How World War II Created One of the World’s Most Popular Soft Drinks

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 882

  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  2 роки тому +31

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    • @trippieau9248
      @trippieau9248 2 роки тому +1

      At 4:15 I think you meant Austria not Australia...

    • @ronmexico6901
      @ronmexico6901 2 роки тому

      Good day mate! let’s put another shrimp on the Barbie!

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 2 роки тому

      Um, mate, 04:33, that's not a real Coke advert. For starters the "Coke is it" slogan didn't exist before 1982, wasn't that a bit of a giveaway?

    • @StevenLockey
      @StevenLockey 2 роки тому

      Yeah, you didn't find this out today cos you meantioned it in a BB video 🤣
      Going through old videos trying to find a topic you haven't made a video about yet right? 🤣

    • @iknowyouarh
      @iknowyouarh 2 роки тому

      Need a link to that Nazi IBM video please

  • @Discosaturn
    @Discosaturn 2 роки тому +490

    Fanta. Conquer...I mean, annex...I mean, quench your thirst!

  • @Sacto1654
    @Sacto1654 2 роки тому +303

    The story about how Fanta was created by Coca-Cola Germany and why the Coca-Cola Company decided to re-introduce it in 1955 is actually surprisingly interesting.

    • @ronmexico6901
      @ronmexico6901 2 роки тому +18

      Rather than fail and go out of business, the German branch of Coca-Cola did what they could to survive and succeeded. They could’ve spun off and became independent but when they reconnected with their parent Company, handed over the profits and let them retake control when the war was over.

    • @scotmac5143
      @scotmac5143 2 роки тому +9

      @@ronmexico6901 I'm with you on this Ron, it's better than company going under. Although Hugo Boss, who made the SSs uniforms did OK, as did Porsche, who made their trucks, cars etc done OK aswell eh.

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 роки тому +2

      Sounds like we trying to defend collaborators and quislings... don't they not worth it ;)

    • @SauceCake0
      @SauceCake0 2 роки тому +4

      @@NeilCWCampbell ???

    • @MrSebs2010
      @MrSebs2010 2 роки тому +3

      @@NeilCWCampbell You must be fun @ parties.

  • @robd1365
    @robd1365 2 роки тому +10

    I remember a dream I had about a walking along a tropical beach, the ocean was fizzy orange juice and it was lapping at my feet. I woke up and realised it was only a fantasea.

  • @JustinWillisDevil240Z
    @JustinWillisDevil240Z 2 роки тому +38

    When I was a little kid when ever my Grandma would come visit from Germany she would always bring me Fanta merch. I never understood why until many years later.

  • @susandebruin8648
    @susandebruin8648 2 роки тому +61

    Fanta’s origin was once a pub quiz question, but it was interesting to hear the entire history. I never liked coke, but always loved Fanta. I however only drink it when I travel on holiday as at home I try to live a bit more healthy. The interesting part is that the colour and taste of Fanta are not the same everywhere.

    • @splattt8088
      @splattt8088 2 роки тому +8

      @@yt45204 Coke is awesome. Never drank any soda tho

    • @Wolfgrand
      @Wolfgrand 2 роки тому +7

      Most of sodas taste different depending on the country. Although the ingredients are same in the name, mostly they are sourced locally, meaning that they are in fact different. The most basic thing like water can alter taste of any beverage significantly, that's why, for example, some Japanese whisky(Scotch) makers actually import spring water from Scotland. There are also some locally specific regulations that sometimes even slightly alter the actual recipe. Regulations like that might be even sugar content, as a lot of European countries introduced "sugar tax" which meant to rise up prices of sugary sodas in order to discourage people from drinking it. Yes, it does not work. I personally find almost all of the global drinks taste absolutely different in UK than in Poland. Simple test I always recommend to Brits is to buy one of Polish beers available in British supermarkets ie Tyskie, and then buy exactly same in a Polish shop. The ones in Asda or Tesco are bottled locally in Southern England, while the ones in Polish shops are normally imported straight from Poland; the difference in taste is quite noticeable. -Unsure about import in Brexit times though.
      Now that I think about it; I noticed that a lot of big corpo drinks like Sprite or Fanta are way clearer in Poland&Germany, while UK ones are quite hazy. It might be water or what they use as a colourant. I actually don't remember neither German or Polish sodas leaving stains on glass, while British ones do and feel way more stickier than the continental ones.

    • @kiddankula5480
      @kiddankula5480 2 роки тому

      Is it true german fanta is more of an orange juice?

  • @Rouxenator
    @Rouxenator 2 роки тому +62

    I can still remember ringed Fanta glass bottles here in South Africa in the 80s and 90s. Never saw them again since.

    • @strangerinwhite
      @strangerinwhite 2 роки тому +4

      In the United States you can find those glass bottle in some stores.

