Article: MUG POURS IRREVERENT HUMOR FOR OLDER TARGET: ROOT BEER ADS TAKE THEIR BOW ON `SIMPSONS'.

Call it the joy of root beer.

Pepsi-Cola Co.'s new Mug root beer campaign is aiming slightly older than its former teen target with a new campaign that shows individuals who are delightedly energized after imbibing.

``We've been very happy with our advertising with Mug historically,'' said Craig Coffey, director of marketing at Pepsi-Cola Co. ``Part of this has been a learning process to drill deeper with consumers to see what motivates them to buy a root beer and want to buy Mug.''

A pregnant, twentysomething woman and her husband star in the first spot in the estimated $6 million effort from BBDO Worldwide, New York. Gone is the theme ``Mug ...

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