View Full Version : Remember the soft drink, Mello-Yello?


GARFIELDKOOL
05-07-2006, 03:39 PM
What happened to it? I can't find it in stores anywhere. It disappeared. It was on the market not that long ago. It was some good pop. It was almost as good as Mountain Dew.

Brian Damage
05-07-2006, 03:40 PM
I think they still sell it down south.

Mr. Television
05-07-2006, 03:42 PM
It's hard to find but it's still out there. I had some a couple years ago.

EmoJoe
05-07-2006, 04:00 PM
they still sell it at some places here in those soda fountain things.

Mijada
05-07-2006, 04:05 PM
I still see it now and then.

Tuesday Weld
05-07-2006, 04:18 PM
I remember it, but haven't seen it around for a really long time.

moeee
05-07-2006, 04:26 PM
:D

PZelda
05-07-2006, 04:34 PM
:D
Wow, that brings back so many memories...The middle one was the Mello Yello design at the time when I was a very young kid in the late 80's. I miss that design...The sun was my fave part of the design. :D

MsOrange
05-07-2006, 04:36 PM
I live in SC and I believe I saw it int he store.......

moeee
05-07-2006, 04:36 PM
Yeah, i only remember the middle one as well. The other two i havent seen.

Courtnee
05-07-2006, 06:37 PM
I see it every now and then at the BX

Nighthawk76
05-07-2006, 06:46 PM
Wasn't "Mellow Yellow" also the title of a really corny song from the 1970's?

Chelsea
05-07-2006, 07:10 PM
You can get it at just about every conceivable location here (South Central KY) - it's even served in restaurant fountains.

80sTrivia
05-07-2006, 07:10 PM
I believe they still sell Mello Yello where I live, although I personally don't like the taste! :)

Jonathan
05-07-2006, 07:18 PM
Yeah, you can still buy it here.

retrochick9
05-07-2006, 07:20 PM
Wasn't "Mellow Yellow" also the title of a really corny song from the 1970's?
LOL, yep, "They call me Mello Yello..."

Tuesday Weld
05-07-2006, 07:21 PM
Wasn't "Mellow Yellow" also the title of a really corny song from the 1970's?

The song by Donovan? :lol:

retrochick9
05-07-2006, 07:22 PM
The song by Donovan? :lol:
Yep, I couldn't remember who sang it, so I looked it up, it's Donovan, lol

Tuesday Weld
05-07-2006, 07:24 PM
Yep, I couldn't remember who sang it, so I looked it up, it's Donovan, lol

:D

Jonathan
05-07-2006, 07:29 PM
:D
Miss Music Trivia. :D

Stormtracker TF
05-07-2006, 08:24 PM
I've seen that stuff in one of the Soda Fountains at some fast-food place here before. Other than that, never seen it/drank it.

Nighthawk76
05-08-2006, 11:36 AM
The song by Donovan? :lol:

puke: :lol:

snl 70s show fan
05-08-2006, 05:02 PM
I THINK they still sell it where i live but ive never liked it .the taste is too sweet for me

swedeace
05-08-2006, 11:16 PM
I don't think it's sold around here. It doesn't sound familiar.

I do recall, however, seeing "Mello-Yello" as TV product placements. I always just thought the name was an altered name so as to not pay royalties to the actual Mountain Dew company. One example was the brand "Shasa" was slight different than "Shasta" seen on Roseanne.

But it's interesting if Mello-Yello is actually real. Wow... I learn something new everyday.

Chelsea
05-08-2006, 11:36 PM
But it's interesting if Mello-Yello is actually real.

IF? IF??

If Mello Yello isn't real, then we've got a bit of a problem, as I'm drinking one right now...

PZelda
05-09-2006, 12:13 AM
I don't think it's sold around here. It doesn't sound familiar.

I do recall, however, seeing "Mello-Yello" as TV product placements. I always just thought the name was an altered name so as to not pay royalties to the actual Mountain Dew company. One example was the brand "Shasa" was slight different than "Shasta" seen on Roseanne.

But it's interesting if Mello-Yello is actually real. Wow... I learn something new everyday.

Did you see moeee's post on the first page? ;) :lol: He attached a pic of Mello Yello cans to his post. The 1st one is from the 1970s, the 2nd is from the 1980s/early 1990s and the 3rd is from the mid-1990s.

For a while in the early part of this decade (mainly 2001), they sold additional flavors of Mello Yello. I have relatives who are franchise owners, and these flavored drinks were sold at their stores, so I remember them. They were cherry and watermelon (EWWWWWW). Regular Mello Yello tastes pretty much like Mt. Dew, and Mello Yello is licensed by Coca-Cola.

Come to think of it, I don't really see Mello Yello sold around here as much anymore...My relatives would still have them at their stores, though, but only in 20-oz bottles. I was a major Mello Yello chugger as a very little kid...I grew up on Mello Yello in the 1980s.

Chad Michael Murray
05-09-2006, 12:16 AM
I have relatives who are franchise owners, and these flavored drinks were sold at their stores, so I remember them.

I have a pretty good question here for you:

Is there anything that at least one member of your family HASN'T done?!

:lol:

PZelda
05-09-2006, 12:20 AM
I have a pretty good question here for you:

Is there anything that at least one member of your family HASN'T done?!

:lol:
I couldn't tell ya. We do anything and everything. ;) :lol:

Ireneparalegal
05-09-2006, 12:57 AM
Wasn't "Mellow Yellow" also the title of a really corny song from the 1970's?
:nod:

Mr. Stefani
05-09-2006, 02:19 AM
they have a few of those flavors in disney world at epcot in the coke fountain place. i almost spit that crap out.

Crimson and Clover
05-09-2006, 12:32 PM
yep we still have it.

James
05-20-2006, 10:26 PM
The Steak N Shake restaurants (at least around Dayton) sell it.

theshark8777
05-20-2006, 11:02 PM
Still have it here in Northeast Ohio too, but I think it is bigger in the south.

retrochick9
05-20-2006, 11:13 PM
I just had Mello Yello last week at a buffet restaurant I went to called Firehouse. I got it because I had just read this post, lol. I hadn't had it in YEARS and I forgot what it tasted like, I really liked it! It's like a combination of Mountain Dew and Squirt, YUMMY!!!!

Steve M.
05-22-2006, 09:08 PM
Ah, yes, the "world's fastest soft drink. . . ." It was marketed as a carbonated bveverage that went down as quickly as fruit punch or an iced tea. Try chug-a-lugging a Coke or Sprite, and your stomach will never forgive you!

gilligan fanatic
05-22-2006, 09:10 PM
we still have it here but I never buy it. I used to always get it when I went miniature golfing at Putt-Putt.

Ireneparalegal
06-15-2006, 11:25 PM
here is where u can get it Kool:

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/index_dyn.asp

swedeace
06-17-2006, 02:11 AM
here is where u can get it Kool:

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/index_dyn.asp
Thank you for the link! There are some things on there I don't recognize, so I am tempted to purchase some of those to try them out! :D I even showed it to a co-worker friend, and he wants to take a look at it as well. It's really an awesome site, especially if we can order stuff from it.

Ireneparalegal
06-17-2006, 03:34 PM
Thank you for the link! There are some things on there I don't recognize, so I am tempted to purchase some of those to try them out! :D I even showed it to a co-worker friend, and he wants to take a look at it as well. It's really an awesome site, especially if we can order stuff from it.
you are welcome. I know some people really like the website. I know I do.