What Happened To The Kool-Aid Man?

Oh Yeeah!!! Today on Weird history Food we are examining exactly how he Kool-Aid man came to be, and how he has evolved over the decades. Born out of the mind of a child, he iconic Kool-Aid man has caused more holes in walls than any of us can count, but he sure does bring a tasty concoction with him!
#koolaid #koolaidman #weirdhistoryfood

[@StomDoth]

Somewhere around 40 years ago my mother was a representative for a food company and I got to wear the Kool-Aid suit at a marketing event on a hot summer day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thankfully it had an internal cooling system and two fan assisted vents.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

Oh yeah!

[@nathanaagesen9298]

Did you cuss a small boy lol

[@tammygant4216]

Wow!! That sounds so fun

[@DaleGribble0111]

My dad used to be one of the Kool Aid kids in one of their ads. This video is awesome for even covering this unique piece of history. 😎

[@eerieeric834]

The Hawaiian punch mascot seems like it would be a cool video to see

[@michaelmayhem350]

Kool-aid man crashes through a wall and then Hawaiian punch shatters him with a single punch lol

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

hawaiian punch punches people kool aid man breaks walls and says oh yeah

[@DaleGribble0111]

Mascot? 🤣😂😂

[@zacharythomas8617]

​@@michaelmayhem350 such is the way. Accepted.

[@Whenmicefly]

Punchy!

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

When I was younger, we saved up the points from the packages to get a set of Kool-aid man plastic mugs. Thanks for the memories.

[@Missunderstood103]

I got a strawberry Kool aid mug.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@Missunderstood103 I got the grape one!

[@khrp7174]

I got the grape mug, too​@@MatthewTheWanderer

[@shannonbenjamin1155]

I was 9 and my brother was 6. I made 2 pitchers of Kool-Aid and accidentally put the 2 different flavors in the same pitcher. I panicked because I knew Mom would be upset that I wasted 2 packets, so he gallantly chugged the entire pitcher of grape-orange Kool-Aid. And promptly threw up. That right there is why he's my favorite brother. 😂

[@addanametocontinue]

A documentary on the Kool-Aid Man?!? Oh yeahhhh!!!

[@someonenow1]

The Jonestown incident involved Flavor-Aid, NOT Kool-Aid.

[@brandonpage7087]

This is true.

[@keySkullghost]

There’s a museum in Savannah that displays flavor-aid packets that were collected from the massacre site.

[@ACoolKidsProduction]

Yeah, the video mentions that it was actually an off-brand drink.

[@aretnap3653]

TheArtWork on FlavorAid Packets Makes That Even More Diabolical!

[@audreyplayz6001]

What kind of monster commits mass murder using knock off kool-aid, there is a line people.

[@MrHootiedean]

Great video! I'm an 80s kid who grew up on Kool-Aid, loved the Kool-Aid Man and still drink it as a middle-aged GenX-er! Can't believe I never knew anything about the product beyond taste/preference. Very educational/entertaining.

[@yell0wberry]

I am real close to creating an online petition for the Kool-Aid man to be a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@yell0wberry I'm shocked that he's not one already!

[@LoveMyUnusual]

​@@yell0wberry Ooh, fun! You should go for it. :3

[@Bunjamin27]

BEST narrator in the biz

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Sucking up to him won't make up for how y'all shit on the other narrator.

[@nomadv7860]

@@SomeOrangeCatno one’s trying to make up for that lol

[@BigChucka419]

Up there w Simon Whistler and Nutty History

[@malikpope5543]

I agree 100 percent. The cadence the nuance and his humor are unmatched. The other narrator just doesn't have that same snap. She is better suited for top 5 videos etc. as long as this guy is around i will always watch!

[@kjw79]

Nice to hear a narrator have fun with the script! Very talented

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

I love the 80s / 90s advertisement. The clothes, the waterski, the Acid Trip Colours. 🖤

[@Killem-Dafoe]

"Rizz up thirsty children" Hello, fellow kids.

[@collodion1884]

It sounds significantly more nefarious than I think it's supposed to...

