Question: is root beer and dr pepper the same

Answer: No, In 1978, Jake Holmes wrote the lyrics to ``Be a Pepper''. Earlier in the 1970s, Randy Newman wrote another jingle entitled ``The Most Original Soft Drink Ever''. Barry Manilow performed Holmes's jingle in concerts and on albums under the inclusion of ``VSM -- Very Strange Medley''. A TV commercial was also created using the jingle and ran from 1977 to 1985. The song noted ``It's not a cola, it's something much much more. It's not a root beer, you get root beer by the score.'' (W.W. Clements, former CEO and president of the Dr Pepper/7-Up Company, similarly described the taste of Dr Pepper as one-of-a-kind, saying, ``I've always maintained you cannot tell anyone what Dr Pepper tastes like because it's so different. It's not an apple, it's not an orange, it's not a strawberry, it's not a root beer, it's not even a cola. It's a different kind of drink with a unique taste all its own.'')