# Kool-Aid Man's anatomy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980 "2012-04-16T18:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/1 "2012-04-16T18:35:01Z")
Stewie: So, you don’t have any organs in there, just, um, liquid? Kool-Aid Man: Yeah, just liquid. Stewie: Can I…Can I drink it? Kool-Aid Man: Sure, just tilt your head back, and I’ll pour some of my liquid in your mouth. Stewie: Ewww, now that you say it like that, I don’t want to! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/2 "2012-04-16T19:04:47Z")
I wonder how he sleeps? If he lies down, doesn’t all his Kool-Aid spill out and he \*dies? \*Maybe he sleeps standing up, like horses. Does he have to wear a hat, so bird poop and leaves and such don’t fall into his liquid? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/3 "2012-04-16T19:08:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I wonder how he sleeps? If he lies down, doesn’t all his Kool-Aid spill out and he \*dies? \*Maybe he sleeps standing up, like horses. > > Does he have to wear a hat, so bird poop and leaves and such don’t fall into his liquid? Well, in the episode I quoted, he gets aggrivated at Stewie because he’s supposed to jump into the courthouse when everyone is saying “Oh no!” to say “Oh yeah” but the constant questions throw off Kool Aid man’s vibe. He misses his cue and starts taking it out on stewie, but falls over backward and breaks. Even though his, um, liquid spilled everywhere, his still-intact face seemed alive enough to cuss Stewie out and blame him for all of it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/4 "2012-04-16T19:37:33Z")
I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was, from the old TV ad campaign. I suppose some of his commercials must be on YouTube now, but looking at them after the fact is kind of cheating. Similarly, I wonder the same thing about the York Peppermint Patty commercials, which Family Guy has also spoofed. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/5 "2012-04-16T19:40:44Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was, from the old TV ad campaign. I suppose some of his commercials must be on YouTube now, but looking at them after the fact is kind of cheating. > > Similarly, I wonder the same thing about the York Peppermint Patty commercials, which Family Guy has also spoofed. I’m not quite 24 and I can assure you I know who the Kool-Aid Man is, and not just from references on the internet or on Family Guy. Nickelodeon had plenty of the commercials when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/6 "2012-04-16T19:41:29Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was, from the old TV ad campaign. I suppose some of his commercials must be on YouTube now, but looking at them after the fact is kind of cheating. Nah, he was around when I was a kid and I just turned 27. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/7 "2012-04-16T20:53:44Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was, from the old TV ad campaign. I still see the Kool Aid man in commercials during the summer months. Don’t see him that much during the fall and winter months. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/8 "2012-04-16T21:00:43Z")
He was actually much smaller in the [50s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=yKY2O4KFmMU). By now he should be large enough to crush all of Americas enemies! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/9 "2012-04-17T03:40:21Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was … I don’t think we even have Kool Aid over here. I certainly didn’t know who Kool Aid Man was. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/10 "2012-04-17T03:57:37Z")
I imagine he’s kind of like a pitcher plant. The sweet liquid inside him attracts insects and they land in it and drown. The liquid is some sort of digestive juice that dissolves the insects to supply him with the nutrients he needs to stay alive. That’s why he doesn’t wear a hat. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/11 "2012-04-17T04:00:01Z")
I always assumed he was full of Kool-Aid. How stupid is that? ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/12 "2012-04-17T05:12:00Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > I wonder if anyone younger than 35 (and for that matter, anyone not American) would know who the Kool-Aid Man was, From Australia, no idea. I sort of pieced it together from Family Guy, and a few other places. Also read comics as a kid, and he was in ads in the comics from time to time. We don’t have Kool aid in Oz, although I believe a local concoction called _Tang_ is similar in concept. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/13 "2012-04-17T05:16:31Z")
Perhaps there is something inherently special to both the construction of the vase (his body) and the mixing of that particular batch of cherry Kool-Aid (his vitals) that combine to anthropomorphize him into the character we know and love. Remarkably, the side effects of this symbiotic union appear to mimic the effects of a strong PCP high, including but not limited to: running around naked, bursting through walls, and repeatedly yelling a single phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/14 "2012-04-17T08:02:38Z")
He and [M.O.D.O.K.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MODOK) can share the same clothes. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/15 "2012-04-17T11:12:42Z")
We have the Kool-Aid Man in South Africa, although they haven’t advertised on TV in years. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/16 "2012-04-17T11:18:44Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > We don’t have Kool aid in Oz, although I believe a local concoction called _Tang_ is similar in concept. Not really Tang is flavor and coloring along with sweetener and makes one liter, Koolaid is just flavor and coloring without sweetener and makes two liters(gotta add your own suga’). ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/17 "2012-04-17T11:51:59Z")
I always figured he was kinda like a kappa, without the insane cucumber lust. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/18 "2012-04-17T12:57:52Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I imagine he’s kind of like a pitcher plant. The sweet liquid inside him attracts insects and they land in it and drown. The liquid is some sort of digestive juice that dissolves the insects to supply him with the nutrients he needs to stay alive. That’s why he doesn’t wear a hat. How do Kool-Aid people reproduce, and give birth? Standing, I would guess, like Vietnamese women in rice paddies, so the baby doesn’t spill. I wonder how they have sex? Is it just a transfer of Kool-Aid from one pitcher into another somehow? I don’t suppose they have sex organs. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/19 "2012-04-17T12:59:03Z")
I bet Punchy the Hawaiian Punch guy could take him. In one punch. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980/20 "2012-04-17T15:35:17Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > He was actually much smaller in the [50s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=yKY2O4KFmMU). By now he should be large enough to crush all of Americas enemies! _Oh, yeah!_ Previous Kool-Aid Man appearances on _Family Guy_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ML\_aSHt0I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ML_aSHt0I) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aid-mans-anatomy/618980.md?page=2)