    • @Senbei01
      @Senbei01 2 роки тому +2

      They were available for a year or so in Germany circa 2008, as part of the Fanta Klassik release. I picked some up via Amazon (being in Europe). Fanta Klassik was actually quite nice. Certainly beats the current UK version (The Government here added a sugar tax to soft drinks, so most now have little sugar but loads of artificial sweeteners instead. About the only two fully-sugared soft drinks you can still buy are Pepsi, Coke and Cherry Coke).

    • @edh7492
      @edh7492 2 роки тому

      @@Senbei01 I’d rather have the sugar than the brain melting sweeteners ✌️

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen 2 роки тому

      I remember glass bottles too. Every brand had their own shape. Here in Denmark, only the really cheap soft drinks still come in glass bottles and only 25 centiliter size.

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen 2 роки тому

      @@edh7492 Yup. Same here. Beet sugar is what we use for all. Way more healthy for the liver than that corn sirup.

  • @Liquid_Mike
    @Liquid_Mike 2 роки тому +165

    Why would I "not want to drink it again"?
    I don't give a percentage of a shit where some food item started, Stalin could've invented potato salad that doesn't mean I'm not going to eat it

    • @dariusus9870
      @dariusus9870 2 роки тому +14

      Fun fact: Stalin did invent potato salad :O

    • @coreydeluna5258
      @coreydeluna5258 2 роки тому +3

      damn stright

    • @sik3xploit
      @sik3xploit 2 роки тому +6

      People tried to control what we drink once before. I dare people with irrational political ideals to try that again without getting a broken jaw.

    • @sik3xploit
      @sik3xploit 2 роки тому +6

      @@dariusus9870 I don't know about that. Muslims like to say they invented everything in the world too.

    • @beauxr.benoit1374
      @beauxr.benoit1374 2 роки тому +5

      @@sik3xploit Dan Quayle would like to talk to you about that.

  • @dinomonzon7493
    @dinomonzon7493 2 роки тому +74

    If I remember correctly, Der Fuehrer also had Dr. Ferdinand Porsche design and build the Volkswagen, still one of the most classic and popular cars to this day.
    So, why should I not drink Fanta? I remember it having root beer and grape soda variants. A bit sweeter than Coca Cola for me, but still a good drink to have. Nice video.

    • @raymondlong7833
      @raymondlong7833 2 роки тому +1

      That stuff is poisoning man. Its not good for you or anything bar the exception of profits

    • @DarkKatzy013
      @DarkKatzy013 2 роки тому +6

      @@raymondlong7833 neither is any other soft drink....

    • @raymondlong7833
      @raymondlong7833 2 роки тому

      @@DarkKatzy013 duh

    • @richardpowell1772
      @richardpowell1772 2 роки тому +12

      I’m drinking a Fanta right now. I hope I don’t spill any on my Hugo Boss tie. 🤞

    • @MrKbonez
      @MrKbonez 2 роки тому +7

      @@richardpowell1772 Meh. I'm sitting here wearing lederhosen, drinking a lager/fanta shandy, whilst smoking a pipe and proposing anschluss with Austria while the TV plays a continuous loop of every goal Germany has ever scored in the World Cup.
      Prost!

  • @jaytrace1006
    @jaytrace1006 2 роки тому +14

    When I was in college, I took a trip to the USSR over Christmas break. They only had two kinds of pop available to us. One was a homegrown Fresca-type drink called Sport, Pepsi, and, to my surprise, Fanta Orange.

    • @realtsarbomba
      @realtsarbomba 2 роки тому

      I remember that too, in 1986 we were two weeks in Leningrad, Pepsi was everywhere another thing I remember were mechanical arcade shooting game, bit like famous "Alien Gun" but with real mosin nagant attached to it. For a 6 year old it was a treasure.

    • @jaytrace1006
      @jaytrace1006 2 роки тому

      I remember arcade-sized pong, and some game where you loaded logs onto a flatbed truck. Awful…

    • @realtsarbomba
      @realtsarbomba 2 роки тому

      @@jaytrace1006 you could literally hear those clockwork mechanisms churning inside. Still I spent a small fortune of 10 kopek coins on that hunting game, oh there was a "claw game" too with Olympic games mascots and other east European cuddly toys.

    • @andym28
      @andym28 Рік тому

      Russians only drink vodka and read Dostoevsky.

  • @johnnydollar666
    @johnnydollar666 2 роки тому +18

    wear Hugo Boss, drive a VW, and take a BAYER aspirin with a Fanta...

    • @susieq3950
      @susieq3950 2 роки тому +3

      Don't forget if your pregnant take Thalidomide!

    • @geraldfriend256
      @geraldfriend256 2 роки тому +1

      @@susieq3950 I found out my mom took it.ew.Lucky I don't have flippers.

