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'Pibb Xtra' (previously sold as 'Mr PiBB') is a carbonated soft drink marketed by The Coca-Cola Company.
Introduced in July 1971 to compete against the popular drink Dr Pepper, Pibb has a small but loyal following in many parts of the United States, especially the South. Many hold that Mr PiBB had a flavor distinct from, and more nuanced than, Dr Pepper, with slight hints of both root beer and chocolate. A diet version was also available into the 1990s in some markets, notably Texas. Some Pibb soda cans were uniquely shaped; instead of the traditional cylinder, the can had faceted sides.
The Coca-Cola Company held a "Pibb Girl" contest in 1980, where a girl who matched a particular face (created as a composite of celebrities) would have won cash and prizes. The contest was dropped, however, after critics observed that the celebrities, and thus the composite and presumably the eventual winner, were all Caucasian.
Mr PiBB's slogan in the late 1990s was "Put it in your head," and the can featured an odd cartoon head drawn in a squiggly scribble style.
In 2001, a new flavor called Pibb Xtra was introduced with added cinnamon and cherry flavor, replacing the original Pibb flavor in many parts of the U.S.; some regions had both variations for sale at the same time. Pibb Xtra is often described as "spicier" and more similar to Dr Pepper than Mr PiBB.
In 2005, Coke introduced Pibb Zero, a sugar-free version of Pibb Xtra, in Texas, Kansas (except for areas around Wichita and Hutchinson, and the northwestern portion of the state), Oklahoma, Missouri, and parts of the Midwest. The Coca-Cola Company reports that there are no plans to introduce Pibb Zero to the rest of the U.S.
Pibb Zero is also available now in Chicago area Jewel grocery stores in 12 packs (as of July 2007).
Pibb Xtra is widely available in Texas and the southern United States, parts of the Pacific Northwest and other areas of the country, depending on the local Coca-Cola bottler. It is rare to nonexistent in other parts of the U.S., such as the Northeast. However, it is occasionally still found in these places in both fountain form (in restaurants, most notably Wendy's which sells it systemwide regardless of local availability, except in Saco, Maine, where it is not found in Wendy's) or canned/bottled in vending machines or grocery stores. Pibb Xtra can sometimes be found in Southern-themed food stores in those parts of the U.S. where it is not widely available. Shortly after the introduction of Pibb Xtra, Mr PiBB was discontinued altogether.
Some fountains and vending machines still have Mr PiBB labels, even though it has been replaced by Pibb Xtra since 2001.
Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store chain located mainly in the American South and Midwest, sells a similar beverage called "Mr Pig."
★ The product was mentioned in the notorious ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch/song, "Lazy Sunday," on December 17, 2005: "Mr PiBB and Red Vines equals 'crazy delicious.'"
★ Comedian Mitch Hedberg once quipped of the drink, “Mr. PiBB is a replica of Dr. Pepper, but it's a bullshit replica. Dude didn't even get his degree!”
★ In the animated TV series ''American Dad'', Stan Smith's favorite soda is Mr PiBB. It's the soft drink that his wife Francine used to introduce herself to Stan. In the later season 2 episode "A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial", after learning that Mr. PiBB was being discontinued in favor of PiBB Xtra, Stan and Francine start a grassroots campaign in a stolen "PiBB-mobile" to save the original Mr PiBB. Eventually, the real Mr. PiBB (whom no one had seen in a year) arrives to tell them that soft drinks come and go; "what matters is who you drink them with". In an earlier episode, Stan pays a group of illegal immigrants working for him in Mr. PiBB (actually, watered-down Mr. PiBB).
★ In episode number 6 ("The Drill Machine") of ''The Skeletor Show'', Skeletor and friends travel to the center of the earth only to leave almost immediately, due to the lack of Mr PiBB ("Sorry, mac! Here at the centre of the earth we've only got Dr Pepper!").
★ In an episode of the animated TV series ''The Simpsons'', Bart and Lisa stay with their spinster aunts Patty and Selma, who offer them soy milk, Clamato, or Mr PiBB to drink. Bart and Lisa decline. In another episode, at a comic book convention, Comic Book Guy attempts to sell a collection of Little Lulu comics that had been damaged by Diet Mr PiBB.
