Steelers legend "Mean" Joe Greene tossed his game jersey to a young Tommy Okon back in 1979. Almost 40 years later, the dynamic duo looked back at one of the most memorable Super Bowl commercials of all time.
Greene and Okon reunited in an upcoming CBS special entitled "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2016." They discussed what made their legendary Coca-Cola commercial work so well and why it still connects with people today.
The commercial originally aired in October 1979 and was shown again during Super Bowl XIV in 1980. Okon gave Greene a bottle of Coke, Greene tossed back his jersey and the rest was history.
But they didn't nail it on the first take. Greene drank 18 bottles of Coke before the shoot was done.
"I didn't know any better. I chugged the doggone thing over and over and over," Greene said via People.com.
Check out the original commercial below. The CBS special airs Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. ET.
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