Around the same time, Virgin released its own version of the game, Spot for NES, PC, and Game Boy, based on Cool Spot, a character from a 7 Up marketing campaign of the time.
In 1957, the team became sponsored by a local distributor of the 7 Up soft drink.
The series was sponsored by 7 Up, and first aired on KDOC-TV on Saturday night, September 23, 1989 at 8:30 pm, running for 13 episodes.
Freshness does not serve fountain-style soft drinks that are typical of fast food restaurant chains, although it does offer Pepsi Nex (a calorie-free variation of Pepsi developed in Japan) and 7 Up.
The company also owns the license for manufacturing and selling PepsiCo's Pepsi, 7 Up and Mountain Dew brands in Finland.
Montgomery worked at Burnett for 33 years, where he served as Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director and handled accounts including McDonald’s (domestic and global), Minute Maid (Coca-Cola), Nintendo, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Allstate, 7-Up, Keebler, Green Giant, Miller Beers, United Airlines, Kraft Foods, Nestle and Samsonite.
Morris can be seen in commercials including ones for State Farm Insurance, Taco Bell, Twix, Miller Lite, Las Vegas, 7 Up, Edge, Sears, Microsoft Windows, Chili's, McDonald's, Ford and Hornitos Tequila.
He starred in nationally televised commercials for Wendy's, Skittles and 7 Up.