The Birth of Mountain Dew’s Advertising

The first advertising campaign created for Mountain Dew under Pepsi-Cola management was “Mountain Dew – It’ll Tickle You’re Innards.” The company decided to embrace the hillbilly-moonshine image behind the name for the first few years. The advertising consisted of cartoon hillbilly characters promoting the drink. The characters included Gran Pappy and all his kinfolk, who were […]

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