you are about to hear our second live episode recorded at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, with me reporting. It was exciting time and thank you so much to everyone that came out. It really was a lot of fun. So much fun that you'll notice at the start of the episode I get a

little bit excited on the microphone so it peaks a little bit at the start of the episode but don't worry once the report starts it definitely settles down a lot more. I'll have a chat to you again at the end of this episode but without further ado please enjoy this week's Do Go On! Oh thank you, you didn't have to do that at all! Oh my god! Hello! Yeah you can join the show! I think I was waiting for you to intro me out of that I'm sorry! Hello! Hello! Yeah, you can join the show. I'm saying I was waiting for you to intro me out of that, I'm sorry. Hello! I was just getting a final update on the score. The Saints 1 by 30.

Oh, no! Was that literally what the update was? Yes. Oh, that's amazing. Okay. Andrew runs this venue, ran up to me and said, Oh, shit, what's happening? She said, Saints 1 by 30. Alright. So welcome to the footy podcast. Hi, hi everyone.

Welcome to the Do-Go-On Live with the Melbourne Comedy Festival. How you doing? I like everyone crowded up the front here. Yeah, thank you. Were you leaving that for me? No. There's a few seats at the front of anybody at the back once to move forward. This isn't the type of show we're going to hang shit on you.

You're well-known. Here it comes. Ohony's coming down. Oh, look at this dickhead up the front. Oh, look at this dickhead coming up the front. No, I can't. Oh my god. At least this way you can see. And everybody at people at the back, can you see us okay? Yes, excellent.

Yeah, this is like normal changes like it. These guys get to touch us, okay. You like that? Yeah. Bit of a shit of move. Should have moved. Should have moved. We've got this experience. Dave, Dave, please never touch an audience member and say, do you like that? Ever again. I'm really, really sorry.

If you have just joined us as you all have, my name is Dave and I'm here with Jess and Matt and we are very excited to be doing our second ever live episode. Give me a round of applause if you've heard the show before. Oh! Okay. I'm sorry, depending, because the one person who didn't like was the woman I touched. Oh, my God. So, is it true that you've never heard the show?

Oh, my God. She's never heard the, but she's been touched by the show. Give me a round of applause if like this poor lady you've never heard the show before. Cool, cool, cool. They're always the most enthusiastic people. Thanks a lot. And finally, give us a round of applause

if you were here last week for a first live show. Yeah, give us a shout. The weirdo's up the front. All right, great to have you back here. We are very excited, aren't we, guys? And in a way, Dave, where the weirdo's up the very excited aren't we guys and uh in a way Dave. We're the weirdos up the front aren't we? Yeah, yeah, I just touched a lady. It's very strange. Oh, I'm so sorry, but it's great to be here Matt how are you doing over there?

Yeah good science by 30 so. Yeah, don't know if you mentioned that. Yeah that'll matter in about four days time when this comes out to everyone else for those. Yes it will. matter in about four days time when this comes out to everyone else for that. Yes it will. Oh. Are you can hear us okay? No. Oh that's no good. Thanks Emma. We've got our technician to turn us up a little bit. Oh yes. Hello. We said before and a day. No I mean that's on. It's it's so it's really the user problem isn't it? Yeah that's like the whole's there. It's really the user problem, isn't it? Matt likes to hold his microphone about down here.

And he's like, why is that working? No, but that he still talks like, in any way, I don't know. But it's down here. Now, you're OK. Is that a bit better than you here? Can you hear me now, obviously? And that's really all the nice and so fun. Can maybe give me some juice, Sammy.

Oh, no, I'm OK. I'm all right. I love it. We only have an hour, obviously. So what we wanted to do was spend the first 10 or 15 mic checking in front of you guys. When you say we only have an hour, we also only had an hour to set up. So that was obviously a waste of time.

But good. We're going to play start. Oh, yes. Play start. There you go. Yeah, I've got. Hey, you guys, have you guys heard heard of hey, we got our first sponsor today Thank you, and I'm gonna do a real good job reading this ad copy and then you guys are gonna go buy the sweet product

All right, great as long as we're all agreed You guys heard of what the product is called 360 fly you know that It's like a camera. I don't know if you're lying, but I like you're nodding. you know that. It's like a camera. I don't know if you're lying, but I like you nodding, it's good. It's a camera that records all around you. 360 degrees, right? Oh! Matt, please, tell me more about this fantastic new product.

That's all I know, but there's a promo. Why did we get him to do it? It saves the salesman. It's a really good thing. And for you guys, there's a 15% off code and it's planet. And you go to 360fly.com. Also mention the live event was filmed using one and they allow for 360 degree footage. So cool. I think it was written like so cool.

Oh so cool. There we go. So good. Nailed it. So just by a show of hands, who's going to buy a camera just after this? If all go the hands up, they've all got their hands up. We've done our job. We've done our job. Well thank you very much for that amazing ad read there Matt. No thank you for the for that amazing ad read there, Matt. No, thank you for the opportunity. Now, we haven't heard the show before, like you and a few other people. Usually, we don't do an ad, but we did today. And usually, we talk about a topic.

Yes. And it's one of our jobs to report on said topic and the other people just get to listen. Just get to riff. Yeah. There's a lot less listening, a lot less riffing lately. But it is my turn this week to do a report. Which is the best!

Firstly, because Dave's reports are literally the best, because he puts effort in. But also because- I'm a Lewis. Oh. So we'll go through it. We're not going to go through it. But also because it just means that Matt and I

get to just hang shit on Dave, which is our favorite thing to do you agree? Yes, hey Dave. How about Hitler? You dickhead How about him? I don't have anything. I don't affiliate myself. I probably need a little context there Dave has a certain sympathy and that is not true for the Nazis loves them Yeah, no, no, no, she doesn't, she doesn't, I'll let her fill you in. Dave has a certain sympathy and that is... It's not true. ...for the Nazis, loves them, so... Yeah, you were touched by the Nazis, that's right. To quote him directly, they weren't that bad.