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@collodion1884 I agree, that definitely sounds VERY wrong!

[@DirtiestDMusic]

The mid-90's "Cruisin' With the Big Man" ad, with Kool-Aid Man cruising around in a pimpmobile while bumping to a Kool-Aid rap song, is one of my favorite commercials of the decade. Peak 90s corniness.

[@brandonpage7087]

LMAO, I remember those ads!! I believe that was an attempt to market to the black community, lol, as kool-aid was popular in many black households, including mine. I seem to remember the Kool-aid man, in those ads, sounding alot like Tone Loc, when he spoke. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Missunderstood103]

He came in like a wrecking ball! All he wanted was to break our walls.🎶

[@RobertHowe-zv7gs]

As a child growing up in the 1950's we drank Kool Aid all the time because we were too poor to have soda pop.

[@superrspace]

you lived in the peak of america

[@michellewilson6249]

Oh I remember that. Good times though! 😉

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

That makes no sense AT ALL. Pop was extremely cheap back then, too.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@superrspace Lol, absolutely not!

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

By Soda pop do you mean Soda or Soda Flavored Lolly Pop?

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Kool-Aid Man is still cool today. 😀👍

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Yeah, but he's old and requires aid. Health aid, financial aid, you name an aid, he requires it.

[@Smiththeinspiringanimator]

Awesome!😊🤗🫂

[@guyk768]

Congrats on the 200th video!! *smashes through wall* Oh yeah!!! A Weird History Food video about The Kool-Aid Man.

[@VideoHeadMan]

LOL! ‘Searching for Sugar Man’?! BWAHAHA! I see what you did there. Very creative. For those who don’t know, its a reference to the Documentary of the same name about the folk rock artist “Rodriguez” who passed away just over a year ago.

[@129jasper1]

Cold Fact is legitimately a great album. Coming From Reality is not quite as good, but his song writing and the recordings on them both are very good, and unique.

[@DarkElfDiva]

My father used to tell me that when he was about 9, he had nightmares of the Kool-Aid man busting through his bedroom wall and drowning him inside his pitcher body.

[@GoHazyQuietSexAngel]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@syntaxerorr]

Sentient beverage container. lol The best description of the kill aid man I've ever heard!

[@MrVariant]

Saturday night live only did a good job with Kool aid man (toxic maskoolinity lol) and mario kart. Fun vid here though and of course the classic fan film trailer.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Legend has it, kill aid man's water is Liquid Death brand.

[@MrVariant]

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric lol we been a death metal kill aid man lore now 🤣. Liquid death is great too.

[@Eyore82]

Settle down kool aid man! 🤣

[@blackmesacake5361]

Bunch of this i never knew, great vid!

[@ryenburns7054]

Ohhhhh Yeahhhhh !

[@angelasieg5099]

My little brother and I had so much fun collecting Kool Aid points to order free stuff like cups and a Pitcher

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Me too! I still have one of their purple mugs that's got to be at least 30, maybe 35 years old by now.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

Around 1993/1994, Kool Aid Man was in a Domino's Pizza commercial with Donny Domino, the 90s hip Domino's Pizza mascot. I would love to see a video talking about Domino's Pizza's history, especially if Donny and Dottie get a mention. The Noid is still talked about, but I'd love to learn more about Donny Domino's history, especially the Ollie Vs Domino's Pizza Inc lawsuit that spawned from him.

[@lens_hunter]

I grew up on Kool Aid. It actually helped me quit sugary drinks because you can control how much sugar the drink has, and I slowly stepped it down. Kool Aid doesnt need sugar to be good, just pour it into some water!

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

OH YEAH!

[@yell0wberry]

I think Kool-Aid should sue slim Jim for using the slogan

[@johngalt97]

Maybe the most health destructive element of my childhood. We made 'swamp water' which was lemon mixed with any other flavor. We also got a lot of merch, including a bunch of yellow canteens with the Kool-Aid man's face embossed on one side.

[@yell0wberry]

I use cane sugar, not that white processed stuff

[@johngalt97]

@@yell0wberry Doesn’t matter, its half fructose which is metabolized in the liver.

