Gary Patterson Thought Factory
Pepsi Sample Glasses

These glasses are lots #4 & #3 in CGN Auction #52

The 10 different Pepsi Gary Patterson glasses issued in 1979. CGN Auction #52 lots# 498-506

     Gary Patterson's humorous cartoons can be found on a variety of objects - calendars, placemats, towels, posters, mugs, etc. There are also a number of glasses that feature his work too. A set of four glasses distributed by Arby's in 1982 display the cartoons: Luck Out (tennis), Dedications (golf), First Flake (skiing), and Pool Shark (pool).
       A few years earlier, Pepsi promoted a set of ten different cartoons on glasses. These include: Birdie (golf), Leader of the P ack (cycling), Panic (tennis), Line Drive (baseball), Nice Try (racquetba ll), Psyche Out (skiing), The Split (bowling), Heads Up (soccer), Sportsmanship(tennis), and Backlash (fishing). There were however two additional versions that were never put into distribution. They were: It's Only a Game (golf) and Winner Takes All (tennis). So the original intention was to produce a set of twelve glasses, but the promotion was pared back to ten. In addition, six of these glasses were issued in a special package at the Food Service Las Vegas Convention in 1980. The glasses are Marked "1980 Las Vegas" above the Pepsi logo and bring a premium (See Auction #52 lot #7).
      If you are interested in Gary Patterson glassware, Mike Kelly wrote an extensive article in CGN issue #35 on his work and documented most all the glasses and mugs that have been produced. That work has recently been placed online.