No, no, we all go back to the tape, which we will everyone get your iPhone down. I'm not an Nazi, but I am going to do a report here today. He's such a, he's so showbiz that he can't like... I can't sit down. Are you okay? I'm not an Nazi, but is what you just said. Sounds like a Nazi. My butt is not a Nazi.

That is what I'm trying to say. And neither is the rest of me, and I'd like to talk about something else. Is that okay with you? Fine. Thank you. That's true for me, not talking about Nazis. Alright. So I've chosen the topic from the hat, which as last week, if you've heard the last week's

episode, is now called Jack the Hat McVidi. That's the title of the hat. And one of our suggestions, listeners have suggested this. And I don't know, no one else really knows this, but every idea that goes into the hat gets given a number. We don't usually read out the numbers because they're not very significant. But this week I've chosen idea 001.

Oh, the first one. The first one. The first one. Oh, the first one. Nothing but the best. So we're going to start with a question, as we always do. And my question for both Matt and Jess, and then once they've failed to cross the answer,

we can throw over to you. Unless we know it first time. So we're going to have to have you. The question is, in 1886. Oh, I'm out. Matt? I was a good year. He's son of a bitch. It was a good year. Yeah. He's son of a bitch.

It was a good year. And a good year because American man, John Pemberton, invented what food product? What food product? 1886. Invented the food product. He invented the carrot. I've finally done it. It's like a mad scientist. In a ventin' of food, 1886.

Yeah, it's gonna be a big product like McDonald's burger. I was a teen. What was I eating back then? Yeah, I mean cast your mind back if you can. It's a food product. So an eating, a thing you eat and chew. Like a food product. Oh no, there's no chewing.

Well you could, but it's so you eat it. a food product so an eat a thing you eat and chew like a food. Oh, no, there's no chewing Well, you could but it's so you invented soup soup is closer than a food product Okay, it's a liquid a liquid drink. Okay, 1886. I think I think I know this because I reckon I've seen the number one entry in the hat Is it Coca-Cola? It is Coca-Cola ladies and gentlemen. Oh. History... Ooh. I've never heard of it! Oh, they go to some dark places, this jigger won podcast. Oh, they took on the big dogs.

I'm going to talk about... 360 Fly had to pay us for that ad. And now we're going to talk about Coca-Cola for an hour. LAUGHTER They've paid me a lot. They've paid me a lot. they've paid me a lot. How about you guys, you guys Coke drinkers? I thought you guys said, did we get the money from Coke?

And we did not. And you never will. No, I'm not a Colourguard, all, don't like it. No good. Well, you're not getting sponsored by Coke. Jess? Big fan. Big fan.

Yeah, I wish I wasn't, but I am a big fan. All right, how about everyone here? Give me a round of applause if you love the Cola. Yeah. But everybody has their type, too, like whether you're a classic Coke or a Diet Coke or a Coke Zero or a vanilla, hello, fancy, or... Jess is definitely getting the sponsorship money. I can list four coaks.

I'm a Diet Coke fan myself, I'll say no. Very nice. Well, I'm a white woman in her 20s. Well, for you and the 50% of people here who actually care about Coke, here is the story. I'm actually more of a Pepsi guy. I'm a bit of a revolutionary. A protestor for the power. You know?

So I'll just hand you a Coke, a Pepsi and you thought, yeah, the world's going to be okay. Yeah. Did everyone see that ad? Fuck, it was great. And I'm a Coke guy. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My water man, see that is mine. Love water, live for water. Some people are like 50% water? I'm 96% water. 4% undecided. Okay. John, seriously there's like so many words to get through. So here we go. Your fault. I know. I'm going to stand up to launch the topic.

John, you still my height. Yeah John Pemberton was born on January 8th 1831 a good year Knoxville Georgia He entered the reform medical college of Georgia and in 1850 at the age of 19 he was licensed to practice pharmacy Shortly thereafter he met a an Eliza Clifford Lewis of Columbus. No two of her friends as Cliff. Oh, OK. All right.

Yep, on board. I was about to be like, she has too many names, but then they call her Cliff and I'm like, no, I can't. That's a good nickname. That's a good nickname. She was also a student. They married in 1853 and they had one child, Charles Nay Pemberton.

Nay? And it was a bit like Charles Nay Pemberemberton like he used to be called Pemberton his middle name is Nay No, he was it was it was a horse Now his parents were a horse one horse somehow His parents were a horse and what would you like to name this child? No, you say I mean mean, you probably didn't name it, keep going there. Everyone got that. Yeah. So right, okay. So together they lived in a stable house, the Pemberton house, in Columbus, which I believe has since been named the Pemberton house, not that they happened to move into a house bearing their surname,

which my grandparents moved into, their surname is Ferguson, and they move into a house bearing their surname. Which my grandparents moved into, their surname is Ferguson, and they moved into a street, not knowing that it was called Ferguson Court. They didn't know the name of the street they were moving into. It was a different time. LAUGHTER I think your grandparents are squatters.

They're still there. No, they're claiming squatters, right? Yeah. They're known for the street after us. We've clearly been here a long time. Try and hug you with that. During the American Civil War, Pembitant served in the third cavalry battalion of the Georgia State Guard,

which is at that time a component of the Confederate Army. He achieved the rank. That's right, Coca-Cola was invented by a confederate. The baddies, right? Yes. Well, depending... Well, yes. Depending, Dave would disagree, but... Why do I always back the losing side?