  • @OldVermontGuy
    @OldVermontGuy 2 роки тому +11

    Mark Pendergast did a super job of documenting the whole Coca Cola saga. He was the research librarian at a college where I taught in the 1980's. I had a chance to get to know him during the period when he was researching Coca Cola and writing his book on its history. A first rate scholar as well as a superb storyteller in his own right!

  • @Tmanaz480
    @Tmanaz480 2 роки тому +27

    I highly reccomend the book Simon quoted from: "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola" by Mark Pendergast. It's a thorough and honest history of the company, with amazing insights into its distinctive management culture.

  • @Tenkai917
    @Tenkai917 2 роки тому +36

    Told my kid about this while they were drinking orange Fanta. They just looked at me, took a big swig, and said, "Oh rly? That's cool."
    Based.

    • @karlbush89
      @karlbush89 2 роки тому +3

      Sweet.

    • @theenzoferrari458
      @theenzoferrari458 2 роки тому +1

      Damn gen z kids. I'm millennial and enjoy this. Kids these don't care. Pfff

    • @joshfontanella
      @joshfontanella 2 роки тому

      Mood

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 роки тому +1

      If the younger generation doesn't understand history it is a failure of earlier generations

    • @madmaxthrax2964
      @madmaxthrax2964 2 роки тому +1

      Told my GF this and she brought home 4 cases 👍

  • @heresjohnny1219
    @heresjohnny1219 2 роки тому +22

    “Killed in an air raid before charges could be brought” 🤔 convenient….

    • @bosmerfromcanada3878
      @bosmerfromcanada3878 2 роки тому +1

      "Judge" Roland Freisler...most likely. All I can say is GOOD RIDDANCE.

    • @incredibleflameboy
      @incredibleflameboy 2 роки тому +2

      I mean if you're going to assassinate someone it's effective

    • @peterfitzpatrick7032
      @peterfitzpatrick7032 2 роки тому

      I doubt he would have seen it as "convenient" ... 🙄😂

  • @chrissirvid5845
    @chrissirvid5845 2 роки тому +2

    Another great show from the team. Interesting and informative as usual.

  • @brett4264
    @brett4264 2 роки тому +10

    A Volkswagen Fox was the best car I've ever owned. The cost per mile on that car was only 25% of the the cost per mile of all the other cars I've ever owned. I'll probably buy another if needed.

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 роки тому +3

      The lesson here is ironically that perhaps Nazism good in a car plant but really bad in politics?!

  • @Archimedes616
    @Archimedes616 2 роки тому +5

    I took a couple of semesters of German during my university days back in the 1970s, and one of the exercises involved reciting a restaurant menu selection whose beverage item was "ein glas Fanta." Although I thought it strange at the time, I see now that it would have been a very common beverage choice in a German restaurant.

  • @darrenohairtneide1494
    @darrenohairtneide1494 2 роки тому +86

    Love all the fantas. At Leeds airport I had Coca Cola “orange”. It was fabulous

    • @JessicaDuBois
      @JessicaDuBois 2 роки тому +1

      I never liked it much, have it here in certain stores. I've always wanted to visit overseas!!! I bet it's amazing ☺️

    • @darrenohairtneide1494
      @darrenohairtneide1494 2 роки тому +5

      @@JessicaDuBois I’m from Ireland and we’ve very limited drinks in comparison to the US 😵‍💫

    • @aidanmoran12
      @aidanmoran12 2 роки тому +6

      @@darrenohairtneide1494 gwan the Bohs!

    • @zappababe8577
      @zappababe8577 2 роки тому +2

      There used to be a type of squash drink which was coca-cola and orange flavour. As kids, my sister and I used to love it! There also used to be a sachet of powder called "Appeal" which you mixed with water to make a very tangy orange drink. It was delicious and so refreshing! Wish it was still on the market. The closest thing which tastes like it is Libby's Orange C, but it's not quite the same.

    • @BBulletin
      @BBulletin 2 роки тому +2

      @@darrenohairtneide1494 Yeah, over here in the US we will drink practically anything, and, being capitalists, our market provides practically everything! (No wonder we are overweight!)

  • @doomgod314
    @doomgod314 2 роки тому +82

    "We wanted to remind people of their childhoods" -Coca-cola
    Not ALL people, apparently. Just people who grew up in the 1960s and no earlier

    • @twizz420
      @twizz420 2 роки тому +2

      Smh... Coca cola has been around for 126 years lol

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 2 роки тому +4

      What’s worse: Coca-Cola was invented by a Confederate soldier.

