Free Raccoon With 20-ounce Pepsi!

by Not That Mike The Other Mike on June 24, 2009

For a very limited time, these Tulsans got a bonus with their soda:  Two caffeinated raccoons, followed by a “skunk whisperer” named Bruha (ha!) who called it “refreshing” but blew his chance to call it “the choice of a new generation.”

{ 67 comments }

1 i_wuvs_puttins 06.24.09 at 12:28 pm

Awww, Pepsi bandits!

2 Smalls 06.24.09 at 12:30 pm

Aww, I’d pay $1.50 for one of those for sure!

3 Theresa 06.24.09 at 12:31 pm

Poquitos Banditos!

4 Paunchie 06.24.09 at 12:36 pm

Hee hee! Those little varmits! They are so cute when they little like that!

5 Paunchie 06.24.09 at 12:38 pm

PS what’s with that “Hung” ad? It’s kinda gross for a Cute Overload. Think of the children!

6 Laelya 06.24.09 at 12:45 pm

The little bebe raccoon chuckling noise made me squee out loud. <_<

7 Sunshine 06.24.09 at 12:45 pm

Squee! ^_^

I love how the raccoons are all, “Enh enh ennnnnnnnnh put me down!” Trying to wriggle out of his hands.

8 Babalucci 06.24.09 at 12:52 pm

Kids won’t know what “Hung” means. I wouldn’t worry about it.

I think these raccoons were trying to take the Pepsi challenge! badoom boom cha!

9 balamuthia 06.24.09 at 12:53 pm

Aw, Ned’s pretty hot- loving the hat and the sensitive animal saving vibes.

10 Paunchie 06.24.09 at 12:56 pm

But I bet they know what HO and PIMP are.

I just think it’s kinda gross. I don’t really have my puritanical panties in a twist so please y’all don’t hate me for nuffing.

11 debg 06.24.09 at 12:58 pm

“No Pepsi. Next time, just ask.” ROFLMAO!!!! The chitter sounds nearly killed me.

12 firefinch 06.24.09 at 1:25 pm

What’s all this brouhaha? Brouhaha? Hahaha.

13 kibblenibble 06.24.09 at 1:27 pm

Sweet story, happy ending. Poor bebehs were probably so scared.

14 edmundh 06.24.09 at 1:27 pm

I love the Skunk Whisperer’s shirt with the paw prints running across!

15 260Oakley 06.24.09 at 1:29 pm

Can I have a ResQte, please? I’d also like a diet Pepsi with a raccoon chaser. Thanks.

16 Theresa 06.24.09 at 1:30 pm

Raccoons make appearances almost every night at Shakespeare in the Park. They stop the show.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/06/acting_raccoon_returns_to_shak.html

17 thicktortiethintabby 06.24.09 at 1:45 pm

Chitteringks! I love the little masked bandit bebehs!

18 Heather 06.24.09 at 1:47 pm

The little raccoon chirps!! The beady eyes! The dainty paws and fluffy tails!! The moist nosicles! AND a hot guy that wants to save cute widdle aminals?!?! *dies from cute overload*

19 peachfish 06.24.09 at 1:55 pm

He kind of looks like a less toned Woody Harrelson. Ned, not the raccoons.

20 Etta 06.24.09 at 2:11 pm

Silly raccoons. Go for the Coke next time.

21 dyana56 06.24.09 at 2:11 pm

Pepsi bandits, sentenced to life in a good home. (I hope)

22 Brook 06.24.09 at 2:34 pm

The paws that refreshes?

23 pyrit 06.24.09 at 2:53 pm

Brook! Ha!
I forget what I was gonna say. Had it, pffft.

24 SoccerSue 06.24.09 at 2:58 pm

There’s an “Over the Hedge” joke in here somewhere (think beginning of the movie).

25 MamaDawn 06.24.09 at 3:07 pm

Yay Tulsa! I have a friend who’s licensed for wildlife rescue here… I’ve taken her bunnies and squirrels and have even gotten to help care for them. There are some good people out there!