He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, in April 1865, Pembitant sustained a saber wound to the chest. Saber? Saber, how cool is that? Well, not for him, but for Saber. To say 150 years later, it's pretty cool. This was during the Battle of Columbus. He was seriously injured and nearly died, which would especially have sucked for him,

as that is often cited as the last battle of the entire Civil War. So he nearly made it and then he got stowed on the chest on the last day. He soon became addicted to morphine and other painkillers. He used to ease the pain associated with his saber wound. Pussy. What is this? Take a saber like a man. Back in my day, which is 150 years later, we knew how to take a saver to a chest.

His whole life, he was looking for a get rich quick scheme and created a lot of medicines and other tonics and the like. I mean, aren't we all? That's why we go into podcasting. Yeah. So far, it's working out great. We've got Coca-Cola money behind us now. His first recipe for these get rich quick teams was called Dr. Tugles Compound Serup of

Globe Flower. NAP. Which I think we can all agree is a very catchy name. NAP. I'm buying that by the slab. Uh, if I can chew on a Simpsons reference in here, it reminds me of Tormac Lewis film, the Contrabulous Fab Traption of Profesho Horatio Horfungel. Dr. Shoegel's compound syrup of Globe Flower.

So that didn't take off. Unbelievable. I know. It was at different time. He began experimenting with coca and coca wines, eventually creating a recipe which contained extracts of cola, a K the cola nut and the Damiana shrub He called this one Pimpetens French wine cola He's learning. He's learning. That's a bit better. I'm still not buying French wine cola I'll tell you French wine You well and truly signed out for while they didn't you I said I Turn around just I asked Matt what he thought and his face was just like...

He's gone! Alright. What are we talking about? So French wine, it had French wine coca in it, which is a combination of cocaine, alcohol and French wine. Alright, I'm in. Yeah. I thought I was going to say Matt, how do you feel about this?

Real good. Well, you're going to love it because among many fantastic claims he called it a most wonderful invigorator of sexual organs. Okay. I'm listening. It was marketed as a medicine. It was advertised as particularly beneficial for quote ladies and all those Sedentary employment causes nervous frustration

Don't don't just add a little bit of that French wine They're going through the roof next door Don't acknowledge it though wrestling fans. I did I did last week I know wrestling fans in here is there Thank goodness. The worst people. We're all cola fans, right? 45 minutes to go. It was also suggested that this French cola wine that was a cure for morphine addiction, which is absolute bullshit because it didn't even help the inventor to kick his morphine addiction.

In 1885, Atlanta, which Pemberton had moved to, brought in legislation to ban the consumption of alcoholic drinks. Pemberton panicked, scrambled to develop a non-alcoholic version of his popular products. We had to get the cocaine is fine. It's going to get the fucking wine out of there. He experimented with making a new non-alcoholic drink and perfected his recipe through trial and error using different combinations and getting his friend to test them at his pharmacy. It's called Jacob's pharmacy, not owned by a man called Jacob. Hugely disappointing. He decided to sell it as a recreational fountain drink rather than a medicine and a fountain drink is what soft drinks were referred to

at the time. They were made using a big machine called a soda fountain that combined thick flavored syrup, carbonated water, and ice. It's pretty much like a drink dispenser, like a subway or McDonald's now. You with me? Soda fountain. Soda fountain.

A fountain. What would it wait? What would they call them? So I need you to imagine some sort of fountain. No, no, no, no, imagine some sort of I understand the fountain Yeah, I am the man. I am the man that struggled to comprehend what a soda stream was I know we went through this a lot again the bottles at my tongue At the time soda fountains were a popular thing. There were especially popular in contrast to saloons,

which were seen as CD sort of things where sort of rough and tough men would go, but women at the time were rarely seen in saloons. So these sort of fountain places were a great place for families and they're like together along. And that's what the target demographic for is the drone. I'd be at the saloon thing time. Oh yeah.

Oh man. Picking fights. Playing the piany. I would. This girl gets it. I get it. You're coming in. I'll be chewing tobacco.

You say the word. You're spitting tobacco. So is that it yet? I miss the setup for that. Where are you? It's a bloody good question. Science by 30. Struggling to get over it.

Now, when you create a drink and you decide to name it, Dr. Choukul's compound syrup of clove flour, you realise pretty quickly that you need a marketing guy on board. You thought no I did. We're doing so. Oh girl. Oh girl. Oh, yes. Nazi. LAUGHTER

Also, they are traditionally misogynist. Women can do marketing two days. Women can do Nazis two days. Women can do not ask either brawn. LAUGHTER Yes! Um, women can do not... Ah, I was gay for bronze. It's a... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's...

I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's...

I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I believe it's... I was like, okay, so the part of me that loves facts over road the bit that doesn't want to be called in Nazi's. That'll always win with you, wouldn't it?

So enter a marketing man or woman named Frank Robinson. Women can be Frank. A man or woman who moved to Atlanta, he got a job with Pemperton. He had an iPhone marketing and called the new fountain drink Coca-Cola. Interesting. Cola coming from the Coca leaves. So, Coca coming from the Coca leaves. Coca coming from the cola and cola coming from the Coca leaves.

He loves facts. He loves facts. He loves them. It was an interesting take. He was also responsible with this guy, Olga Frank. He was responsible. He or she was responsible for writing the Coca-Cola. He wrote out the Coca-Cola in that script writing

that they still use. It's called Spenserian Script, which is popular with bookkeepers at the time, and he had a bookkeeper background. That one was a bookie-on. Wait, hang on, it's like an accountant. He was... Please move on.

Yeah. So the logo was still pretty much unchanged. One of the most recognized trademarks of the world, as we all know. The Coca-Cola formula was introduced at Jake was pharmacy in Atlanta in May 1886. I'm not doing it. Did someone say it because I've got a note here saying it was a good year.