    • @tonytiger2914
      @tonytiger2914 2 роки тому

      @@Shadowkey392 yeehaw yankie doodle dandy😂

    • @theJellyjoker
      @theJellyjoker 2 роки тому +3

      @Rolling Stone a fitting metaphor for post war south

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 роки тому +1

      @Rolling Stone although in classic confederacy and previous slave owning societies show it likely a slave invented cola also ;)
      Remember apparently a man responsible for bayeax tapestry ;)

  • @glazdarklee1683
    @glazdarklee1683 2 роки тому +11

    Fanta is my favorite part of the Coca-Cola "Freestyle" dispensers, which allow me to revisit the flavors of my wild youth.

    • @johnharris6655
      @johnharris6655 2 роки тому +1

      I hate Freestyle dispensers, because there is always that one person who cannot make up their mind.

    • @Wraith_of_Storm
      @Wraith_of_Storm 2 роки тому

      Those Freestyle machines suck! They fail to capture the flavors of the drinks, that can be bought off the shelf. Even when it is taken care of, it tastes like flat, watered-down soda. Bleh!

  • @Opharg
    @Opharg 2 роки тому +15

    Fanta sadly changed their recipe again a few years back in Germany, making it significantly sweeter and add more carbonation. I loved Fanta Klassik and am still sad, that it was a temporary product

    • @HorrorshowEU
      @HorrorshowEU 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I imported some Fanta Klassik to Sweden, that stuff was great! Also lovely bottles.

    • @OldNew45
      @OldNew45 2 роки тому

      I ran into,it a lot while I was stationed in/around Asia. The extra carbonation was a sticking point for me.

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen 2 роки тому

      I remember it was different in the 1980's. But it happened here in Denmark as well. We have these two brands called Squash (orange soda) and then Jolly Cola. The taste was changed back in the 1990's. Sadly. The old Jolly tasted better than Coca Cola. The new Jolly is more Pepsi like in taste.

  • @nonyajones4484
    @nonyajones4484 2 роки тому +4

    There was some degree of Fanta advertising in the United States during the early 90s. I believe this video states that all US advertising and marketing was pulled until 2001. You were able to UA-cam the “don’t you want a Fanta” Video from the 90s

  • @KaoticReach1999
    @KaoticReach1999 2 роки тому +15

    “Now that I know this history, I don’t want to drink this soda anymore!”
    *Tards of the world*

    • @beekeeper8474
      @beekeeper8474 2 роки тому

      Is there a way so many liberals Drive Volkswagens?

    • @KaoticReach1999
      @KaoticReach1999 2 роки тому +1

      @Jacob Armstrong You proved my point while completely missing it 😭

    • @KaoticReach1999
      @KaoticReach1999 2 роки тому

      @@beekeeper8474 Because we like things as dysfunctional as us

    • @KaoticReach1999
      @KaoticReach1999 2 роки тому

      @Rick Jackson u gai

    • @bladerj
      @bladerj 2 роки тому

      or stop using baygon......and that mertholaid company

  • @Jaysin412
    @Jaysin412 2 роки тому +2

    I really wanna try the black currant flavor now

    • @maryvon8518
      @maryvon8518 2 роки тому

      I want to try the elderberry flavor

  • @smashboogietheilladelic5740
    @smashboogietheilladelic5740 2 роки тому +11

    I rock with Fanta! You learn something new everyday. Great segment

  • @charlesmadisonrhea
    @charlesmadisonrhea 2 роки тому

    Fascinating. Thanks Simon

  • @dcseain
    @dcseain 2 роки тому +5

    This was one of the most interesting videos to date for me.

  • @charlesperez9976
    @charlesperez9976 2 роки тому +1

    That was,as always,fascinating!
    I’ll try harder in the future to not be lazy,and will leave comments more often!
    😅

  • @SethAurelius94
    @SethAurelius94 2 роки тому +58

    Now I want to see a commercial of hitler singing don't you want a fanta.

    • @Otokichi786
      @Otokichi786 2 роки тому +5

      Nein! "Drinking Fanta gives ME the energy to Blitz Europe! Have a Fanta and get Buzzed.";) Fanta: The Power Drink of The Third Reich.

    • @podulox
      @podulox 2 роки тому

      whoa oh oh whoa?
      Coz that would be erm... erm...
      (Gotta go now, Mummy wants me to go to bed... See you next season...)

    • @beekeeper8474
      @beekeeper8474 2 роки тому +1

      While driving a VW

    • @sik3xploit
      @sik3xploit 2 роки тому +1

      lol everyone on Twitter would shit themselves. I'd love it.

    • @kateofone
      @kateofone 2 роки тому +1

      Because I know the history I will drink Fanta far more than ever

  • @legind7549
    @legind7549 2 роки тому +2

    Hitlers annexation of Australia in May 1938 ? Really ? First time I’ve head about that.

  • @alyssinwilliams4570
    @alyssinwilliams4570 2 роки тому +12

    Love Fanta, the regular orange and the tangerine. Would love to see like... blood orange, or mikan (satsuma).

