# Lutherans hawking Mt. Dew? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663 "2002-05-01T15:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/1 "2002-05-01T15:44:54Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen the latest boomer pop culture reference that’s been resurrected, Davey and Goliath in a Mountain Dew commercial. I didn’t think anything of it until I read that my church, the ELCA, still owns the characters and is licensing them to raise funds to produce more free distribution episodes of the simple moralistic stories. Yeah, it gives me a warm fuzzy and I’ll never forget the tune to _A Mighty Fortress is Or God_ but I don’t know how Art Clokey animation and stories will make it in the 21st century. As long as Garrison Kiellor doesn?t start plugging Extreme Doritos or Playstations or some damn thing the world has a little sanity left. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/2 "2002-05-01T15:51:41Z")
I just want to find the verses to _A Mighty Fortress Is Og_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/3 "2002-05-01T16:42:22Z")
I don’t believe the Mountain Dew commercial ever mentions the names “Davey” or “Goliath” (I think the character’s name is Tommy.) That makes it parody instead of rip-off. I think it’s clever, but I’m a boomer. I wonder how many Dew-slugging GenX types remember the original? ---
**Author:** ![friggae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@friggae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friggae)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/4 "2002-05-01T18:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*I don’t believe the Mountain Dew commercial ever mentions the names “Davey” or “Goliath” (I think the character’s name is Tommy.) > > That makes it parody instead of rip-off. I think it’s clever, but I’m a boomer. I wonder how many Dew-slugging GenX types remember the original? \*\* The other kid’s name is Tommy. They definitely say “Davey” but not “Goliath.” [http://www.mountaindew.com/dew\_digital/dew\_digitalmain\_commercial.php](http://www.mountaindew.com/dew_digital/dew_digitalmain_commercial.php) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/5 "2002-05-01T18:29:50Z")
Baby Boomer-age Lutheran checking in to say I think that commercial is hysterical. “What just happened, Davey?” “We got hosed, Tommy. We got hosed.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pencepon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Pencepon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pencepon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/6 "2002-05-01T18:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Baby Boomer-age Lutheran checking in to say I think that commercial is hysterical. Yep, I’m another one (ELCA, too), and I second that vote. But I’m a big sucker for nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/7 "2002-05-01T18:57:24Z")
I don’t know, but wouldn’t a Lutheran consider a talking dog to be satanic? ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/8 "2002-05-01T21:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I don’t know, but wouldn’t a Lutheran consider a talking dog to be satanic? \*\* I’ve been a Lutheran my whole life, and I’ve never heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/9 "2002-05-01T22:16:13Z")
I couldn’t believe it when I saw it. Had to laugh. “We got hosed, Tommy… We got hosed!” _grin_ I used to love the show, for some reason. The only episode I can recall was when Davey forgot the cotter pins on his go-kart and nearly won but for the wheels falling off. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/10 "2002-05-02T01:17:51Z")
According to [Slate.com](http://Slate.com)’s [Ad Report Card](http://slate.msn.com/?id=2064575), it’s not Lutherans plugging Mountain Dew, but the reverse. Apparently, the ELCA is looking to revive the Davey & Goliath characters (for evangelistic purposes), and sees the soft drink tie-in as a way to bring them back into the public consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lutherans-hawking-mt-dew/106663/11 "2002-05-02T01:19:17Z")
The only “person” I’ve heard of who had a problem with a talking dog was Ned Flanders’ reference on _The Simpsons_ to one of his sons thinking it was blasphemous. For those of you who can’t get enough Lutheran stop-motion animation here’s the [official ELCA/Davey and Goliath](http://www.daveyandgoliath.org/) site. The video link has some interesting background info and classic clips. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*I just want to find the verses to _A Mighty Fortress Is Og_. \*\* It’s right there in the green hymnal, just look it up this Sunday 😃