I just say that was the one that I was like, I'm not your monkey. I will say what I decide to say. It was a good year, especially for American icons in the making, because this also the year the Statue of Liberty was unveiled. Oh. That one was the Statue of Liberty fans. The Coca-Cola fountain formula sold 25 gallons and 95 liters in its first year.

The drink made Pemerton $50 that year. It wasn't said, that's not a lot. But it made $50. Is that OK? Uh, I've got it says here, which sounds great. Obviously, doesn't. However, it cost him $76 to make. OK.

So not a good year. I know. It was not a good year. The Statue of Liberty was making millions. He wasn't. The next year, Coca-Cola fed a little better, it sales increased to a thousand gallons, or nearly 4,000 liters.

That's quite a jump. It's quite good. Their marketing team must be very good. Oh, very good. The men and women behind the nothing. We're doing their job. People seem to be enjoying the drink for its taste, but Pemerton didn't think that was enough

and continued to make many health claims for his product, touting it as a quite valuable brain tonic that would cure headaches, relieve exhaustion and calm nerves, he marketed it as delicious, refreshing, refreshing and refreshing. Puberty joy, exhilarating and invigorating. Oh, how refreshing. Oh, this tree, my headache has gone and I'm feeling very refreshed. Do you know what though? Actually, I do get migraines and one of the things that they suggest is

Coke. Coke, coke, coke. Okay, okay. And you know what, it solves me right up. All better. Can Coca-Cola really help a headache? Yeah, yeah, I find it does actually. But this is irrelevant.

But some people find like caffeine will make it worse and others find it helps and I find it helps. Great, so if you got a headache, you're wondering, take a punt. Yeah, you could end terribly. Soon after Coca-Cola hit the market, Pemberton, this is our man, they invented it all, fell ill, became nearly bankrupt. Second desperate, he began selling rights to his formula to business partners in Atlanta. Part of his motivation to sell actually came from his expensive, continuing, more fiend addiction.

Despite the... It's not, Chirp. It's not the cheapest addiction. What is the cheapest addiction? Uh, reading. Reading. Reading. Reading?

Yeah, reading. I mean, you still got to pay for the books. I think the cheapest addiction is water. This podcast brought to you by. Oh, I love a good water. This is just as, excuse me, to have a drink. And it doesn't hurt your tongue. Oh, it's so bubble free.

Your delicate little tongue. So he's addicted to morphine. He's selling it off. I like you standing. You say standing. OK. Can you walk around the front like it's a presentation? And then we'll just kind of critique you from back here.

It's question. Question from the audience, speaking to that microphone. Your lead's pretty long. Was it carbonated? Yes, it was carbonated. Next question. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

LAUGHTER And excellent question. Yeah, this is great. Anything else? I feel more comfortable here, do you? Can you try to pay attention? Yeah, I'm walking in. So I have everything selling it off, everybody.

The biggest investor, an eventual sole owner of Coca-Cola, was Atlanta businessman, Aisa Candler. Candler was a self-made and very self-made man, very religious, who would refuse... he had refused college and decided instead to move to Atlanta for work. He initially, when he moved to town, asked John Pemberton for a job, who turned him down. Don't worry about Acer, because in a few years he worked his way up to own his own pharmacies. He was very successful. When Frank Robinson, the man or woman who's behind the marketing in Coca-Cola,

he can be Frank Robinson. Yeah. He came into Ace of Candlers pharmacy to ask if you wanted to sell Coca-Cola or his pharmacy, because that was sort of his job. He went around to pharmacy to pharmacy, saying, hey, you want to sell this in your fountain? Ace had turned it down, mainly because he didn't even

have his fountain to sell it, but Robinson persuaded him to try the drink, and Acer loved it. He loved it so much, he decided to buy the entire formula. What the whole thing? He bought it all. Meanwhile, the poor old Coke inventor, John Pemberton, died from stomach cancer at age 57 in August 1888, just two years after creating Coca-Cola. On the day of his funeral, as a sign of respect, not one drop of Coca-Cola was dispensed in the city. But he would have known it, which is a very small consolation

price. That's a f**k. On the day of Justice funeral, not one podcast shall be listened to. I'll know. I'm gonna haunt your phones. All preferred listening devices. By 1891, Aisa Kahnlow was the sole owner to the rights of Coca-Cola and all up it only cost him $2,300. $2,300 bucks. All right, yeah.

Not bad investment. Do you want to go... Ferties? I don't think I can scrape together a third of that, in my honest. Podcasting is going so well, you guys. You're telling me that the Coca-Cola company is just for some reason offered you to buy the whole company for $2,300 and you can't scramble it up. No, he can't scratch a third of it. Like, you're okay, ass, Pron, you're like the one on the big

dollars is like you guys don't have $2,300 a doorbell I have that in my shoe. I'm very successful. If someone offered me to buy a several hundred billion dollar company for a third of 2300, I'd be in. Interesting, good to know. Good to know. What if we went thirds, us two and the other third, everyone else he had chipped in? Are you guys in for a couple bucks each? Yeah. That's what I'm talking about!

Don't try and buy their love like that. That's how you get involved, sir. Yeah, how do I get involved? Three dollars a piece. Oh, by 1891, Aisa Kahnel was the solo owner, as I said. He founded the Coca-Cola Company, so he made the... He didn't make just Coke. He called it the Coca-Cola Company.

Oh, he knew this like... We're gonna branch out. Oh, yeah. He immediately began expanding the business, and just four years later, there was Coca-Cola factories in Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles, right on this show, Los Angeles. In 1895, three years after the Coca-Cola companies in corporation, when he went public with it,

Mr. Candler announced in his annual report to shareholders that Coca-Cola is now drunk in every state in territory in the United States. So just three years later. And territory. And territory. Every state and territory. I'm talking Puerto Rico, Guam, et cetera. This holiday season give the gift of glow with Ocea's limited edition Super Glow Body

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So blowing his competition out of the water, so these other imitators are coming along, and he's like, hmmm, hmmm, he He's like hang on what's he like? He's like thank you for clarifying. He called a meeting and was just like and the secretary's taking minutes like shakes head three four five times okay. Sometimes these meetings would go for several hours. I actually did read about him. I said he was a very religious man. He actually started his meetings by getting everyone in the meeting to sing in Unison on Wood's Christian Soldier. Which is how we start this podcast.

