And a Diet Coke: Difference between revisions

 

== Advertising ==

* There was a Diet Coke commercial from the '80s featuring a Sumo wrestler being told by his master that he needs to greatly increase his calorie intake, then after Sensei exits, the wrestler looks around, and pulls out and taps a can of Diet Coke while the theme "Just for the taste of it" starts playing.

* Back when William "The Refrigerator" Perry was a big name in American football, McDonalds did a commercial starring him. The young woman taking his order (whose height, by the way, only went up to about the middle of his chest; The Fridge was a ''big'' guy) read it back to him: "That's four McDLTs, two large fries...and a ''diet'' Coke?"

 

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== Film ==

** Not to mention the "You shouldn't smoke" "Cancer, right?" "Not yet, thank goodness." scene in the ''first'' film.

* When ''[[Harold and Kumar]]'' finally get to White Castle, the former requests 30 sliders, 5 french fries, and 4 cherry cokes. Kumar, instead, asks for Diet Cokes.

* On an episode of ''[[The Odd Couple]]'', Oscar asks a visiting monk to make him a hamburger. On the burger, he asks for mustard, relish, pickles, hot sauce, peppers and chili. The monk says, "No onions?" Oscar replies, "No, I've got an ulcer."

* One episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' has the team's metabolism massively accelerated dues to the week's phlebotninum. [[I'll Take Two Beers, Too!|Each one of them orders three steaks]]. And Sam orders a diet soda. When Jack and Daniel look at her all funny, she says, "What? I like the taste better!"

* Also occurs in the British TV series ''[[Porridge]]'', where Fletcher is offered cocoa, which he accepts, and then sugar. He refuses the biscuits, citing watching his weight, as he dumps at least four heaping spoonfuls of sugar in his already-sweet cocoa.

* A sketch on ''[[The Ossie Ostrich Video Show]]'' had Ossie asking for 25 sugars in his cup of tea before adding "...but don't stir it. I hate anything sweet."

* ''[[Frasier]]''. When taking part in a weight-loss challenge yet finding that he's still gaining weight, the titular doctor exclaims, "But I added a salad to every meal!"

 

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* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' takes the joke a step further when, after Homer orders an assortment of fried foods from Krusty Burger, the clerk offers to deep-fry the bag. He accepts the offer, and then asks for "a Diet Coke. Deep-fried."

** Another time, Homer, at an ice cream parlor, is on his health-kick, so he orders a low-fat vanilla with a bunch of [[Bland-Name Product|bland named junk food and candy products]].

* ''[[Family Guy]]'': While driving Lois' pregnant sister to the hospital, Peter stops off at a drive-thru to order several cheeseburgers, but vacillates on the fries: "If I have fries, is anyone else gonna have any? I don't wanna be the only one eating 'em. I'll feel like a fatty."

** They later did a straight depiction of the "heavy woman drinking diet soda" gag, and they were even nice enough to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the joke]].

* ''[[Hey Arnold]]'': When Harold gets teased for being overweight, he decides to get something else from the Jolly Olly Man instead of his regular 6 Mister Fudgies. The Jolly Olly Man says that diet Mister Fudgies have half the fat of regular ones. Harold orders 12 of them. Nothing about this scene (or the episode) is played for laughs.

* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' 1987 series, Rocksteady asks the secretary, "Bring me five hundred jelly donuts and a diet soda. I'm trying to watch my weight."

* Occurs in not one but two episodes of ''[[Sons of Butcher]]''. In the first one, Ricky orders most of the greasy spoon diner's menu, deep fried (even the friend chicken!), but adds a diet coke to watch his weight. The other time, he orders a very processed cheese-heavy meal from a fast food restaurant with regular cokes. But when Doug points out the fat contents, Ricky agrees... and switches his cokes to diet.