It’s hard to find anybody that doesn’t enjoy a good Coca-Cola commercial, especially the ads with the friendly polar bears. Even rival soda brand, Pepsi, is on board with the furry Coke fans. In this latest ad from Pepsi Co, the brand desperately urges the friendly polar bears to switch to Pepsi, at least during summer. Unfortunately, it’s all bad news for the Pepsi bears.
When I watch this ad, I mostly think of Coca-Cola. This should be especially discouraging for Pepsi because I never think of Pepsi as I’m being charmed by a nice Coke commercial. Also, I don’t expect many to be delighted by the thought of polar bears “working on their tans, bro.” With global climate changes threatening the lives of our real polar bear friends in the arctic, I imagine Pepsi has already heard from PETA. They could’ve hired a famous girl to say “I drink Pepsi” for 30 seconds, but they had to go with the low blow, and it was well below the belt.