[@yell0wberry]

@@johngalt97 cane sugar has no chemicals, especially processed

[@johngalt97]

@@yell0wberry All sucrose is 50/50 fructose and glucose. Fructose is processed in your liver, and is hard on the body. Your liver isn’t better off because the sucrose is made from cane.

[@yell0wberry]

@@johngalt97 it’s not much worse from it either, I’m pretty sure processed sugar does a lot more damage to you than cane sugar does. This debate is quite pointless. It’s not like any of us are drinking our Kool-Aid sour.

[@kazthon]

Bring back Purplesaurus Rex! Great video and thank you for doing it!

[@impalaman9707]

Well. Kraft macaroni had Cheeseasaurus Rex!

[@0boro]

Back then: Times are tough, maybe if I lower the price of my product more people will buy it. Now: Times are tough, maybe if I raise the price of my product more people will buy it.

[@129jasper1]

Don't forget to shrink the size too. Very important part of the strategy.

[@filanfyretracker]

I mean if you did that today, you would soon be sued by multiple large investors in the company for not optimizing their returns. I guess especially in this case was his company was still private so he just had to run a positive balance sheet. No investors to cry to a judge that "He cant do that".

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Now is more like, I'm gonna raise the price of my product and people will have to buy it. Tomorrow be like: Government has forced me to lower the price of my product, so I'm going out of business. IF you vote for Kamala...

[@0boro]

@@filanfyretracker You leave the company after firing everyone long before that. Oh but don't forget to give yourself a nice bonus on the way out too. Works every time for these guys.

[@rustyshackelford312]

When I went to a summer camp as a kid one thing we had to drink was a big gatorade cooler full of kool aid tropical punch. Now in my mid 30's every, summer I drink some red kool aid and swear I can still hear the sounds of summer camp when I do.

[@browser37]

Nostalgia my friend

[@BakedRBeans]

Far as I know, the only beverage served at summer camp is tropical punch, sometimes called fruit punch. We campers called it BUG JUICE, and drank it by the gallon at every meal. I recently bought some tropical punch mix at Walmart--yeah, it's about the same...

[@rzrrox4202]

Last time i saw the Kool Aid guy was on Family Guy. I was actually curious what happened, i just thought someone with fragility thought it was offensive😂

[@eetadakimasu]

This was great! Made me parts and think "why did i love the Koolaid Man as a kid?" I always found it entertaining😂

[@SHADOWUNLEESHED]

Ok we need a L A Knight Kool aid man team up YEAH!

[@Humongous420]

WITH EVERYBODY DRINKIN KOOL AID SAYING OOOOOO... YEEEEAH!

[@joshuas4695]

I just realized I haven't watched a skit or episode from you guys in like a year........That was amazing! Just like Kool-aid to a 10 year old me! 😂

[@BenjamintheTortoise]

So funny.... Thank you for this story!! I love it 💞😊

[@IVWOR]

Цікаве та пізнавальне відео. Дякую ❤️

[@Leprechaun33]

Let’s talk about Hawaiian Punch

[@yell0wberry]

Hawaiian punch would probably be a little more popular if they had Mike Tyson in one their commercials

[@Purplegorillaz]

The Kool-Ade Man is still popular..My little Daughters even know he..They should make a Kool-Ade Man Cartoon and different Kool Ade Flavors can be his Friends and go on crazy adventures.. Purple Gorillaz Was Here. Peace.

[@mkl80]

I love this channel! 🥰

[@RunGodRun]

Thanks, Weird History Foods. I was scolling KZbin, saw this video and said quietly "Hey, Kool-Aid," and now my bedroom wall has a hole in it and a demonic pitcher of diabetes is trying to get me to "drink the Kool-Aid."

[@yell0wberry]

I sure wish Nike would make a pair of air Kool-Aids

[@BarbieJohnson-pm9ys]

😂😂🎉

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

So apparently you can say: "what do the Kool-Aid man and Deadpool have in common besides their costume being red?" A: "They're both friends with Benjamin Franklin."