    • @hilotakenaka
      @hilotakenaka 2 роки тому +1

      Personally I’d love to have a Shimanto bushukan variant

    • @alyssinwilliams4570
      @alyssinwilliams4570 2 роки тому

      @@hilotakenaka That could be tasty... I've never tried buddha's hand, is it good?

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 2 роки тому +13

    meanwhile there are those funky flavors from the Asian regions.

  • @josephswaney6420
    @josephswaney6420 2 роки тому +17

    I've kind of always wanted to taste the original flavor of it, just to see what the wartime product tasted like

    • @mulrich
      @mulrich 2 роки тому

      Yeah, that would be nice.

    • @muskokamike127
      @muskokamike127 2 роки тому +1

      You would then REALLY want to try the original coca cola formula that actually contained cocaine. If you ever go to Mexico try a coke in the glass bottle. That's the closest you'll get. It has an edge to it that "new coke" doesn't have.

    • @mulrich
      @mulrich 2 роки тому +2

      @@muskokamike127 Coca-Cola still contains coca leaf extract to this day, but obviously, it's not going to get you high.

    • @muskokamike127
      @muskokamike127 2 роки тому +1

      @@mulrich yes because the compounds that get you high are removed.....but they didn't always do that.....

    • @user-neo71665
      @user-neo71665 2 роки тому +3

      @@muskokamike127 I can easily find Mexican bottled cokes here in Arkansas.

  • @shaneeslick
    @shaneeslick 2 роки тому +1

    G'day Simon,
    Another interesting video from the team,
    From an Aussie Fan Ta 😁

  • @harjutapa
    @harjutapa 2 роки тому +22

    3:40 AND 4:29 that is a fake ad created in 2004 for an "art exhibit" called The Coca-Cola Nazi Advert Challenge
    Snopes has a well documented break down of the whole thing.
    I'm surprised, Simon. Usually you do better research than that.

    • @hannahatkins636
      @hannahatkins636 2 роки тому +5

      Not trying to that person but in the credits it says that Simon is the presenter. He doesn't write the scripts, he just reads them.

    • @slinkerdeer
      @slinkerdeer 2 роки тому +3

      The sheer amount of channels he narrates for is enough to know he certainly doesn't do the research

    • @jeremyhennessee6604
      @jeremyhennessee6604 2 роки тому +2

      Harjutapa: he is the presenter, not the researcher/script writer.
      Usually viewers are better at reading the credits.

    • @YouTubecanfuckagoat
      @YouTubecanfuckagoat 2 роки тому

      He really doesn’t.

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 2 роки тому +5

      Don’t really trust snopes too much after several shenanigans so telling someone to do research after citing them is kinda humorous.

  • @AspenDarkfire
    @AspenDarkfire 2 роки тому +20

    The elections in Germany on march of 1932 was a very close race.
    President hindenberg beat adolf hitler by 49% to 30% and gained reelection.
    However, because of hyper-inflation, a stagnant and declining industrial base, and the crippling of the economy because of ww1 reparation and trade embargos. The quality of life for the average german continued to decline.
    By july of that year, confidence in hindenberg had wavered and Hitlers promise of a return of german greatness became ever more appealing.
    .... But... Hitler faced the same economic collapse hindenberg faced... How could he do any better than hindenberg?
    Well.... Ibm gave them state of the art computer systems
    Coca cola invented a new product (fanta) specifically to keep production up (coca was a restricted good)
    Aeg developed state of the art electrical systems that "got the trains running on time"
    Ford (opel in Germany) started producing illegal engines (that would later by used in the tanks of the blitzkrieg.
    General motors started producing armoured cars and trucks.
    Standard oil provided the oil.
    Firestone and du point made the wheels
    Hugo boss designed the uniforms
    Jp morgan and chase bank provided huge financial aid in $ instead of the useless dauchsmarks his political opponents were forced to use.
    .... And the German economy boomed so much that hitler was awarded time magazines, man of the year.
    So remember... When your asked "why did the nazis rise to power?"
    The correct answer is "because hitler was a really good public speaker.

    • @bramvanroosmalen2294
      @bramvanroosmalen2294 2 роки тому +4

      David, small correction, Opel in Rüsselsheim sold themselves in the 1920s due to said econonic problems to General Motors. Ford on the other hand operated a large factory in Cologne.

    • @AspenDarkfire
      @AspenDarkfire 2 роки тому +4

      @@bramvanroosmalen2294 all corrections greatly appreciated 👍

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord 2 роки тому +2

      The aftermath of Hitler running for president and losing is a wild tale of its own. The best retelling of it is in William L. Shirer's classic "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".

