The soft drinks Mello Yello (introduced in 1979), Sun Drop (introduced in 1949) and Mountain Dew (introduced in 1961) have been compared to each other.
“i call mello yellow the poor man’s mountain dew 😛” was posted on Twitter by S O P H I E 馃悵 on June 7, 2009. “Mello yello us the poor man’s mountain dew” was posted on Twitter by Jenny on September 28, 2009. “Mellow Yellow is a poor man’s Mountain Dew” was posted on Twitter by woody boyd on January 7, 2011. “Mello Yello is the poor man’s Mountain Dew they can’t even afford the W’s at the end of mellow or yellow #badjoke” was posted on Tiwtter by Lord Justin of Blairadam on January 19, 2011. “Mello yello is poor man’s mountain dew. Hell, it can’t even afford a w!” was posted on Tiwtter by Christopher Freiss 馃 on August 6, 2014.
“So @mtn_dew is a poor man’s #SunDrop?” was posted on Twitter by Sun Drop on March 16, 2010. “Sun drop is the poor man’s mountain dew” was posted on Twitter by Alfred YeahiSkate on May 29, 2011. “Shit my dad says: Sun Drop is a poor man’s Mountain Dew” was posted on Tiwtter by Amanda Gunter on May 31, 2011. “Sun Drop tastes like a poor man’s Mountain Dew” was posted on Twitter by KrazyKobun on June 23, 2011. “Sun Drop is a poor man’s Mello Yello, which is already a poor man’s Mountain Dew” was posted on Twitter by Zach on November 11, 2016.
Wikipedia: Mello Yello
Mello Yello is a highly caffeinated, citrus-flavored soft drink produced, distributed and created by the Coca-Cola Company that was introduced on March 12, 1979, to compete with PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew.
Wikipedia: Sun Drop
Sun Drop is a citrus-flavored soft drink produced by Keurig Dr Pepper with a yellowish-green color. Among soft drinks, it is known for its high caffeine content. Orange juice is an ingredient in the drink, and remaining pulp matter from the orange juice provides some of the soft drink’s taste and appearance. Sun Drop competes primarily against the Coca-Cola Company’s Mello Yello and PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew.
Wikipedia: Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew in some countries, is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia.[2] William H. “Bill” Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, and the distribution expanded across the United States and Canada.
Twitter
S O P H I E 馃悵
@sophhbee
@wethedan haha i call mello yellow the poor man’s mountain dew 😛
3:48 PM 路 Jul 7, 2009
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marc sanders
@fischerfinch
Faygo’s Moon Mist flvr is poor man’s Mello Yello which is poor man’s Mt Dew. A copy of a copy - like when children of inbreds also inbreed
10:36 PM 路 Sep 3, 2009
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Jenny
@imdominating
Mello yello us the poor man’s mountain dew. Can it keep me awake for the night?
6:46 PM 路 Sep 28, 2009
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Sun Drop
@SunDrop
So @mtn_dew is a poor man’s #SunDrop? RT @hmhackmaster: Hey
@NathanFillion: Sun Drop when I can get it or Mountain Dew when I can’t.
3:48 PM 路 Mar 16, 2010
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Greg Watterworth Jr.
@DestroVega
@LilMissNYJet mellow yellow a poor man’s MT. Dew… better song than soda. I used to love it as a kid.. doesn’t hold up.. Like Danger Mouse!
1:27 PM 路 Aug 17, 2010
Twitter
woody boyd
@pineapplecakes
Mellow Yellow is a poor man’s Mountain Dew.
8:34 AM 路 Jan 7, 2011
Tiwtter
Lord Justin of Blairadam
@XjumauX
Mello Yello is the poor man’s Mountain Dew they can’t even afford the W’s at the end of mellow or yellow #badjoke
9:25 PM 路 Jan 19, 2011
Twitter
jdc48160
@jdc48160
@CFTV I don’t know if Coke does, but we have one at work in our pop machine called Sun Drop. I call it poor man’s Mtn. Dew. Good stuff!
