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The year was 1996, and the cola wars were raging. Despite Pepsi’s celeb-soaked advertisements, Coke still held the bigger market share, so the second-place brand decided to roll out their biggest campaign ever: Called “Pepsi Stuff,” it featured a soon-to-be infamous commercial implying that if you just bought enough of their products, you could use “Pepsi Points” to purchase sunglasses, leather jackets… and maybe a Harrier jet? Pepsi execs assumed the astronomical “price” of the military plane was set high enough to indicate it was a joke, but college student John Leonard saw it as a challenge, and decided to call their bluff. Enlisting the help (and funding) of mountaineering buddy Todd Hoffman, Leonard hashed out a plan to score the grandest prize of all – even if it never existed in the first place. Shot in a rollicking, irreverent style and soaked in the music and culture of the mid-’90s, Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? sits down with Leonard, Hoffman, the commercial’s creative team, and a truly unexpected cast of tangentially-involved public figures to tell the legendary tale of the kid who sued Pepsi for a fighter jet, and became the hero of a new generation.
Original Release
11/17/2022 on Netflix
US Release
11/17/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Todd Hoffman | Self - The Investor |
John Leonard | Self - The Kid with the Idea |
Michael Davis | John Leonard |
Jason Fielders | Todd Hoffman |
Larry Schantz | Self - The Kid's Lawyer |
Brian Swette | Self - Former Chief Marketing Officer - Pepsi / Self - Form CMO - Pepsi |
Michael Patti | Self - Former Creative Director - Pepsi's Ad Agency / Self - Former Creative Director |
Curtis Lee Newton | Pepsi Lawyer |
Michael Avenatti | Self - The Spin Doctor |
Kristen Schroer | Linda Leonard |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Kid from Seattle | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
2 | Let's Make a Deal | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
3 | The Bad News Bears | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
4 | Landing the Plane | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Todd Hoffman | Self - The Investor |
John Leonard | Self - The Kid with the Idea |
Michael Davis | John Leonard |
Jason Fielders | Todd Hoffman |
Larry Schantz | Self - The Kid's Lawyer |
Brian Swette | Self - Former Chief Marketing Officer - Pepsi / Self - Form CMO - Pepsi |
Michael Patti | Self - Former Creative Director - Pepsi's Ad Agency / Self - Former Creative Director |
Curtis Lee Newton | Pepsi Lawyer |
Michael Avenatti | Self - The Spin Doctor |
Kristen Schroer | Linda Leonard |
Don Schneider | Self - Michael Patti's Creative Partner |
Gloria Laisure | Pepsi Lawyer |
Phyllis Hoffman | Self - Todd's Mom |
Kenneth Bacon | Self - Chief Pentagon Spokesperson 1994 - 2001 |
Jack Cutler | Pepsi Lawyer |
Christopher Manning | Michael Avenatti |
Tom Wade | Pepsi Lawyer |
Michael J. Fox | Self - Former Pepsi Commercial Star |
Milton Davis Jr. | Self - Former Pepsi Commercial Star |
Joe Pesci | Self - Actor, My Cousin Vinny |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dane Lillegard | Executive Producer |
Nick Boak | Executive Producer |
Jeremiah Murphy | Executive Producer |
Andrew Fried | Executive Producer |
Theo James | Executive Producer |
Jordan Wynn | Executive Producer |
Andrew Renzi | Executive Producer |
Sarina Roma | Executive Producer |
Andrew Corkin | Executive Producer |
Michael Suter | Producer |
Vivian Johnson Rogowski | Producer |
Lauren Ospala | Producer |
Brandon Bennett | Producer |