School Year 1992-1993
The Coke-In
(page 8 of 8)
The bits that made it into the video included Joe as Gary the Cola Preacher.
The Dr. Science sketch also appeared, much of which ended up being improvised because of some unanticipated problems, such as my brother dropping the bottle of Coke he was supposed to sample.
And then there was the small matter of the scientific experiment going horribly awry (who knew that Pepsi was fatal?)
And of course, the Pepsi Storm Troopers made the final cut, including this brilliant parody penned by Mark, "Springtime for Pepsi," sung to the tune of "Springtime for Hitler."
Springtime for Joab for and PepsiCo
Penn State is happy and gay.
We're marching with a louder voice
We've got more cash but no more choice.Springtime for Joab and PepsiCo
Winter for students and Coke
The price has now gone up five cents
Could it be a coincidence?(Bernhard) Give me arsenic in my jelly roll-a.
Just don't take my PepsiCola(Suzanne) Freedom of choice is a joke.
Please drink Pepsi; don't drink CokeSpringtime for Joab and PepsiCo
Coca-Cola is pouring no more
Fourteen million bucks are all paid in
Penn State is on the rise again(Mark, speaking) I've been asked by the PepsiCo megacorporation, with which my group is not affiliated in any way, to read this statement.
The PepsiCo Corporation respects your free choice. We may not allow it, but we respect it. I might add that we do allow lots of choice. We allow you to choose between regular Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and new Crystal Pepsi, which is so clear and refreshing we will soon have the water in all drinking fountains replaced by it.
In conclusion, we'd like to thank you all for making our company our country ever bigger. Thank you.
Signed, Martin S. Hilter, president, PepsiCo.
I'd like to add that the Pepsi Storm Troopers will be appearing at the Nittany Lion Inn this Saturday night at 7 p.m.
I cut in, "Ignore everything he just said. Just say no to PepsiCo! Just say no to PepsiCo!"
Mark bopped me on the head and I fell over dead.
"This rally is now over," he declared. "Thank you, and have a pleasant Pepsi afternoon."
That's not where the footage ends, although only a small portion of it made it into the final cut of The Coke-In. The cameras stayed on for a good while afterwards, while we MPS members joked around and got silly.
One of the cameras even ended up with us at the HUB afterwards, where I shot some extra footage of everybody gathered around the table, eating and talking. More silliness, of course. Mark talking about taking over the universe, Holli playing with Bernhard's prop gun, which made noises and flashed lights.
For contrast, I shot some footage of the tables around us, where students sat quietly, seemingly bored, making their way through what was otherwise a drab, gray, thoroughly awful day.
And when
I think about it now, that's what the MPS was for me: a group of friends,
gathered around a table, with flashing lights and strange noises and
plans of universal domination.