On Wood's Christian Soldier. He's just up the front going. It is music to my ears. What's the music is? What a weeder. It is music to my ears What's the music is? What a weeder He put the Coca-Cola logo on everything so no one else had ever done this He put it on souvenir fans calendars clocks and he put it on the fans on the fans Oh souvenir fans like give some air not get me not get the fuck away from me

I'm just in Bieber type thing Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was like we got to put the do-go-on logo on all of these guys I'll get started Sit still everybody He also put the logo on advertisements all over the country He then sent salesmen across the country to distribute hundreds of thousands of coupons good for one free coke Hoping that people would like it as much as him and after they had one, they'd want another, and another, and another, and so on and so forth. Was cocaine still in it?

At this time? Yes. I reckon they might want another. Yeah. Suddenly, I haven't 50 coax a day. As demand for Coca-Cola increased, I wonder why. The company quickly outgrilled its facilities. They built a new building as its headquarters in 1898

and Candler stood up the front, sang onward's Christian soldiers, went and then said that this building will do us from here on forever. It was inadequate and over, it just under a decade. So they outgrilled in a decade. We've got another question from the

man in the hat man. Where were they getting the cocaine at the time? Where were they getting the cocaine at the time? The cocaine factory sir. Next question. So the cocaine was actually part of the bipartisan, the beginning. We've got you a job at Coke. I can't get you a job at the Coke-Aid factory as well. You'll have to sort it out. Give me a resume, I'll pass it on. So it's actually a bi-product of when they're getting this

Coke-Aid and Coke-A-Leaves, it's actually just coming out from that. That's the Coke-Aid coming from. From Coke-A-Leaves. I don't think anyone actually wanted to know I was a little joke question there and I hear a question and I answer a question By 1900 Candler was one of the richest men in Atlanta. Yeah, but in 1900 so like an Atlanta Shout out to a listener's in Atlanta Candler he called it controversy when people called on that cocaine was in Coca-Cola.

Cocaine wasn't actually illegal in the United States until 1914, but by 1903 the tide of public opinion had turned against this because people were addicted to things like morphine and cocaine. So it was frowned upon. So people were thinking, I don't want to drink that. So cocaine was a no-no Interesting, but it wasn't Yeah, it was a bad you it was a different time All the cocaine was removed from the product in 1903 however cocaine wouldn't be cocaine

Wouldn't be cocaine free and neither would Coca-Cola wouldn't become completely cocaine free until 1929 when scientists perfected the process of removing all the elements from the coca leaf extract. There you go. Do you know who was starting to also rise up around that time? Oh fuck off! Was the team who was up by 30 today? Was that who was? No, that was about you for the same spot. So let me know that officially, the Vatcans denied that cocaine was actually found in the drink and to this day the Coca-Cola company denied that it was

ever in the drink but it's almost universally agreed that it did. I zoned out and then he looked at me for approval I was like no no. So it's sort of like a Scientology kind of history. Rewrittenwritten little bit. We were good always. Coke. That's the new slogan. Just like Scientology, we were good always. All the Nazis, for example, Dave. I'm putting my thumb down.

We were never that bad. Nazi party. You have a spree. I want to hang out now, Dave. No, I'm trying to move on. I'm trying to spade. I want to have a... I'm trying to move on, I'm trying to move on. I want to have 360 fly. I think this episode is going. Worth it. Karen, that was obviously a great business, but here we've looked to one big opportunity

and that was he thought Coke was going great, sold at these fountain things. People approached him saying, you should bottle this and send it around the country. And he was like, there's no money in bottling coke. What are you talking about? So there are two men came up to him, Benjamin Thomas, Joseph White, if they asked if they could sign a exclusive rights to sell Coke and bottles. And he said, yes, I'll do it for $1.

What? That's me banging my head on the microphone. The dollar... Man. ...because he was like, is it on the internet? Can't you? I reckon I could get that together.

A third of a dollar. I mean, probably, I have to ask your mom, but... It would be right. Mom, could I borrow a third of a dollar? I'm not sure how much exactly that is, Mom. Yes, I'll keep the change. Fuck. The two men started bottling the drink and it proved extremely popular,

so popular that it became a... that people have crossed the USA wanted the bottles, so the men had to set up more bottling plans, but they didn't have enough money for the capital. So they started sub licensing, their licensed other people and said, like licensing to different people in different towns. All right, you can be the official licensor in this town, you build your own bottle and you give us some of the money. So they did that, and over the next 20 years, the number of plants grew from two to more than 1,000 across the USA. 95% of them locally owned and operated.

So these people have got the exclusive rights and then sold them on. And now they're getting rich as well. The Coca-Cola company asked a bottle, manufacturers have submit designs for a bottle for Coca-Cola that were so distinctive that could be recognized by touch in the dark. Or in landfill.

Cog bottle. Body. Touch in the dark or in landfill cake bottle body My hopes and dreams Yeah, but I got the biggest laugh at jokes Just doesn't have dreams Just trying to create a story between the three of those things. There's a dead person One coke and Jess is really sad. What are you doing there Jess? Nothing? What have you just done? Nothing! List questions!

I'm guessing you just bottled that guy. And knowing that the cops are coming to arrest you, your hopes and dreams are in the ground as well. You fucking piece of work. You fucking piece of work. LAUGHTER Err... In 1915, they picked a design that was especially good for bottling people to death. Convenient. And er...

