At some point I'm hoping before I die, I'll meet him.' I know nothing about the man, he knows nothing about me, at least that I'm aware of. 'It's baffling that our paths have never crossed. Mandel was not on the set for the Mountain Dew commercial, nor was he on the set for the original movie when they were filming. 'The strangest, most interesting, trivia thing about Gremlins is that, to this day, even though I am hugely associated with Gizmo, I have never met, nor have I ever spoken to, Howie Mandel once in my entire life,' says Galligan. However, he and Zach Galligan have never met. Howie Mandel, who voiced Gizmo in Gremlins, returned to offer his services for the new commercial. I did get a little choked up, not so much about reuniting with the puppet, but more that it sends you rocketing back 37 years in a way that almost nothing else does.' I leaned over to Gizmo and I was like, 'How are you doing, buddy? It's good to see you.' It was so realistic that, after hours of working with it, it has its own reality.

'There was a time when we were shooting the commercial, and we had a little bit of a break, and the puppeteer is next to me and he's manipulating Gizmo's arms. Even filming a soda commercial was enough to get Galligan choked up about being with Gizmo again. Galligan starred in the original Gremlins, which came out in 1984, and being on the Mountain Dew set this time around brought him right back to his time on the original movie's set. 'It tends to be a slightly more emotional experience than I think it's going to be,' says Galligan, who last saw his little buddy in 1990's Gremlins 2: The New Batch. In a new interview, Zach Galligan was asked what it was like to be working alongside Gizmo for the first time in 31 years. As we see Gizmo multiplying, we are also directed to some 3D glasses, which is obviously a nod to the original Gremlins movie. Billy reluctantly hands over the bottle and Gizmo begins chugging and getting that green liquid all over himself, which obviously ends up creating a lot more Gremlins in the process. Billy Peltzer goes for a sip of his new MTN DEW Zero Sugar, as his little furry friend begs for a taste. The commercial begins with Billy and Gizmo sitting on the couch watching some TV.

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