[@izahknight420]

Ohhhhh YEAHHH

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

Be careful, you might summon Macho Man Randy Savage by mistake.

[@izahknight420]

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan 😂😂😂😂😂 oh no

[@gohawks3571]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I wanna see that match now😁

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

@@gohawks3571 Robot Chicken. If you know, you know.

[@gohawks3571]

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan Oh, yeah! It's been a while 😉

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Honestly, I haven't seen him around ever since he asked JonTron to punch him in the liver...

[@jer103]

OMG, this was the funniest video from Weird History Food, ever.

[@superrspace]

😐

[@jons.6216]

You're right about Guyana. It was the knock off Flavor-Aid! I loved the opening images because it made me stop and look up "D-Zerta" gelitan because I hadn't heard that since the 70s when it became a "diet" option! To me whenever a product has to go do a "cool teenage" approach is when I just tune it out! Haha!

[@yell0wberry]

Fun fact, rapper Pimp C died from mixing grape Kool-Aid with codeine from cough medicine drinking it constantly, this is often referred to as purple drank

[@NeonRazer42]

Really got a lot of mileage out of that Family Guy footage.

[@shaindaman13]

In defence of all those kids doing the fence challenge, someone had told them there were Tide Pods on the other side.

[@mrdarryljones1]

In 9th grade in the 70’s he was the subject of my second ever painting!

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! OH YEAH!

[@StrangestoryFood]

I’ve never witnessed such awesome editing as this one.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🍒

[@bigbaddawg101]

I used to have one of those Kool-Aid man comics back in the day. The other Kool-Aid flavors were considered different characters.

[@Ron-rs2zl]

Was the orange one an evil real estate developer, who served his followers and then became president and tried to over throw the government and is trying to do it again.

[@cathyreed6180]

The Kool-Aid man needs to make a comeback.

[@ftwsam2246]

I recently mixed Kool-aid with mineral water instead, and made Kool-aid soda. It was amazing...OH YEAH!!!!

[@kennyhagan5781]

People forget that it was Flavor-Aid that they drank in Jonestown Guyana in 1978, and not Kool-aid.

[@earvinarabia8733]

I love Kool-Aid, especially the grape and strawberry flavors. I can down an ice-cold pitcher on a hot summer day, and I keep a supply of the Jammers in my fridge for guests.

[@browser37]

Hell yeah nothing like the grape and strawberry flavor

[@yell0wberry]

I only deal with tropical punch

[@cardialyn4847]

U guys should create a podcast if u don’t already have one, I would love to listen while I’m going for a walk or sleeping☺️ really love these videos. Nvm I just saw the podcast link 😂 I’ll follow u guys😁

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@jasondavidstapleton]

I love KOOL AID best drink ever

[@joykoski7111]

In the late 70s I remember saving used kool aid packets (or maybe just a seal you had to cut out from the package) When you saved a specified number of packets you could mail them in and receive either 4 kool aid cups or a kool aid man jug. We had both. There was probably some cash involved as well and back in the days it was mandatory 4 to 6 weeks for shipping....lol. Loved that set. Wish I still had it now.

[@BlueOrchidWolf]

well now I need a video about the history of Mr Peanut! That'll be wild I'm sure

[@yell0wberry]

That video would be absolutely nuts

[@BakedRBeans]

Tragedy recently....Mr. Peanut was walking down the street, and he was assaulted!...Get It?....A-Salted? ...Bad Joke!...

[@yell0wberry]

@@BakedRBeans I think you’re nuts

[@comic_book_guy]

The first part is completely lifted from a different doc. I thought this was about the kool aid man so I clicked on it

[@Nemo2342]

Rad 90s Kool-Aid Man will always be the Kool-Aid Man for me.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

OHHHH YEAH!

[@naomijakubowski704]

Love Kool-aid days! A central nebraska favorite

[@LennyLeonard]

Now I need to know the history of Jell-O

[@lucascady4992]

Gelatin comes from boiling cow bones.. Eat Up! 😂

[@jamesdietz29]

@@lucascady4992 And hooves.

