Season 1
A story about a kid with a dream. And the company that sold it to him.
Synopsis
Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (2022), Season 1 is a four-part documentary you can watch online on iFILM — the true story of a college kid who took a soda company at its word.
Back in 1995, a Pepsi ad flashed a prize: collect seven million points and a Harrier fighter jet is yours. Clearly a gag. John Leonard, twenty years old and living in Seattle, decided it wasn't, and found a loophole that skipped the impossible pile of cans. From there the season builds beat by beat — the check mailed to Pepsi, the panic inside corporate, a wall of lawyers, and a statement the Pentagon felt obliged to make. The last episode lands on the 1999 trial and circles back to a darker promotion the company would rather forget.
It runs like a tight Netflix crime-doc, leaning on interviews with the real players and grainy nineties footage. One for anyone who roots for the little guy against the machine. Stream Pepsi, Where's My Jet? Season 1 online on iFILM.
4 episodes
S1·E1The Kid from Seattle
Seven million Pepsi Points to win a fighter jet? It should have been impossible. But 20-year-old John Leonard sees the ad in 1995 — and finds a loophole.
S1·E2Let's Make a Deal
John and Todd perfect their scheme. They send in their Pepsi Points and their check, and wait. The Pepsi executives scramble, and the lawyers descend.
S1·E3The Bad News Bears
The Pentagon has to issue a statement. Scammers start to circle. To win this case, John needs to go to trial in the court of public opinion.
S1·E4Landing the Plane
Interviewees recall a 1992 campaign in the Philippines that went so awry, it led to riots and deaths. In 1999, John's court battle reaches a conclusion.
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