April 29, 2008


Hot DP

From the Wikipedia entry on DP —

In the 1990s, the movie Blast from the Past has a character played by Christopher Walken whose wife (played by Sissy Spacek) prepared hot Dr Pepper. There was an actual campaign in the early 1960s to serve Dr Pepper hot with slices of lemon as a winter drink. The police investigators at the beginning of Blast from the Past can be seen reeling in disgust at his having it prepared hot.

Hot DP was an abomination. It was nasty.

posted by Sheila Ryan in advertising, branding, history, pop culture, products, recipes 

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5 Responses to “Hot DP”

  1. Cindy Scroggins on April 29th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    And Sheila knows nasty.

  2. Sheila Ryan on April 29th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    But Andrew can find nasty — fast!

  3. Kyle Wegner on April 30th, 2008 at 8:14 am

    Ok, I’ve never tried this, but putting DP hot over lemon makes me think this might not be a bad hot alcoholic beverage. I was thinking the other day about how almost all alcoholic drinks are cold unless you slip them into coffee or hot chocolate, but this might just be an avenue for another hot drink.

    Thoughts?

  4. Amy Mabli on April 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    I bet it’s pretty darn tasty.

  5. Sheila Ryan on April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    I don’t imagine a splash of absinthe could make it much worse.

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