26 Mary (the first) 06.24.09 at 3:12 pm

It’s amazing how critters can get into the strangest places.. and then not know how to get out.. . I’m glad they were rescute! They go to rehab, neighbors get their pepsi machine back.. all is well!

27 jessie 06.24.09 at 3:25 pm

they are so cute

28 pyrit 06.24.09 at 3:39 pm

Now, next time you see a raccoon foaming at the mouth, you’ll know why!

29 Rachel 06.24.09 at 3:39 pm

I love it when he’s all “No Pepsi! Next time just ask.”
Now we all know that in real life, Racoons. probably shouldn’t have Pepsi. But in my fantasy forest creature land I would carry around a picnic basket of Pepsi’s for the lil’ bebbeh racoons.

30 Sasha's mum 06.24.09 at 3:42 pm

SoccerSue: That’s exactly what I thought. They’d obviously just seen the movie and were trying to re-enact it. (Too young to have absorbed the moral of the tale, obviously.)

31 Jen8 06.24.09 at 6:43 pm

No Coke, Pepsi. Cheezboiga, cheezboiga, pepsi. They must have been watching really old Saturday Night Live reruns.

32 michelle 06.24.09 at 6:47 pm

“No Pepsi. Next time just ask.” That kills meh. XD

33 Biscuit Tin 06.24.09 at 7:14 pm

I was outside a General Dollar store this past winter on a frigid, incredibly windy night and a momma cat and her nearly grown kitten (he looked like a 30 year old son that won’t leave home) were wandering in the parking lot. They wouldn’t come to me, and I was very worried about them. Only they weren’t wandering, they were headed for the RC machine. They went behind the machine and vanished inside it. Pretty darn smart, I thought. The machine was in a protected spot backed up to the building. They were completely out of the wind, and since the machine was lit up and running, I assume there had to be a degree of warmth, and they could snuggle. Resourceful kitteh is resourceful.

34 Elle 06.24.09 at 7:25 pm

awwww… I love the noise they make. Mini-sized Meekos!

35 Pheas 06.24.09 at 7:52 pm

Raccoons on caffeine — McYikersons!!!

“They tried to make me go to [wildlife] rehab,
I said, ‘Nyerhe, nyerhe, …
enh. Free food and no predators?
Okay, I’ll give it a chance.”

36 Teresa 06.24.09 at 8:04 pm

GIGGLE “No Pepsi. Next time just ask.” GIGGLE

37 SoCuteUrl 06.24.09 at 8:27 pm

Mommay, I would like that Coon-day bar please!

38 Kar 06.24.09 at 8:36 pm

I really want one of those shirts with the little paw prints all over it.

Can I just say that that’s the first pic of Thomas Jane that doesn’t look like an LA version of Christopher Lambert? And I thought “Hung” was a new tag for the CO bats & possums like this guy http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2815771033_083dea710b_o-24099.jpg

39 Kimberly 06.24.09 at 9:05 pm

Got a funny story to share.

One night my husband and I were out and when we returned home we found raccoons ruffling around in the trees. So we jump back into the car not knowing what to do. We were not sure if it was safe. So we both decided that we would run for the door. Well, my husband was so worked up over these two coons that he ended up closing the door on me and left me outside. Of course after I beat on the door he opened it…..but still lol

40 hon glad 06.24.09 at 11:17 pm

An interesting promo from Pepsi.

41 Patti 06.24.09 at 11:57 pm

@ MamaDawn That is good news – thank the Gods that there are good people like that in the World – thank you for that post – little critters have a friend in you and that is good to know

42 Roisin 06.25.09 at 12:44 am

Bruja is spanish for witch BTW.

43 jackie31337 06.25.09 at 4:22 am

Paunchie PS what’s with that “Hung” ad? It’s kinda gross for a Cute Overload. Think of the children!