[@masterimbecile]

“Gigantic jug of jubilant juice.”

[@DanielLave25280]

Oooooh YEAH!!!!

[@tippytoes2358]

Tell us about popcorn and especially Cracker Jacks, since it is even written into the iconic baseball song.

[@lchapo5469]

He OD'd on that lemonade 🍋💛🍋💛🍋💛🍋

[@alphawoolf5981]

I mailed away (and received) the Kool Aid Man game for the Mattel Intellivision. It was pretty terrible but it had good graphics.

[@taichouu_1840]

OHHHH YEAH

[@SlingbladeJim]

thank you

[@mikeks8181]

I Like! I Like! I Like! Awesome video

[@AC-ih7jc]

The roller rink used for the TV ad was the old Pine Hollow Roller Rink, 275 Pine Hollow Road, Oyster Bay, NY.

[@marylist1236]

I'm old enough to remember the Kool Aid Kids ads. "Kool Aid Kool Aid tastes great, wish we had some, can't wait"

[@brandonpage7087]

OMG, my mom told me about those ads!!! They were from before my time, apparently, lol.

[@marylist1236]

@@brandonpage7087 I am 67 years old after all

[@brandonpage7087]

My mom (1957-2013), would be 66 going on 67, if she were still living. 😭😭😭😭

[@paulhom8423]

The narrator voice is EXCELLENT!!! I hope he is not replaced with an AI voice in future videos.

[@oliverkloshophdndrecords50]

When will timeline on the main channel be back?

[@oliverkloshophdndrecords50]

Nevermind. It apparently started today. Lol

[@pwnd1138]

Just remember, when you're essentially drinking his blood

[@btetschner]

0:33 When I was a kid, Kool-Aid was especially accessible because a packet could be bought with change from the couch. It's so affordable!

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Ben Franklin not thirsty? Impossible!

[@zporadik5651]

I've been on in internet for a bit of time.... I heard "before the mani in the jar" and immediately thought "there was a jar in a man". I apologise for nothing.

[@TeeKing]

"Relief pitcher" 🤭 Clever.

[@OutsideGamerGirl]

Who knew a beloved childhood drink dates to the 1890s? Wild!

[@timogul]

He was called "Frankie D. Kool-Aid" because he carried the will of D. He ate the "Oh Yeah" Fruit and is trying to become king of the pirates.

[@vincentanzelone8705]

Ahhhh thank you for using the correct narrator.

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Love the Sixto Rodriguez reference. R.I.P.

[@chazb9164]

I still remember saving points and sending in to get cool Kool aid stuff.

[@nolarobert]

We rarely had soft drinks when I was a kid in the 70s. We had Kool-Aid instead as it was much cheaper. My friends and I drank so much that I think our blood type was Kool-Aid during the summer. It's funny how much I loved it as a child but I haven't had any since circa 1980. I wonder if it tastes like nostalgia.

[@marvinheemeyer6660]

Purplesaurus Rex flavor was amazing. Grape and lemonade flavor mix. 😊

[@KairaSuperSayan93]

I remember having a Koolaid Man pitcher and cup set growing up. I'm a 90s baby and grew up on Koolaid. I even used it for dying Easter eggs.

[@cutechristaandfishyjay8955]

My parents use to buy the huge bulk pre-sweeten cherry flavor Kool-Aid in bulk when I was a kid. We had it constantly growing up in Winnipeg MB in the 90s. As an adult if I can't be anywhere near the stuff, if I smell it I will throw up uncontrollably.

[@ChoppedAndSkinned]

Do ALL SPORT next

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for so interesting and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@tippytoes2358]

The variety of the Keebler brand cookie is amazing. Tell us about this Keebler history and all its various types of cookies.

[@davebooshty299]

I Always Want To Hear Even More As I Can On Funny Face Drink Mix Too.

[@btetschner]

4:37 My younger brother and I used to watch the tv show The Monkees, great show!

[@Momnpop98]

Lemon-lime green all the way baby!!!❤

[@wendymf1973]

Have you guys done one on the Pillsbury Dough Boy?