    • @felipe367
      @felipe367 2 роки тому +1

      “Great speaker “ backed by not so great people or else he would have been a nobody…

    • @quocvinhnguyen2063
      @quocvinhnguyen2063 2 місяці тому

      "Coca cola invented a new product (fanta) specifically to keep production up (coca was a restricted good)"
      Huh? What are you talking about? Fanta was made in WW2 (1941) as a replacement for Coca Cola when America enforced full embargo on Germany, not after 1933. Do you even watch this video?

  • @RISE-327
    @RISE-327 2 роки тому

    Thankyou for the Uplifting intro .

  • @Moose92411
    @Moose92411 2 роки тому

    Fascinating historical clarification!

  • @random_adventuring
    @random_adventuring 2 роки тому +7

    we should all pitch in and buy Simon a beard comb.

    • @VeraBean
      @VeraBean 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah, we should look at the company beard blaze. I've heard good things about them somewhere... Can't quite place where.

    • @ShidoDraws
      @ShidoDraws 2 роки тому

      Beard... Yeah, I got none.

    • @theenzoferrari458
      @theenzoferrari458 2 роки тому

      @@VeraBean my brain needs a good Blaze.

  • @czarmike414
    @czarmike414 2 роки тому

    I had a pina colada flavored Fanta the other day. Yum.
    Excellent video thank you so much.

  • @JayTheReaper
    @JayTheReaper 2 роки тому

    Amazing video my friend, amazing

  • @SovekOnivris
    @SovekOnivris 2 роки тому +1

    I do not know why my youtube decided to turn CC on but I am glad it did as everytime "Fanta" was said it mis-transcribed it as something else. At one point it wrote it out as Panther. I had to keep going back every few minutes to re-listen to sections because the CC had me cracking up too much to pay attention the first time

  • @Nupagade246
    @Nupagade246 2 роки тому

    Another awesome one. Tu

  • @armedpenguin3825
    @armedpenguin3825 2 роки тому +3

    Fanta: orange 🍊
    Fanta: blitz w/ pervitin
    (Limited time only) 😆

  • @UncleCuck
    @UncleCuck 2 роки тому +1

    When will people understand big companies don’t really care, they only want your money and will advertise to do so.

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 2 роки тому +4

    Ahhh, when I was a boy, Coca-Cola was like real Coca-Cola.. The type the Medellin Cartel used to enjoy, jammed full of Magic C 😵😵😵

  • @williamswartzjr4497
    @williamswartzjr4497 2 роки тому +1

    Growing up on the 70s, I remember Fanta root beer, orange and grape being sold in Coca-Cola vending machines. I always liked the root beer, was sad when they stopped selling them in the US.

  • @stevejohnson6248
    @stevejohnson6248 2 роки тому +1

    You should do an episode on IG Farbin, it was a major German chemical corporation prior to WW2 that did business all over the world. After the war it was broken up into several pieces that still exist today.

  • @TheMDJ2000
    @TheMDJ2000 2 роки тому

    What a fascinating story - there's a film in there somewhere...

  • @Dreju78
    @Dreju78 2 роки тому

    VERY well written!

  • @chrishei3111
    @chrishei3111 2 роки тому

    What a crazy thing it is to NEED to invent a new soda, and for it to be a hit!

  • @jayt.640
    @jayt.640 2 роки тому

    Loved ice cold strawberry fanta when I was younger but things change and evolve.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @user-sc2bl5fc7b
    @user-sc2bl5fc7b 2 роки тому +1

    Grew up in west Australia and enjoyed fanta through the 70s till now and was never off the market here .

  • @johnharris6655
    @johnharris6655 2 роки тому

    If you can find it, one of James Cagney's best movie is a comedy called "One-Two-Three." He plays the head of Coca-Cola in post war West Berlin and causes the closure of East Berlin from the West.

  • @thepaintingbanjo8894
    @thepaintingbanjo8894 2 роки тому

    I remember those Fanta TV ads in middle school. That was around 2001 and I had no idea that was when the brand made a surgence that late in the US.

  • @christopherbuilder5354
    @christopherbuilder5354 2 роки тому

    Isn’t this a repost? I’m sure I watched this already, and found it super interesting!!

  • @rkn700
    @rkn700 2 роки тому +4

    Henry Ford not only did business in Nazi Germany, he also did business with Soviet Russia under Josef Stalin. Fanta has long been available in Chicago, but made in Mexico. Coca Cola from Mexico which uses real cane sugar in less carbonation.The Chicago area was also the last market to drop Tab, which happened a few years ago.

  • @myrtlefishing7722
    @myrtlefishing7722 2 роки тому +3

    Spezi came about around that time I believe as well. I love spezi its been years since I've had an authentic bottle.

    • @mergru6371
      @mergru6371 2 роки тому

      It's cola and fanta mixed..

    • @myrtlefishing7722
      @myrtlefishing7722 2 роки тому

      @@mergru6371 yea but it's not the same as it bottled as spezi.

