Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop Rocks This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer.  This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Along the way we learn that Dave ‘s poor life choices are part of a long history with him. (Ask his parents) Then we move right into an abbreviated history of all things carbonated candy. We meet the inventors and companies that shepherded this life changing product to store shelves.(For a little while) Then comes the tragic story of how Coke took the life of an American icon. (The soda, not the nose candy.) Finally we expose the REAL TRUTH ™ behind the story of Pop Rocks. (Hint: It wasn’t exploding kids.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is The Year 1983, 1983, we gave you Nintendo and took everything else you loved  in exchange!  We open the show with a 1979 commercial for the Death Candy and close with Steven DeLio who has some thoughts on things that go “pop”.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Jo4T9MZe_M0?si=N4zVhG8K8DHEU-fK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646469/pop-rocks-candy-explosion-1970s Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/ M I K E Y : A N   I N V E S T I G A T I O N . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224045/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/07mikey.html How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death Pop Rocks - The Candy that Killed a Child T.V. Star https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pop-rocks-candy-killed-child-tv-star-gregory-farrell-pqole Wikipedia: Pop Rocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices