Originally conceived as ‘Pitcher Man’ in 1954 – a glass pitcher with an animated face – it would be two decades before he became Kool-Aid Man – a walking/talking 6-foot-tall pitcher of cherry Kool-Aid, in 1974. Children, parched from playing, or other various activities, would typically exchange a few words referring to their thirst, then put a hand to the side of their mouths and by shouting “Hey, Kool-Aid!”, whereupon, the Kool-Aid Man would make his grand entrance, breaking through walls, fences, ceilings, or furnishings, uttering the famous words “Oh yeah!”, then pour the dehydrated youngsters a glass of Kool-Aid from his own pitcher.