  • @arkady714
    @arkady714 2 роки тому +1

    I think I remember reading that Fanta has the highest sugar content of any carbonated beverage sold in the US. I, personally, like the stuff but the thought of a liquid containing more sugar than Coke itself turns me off.

    • @arkady714
      @arkady714 2 роки тому

      @@Flamerule13th Thanks very much. I knew that as a matter of fact, as I lived 20 years in Europe. My favorite was Orangina.

  • @Henchman_Holding_Wrench
    @Henchman_Holding_Wrench 2 роки тому +2

    "Good times" for me meant watching the Fanta girls TV commercials when I was young.

  • @LuvJT101
    @LuvJT101 2 роки тому +20

    And yet, it didn’t need to rebrand like Facebook did. Conclusion: Fb is the worst of all.

    • @slyguythreeonetwonine3172
      @slyguythreeonetwonine3172 2 роки тому

      That's super META!

    • @geraldfriend256
      @geraldfriend256 2 роки тому

      Therefore Facebook is worse than Hitler, genocide notwithstanding.

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen 2 роки тому

      I dont care.... I deleted my FB account in 2014. 😁 Never looked back. Never missed it. Too much bad mouthing went on for my taste. And to be honest. As far as I remember it, then it was not real social interaction that went on. People used it to look into other peoples life, and there were no real communication on a true personal leve going on at that place. Not for me, thanks but no thanks.

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen 2 роки тому

      @@geraldfriend256 They can not be compared, except for FB want all your information. That is the only comparison.

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter 2 роки тому +1

    Good video 👍

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting topic. I was surprised to find Fanta in Indonesia (orange and strawberry flavors) and apparently more popular than Coca-Cola judging by the stocks in refrigerated drink cases in the corner shops.

  • @shannonbayley3684
    @shannonbayley3684 2 роки тому

    Fanta has always been around and very popular in Australia. This is a fascinating story 🥤

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 2 роки тому +6

    I recall drinking Fanta grapes, my fave. However, the brand was discontinued in my country in the late '90s

    • @muskokamike127
      @muskokamike127 2 роки тому

      Yeah, grape was one of the best around.....

    • @susandebruin8648
      @susandebruin8648 2 роки тому

      You can still get it here in South Africa

  • @bobtheduck
    @bobtheduck 2 роки тому +1

    I remember going to Australia and Fiji and getting Fanta in one of them (or both?) and being like "Weird foreign drinks" and coming back home and seeing it on the shelves. Same thing happened with Nutella and eventually Milo. Just looked it up and Nutella apparently came to the US in the '80s, but I had never heard of it until I went to the South Pacific. I guess it just wasn't popular in my circles. Pretty sure Milo first came to the US around that time, though (~2001)

  • @ludoxz
    @ludoxz 2 роки тому

    im german and didnt knew Fanta comes from germany, you learn something new everyday

  • @Maine307
    @Maine307 2 роки тому

    Iraq deployment 04-05 Fanta Strawberry treats when returning ! OMG ! Love the Fanta Strawberry hard to find! Iraq and Thailand was and is the only place i have found any to purchase for home use. ( not talking about soft drinks at restaurants commercial sales)

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 2 роки тому

    i like fanta blackcurrants sugar free range, fascinating video too!

  • @rohan_shny
    @rohan_shny 2 роки тому

    Hi Simon..had a idea for a video..how about league of Nations founding and failure..

  • @FearlessLeader2001
    @FearlessLeader2001 2 роки тому +30

    Considering WW2 also caused the existence of tentacle hentai, and everyone knows, yeah I think most people are still gonna drink fanta.

    • @dylanmccallister1888
      @dylanmccallister1888 2 роки тому +1

      What? It did? How?

    • @FearlessLeader2001
      @FearlessLeader2001 2 роки тому +4

      @@dylanmccallister1888 Well, on June 28, 1914, archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death in his motorcade why evading another assassination attempt, and from there, a series of unfortunate events happened that lead to the outbreak of WW1.

    • @dylanmccallister1888
      @dylanmccallister1888 2 роки тому +2

      How do you even have likes, is the world illiterate? You clearly said NOT A FUCKING THING about the first world war

    • @FearlessLeader2001
      @FearlessLeader2001 2 роки тому

      @@dylanmccallister1888 we get there when we get there! Anyway. After WW1, there was a power vaccuum in germany left enough room for the Third Reich to rise. With Japan and Germany having the same goal of world domination, they decided to Ally up, with Japan dealing with the US and China, with Germany taking over everything else. Basically set in motion the events that led to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
      Now, after the war, having been nuked twice and being invaded by a foreign power, Japan needed something to help them rebuild morale. The main way they did this was through traditionally animated movies and comics; the first forms of manga and anime. Anime would catch on quick, spawning all types of offshoots, one of those being hentai.
      Now, with Japan having traditional values, they would soon outright ban the depiction of any sexual organs in any entertainment media, which would become a problem. You see, it is incredibly time consuming and expensive to have to censor a dick frame by frame, especially if it's moving a lot...so a loophole was found: tentacles. See, because tentacles aren't human sex organs, they don't need to be censored.
      Now, I can't say for certain *why* this fucking nonsense picked up and was so popular since, but there you go. Tentacle porn was a direct result of little boy and fat man.

