# Kiss-Dr. Pepper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041 "2009-04-05T06:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/1 "2009-04-05T06:49:11Z")
Just saw it and Had to post. Gene Simmons hawks Dr. Pepper commercial. Can be found on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/2 "2009-04-05T16:30:16Z")
Huh…I never thought I’d see the day when a member of KISS sold out for a quick buck. [Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb9sVU0oK2Q). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/3 "2009-04-05T16:48:56Z")
Gene Simmons is one of the most enthusiastic capitalists on the planet. On the subject of merchandising, Simmons once said, “Anything that can have our faces on it . . . should.” I’m surprised Dr Pepper didn’t put out a special-edition can with the band printed on the side. Gene probably haggled too hard for royalties. As a fellow teetotaler, I am glad that he’s hawking soft drinks, rather than hard liquor, like so many other rock-stars. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/4 "2009-04-06T01:19:12Z")
How freaky. Two seconds after clicking on this thread, I look to my left at the TV screen and, lo and behold, there is Gene Simmons in full Kiss regalia hawking Dr. Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/5 "2009-04-06T01:43:40Z")
Who was the director-like dude. Kid? Someone famous? Or just some director-like dude? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/6 "2009-04-06T02:10:26Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > As a fellow teetotaler, I am glad that he’s hawking soft drinks, rather than hard liquor, like so many other rock-stars. If I remember from their “Behind the Music” KISS is morally against nicotine, alcohal, and drugs. Blew me away when they said that. > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Who was the director-like dude. Kid? Someone famous? Or just some director-like dude? He refers to Gene as “dad” so I am assuming he is Gene’s son. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/7 "2009-04-06T02:39:14Z")
Yeah, that’s Gene’s son, Nick. He’s well known to anyone who watched the reality show, “Gene Simmons - Family Jewels”. Nick’s a smart kid who constantly complained about how materialistic Gene is. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/8 "2009-04-06T02:51:00Z")
That’s Nick Simmons. His son. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/9 "2009-04-06T04:23:23Z")
I kinda thought it was Dr. Pepper that was selling out by linking their product with a crass commercialist like Simmons. Kiss to me was always more of a brand than a band, sort of the Monkees of the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/10 "2009-04-06T04:36:59Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > As a fellow teetotaler, I am glad that he’s hawking soft drinks, rather than hard liquor, like so many other rock-stars. Hard liquor is at least good for something. Soft drinks are absolutely worthless. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/11 "2009-04-06T04:50:38Z")
> [@Thalion](#): > > Yeah, that’s Gene’s son, Nick. He’s well known to anyone who watched the reality show, “Gene Simmons - Family Jewels”. There’s a reality show about Gene Simmons? Is it… I… what… buh… I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/12 "2009-04-06T15:17:07Z")
> [@](#): > > by **Sir T-Cups** > If I remember from their “Behind the Music” KISS is morally against nicotine, alcohal, and drugs. Blew me away when they said that. Gene Simmons has always been an outspoken teetotaler. I don’t know about [the guy with the star on his eye] or Peter Kriss. Ace Frehley . . . enjoyed the 70s. And faced the consequences later. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/13 "2009-04-06T15:43:25Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > There’s a reality show about Gene Simmons? Is it… I… what… buh… > > I don’t get it. Yes, there is. It’s called “Family Jewels” and was/is on A&E (new season is coming, I guess) and it’s absolutely HILARIOUS! I never liked Gene Simmons until I saw the show. Shannon Tweed is now my hero for all the ways she puts him in his place. That woman is truly evil (but in a good way!) For all appearances, they seem like a very happy and grounded family and have tons of fun together. The kids are funny as heck. Totally blew my mind. Watched the first show and was hooked – and I HATE reality shows. I can’t even remember why I decided to watch. Must have been something funny or interesting in the previews. It’s definitely NOT the Osbourne’s!! I thought the commercial for Dr Pepper was funny. It’s typical Gene and Nick. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-dr-pepper/492041/14 "2009-04-06T16:09:36Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > … > > He refers to Gene as “dad” so I am assuming he is Gene’s son. My boyfriend didn’t catch that the first time we saw it and asked what the kid had called Gene. I replied that even if you hadn’t heard him call Gene “dad” it was quite obvious it was Gene’s son by the younger one’s physical appearance.