Cute Overload had nothing to do with the ad, and neither did the Associated Press. It came from Ads by Google, and was associated with this video based on the video’s YouTube tags. I got a much more relevant and appropriate ad for “Animals of the World: A fun illustrated guide to learn about animal endangerment” on mine. I would guess the sex ads got there by keyword spamming so it would get associated with as many keywords as possible.

44 Michael Claymore 06.25.09 at 4:30 am

Free The Raccoon Two!

45 Michael Claymore 06.25.09 at 4:37 am

Google ads are weird. When i used to have them on my site they would pick up on words in the text eg “Saint” and “Holy man” in a send up of hagiographies, and give me an ad for Christian singles, who aren’t exactly the target market for satires on religion. No wonder nobody ever clicked on the things.

46 Rin 06.25.09 at 4:38 am

I live in Tulsa. Heard about this on the local news and see The Skunk Whisperer driving around town. His truck is covered in paw prints lol. Plus, he’s got a list of all the animals that he can rescue across his back window. Takes up the whole thing. ^.^

47 metsakins 06.25.09 at 5:13 am

Ya know, the last time I was in a motel and wanted a diet pepsi, not only were they out of it, but they didn’t have any babeh wildlife to compensate for the disappointment I was suffering. sigh.

48 Katiedid 06.25.09 at 5:42 am

I’ll take 2 please!!!! :-D

49 Kitteh Toez 06.25.09 at 5:43 am

Haha! We had two squirrels living in the candy vending machine outside work. We kept having them relocated to some trees… but they kept coming back!! They sure liked candy!

50 O 06.25.09 at 5:57 am

Beats Pepsi. Anytime!

51 blair 06.25.09 at 6:10 am

i’d name them Moxie and Pepsi for sure

52 thicktortiethintabby 06.25.09 at 7:17 am

:: cracking up at @Brook’s comment ::

53 Katrina 06.25.09 at 7:57 am

And now, the sounds of two tiiiiny racoons burping!

Our Wildlife Controller is a really nice guy, and he did a very fine bunch of stuff for us.

54 Kristabelle 06.25.09 at 8:12 am

Aw, those little guys are adorable!!!

55 Kati 06.25.09 at 9:02 am

Awww. they are sooo cute when theyre little.P.S that hung ad is disgusting.

56 Patito Gigante 06.25.09 at 11:48 am

Said the Skunk Whisperer:
“We’ve noticed that lately you’ve been having a lot of problems, and you’ve been going off for no reason, and we’re afraid you’re going to hurt somebody, and we’re afraid you’re going to hurt yourself. So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.”

57 chanpon 06.25.09 at 4:34 pm

They were probably thinking “Dang, I thought this was the snack vending machine!”

58 Corona 06.25.09 at 5:03 pm

I’ve been lucky enough to be around a very young male raccoon for a week last year. He suckled my pinky. (Of course it was my left pinky, I’m right-handed.) Amazing critters to watch. He splashed around and ate grapes in our very shallow baby pool. They’re so deft with their paws. There’s no need for eye/paw coordination, they’re all paw coordination. And he is a brave swimmer and climber. Terango is his name.

59 Patito Gigante 06.25.09 at 5:21 pm

And then the raccoons go “wait, what are you talking about, WE decided? MY best interests? How do you know what MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is?”

60 ant man bee 06.25.09 at 7:40 pm

I think it’s terrific that Woody Harrelson took time out of his super busy Hollywood schedule to rescue these two little raccoonios.

61 Serena 06.25.09 at 10:51 pm

SO FREAKIN’ ADORABLE!

62 ashagato 06.26.09 at 7:03 am

“MY BEST INTEREST??????”
lol PG! ;)

63 Patito Gigante 06.26.09 at 10:59 am

Ashagato, I’m not crazy.

64 C. 06.26.09 at 11:50 am

Raccoons do the best critter chitter-chatters.

65 Metz 06.26.09 at 6:16 pm
66 tank 06.27.09 at 11:19 am

damn…Ned, dude, call me

67 essensual 06.27.09 at 4:40 pm

Can’t beat the skunk whisperer’s testimonial, “It is really refreshing!.”

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