  • @cuauh13m0c
    @cuauh13m0c 2 роки тому

    I was talking about this a few hours ago! Damn coincidence you post something about it today.

    • @georgewood9385
      @georgewood9385 2 роки тому

      what culture made a video about it this morning

  • @andrewosier614
    @andrewosier614 2 роки тому

    4:14 Why do I hear you say Australia instead of Austria?
    Either I need a good long sleep or I'm going nuts, possibly the later. 😄

  • @bespoke2147
    @bespoke2147 2 роки тому +2

    Can't forget Henry Ford made the Furnaces

  • @ShidoDraws
    @ShidoDraws 2 роки тому

    Thailand fanta is nostalgic. Not as sugary as the orange fanta but it sure does taste like some Thai drinks I've had as a kid.

  • @geblah187
    @geblah187 2 роки тому

    The mid-video ad I got for coca cola was questionably placed lol

  • @TooLameToDie
    @TooLameToDie 2 роки тому

    Strawberry and orange Fanta are amazing.

  • @kkandbeyond
    @kkandbeyond 2 роки тому

    Amazingly interesting 🤔

  • @merakki
    @merakki 2 роки тому

    World War 2 introduced me to Methamphetamine and I been hooked since thanks.

  • @reginaldscot165
    @reginaldscot165 2 роки тому

    I have known this since the 90s. My friends and I used to say when drinking it. “Fanta, a fantastic drink for a fantastic race.” 😅

  • @Notsosweetstevia
    @Notsosweetstevia 2 роки тому +4

    Well Volkswagen has similar origins.

  • @Lagotarius
    @Lagotarius 2 роки тому

    Interesting video, as always.
    I wonder what the original Fanta tasted like. Sounds a bit like Rivella but maybe it is not, there is no apple in it... On a second thought, forget the Rivella comparison.

  • @torgomax
    @torgomax 2 роки тому

    I've always wanted to try Nukacola..

  • @Flemdragon
    @Flemdragon 2 роки тому

    “In Germany” I absolutely died. Lol

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 2 роки тому +1

    7:40 The correct answer to _that_ one is "Whoever won the war."

  • @TheAlcoholic27
    @TheAlcoholic27 2 роки тому

    Can you do a video about how you keep your beard so epic?

  • @darkball31
    @darkball31 2 роки тому

    *were bringing back the good old times* facisum

  • @ryancoulter4797
    @ryancoulter4797 2 роки тому

    Used to be a Fanta machine at my dads job here in Canada. Loved the orange. Hated cream soda. At one point, when I was five or six, Fanta printed flags of the world on the bottle caps and I was scooping them from the trap under the bottle opener.

  • @ziggyblue782
    @ziggyblue782 2 роки тому +1

    I love Fanta! I don’t give a hoot where it came from or who invented it. The man was a soda genius.

  • @k3digichaos
    @k3digichaos 2 роки тому

    what better way to subvert and control thru addiction and illness. Bottoms up!

  • @Intaketv
    @Intaketv 2 роки тому +1

    Is it coincidence that yours and what cultures Fanta video were released within 6 hours of each others?

  • @bobalenko
    @bobalenko 2 роки тому

    Fanta is derived from the German word "Fantastisch", which translated to English is Fantastic

  • @SimuLord
    @SimuLord 2 роки тому

    Term life insurance is the world's most fascinating casino game. The house says "I got a million bucks says you'll live through the next ten years" and the player-you-say "I got ten years of premiums says I drop dead. I'll give you 20 to 1."

  • @chrisp1016
    @chrisp1016 2 роки тому +1

    Already knew and definitely would

  • @pontusb5366
    @pontusb5366 2 роки тому

    I can recomend the fanta shokata in the intro (blue one). 1:30

  • @IriDiuM1109
    @IriDiuM1109 2 роки тому

    4:14 I had to listen several times to be sure he said Austria and not Australia. Cause that would have come as a shock haha

  • @ashproof
    @ashproof 2 роки тому

    Watching pet cemetery while watching your add intro. I know if a good life insurance policy.

  • @matttilley8620
    @matttilley8620 2 роки тому

    Have you read Blitzed? A bit off topic, but your video reminds me of the book about rampant meth abuse in Germany during WW2.