The Coke MagiCan Disaster (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The cola giant's 1990 promotion goes south, fast. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3JRSoNi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Believe in magic.
0:01.4	I'm Rebecca Leib.
0:02.4	I'm Jason Horton.
0:03.4	And this is Ghost Town.
0:19.0	Coca-Cola Classic introduces magic hands.
0:22.2	You can't tell them apart from real games.
0:24.2	But inside, up to $500 cash, trips
0:27.8	although they're great prizes instantly.
0:30.2	So take a good look.
0:31.7	If you see anything other than Coca-Cola Classic in that can,
0:35.0	don't drink from it.
0:36.2	It's a winner.
0:37.2	So take a good look because...
0:48.6	On May 7th, 1990, Coca-Cola introduced the Magic Summer 90 promotion,
0:53.8	in which some cans had prizes inside instead of Coca-Cola.
0:58.0	It did not go well.
1:00.0	My God.
1:01.0	This is what I like to call the Coke Magic Hand Disaster.
1:05.0	I can't wait.
1:05.8	I'm going to read one of the advertisements.
1:08.2	Introducing Magic Hand.
1:10.0	Coca-Cola Classic is making history with Magic Hand.
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