Tickle Your Innards

It’ll Tickle Your Innards.

As far as company slogans go this has to be my favorite.  To what company does this outrageous line belong you may ask?  A laxative manufacture? Or Perhaps the creators of the next Elmo Doll? Nay, wrong on both accounts.   This gem belonged to the beverage Mountain Dew when it was first released by Pepsi in 1965 (The full slogan was: “Yahoo Mountain Dew…It’ll Tickle Your Innards).

 I was first inspired to write this post when visiting a Taco Bell.  Upon ordering I found myself at the soda dispenser faced with the conundrum of selecting a beverage with which to wash down my delectable Crunch Wrap Supreme.  The selection was not as difficult as one may expect.  I did what any self-respecting Taco Bell connoisseur would.  I went for the Mountain Dew Baja Blast (MDBB).  A soda so sugary and so pure, that some liken it a nectar of life.  MDBB is a style of Mountain Dew only found at Taco Bell establishments its flavor is tropical lime and it has been scientifically proven to accentuate and compliment the Taco Bell flavors. 

As I was savoring this tropical limey cacophony of tastes it occurred to me that there may be other flavors of Mountain Dew that were sold exclusively like Baja Blast or that there could be some flavors that were no longer in circulation.  Upon doing some research I was rewarded with the  list of current and past Mountain Dews….which is simply incredible….Brace yourself…

The List:

·         Mountain Dew

·         Caffeine Free Mountain Dew

·         Diet Mountain Dew

·         Mountain Dew Red

·         Diet Mountain Dew Red

·         Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew

·         Mountain Dew Sport

·         Diet Mountain Dew Sport

·         Mountain Dew Code Red

·         Diet Mountain Dew Code Red

·         Mountain Dew Live Wire

·         Mountain Dew Pitch Black

·         Mountain Dew Baja Blast

·         Mountain Dew Pitch Black II

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel

·         Mountain Dew Supernova

·         Mountain Dew Revolution

·         Mountain Dew Voltage

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: World of Warcraft Horde Red

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: World of Warcraft Alliance Blue

·         Diet Mountain Dew Ultra Violet

·         Mountain Dew Throwback

·         Mountain Dew Cherry Fusion

·         Mountain Dew Distortion

·         Mountain Dew Typhoon

·         Mountain Dew White Out

·         Mountain Dew Flare

·         Mountain Dew Crave

·         Diet Mountain Dew Supernova

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: Cherry Citrus

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: Tropical

·         Mountain Dew Dark Berry

·         Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: Cherry Citrus Halo 4

·         Mountain Dew Kickstart Orange Citrus

·         Mountain Dew Kickstart Fruit Punch

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: Cherry-Citrus Dead Rising 3

·         Mountain Dew Game Fuel: Electrifying Berry

·         Mountain Dew Kickstart Black Cherry

·         Mountain Dew Kickstart Limeade

This list is comprised of flavors only available in the United States and does not account for any Slurpee or energy drink flavors.  That makes 40 different varieties of Mountain Dew created to date with 16 currently in production in the United States.  I have only tried five of the various flavors and I tip my hat to anyone who has sampled even half of this carbonated cornucopia.  In closing I would like to thank liquor, because without it there would be no Mountain Dew which was originally developed when two brothers from Tennessee didn’t think that was a good enough mixer on the market and decided to create their own.  Incidentally, Mountain Dew is slang for moonshine.  

                                           

                                              Innard Ticklin Goodness in Every Bottle 

                          Perhaps the Slogan Should Have Been "Taste the Rainbow"