Pepsi Max campaign gobsmacks Londoners

Pepsi is on a tear in the British capital to convert soft-drink consumers to its Pepsi Max. Left is a video from today in which bus riders were shocked by life-like depictions of an alien invasion, tentacles flying up out of manholes and a raging tiger. At right, is part of the campaign from last year where a magician tricks pedestrians by appearing to fly along beside a bus. Hard-headed analysts say he is actually attached to the vehicle by a steel rod posing as his arm and a body harness under his clothes.