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Patio (drink)

Patio Diet Cola was a brand of diet soda introduced by PepsiCo in 1963. It was created in response to Diet Rite Cola. Fitness promoter Debbie Drake was Patio Diet Cola's spokesperson; the drink was also marketed as a soda alternative for diabetics.

In popular culture
A print ad for Patio appears in the window of the bodega in the opening scene of "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995, S03E04), an episode from The X-Files. The creation of an advertising campaign for Patio was a featured plot of a three-episode story arc in the third season of the AMC television series Mad Men, first mentioned in the episode “Love Among the Ruins" (2009, S03E02). In the next episode, "My Old Kentucky Home" (2009, S03E03), the advertising agency hires an Ann-Margret look-alike. Finally, in "The Arrangements" (2009, S03E04), they use a riff of Ann-Margret's opening number from the film Bye Bye Birdie for their Patio television commercial. ==Flavors==
Flavors
• Diet Cola (became Diet Pepsi in 1964) • Root Beer • Orange • Imitation Grape (later changed to artificially flavored) • Imitation Strawberry • Dry Ginger Ale • Dry Club Soda • Dry Tonic Water • Red Cherry (contains sugar; not a diet/diabetic soda) ==References==
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