From then on... Show me your notes. He hasn't there! He bets me. It was a good year. In 1915, they chose that. From then on, it was all one bottle for everyone across the USA. The Coca-Cola was actually the first product to be sold in six packs.

I thought, mate, mate, mate, yo, get this first. Wait, what? You thought I'd be appreciating things being grouped together in six? Yeah, well, you're right That makes me really happy that's great. Thank you. I'd prefer round it up to ten, but that's You want a ten pack? Yeah, I said that like it's a weird thing that I realized that lots of things come in ten packs Guam for to rake Etc Worm, Puerto Rican, etc. Yeah, overseas territories of the United States come intense. Cigal.

Siri. Tell me how many overseas territories you know, so, so. Oh, well the time America entered the First World War, Coca-Cola was the biggest consumer of sugar in the world, and this was a time of rationing around the world. They tried to create a clear product that used less sugar. It didn't work. Uh, order. Candle!

Don't you hate it when the audience is funny than you? It's like, ha ha! No, good on you. I'll take care of laughter. I'll take care of that. I love it. What on gas? I'm with you.

Oh my god, not again. He's turning us again. Candler sold the Coca-Cola Company in 1919 for $25 million. Matt? 30s. Look, things have been looking up. I've just checked my stocks and, yeah, I'm in. I mean, I'm here to have a good time.

Try to forget about some of those troubles back home. Do you have to bring it here, Jess? These are our family. These are our people, this is a safe place. Man, I'm going to get my accountant onto it. No, I knew, Dad. I don't need accountants in tonight. Don't raise your hand.

No, you can, I guess. You love accountants stuff? Someone's shaking their head a little too enthusiastically. I thought the lady that one had never been to the show, two that I touched, and three, I thought that maybe you weren't accountant. Yeah, big night for you. She's also from Guam. And Exeter.

I'm from Exeter. Where are you from? Exeter. Oh, what's that exit? Exeter. Oh, what's that accent? Etc. Oh. Prohibition kicked off in the US in 1920 and remained for over 13 years. This led to Coke being everywhere that alcohol used to be. So big time for Coke.

Then in, or during this time, 1923, a 34 year old man named Robert Woodriff became president of the Coca-Cola company and remained there for five decades. So he was 34 when he became president? Yeah. So he was pretty much already dead, wasn't he? Imagine being 34. Imagine banging in your early 30s.

Not med, to be fair. Med. Nearly med. Med 130. I'm a young, fit man man and I will fight you all We all had a fight to the death everyone versus everyone who do you reckon would win? Yes, right it's Jeff. Oh wait over three of us are singing all of them You bet us. I mean everyone here together

So I assume that one of the winners would be either me, Mattel Jim. Oh, still me, but let's see who my contenders are. No, I can tell you. Connor, red beard, red beard. No, but he's got a friendly face. It does. You're quite big, but I don't think you'd hit me. Which is a good thing, Connor.

Yeah, you're a compliment. Yeah, yeah. I feel safe with you, is what I'm saying. Yeah, the opposite of me, you're not as a compliment. I feel safe with you is what I'm saying. Yeah, the opposite of me, you're big. I'm small. Jess is terrified of being alone with me. Usually, Matt's in the middle. I'm being very brave today. Face your fears.

Tiny men with sensitive tongues. I didn't like saying that, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that happened. I'm gonna be quiet for a bit. I've gotta keep talking with this very sensitive tongue. So that man Robert with Steed the Ship Through World War II, I've got to keep talking with this very sensitive time. So that man, Robert, with the resteed the ship through World War II, Coca-Cola made a commitment to supply Coke to the US Armed Forces at a cost of $0.5 per bottle. The same price as back home.

No matter what the cost to Coke itself. Which actually cost them a lot, but it made them become beloved by the army. And then when those people returned home from war they brought that back with them. In order to get Coca-Cola to GI station all over the world, Coca-Cola sent mobile bottling plants that could be set up in each of the other countries and by the end of the world war two, there were 64 mobile bottling plants in Iran, Iceland, Egypt and Papua New Guinea. And etc. And etc. Yes, I can confirm they had one. Yes, they did.

This introduced Coke to many locals that had never before had access to Coca-Cola and the company expanded became popular across the entire planet. So everything's going great for Coke. What could possibly go wrong, I hear you ask. Another good question from the man in the hat. Matt, I'm not sure if you picked up on what they've just said then. So I'm just so quick note with Matt, sorry everyone, won't be a minute. I can hear you. If I'm being honest I...

You were not listening. Where are you today? Well I was making eye contact with Sam on sound and he was, he winked at me and I, and you know, I extrapolated from there. I was off riding like a unicorn in a dreamscape. But anyway, Sam was there and we haven't all, oh look, you asked the question, what were you talking about? It doesn't matter, Dave, do go on. Thank you very much.

And come on. Alright, stay with us. So what I was saying was Coke is going really well. The dementia's kicking in girls We're losing him Every day is it just a treat, you know Hey, it's a gift Where does the word I was going for thank you for saying we I was like every day is a Treats

You would that was you giving me shit For being a bit vague. You fucking idiot. That's why Dave's reports are the best. Dave, you go on. Nothing vague about this report, baby. If anything, two thorough. I think we're right on time.

In fact, let's take a little break. No. Everything was going well for Coke until the mid to late 1970s when they began losing ground to diet soft drinks and other non-cola beverages. Also, a main rival at Emerge, for the name of Pepsi Cola. War-loving maniacs! What a weird thing to yell! This is something that at the end of the episode he'd go, hey, can you edit out that bit? And we'd go, no. Pepsi conducted a blind taste test in stores, and what was called the Pepsi Challenge. They only tested blind people! They had a very niche market but they were on top of it. They were on top of it.

