FUTURAMA Season 1 Episode 13 REACTION! | Fry and the Slurm Factory

[@davidfleischmann3579]

Coca-cola came out with “new coke” which nobody liked, so when they re-released “classic coke” it was a huge hit.

[@samuelvincent557]

The irony was he was drinking Pepsi when he asked about it.

[@BremenSA]

The fact that he had to ask if that was a thing made me feel old.

[@marcw6875]

@@BremenSA Me too. Then again, New Coke was introduced in 1985, so I think we are old. haha

[@JacksonVoet]

Clever strategy. If they like the new Coke, then they profit, if they hate it, they bring the old stuff back and make billions.

[@Goofygoober24_25]

Born in 01 but I know about that I watched a video about it

[@KegOfMeat]

Some of my favourite Futurama lines come from this episode: “Oww my sperm.” “Tell them I hate them.” “Hardass.” “I heard that.” “I could fit if it weren’t fir these damn arms.”

[@jinxthatsme2317]

As soon as I read this comment, Fry said it. Lol.

[@professorsypher6174]

Lmao... please tell me you were doing a gag when you took a drink of the Pepsi max at 9:15. 😂😂😂

[@heavycritic9554]

1:33 Here we find out that Bender is running an 8-bit system. He's got the MOS 6502 chip (launched in 1975) the same as early NES, C64, Atari etc. 😆

[@ccthomas]

If the Slurm classic scheme sounds like it be a real thing, it's because it was! Coca-Cola did this exact thing a few decades ago, replacing cane sugar with corn syrup in the process.

[@lunaticbz3594]

Yeah it was really genius, They got everyone clamoring for the original, and then no one noticed that they didn't actually get the original coke back. Also explains the somewhat hilarious market for Mexican coke as it still uses cane sugar most the time, so some people are willing to pay extra for it making it worthwhile to import coke from Mexico.

[@oli9881]

@@lunaticbz3594 oh it is very popular to import coke from mexico 😏

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

yup, except the sugar/corn syrup part. That has nothing to do with New vs Classic Coke

[@ccthomas]

@@user-lv6rn9cf8m it appears you are right. It makes a nice story anyway.

[@lunaticbz3594]

@@user-lv6rn9cf8m if they changed coke to classic coke people would notice the taste difference. By changing coke to new coke, then a year later replacing new coke with classic almost no one noticed.

[@majoraslb4311]

My god the irony of asking if companys really do release bad products then bring back classic ones on purpose while drinking a can of cola

[@csbruce]

Would have been better if it were a can of Coke "CLASSIC".

[@SpiralSine6]

Party on, contest winners 🫡

[@kangaroo4024]

One of the dancing women was voiced by Pamela Anderson

[@a.grimes4202]

In 1985, when the original Coca-Cola formula (well, _sans_ cocaine, obviously) was 99 years old, they tried to introduce “New Coke”, which was not received well by consumers. A few months later, the original formula was brought back as Coca-Cola Classic, although the new formula continued to be sold, albeit on a much more limited basis, until 2002, being re-branded as _Coke II_ in 1990. Some people have put out a conspiracy theory that Coca-Cola deliberately put out an unpopular variant of Coke and temporarily discontinued sales of the original in 1985 as Pepsi was threatening to overtake them in sales, as executives knew (supposedly) that doing so would create so much demand for the original formulas return that when they finally appeared to capitulate to consumers and bring it back, that sales of the original version would be at record levels for the company.

[@JRSiebz]

They did it because they wanted to shift from using cane sugar to high fructose corn syrup, which is cheaper in the US. People would have complained about the change, if they weren't given New Coke in between.

[@a.grimes4202]

@@JRSiebz Oh, I know all that, and I’m *💯* sure the conspiracy theorists were not right. In fact, the executive at the time asked about it gave a pretty clever quote, saying “We’re not that stupid, and we’re not that smart.”.

[@csbruce]

Featuring Pamela Anderson as the blonde Slurms girl.

[@gerhardadler3418]

Id on't know, but maybe: Slime + Wurm = Slurm?

[@Maswartz226]

Like people pointed out last time, if you're using a version of the episodes that cut out the opening scenes you're missing a lot.

[@ProjectSenpai]

These were filmed prior to changing to one’s that have the intro so they’ll be sorted in future episodes ☺️

[@ianjardine7324]

If you're old enough or a big enough scify nerd you'll appreciate the soylent cola joke as a reference to the 70s classic Soylent Green.

[@michaelweigand8643]

That wasn't Logan's Run, It was Soylent Green.

[@ianjardine7324]

@@michaelweigand8643 I haven't watched either since the mid eighties my bad.

[@josh8764]

As other people have already said, Coca Cola did it with new coke but a fun fact is that Diet Coke is actually based on the new Coke recipe

[@obsidianwolf1999]

7:42, when you drive in the U.K. for the first time

[@pureserenity524]

9:09 Coca-Cola literally did exactly this around 1990, and the writers are parodying this marketing event.

[@TheJinxCast]

It was 85, no?

[@nicoleviper4090]

This sires is more fun to watch back than i thought it was going to be I'm loving the show and there's so many episodes I missed to.

[@lunaticbz3594]

I feel like slurm is a play on several words, but reminded me a lot of Surge cola.

[@Bloody-Butterfly]

Slurm is a combination of slime and worm.

[@JRSiebz]

Slurms MacKenzie -> Spuds MacKenzie

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction!

[@samcorcoran470]

Missing the new Coke joke made me yell at the TV but then I realized I don't know the history of any UK soda companies.

[@CandleLight129]

I think you guys are missing the opening scenes to these episodes.

[@Ilix42]

The New Slurm thing was a joke on when Coke did that. In real life, however, New Coke actually tested better than Coke Classic and it was just anger over the fact that Coke had changed that got it changed back.

[@matthewgillies7509]

That, and it tasted like Pepsi.

[@VelkanAngels]

@@matthewgillies7509 - That's funny, considering blind taste tests have shown, that people generally prefer the taste of Pepsi over the taste of Coke, even if the people asked beforehand said they preferred Coke. Seems people mostly just WANT to prefer Coca Cola, cause it's the original and most famous brand, lol. I drank Pepsi, until they stopped selling regular where I live (sugar-free only now...), so I switched to Harboe Cola. Not quite as "rich" in flavour but a little more refreshing, so about as good as Pepsi overall and much cheaper.

[@matthewgillies7509]

@@VelkanAngels blind tests conducted by Pepsi? I remember those commercials. The major difference between the two is that Coca-Cola can be consumed at room temperature, whereas warm Pepsi is vile, and alcohol mixes better with Coke than it does with Pepsi.

[@VelkanAngels]

@@matthewgillies7509 - I don't know about commercials. I read about the study in Illustrated Science quite a few years ago.

[@PhazonInfuser]

Two words: New Coke. Coca-Cola pulled the same exact stunt. An inferior new version that no one liked, and they all clamored for the original/classic one, which Coca-Cola could then sell for more than they originally did.