★ On the television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', Mr PiBB is an ingredient in the making of a "Killer Shrew" drink. Some other ingredients in this extremely sugary concoction include Circus Peanuts, Good & Plenty, chocolate ice cream, marshmallow Peeps, Cap'n Crunch cereal, vanilla icing, maple syrup, and various other candies.
★ A Mr PiBB video game was released for PC in 1998 by BrandGames, in which you play as Mr. PiBB in a school full of cartoonish zombies. It was a FPS and consisted of only one (although quite long) level.
★ The title of the song "Dr. Pibb" by The Malfated is an amalgamation of the names Dr Pepper and Mr PiBB.
★ In the movie ''Slither'', a character laments the fact that no Mr PiBB had been packed in the cooler of snacks he'd taken with him on a stakeout.
★ In George Carlin's bit about motel names, part of the chain of events he mentions is going down to the soda machine and getting two cans of Mr PiBB, going on to say that it's all that's left in a motel soda machine on Sunday morning, along with Diet Shasta Orange, and "that yellow can of Canada Dry Tonic Water that nobody wants!"
★ In the web-comic ''8-bit Theater'', the author makes several strips on Mr PiBB. [1] [2] [3]
★ On their album ''Hitler Bad, Vandals Good'', The Vandals perform the song ''An Idea for a Movie'', involving a boy who goes on magical adventures with "a bottle of Mr PiBB".
★ In an episode of ''King of the Hill'', after borrowing Hank's lawnmower Dale refills the gas tank with Mr PiBB rather than gasoline. Hank discovers this when his mower breaks down shortly after it is returned and Bill tastes the mystery liquid inside the tank.
★ In an episode of ''Family Guy'', Peter Griffin asks Superman if he can pick up more Mr PiBB because Superman can get there in seconds, while it would take him hours.
★ In the episode Return to Spider-Skull Island of the The Venture Brothers, Doctor Orpheus orders Mr. PiBB but the restaurant is out.
★ According to Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC Sitcom ''Scrubs'' in the Season Six episode "My Long Goodbye", when Mr. PiBB was first introduced to the American public, it was called "Señor Brownwater".
'Pibb Xtra' (previously sold as 'Mr PiBB') is a carbonated soft drink marketed by The Coca-Cola Company.
12-Pack of Pibb Zero
| Contents |
| History |
| Availability |
| In popular culture |
History
Introduced in July 1971 to compete against the popular drink Dr Pepper, Pibb has a small but loyal following in many parts of the United States, especially the South. Many hold that Mr PiBB had a flavor distinct from, and more nuanced than, Dr Pepper, with slight hints of both root beer and chocolate. A diet version was also available into the 1990s in some markets, notably Texas. Some Pibb soda cans were uniquely shaped; instead of the traditional cylinder, the can had faceted sides.
The Coca-Cola Company held a "Pibb Girl" contest in 1980, where a girl who matched a particular face (created as a composite of celebrities) would have won cash and prizes. The contest was dropped, however, after critics observed that the celebrities, and thus the composite and presumably the eventual winner, were all Caucasian.
Mr PiBB's slogan in the late 1990s was "Put it in your head," and the can featured an odd cartoon head drawn in a squiggly scribble style.
In 2001, a new flavor called Pibb Xtra was introduced with added cinnamon and cherry flavor, replacing the original Pibb flavor in many parts of the U.S.; some regions had both variations for sale at the same time. Pibb Xtra is often described as "spicier" and more similar to Dr Pepper than Mr PiBB.
In 2005, Coke introduced Pibb Zero, a sugar-free version of Pibb Xtra, in Texas, Kansas (except for areas around Wichita and Hutchinson, and the northwestern portion of the state), Oklahoma, Missouri, and parts of the Midwest. The Coca-Cola Company reports that there are no plans to introduce Pibb Zero to the rest of the U.S.
Pibb Zero is also available now in Chicago area Jewel grocery stores in 12 packs (as of July 2007).
Availability
Pibb Xtra is widely available in Texas and the southern United States, parts of the Pacific Northwest and other areas of the country, depending on the local Coca-Cola bottler. It is rare to nonexistent in other parts of the U.S., such as the Northeast. However, it is occasionally still found in these places in both fountain form (in restaurants, most notably Wendy's which sells it systemwide regardless of local availability, except in Saco, Maine, where it is not found in Wendy's) or canned/bottled in vending machines or grocery stores. Pibb Xtra can sometimes be found in Southern-themed food stores in those parts of the U.S. where it is not widely available. Shortly after the introduction of Pibb Xtra, Mr PiBB was discontinued altogether.