These tests suggested that more consumers preferred the taste of Pepsi to Coke. The sales of Pepsi started to climb and Pepsi kicked off the challenge across the nation. The Pepsi challenge. The Pepsi challenge. Hashtag Pepsi challenge. I'm sure that actually exists. It definitely, I'm sure it does. This became known as the beginning of the Cola Wars.

Do you like that? You were loving maniacs. The Cola Wars. The Cola Wars. And with dark times. Because, well, I'll give you this, that's it. I remember them well. I won't go into it. We don't have talent. Most people worried about the Cold War at the time.

No, no, no. We're worried about the Colder Wars. Just off the World War II for some stats, the market share for Coca-Cola's flagship beverage was 60%. So it was also offering 60% with Coke. By 1983, it declined to under 24%. Largely because of the competition from Pepsi. Coca-Cola kept losing ground and in 1985 it decided to take a drastic step.

They decided to change the formula and the taste of Coke. Now, that might seem a little crazy now to change the taste of Coke a hundred years after it's been pretty popular. But the company had secretly done a lot of their own Coke challenges which found that people liked the new flavor over Coke and over Pepsi. It won every single time. So they're like, Mac, this is obvious. We'll make the better drink.

What would I like? Mac, it's obvious. Mac. Mac. And again, the second drink's like, it's a fuck sake. It's bang, I don't know. Is that an emoji? Bombol.

That needs an emoji. The company has done a lot of testing and it was absolutely top secret. The advertising people working on the campaign worked all day at their normal jobs and then at night they did overtime at a secret other office so people wouldn't pick up for their working on another job. So that's a Coke worker going undercover as a Coke worker. Which is ridiculous. But also, Jamie, no one has got it yet. Give him a sec. Nearly. Oh, there it is.

You did it to Nero face. Did I ever see that? I'm going to throw a face if I see that. Matt's like, you talking to me? Well, like, yes, please listen, we're talking to you. It's literally, it is your job. In April 1985, a press conference was held and it was announced that Coco Cola would be changing its recipe and calling the new drink, New Coke. Oh, that's good. That's good. I hate that so much. So a Star Wars, a New Coke. What a time.

Did you ever think, ever, that I would make a Star Wars reference on this podcast? Ah, I didn't understand what you said. Yeah, yeah. That's good. That's a good one. Like a new hope. You piece of shit. Very good. That's a good one Like a new hope you piece of shit very good

Now so got new coke, but that's not it's not just a new coke. It's actually replacing old Coca-Cola So they talked about just bringing out a new drink, but they thought the markets are already saturated We're gonna go all in on this new coke and take away the old coke at the the event the press conference The president of Coca-Cola was asked by a journalist, are you sure it won't bomb? He replied, it's the surest decision ever. We didn't make the decision. The consumer did. But you're like an honest said that about the barbecue shapes too. Because that was fucked! That was not okay! It just never works out well, does it? And in this case as well, it turns out people were pretty attached to the old Coke,

like really a test. People started properly protesting with signs, picket fences were formed, they held candle-like vigils. I was there. I was there. It was a dark time. Surely, right. This is just good marketing, right?

We release a bad thing, make you miss the old thing, and then we bring back the old thing, and then you go, yeah, we love Coke again. Same as barbecue shapes, I can't believe you fell for that. So you're better than that, Jess Perkins, and Dave Warnocky, please do go on, sorry. We're gonna bring out a shit a version of this podcast, make you miss it, and then we'll somehow, I think we're doing that now. I think this is the shit a version of this podcast make you miss it and then we'll somehow I think we're doing that now. I think this is the shit a version.

I'm having a great time. People started protesting like I said they were wearing shirts everywhere that said they hate the new Coke. In May, Coca-Cola had to hire more people at their head office to handle the 5,000 angry phone calls they got every single day complaining about new Coke. Sounds like my job. By June, by June they were getting 8,000 phone calls they got every single day complaining about new code. Sounds like my job. By June. By June they were getting 8,000 phone calls a day. Many of the complaints were from people who didn't even drink Coke. They were just Americans who thought that something so constant in their history shouldn't change. And that's where a lot of problems live for Americans.

Isn't it? Sorry, Hatman. A psychiatrist whom Coke had hired to listen in on calls. It's... It's it. Sorry, Batman. A psychiatrist whom Coke had hired to listen in on calls, you know when they tell you it's being recorded for marketing purposes, it's actually just like in play, it's a psychiatrist. He told the executives that some people sounded as if they were discussing the death of a family member. And these people never even drank Coke.

Or their family members. They. Or their family members. They never drank their family members. Even for Del Castro, a long time Coca-Cola drinker contributed to the backlash calling you. Hey, called. He called many times. So, won't you say? Thank you.

Calling, it's not offensive if you don't say words in the accent. Genius plan. He called New Coke a sign of American capitalist decadence, which I love that he's obviously a big fan of a capitalist product. They introduce a new product and he's like, this is capitalism gone mad. Pepsi of course, the rival's took full advantage of consumer backlash and it's advertising. Pepsi declared a company-wide holiday that was so confident, everyone got the day off, and they ran a full page out in the New York Times proclaiming that Pepsi had won the long-running

Cola Wars. Fuck off, Pepsi. They weren't at the day day off we got this. In July, less than three months after the initial press conference, the company decided enough was enough and they held another press conference. They had to yield and they brought back Coca-Cola Classic. By the end of the year, Coca-Cola Classic was substantially outselling both Coke and New Coke, which they kept as a product, and Pepsi.