7:18 PM 路 May 15, 2011
Twitter
Alfred YeahiSkate
@JustThatAmazin
Sun drop is the poor man’s mountain dew
3:12 AM 路 May 29, 2011
Tiwtter
Amanda Gunter
@AJGunter85
Shit my dad says: Sun Drop is a poor man’s Mountain Dew.
9:17 PM 路 May 31, 2011
Twitter
KrazyKobun
@KrazyKobun
Sun Drop tastes like a poor man’s Mountain Dew.
9:29 PM 路 Jun 23, 2011
Twitter
Steve Christofferson
@Steve_RedSunG
@DJmizuhara As a kid, I remember Mellow Yellow as the poor man’s version of Mountain Dew. Both good gaming drinks. Who carries it?
7:51 PM 路 Jun 28, 2011
Twitter
Jake Christie
@TheJakeChristie
Mello Yello is a poor man’s Mountain Dew. Sun Drop, on the other hand, is a starving, Somalian man’s Mountain Dew. #ComparingSoftDrinks
6:19 PM 路 Mar 15, 2012
Tiwtter
Chris Owens
@chrisbuckowens
My new Mello Yello ad slogans: “Mello Yello - the poor man’s Mt. Dew.”
1:48 PM 路 Oct 29, 2012
Twitter
Tyler Durden II
@BroMontana34
Mello Yello is a poor man’s Mountain Dew. And I will never drink that shit.
7:14 PM 路 Jan 5, 2013
Twitter
Robbie Mouton
@TheCowSaysMou
Mello Yello = Poor man’s Mountain Dew
12:14 PM 路 Jan 15, 2013
Twitter
Jonathan Potts
@jepotts
Mello Yello: The poor man’s Mountain Dew? Or is Mountain Dew the poor man’s Mountain Dew?
6:31 PM 路 Nov 25, 2013
Tiwtter
Christopher Freiss 馃
@CFreiss_boston
Mello yello is poor man’s mountain dew. Hell, it can’t even afford a w!
5:15 PM 路 Aug 6, 2014
Twitter
Silky Smooth
@jmoneystrenk
Mellow Yellow is like a poor man’s Mountain Dew. I think that’s why I love it so much. I’m poor as shit.
11:57 PM 路 Dec 11, 2014
Twitter
OPWchris 馃枛
@OPWchris
@HorrorMovieBBQ @FreddyInSpace: Mello Yello is a poor man’s Mountain Dew & is not worthy to be imbibed by yours truly.
12:17 AM 路 Feb 11, 2015
Tiwtter
Edward Adams
@EdAdams
Mello Yello—the poor man’s Mt. Dew (and that’s saying something)—gets radical packaging revamp. http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/lowdown-mello-yello-batman-cereal-debuts/302018/
8:54 PM 路 Jan 6, 2016
Twitter
Zach
@zashr_
Sun Drop is a poor man’s Mello Yello, which is already a poor man’s Mountain Dew
11:05 AM 路 Nov 11, 2016
Twitter
Scope
@ScopeGuardPony
Think of Mello Yellow as a poor man’s Mountain Dew.
9:07 PM 路 Apr 22, 2017
Twitter
Noah Hobbs
@Hobbs_Duluth
twitter followers. Sun Drop the pop. is that like a poor man’s Mountain Dew or a Squirt knock off?!?!
6:55 PM 路 Apr 19, 2018 from Duluth, MN
Twitter
Tadams
@tadams4nfive
Mellow Yellow is just a poor man’s Mountain Dew.
8:15 PM 路 Apr 15, 2019
Twitter
Mike Follmer
@mjfollmer70
Mr. Pibb is to Dr. Pepper as Mello Yello is to Mountain Dew. Translation a poor man’s version.
9:04 PM 路 May 30, 2019
Twitter
Paralax Problem Child
@Hellbound8541
@KennethRWebster Mello Yellow was the poor man鈥檚 Mt Dew
8:09 AM 路 Feb 25, 2022
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