Some fountains and vending machines still have Mr PiBB labels, even though it has been replaced by Pibb Xtra since 2001.
Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store chain located mainly in the American South and Midwest, sells a similar beverage called "Mr Pig."
In popular culture
★ The product was mentioned in the notorious ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch/song, "Lazy Sunday," on December 17, 2005: "Mr PiBB and Red Vines equals 'crazy delicious.'"
★ Comedian Mitch Hedberg once quipped of the drink, “Mr. PiBB is a replica of Dr. Pepper, but it's a bullshit replica. Dude didn't even get his degree!”
★ In the animated TV series ''American Dad'', Stan Smith's favorite soda is Mr PiBB. It's the soft drink that his wife Francine used to introduce herself to Stan. In the later season 2 episode "A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial", after learning that Mr. PiBB was being discontinued in favor of PiBB Xtra, Stan and Francine start a grassroots campaign in a stolen "PiBB-mobile" to save the original Mr PiBB. Eventually, the real Mr. PiBB (whom no one had seen in a year) arrives to tell them that soft drinks come and go; "what matters is who you drink them with". In an earlier episode, Stan pays a group of illegal immigrants working for him in Mr. PiBB (actually, watered-down Mr. PiBB).
★ In episode number 6 ("The Drill Machine") of ''The Skeletor Show'', Skeletor and friends travel to the center of the earth only to leave almost immediately, due to the lack of Mr PiBB ("Sorry, mac! Here at the centre of the earth we've only got Dr Pepper!").
★ In an episode of the animated TV series ''The Simpsons'', Bart and Lisa stay with their spinster aunts Patty and Selma, who offer them soy milk, Clamato, or Mr PiBB to drink. Bart and Lisa decline. In another episode, at a comic book convention, Comic Book Guy attempts to sell a collection of Little Lulu comics that had been damaged by Diet Mr PiBB.
★ On the television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', Mr PiBB is an ingredient in the making of a "Killer Shrew" drink. Some other ingredients in this extremely sugary concoction include Circus Peanuts, Good & Plenty, chocolate ice cream, marshmallow Peeps, Cap'n Crunch cereal, vanilla icing, maple syrup, and various other candies.
★ A Mr PiBB video game was released for PC in 1998 by BrandGames, in which you play as Mr. PiBB in a school full of cartoonish zombies. It was a FPS and consisted of only one (although quite long) level.
★ The title of the song "Dr. Pibb" by The Malfated is an amalgamation of the names Dr Pepper and Mr PiBB.
★ In the movie ''Slither'', a character laments the fact that no Mr PiBB had been packed in the cooler of snacks he'd taken with him on a stakeout.
★ In George Carlin's bit about motel names, part of the chain of events he mentions is going down to the soda machine and getting two cans of Mr PiBB, going on to say that it's all that's left in a motel soda machine on Sunday morning, along with Diet Shasta Orange, and "that yellow can of Canada Dry Tonic Water that nobody wants!"
★ In the web-comic ''8-bit Theater'', the author makes several strips on Mr PiBB. [1] [2] [3]
★ On their album ''Hitler Bad, Vandals Good'', The Vandals perform the song ''An Idea for a Movie'', involving a boy who goes on magical adventures with "a bottle of Mr PiBB".
★ In an episode of ''King of the Hill'', after borrowing Hank's lawnmower Dale refills the gas tank with Mr PiBB rather than gasoline. Hank discovers this when his mower breaks down shortly after it is returned and Bill tastes the mystery liquid inside the tank.
★ In an episode of ''Family Guy'', Peter Griffin asks Superman if he can pick up more Mr PiBB because Superman can get there in seconds, while it would take him hours.
★ In the episode Return to Spider-Skull Island of the The Venture Brothers, Doctor Orpheus orders Mr. PiBB but the restaurant is out.
★ According to Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC Sitcom ''Scrubs'' in the Season Six episode "My Long Goodbye", when Mr. PiBB was first introduced to the American public, it was called "Señor Brownwater".
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