Six months after the rollout, Coke sales had increased at more than twice the rate of Pepsi's. They continued to make New Coke. It was called New Coke 2, and it was discontinued in 2002. Now, what Matt was saying before, some conspiracies theorists say that the marketing conspiracy theorists, the lamest of the conspiracy theorists, some people are

focusing on steel beams, others are focusing on coke. Dave, marketing conspiracy theorists can be women too. I just need you to know that. He or she does not like the marketing, no, they said that the whole thing was a marketing employee to rekindle allegiance in the company. The CEO addressed this and said, this is at the press conference when they re-announced they're bringing back Coca-Cola classes. He said, some people said we made a huge marketing mistake. Whilst others say we plan the whole thing. The truth is we're not that dumb and we're not that smart.

Props to Coke man, that's good. He just drops the mic and leaves. Yes. But everyone's like, you're the secretary, aren't you? He's secretary's like, do I add the mic drop? These days, Coke has kept a firm lead in the US carbonated drinks market. In the US, they currently have a 42.8% market share to Pepsi's 31.1 so coke One the day so we all know that coke is a very popular drink now and now we're gonna finish with our first ever live edition of Fun fact. Yeah I love fun facts and I am usually the one to decide if it's fun or not But I think today we can throw it to the audience

Okay fun or decide if it's fun before we go on to those did you mention who put this in the hat in the first place? Oh, yes, I would like to thank zero zero one the idea came from listener who suggested the Marvel comics Suggestion that Nick Mason reported on it. This is second dip second dip That was I think that was idea number two So he's one and two of intake. We are now going to just work through in order this like 400 will be here forever I think well you ever looked in a while there's more than no no that was the step peter thank you peter are you here tonight peter all right fuck you, Peter. Stop the report.

No, we love you, Peter. Peter Thomas, he actually designed my post, which I'm going to get you at the door over there. He is here, I can see him. Yeah, to you mate. He is here. I can see you, Peter, I'm supposed to be there. No, but also, it's you. I take back the fuck you, Peter.

No, no, no, no, but he just said was that me? He doesn't even know Very passionate about the topic. I'd like we've done it nearly an hour of the report No, you should have been sitting there like Like nudging people next to me as much I just I Imagine if Harvard threw it in. I suggested it in the days, isn't it?

I didn't want to be a part of it. But if Harvard threw it in the next one, the person next to me went, this topic's really boring. I wish they had talked about a serial killer or something good. Hey, how'd I do seriously? Did you enjoy this? Thanks, Peter. All right, Peter, but don't make your opinion just yet,

because fun facts could really make or ruin the report. This is not an example. Coca-Cola. The first Coca-Cola made in Australia debut in 1937, which is actually 20 years after an accountant in Perth bought the rights to produce Coca-Cola in Australia. It's not a fact. Coke is only here because of a Perth accountant,

Jess, how do you feel about that? Oh, mixed emotions. I do not. Is that the fact? I do not feel good about that. Is that fun or not? An accountant-based fun fact. No, it's not fun.

Okay, all right. Try again on a key. Coca-Cola has a product portfolio. Of course, there's not just Coca-Cola now. They have more than 3,500 beverages. And it's going gonna list them. Well, they have so many that if you drink one every day, a different one every day, it would take you nine years to try them all.

And you will try that. Yes, I will. Starting today with Coca-Cola. Oh, my tongue. I don't like the bubbles. Coca-Cola's $35.1 billion revenue makes it the world's 84th largest economy, just ahead of Costa Rica, which is just ahead of, etc. I'm not sure if you have a grasp of what fun facts are. Coke was the first soft drink drunk in space.

Cop that Pepsi. So that's fun. That's a fun fact. I'm getting some nods. I'm not applause, but a bit of this. They're doing a bit of this. Get your hands ready. Get your hands ready.

If all the Coca-Cola ever produced were put in the eight-ounce contour Coke bottle, the classic Coke bottle, these bottles were distributed to each person in the world There would be one thousand one hundred and four bottles per person. It's a lot of ifs Dave That's very sweet of you You're good people. Uh, final one. God, it's not fun. This is not fun Number one, oh god, it's not fun, this is not fun. Coca-Cola is available in over 200 countries, and 1.7 billion with a bee, Coca-Cola beverages

are drunk every day. Woo, that is equivalent to 19,400 beverages every second. That's better. That's 19,000, that's 19,000. Yeah, 19,000 more, you get the idea and so on and so forth. And that ladies and gentlemen, is Coca-Cola. I was going to drop the mic there, but then realized I do not own this microphone, so I don't want to.

I love the venue. That was the most gentle mic drop out there. Ah! I'm here. AC. I'm looking here. We've got bloody two minute, no it's one minute, one minute to spare. Well done.

We got to a day report, one hour, I'm so excited about that. Well done Dave. Guys, thank you so much, give yourselves a big round of applause for coming out today. And today I want to keep your eyes reported, buddy. I thank you so much, thank you so much. Sam Peterson on, Sam, give him a hand. Thank you Sam. Good job Sam.

Now if you are listening at home we're going to do two more of these reports this coming Sunday. My report next week. Oh, boy. Matt will actually have to concentrate on the show. No, he won't. He still zones out. I've already, the topic's already been selected by the Patreon poll. Oh, look.

It was, all options were Australian based, because a friend of the show, like I can't remember his name, not a good friend, but a guy came up to me at the Planet Broadcasting launch. He's like, how about an Australian? Oh, you hear. Oh, it's clear. Oh, coke's pretty good, though. Anyway, yeah, so that's gonna be fun.

I haven't started writing it, but bloody hell, I'm confident that I will ride a good one. Okay, that's enough. Thanks so much for coming out today guys. Give yourselves a round of applause and that means we can leave! And there it is, another live episode recorded in front of a packed house at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Thank you so much to everyone that came down and supported the show live. It really was a lot of fun again. And I also have to say thank you to everyone who supports us on Patreon at patreon.com slash do go on pod. It really means a lot to us. And I also have to say thank you to everyone who supports us on Patreon at patreon.com slash do go on pod It really means a lot to us and I would specifically like to thank three patreon legends right here right now

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