I think growing up in the 80's was an amazing time to be a kid. We were obsessed with sea monkeys , silly putty the urban myth of pop rocks and soda in combination exploding your stomach. How Mikey from the Life cereal commercials ended up as a part of this urban legend I haven't a clue. I'll explain this for our younger readers and people who missed this on there playground. I thought that on Aprils Fools Day why not talk about an urban myth.
In the 80's Life Cereal did a commercial with a cute kid in them named Mikey.
Well back in the 80's the school yard rumor was that Mikey died from eating pop rocks also drinking soda . His stomach exploded so kids cautioned each other not to ever eat pop rocks and drink soda together for you may follow the fate of Mikey. I had a slumber party none of us would eat pop rocks and drink soda . Though we did freeze each others underwear. This myth has been debunked for Mikey actor John Gilchrist is all grown up alive and well. He even reprises his role in 1986 as Uncle Mikey.
"A few years after the commercial appeared, a false urban legend spread that the actor who had played Little Mikey had died after eating an unexpectedly lethal combination of Pop Rocks (a type of carbonated hard candy) and a carbonated soft drink, which caused his stomach to inflate with carbon dioxide. However, the legend is false, as Gilchrist lived into adulthood and Pop Rocks contain less carbon dioxide than half a can of such soft drinks."
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