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You may recognize him from his time singing on American Idol, from his role as 'Lil Sweet' on the Dr. Pepper commercials, or from your local grocery store aisles. That's because Justin Guarini, when he's not entertaining the world, lives right here in Bucks County with his wife and two sons.

First promoted in the 1960s with advertisements like this one, Hot Dr. Pepper was developed as a corporate strategy to keep profits strong during the holiday season, when sales of cold pop plummet. It caught on mostly in the American South, cradle of fizzy innovation, where it lives on to this day in some little towns.

Charles Taylor Pepper (December 2, 1830 – May 28, 1903) was an American physician and surgeon, who is often cited as the namesake for the soft drink brand Dr Pepper.

David Walsh Naughton David Walsh Naughton (born February 13, 1951) is an American actor and singer known for his starring roles in the horror film An American Werewolf in London (1981) and the Disney comedy Midnight Madness (1980), as well as for a long-running "Be a Pepper" ad campaign for beverage maker Dr Pepper.

Concerned about slow sales during the colder months, Parker experimented at home by heating various soft drinks to create a winter beverage. Though most sodas couldn't take the heat, he discovered that the flavors of Dr Pepper held up rather well at 180 degrees, about the temperature of hot coffee.

Hot Dr. Pepper is a drink that straddles the line between the two. When heat is applied to a cool can of soda, it transforms from a light, refreshing soft drink into a thick, sweet tea. Odd as hot soda might sound, it's really not all that different from, say, a glass of hot cider.

To broaden its appeal across the nation, Dr Pepper hailed itself as “the most misunderstood soft drink,” and then in the 1970s became “the most original soft drink ever in the whole wide world.” In 1977, Dr Pepper advertising was marked by the famous “Be a Pepper” campaign, followed by “Be You.” The newest slogan out ...

The “misunderstood” aspects of the drink, however, are not mere Madison Avenue jargon. Because of its familiar deep burgundy color, many initiates in Brooklyn, Chicago and Los Angeles expect Dr. Pepper to taste like a cola, which it definitely is not.

Fan-favorite characters Logan, Jay, Natalie, Chuck, Charlotte, CJ, and “The Sheriff” Brian Bosworth are all back this year, joined by USC quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Caleb Williams and his mother, Dayna Price.

Randy Newman Dr Pepper. Multi-Grammy and two-time Oscar winner Randy Newman actually wrote the music for Dr Pepper's first ever jingle in 1974, but Manilow sang the tune.

The first logo emphasized the health qualities that the soft drink was supposed to have. The logo's creator Nellie Eastland Kellner, a Waco artist, selected wheat fronds and an iron anvil to symbolize its health benefits. The name of the drink, Dr. Pepper's Phos-Ferrates, appeared above the wheat and iron.